during February 2011 and at Studio Black Box in Angers during March 2011. It was mastered by John Golden at the Golden Mastering recording studio in Ventura, California during April 2011. Reception Bob Boilen stated in a review of the album for NPR Music that "Tinariwen is just about the best guitar-based rock band of the 21st century." Elysa Gardner of USA Today gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 80, based on 37 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Uncut placed the album at number 18 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2011. Mojo placed the album at number 35 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011." On 12 February 2012, the album won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Track listing Note: A two-disc special edition of the album includes a bonus disc with the tracks "Djegh Ishilan", "El Huria Telitwar", "Kud Edazamin", and "Nak Ezzaragh Tinariwen". Personnel All information from album liner notes. Ibrahim Ag Alhabib – lead vocals and lead guitar (except track 12) Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni – lead vocals and lead guitar (track 12) Alhassane Ag Touhami –backing vocals (all tracks) Eyadou Ag Leche – bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (track 3) Elaga Ag Hamid – guitar, backing vocals (all tracks) Said Ag Ayad – percussion, backing vocals (all tracks) Mohamad Ag Tahada – percussion, backing vocals (all tracks) Mustapha Ag Ahmed – backing vocals (all tracks) Aroune Ag Alhabib – guitar, backing vocals (track 11) Kyp Malone – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 11), vocals (tracks 2, 11) Tunde Adebimpe – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7) Nels Cline – guitar (track 1) Dirty Dozen Brass Band – horns (track 4) References External links Slideshow at New York Times - a video documentary about the recording of Tassili Original Tuareg lyrics and English translation at the official Tinariwen website Performance of Imidiwan Ma Tenam on The Colbert Report Tenere Taqqim Tossam on SoundCloud Interview with Tinariwen about Tassili at Mondomix 2011 albums Anti- (record label) albums Grammy Award for Best World Music Album Tinariwen albums