Andaz (album)

Andaz/Ishq
Studio album by Junoon
Released March 15, 2001
(re-released on October 16, 2001)
Recorded 2000-2001 at Grandview Studios in New York City, United States
Genre Sufi rock, Classical rock, Psychedelic rock
Length 59:06
Label EMI, Lips Records
Producer John Alec, Salman Ahmad
Junoon chronology
The Videos 1990-2000
(2000)		 Andaz/Ishq
(2001)		 United for Peace
(2001)
Alternative cover
Pakistani Edition Cover. Album titled as "Ishq".
Singles from Andaz
  1. "Zamane Ke Andaz"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Ishq (Urdu: عشق, literal English translation: "love") is the sixth studio album and the ninth overall album of the Pakistani sufi rock band, Junoon. The album was released on January 1, 2001 and was released by the title of Andaz outside Pakistan.

Background

The album topped the charts in Pakistan as well as in the Gulf and South Asia, with its first single entitled "Zamane ke Andaz" (Saqi-Nama) which made it to #1 in the Gulf, and to #5 on the Asian charts. On its official website, Junoon has stated that the band tried to get out of the Sufi rock genre during the album's release.

Track listing

All music written & composed by Salman Ahmad and Sabir Zafar. Except for "Zamane Ke Andaz" (Saqi-Nama) which was written by Allama Iqbal.

Andaz/Ishq
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Zamane Ke Andaz (Saqi-Nama)"Allama Iqbal4:37
2."Kaise Gaoun Mein?" 4:45
3."Sheeshe Ka Ghar" 4:39
4."Sheena" 4:56
5."Shamein" 5:02
6."Ishq" 4:58
7."Jaaney Tu" 5:17
8."Chul Kuriye" 3:31
9."Chaen" 4:03
10."Dharti Keh Khuda" 4:21

Personnel

All information is taken from the CD.

Junoon
Additional musicians
  • Female vocals on "Azadi" by Samina Ahmad
  • Drums played by Jay Dittamo & John "Gumby" Louis Pinto
  • Orchestral Arrangements by Paul Schwartz
Production
  • Produced by John Alec & Salman Ahmad
  • Recorded & Mixed at Grandview Studios in New York City, United States
  • Mastered by Scheherazade Qassim Hassan
  • Engineered & Mixed John Alec
  • Tracks recorded at the Roskilde Festival, produced by Neils Ekner
  • Tracks recorded at the Roskilde Festival, recorded & mixed by Ossian Rhyner

References

  1. ↑ Andaz at AllMusic
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