Love Songs

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This album was my first Qawwali CD purchase in 1998 of Nusrat and as someone who listened to Bollywood filmi/pop songs - I was inquisitive on the title of the album: "Love Songs". To my surprise - when I heard the track "Yaadan Vichhre Sajan Dian Aiyan" which is translated as: `My eyes shed tears in memory of a loved one who has departed'. I was hooked! This was then followed by track 5 entitled in English as: `At every beat of my heart thoughts of you come flooding' was very reminiscent of any pop song in the mainstream western cultural pop scene. This track is also a Punjabi Bhajan (Religious devotional) song from a Hindu viewpoint of a woman in Love with Lord Krishna that she names him on every bead of her rosary and has lost her own identity as a result. The final track entitled: `Un Ke Dar Pen Pohchne To Payen' translated as: "What shall I do when I reach my beloved's doorstep? Don't ask for I shall not tell you!" reminded me of "Nit Khair Mansan Sohnia Main Teri" translation: "My beloved, I have only one prayer - that you may live happily' with lyrics like `Since I fell in love with you I have forgotten about the whole world - I wish to only to die at your feet', is from the Shahen-Shah album.Probably, because the lyric of `Nit Khair Mansan Sohnia Mian Teri' mentions `to die at your feet' and the precursor being at your `doorstep' from the Love songs track 6!You maybe wondering, what about the first three tracks? Well, I found these to be powerful in that they blended in with the Harmonica, Mandolin and Guitar work very well.To sum up, this album was compelling in that I wanted to listen to some more of Nusrat's recordings. My advice on what other similar Nusrat albums - are a logical follow on from Love Songs CD, I can suggest Mustt Mustt (Lost in his work) recorded in 1990. The Mustt Musst album was a ground-breaking achievement by Nusrat & here instruments from different continents were inter-mixed with Michael Brook's invention of `the infinite guitar' and the obvious inclusion of Bass & Keyboards. This later culminated in the 1995 sequel to Musst Musst - through "Night Song" which the CD sleeve described as: `The potent relationship reaches compelling emotional heights with the sequel to Mustt Musst'. A must buy for world music & crossover fans.