IN ALBUM KHODAAAAAAS , makhsoosan ahange christmas va mitarsam ashegh besham vase mehmooni besiar khoobe...
love tara and her beautiful voice

My wifes favorite album and it grew on me fast :-))

Jedi behtarin albom sal 2008. Harci gush midam khaste nemisham. Beautiful music selection and voice. Excelent!

Tara Khaanoom is finally back with her new album Hedieh (The Gift) after a near 6-year hiatus from the music world. Her last major work came around in 2002 with her album Leili and then career and personal obligations ensued. I personally missed her and her music and was really glad she decided to come back.

Her Hedieh (The Gift) album is a very upbeat collection of music enveloping a wide variety of genres. I think she managed to touch a lot of new ground with the productions and ...

Tara Khaanoom is finally back with her new album Hedieh (The Gift) after a near 6-year hiatus from the music world. Her last major work came around in 2002 with her album Leili and then career and personal obligations ensued. I personally missed her and her music and was really glad she decided to come back.

Her Hedieh (The Gift) album is a very upbeat collection of music enveloping a wide variety of genres. I think she managed to touch a lot of new ground with the productions and music choices, very nicely expanding her musical portfolio.

1. Mitarsam Aashegh Besham is a great way to open up her album. The immensely taar and zarb layered track is very catchy and the production is superb. Very upbeat and the great use of electronic and techno mixed in with more traditional styling give it a very interesting kind of hybrid feel.

2. Khaabeh Bandar is a great way to follow the first track. It keeps the dance and upbeat rhythms going with a great Bandari flare to the piece. It has a very very catchy chorus, and one can't help kind of singing along. The production is once again very sharp thanks to Shahram Azar and is a great addition to any music lovers collection. This is one of my album favorites.

3. Atr begins with a very cool kind of whistle and techno layered intro. The song then kind of flips gears from the ballad to a fast paced techno piece. Great use of auto-tune and vocoder on her voice. A lot of artists are beginning to explore this sort of voice manipulation and it works great with the techno and electronica beat of the song.

4. Hedieh (The Gift) is the title track of the CD and is my favorite song on the album. It’s a great cross between a laid back Bandari song and the backbone of an Afghan inspired piece. The song is very mellow but also very shaad and danceable backed by rather romantic lyrics.

5. Mosaafer starts off very close to a ballad, then immediately transforms into a fast fast fast paced techno fare. Great use of layers and the vocal acrobatics are awesome in this song. I think it’s a great new path for her with this track and she should really experiment more with this kind of composition.

6. Cheraa Yaadam Nadaadi? is a nice upbeat song but it somehow seems to fall flat around the chorus area. So far every song has been rather upbeat with no signs of slowing down. The beat is very samba inspired and I like the delicate use of Latin guitarish sounds right before a wicked electric guitar riffs through it.

7. Velam Kon is a great trans song. The beat is fantastic. The song has great layering, done by none other than Shahram Azar. The song can be a continuation of Mosaafer but is more energetic in its production and chorus.

8. Xmas In Las Vegas is a typical gheraki song. It’s nice, but nothing too special here in my opinion. A great kind of promo for all of the Christmas concerts we have during the winter holidays out in Las Vegas.

9. Maa Gol Zadim was the soccer anthem she released a while back on TV. This and Xmas In Las Vegas were the two videos released indicating a possible return to the music for Tara. The song is ok, once again nothing too special. Nice patriotism and support for our beloved soccer team.

I liked this album very much, however, I honestly wish she would have left the last two songs off her album and kept it at a very nice and high level production set of 7 tracks. The last two are just too mediocre in their production and just sound so outdated when compared to the other tracks on the album. That is the only reason why I give this work 4 stars instead of 5.

Great job Tara Joon, keep up the hard work.
Here’s to your next album. (Try not to leave us hanging for too long ;-)

ahange mitarsam ashegh besham bad nist vali baghie ash'ar va ahangha kheily dar sathe paeene va aslan kare ghashangi nist

Wowww. Finally a good album in 2008 that was worth my $14!!! Great job tara.

albumesh ghashange, seda tara ham kheily ghashange, great job!