Jilawatan (

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: جلاوطن, literal English translation: ''exile'') is the debut album by Pakistani rock band,

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. It was released on November 20, 2005 and gained huge popularity. It was the second album produced by the band's guitarist, Xulfi. The album was received with quite a bit of critical acclaim as well, spending over a year on the Vibes Charts.

Background

The word Jilawatan means being exiled from one's country, state or mind. The album uses the word jilawatan in the context of being exiled from one's own mind. Xulfi said to

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Moto: The majority of the album is pretty heavy and features the drop-d tuning on guitar. The only exceptions to this are Sab Bhula Kai, Nishaan and Bichar Kai Bhee. Sab Bhula Kai and Bichar Kai Bhee feature guitars with the DADGAD (low to high) tuning whilst Nishaan's guitars feature the traditional EADGBE tuning. Almost all the tracks on the album have acoustic guitars except Shayad, Kuch Naheen, Jilawatan and Wujud and all of the tracks, with the exception of Pukaar and Jilawatan, feature guitar solos. During live performances, the band plays several songs differently from the album. They usually include an unplugged version of Shayad, include a solo in Jilawatan, perform a completely different solo on Sab Bhula Kai and play the piano intro of Kismet a bit differently on guitars.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Zulfiqar J. Khan and

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, except for Shayad and Bichar Kai Bhee music by Zulfiqar J. Khan and Jilawatan, Sab Bhula Kai and Wujud music by Sultan Raja, Zulfiqar J. Khan and Junaid Khan.

Personnel

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

*Zulfiqar J. Khan -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

*Sultan Raja -

bass guitars The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

*Waqar Ahmed Khan -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

;Production *Produced by Zulfiqar J. Khan *Recorded & Mixed at Xth Harmonic Studio in

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*Assisted by Zulfiqar J. Khan

Chart performance

Singles

Awards and nominations

The album has received nominations in several Pakistani award ceremonies. The following list contains all of them. ;2nd Jazz IM Awards *Best Debut - Pukaar *Best Solo - Sub Bhula Kai ;3rd Jazz IM Awards * Best Ballad - Sab Bhula Kai * Best Alternative Rock Song - Pukaar ;Lux Style Awards * Best Album - Jilawatan ;The Musik Awards * Best Ballad - Sab Bhula Kai * Best Album - Jilawatan * Best Lyrics - Zulfiqar 'Xulfi' J. Khan * Best Music Producer - Zulfiqar 'Xulfi' J. Khan

References

External links

Official Website

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