# Emmaar

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Emmaar
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Tinariwen](/source/Tinariwen)
| cover      = Tinariwen_Emmaar.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2014|02|10|df=yes}}
| recorded   = April/May 2013, United States
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = *[African blues](/source/African_blues)
*[world](/source/world_music)
| length     = 48:59 (61:50 with bonus tracks)
| label      = [Anti-](/source/Anti-_(record_label))
| producer   =
| prev_title = [Tassili](/source/Tassili_(album))
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [Elwan](/source/Elwan)
| next_year  = 2017
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) 
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/emmaar-mw0002604510|title=Emmaar - Tinariwen &#124; Album |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=Jun 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|8|10}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/178952-tinariwen-emmaar-2495688978.html|title=Tinariwen: Emmaar » PopMatters|date=Feb 12, 2014|website=Popmatters.com|access-date=June 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev3Score = 8.1/10 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18909-tinariwen-emmaar/|title=Tinariwen: Emmaar|first=Joe|last=Tangari|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=Jun 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name="The Guardian review">{{cite web |title=Tinariwen: Emmaar – review |date=2014-02-09 |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413061747/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/09/tinariwen-emmaar-review |archive-date=2017-04-13 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/09/tinariwen-emmaar-review/}}</ref>
}}

'''''Emmaar''''' is the sixth album by the [Tuareg](/source/Tuareg) band [Tinariwen](/source/Tinariwen), released in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography |url=http://tinariwen.com/discography/ |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223024445/http://tinariwen.com/discography/ |archivedate=2014-02-23 }}</ref> ''Emmaar'' is a Tuareg word meaning "the heat on the breeze".<ref name="Emmaar">{{cite book |last1=Tinariwen |title=Liner notes: Emmaar |date=2014}}</ref>  It is their first full album not to be recorded in northern Africa.<ref name="The Guardian review"/>

After Tinariwen's previous album ''[Tassili](/source/Tassili_(album))'' won the Grammy [Award for Best World Music Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_World_Music_Album) in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=34 |title=The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night |publisher=Grammy.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-10}}</ref> the band was displaced by a [Tuareg rebellion](/source/Azawadi_declaration_of_independence) in their home region of northern Mali, with Islamist militants abducting guitarist Abdallah Ag Lamida.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malijet.com/actualte_dans_les_regions_du_mali/rebellion_au_nord_du_mali/60100-intidaw-le-vocaliste-touareg-du-celebre-groupe-tinariwen-a-ete-a.html |title=Intidaw, le vocaliste Touareg du célèbre groupe Tinariwen, a été arrêté par le groupe terroriste Ansar Dine |author= |date=3 January 2013 |publisher=Malijet.com |access-date=11 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/band-mali-hugged-shepherds-bush/19626|title=The band from Mali I hugged in Shepherds Bush|last=Snow|first=Jon|date=17 January 2013|work=Snowblog|publisher=Channel 4 News|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref> Other members of the band fled to the southwestern United States, writing and recording ''Emmaar'' in and around [Joshua Tree National Park](/source/Joshua_Tree_National_Park), which features a desert environment similar to their homeland.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/emmaar-mw0002604510 |date=10 February 2014 |title=Emmaar |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> The album's lyrics deal primarily with the band's exile and the political strife in their home country, and it includes guest contributions from [Josh Klinghoffer](/source/Josh_Klinghoffer), [Fats Kaplin](/source/Fats_Kaplin), [Matt Sweeney](/source/Matt_Sweeney), and [Saul Williams](/source/Saul_Williams).<ref name="allmusic.com"/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 61:50
| title1          = Toumast Tincha
| writer1         = Eyadou Ag Leche
| length1         = 4:20
| title2          = Chaghaybou
| writer2         = Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni 
| length2         = 4:54
| title3          = Arhegh Danagh
| writer3         = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
| length3         = 4:03
| title4          = Timadrit In Sahara
| writer4         = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
| length4         = 3:51
| title5          = Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
| writer5         = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
| length5         = 4:51
| title6          = Tahalamot
| writer6         = Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni 
| length6         = 5:04 
| title7          = Sendad Eghlalan
| writer7         = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib 
| length7         = 4:55 
| title8          = Imidiwanin Ahi Tifhamam
| writer8         = Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni 
| length8         = 4:37 
| title9          = Koud Edhaz Emin
| writer9         = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
| length9         = 4:33
| title10         = Emajer
| writer10        = Ibrahim Ag Alhabib 
| length10        = 3:37 
| title11         = Aghregh Medin
| writer11        = Alhassane Ag Touhami 
| length11        = 4:20 
| title12         = Adounia Ti Chidjret
| writer12        =  
| length12        = 4:18 
| title13         = Islegh Taghram Tifhamam
| writer13        =  
| length13        = 4:21 
| title14         = Tin Ihlan
| writer14        =  
| length14        = 4:06 
}}
Note: Tracks 12–14 are bonus tracks in some editions of the album.

==Personnel==
All information from album liner notes.<ref name="Emmaar" />

* Ibrahim Ag Alhabib – lead vocals and lead guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
* Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni – lead vocals and lead guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8), backing vocals (all other tracks)
* Alhassane Ag Touhami – lead vocals and lead guitar (track 11), backing vocals (all other tracks)
* Eyadou Ag Leche – bass (all tracks), lead vocals and lead guitar (track 1), guitar (track 11), backing vocals (all tracks)
* Elaga Ag Hamid – guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks)
* Said Ag Ayad – percussion (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks)
* Amar Chaoui – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10)
* Toulout Kiki – backing vocals (tracks 2, 10)
* [Josh Klinghoffer](/source/Josh_Klinghoffer) – guitar (tracks 1,4)
* [Fats Kaplin](/source/Fats_Kaplin) – fiddle (track 8), pedal steel guitar (tracks 1, 7, 9)
* [Matt Sweeney](/source/Matt_Sweeney) – guitar (track 10)
* [Saul Williams](/source/Saul_Williams) – vocals (track 1)

==References==
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