Useless Kisses

Useless Kisses
Studio album by Mohsen Namjoo
Released	13 February 2011
Genre	Spoken words , Indie , Iranian traditional music
Length	78:16
Label	Payam Ent. Inc.
Mohsen Namjoo chronology
Strange Times (2010) Useless Kisses (2011) Alaki (2012)

Useless Kisses (Persian: بوسه‌های بیهوده) is the fourth studio album by Mohsen Namjoo. It was released at the Stanford University Launch party on February 13.^[1][2] This is the only concept album of Mohsen Namjoo, all tracks are love songs and they tell the story of beginning and fall of a relationship. A supergroup was used for the album, most of the band members were notable independent classical musicians or Kiosk band members at the time.

Track listing

1. El Sol Sueno (Part I)
2. El Sol Sueno (Part II)
3. Na Dideh Rokhat
4. Improvisation
5. Romanian Folk Dance No. 3
6. Verano Porteno
7. Tango
8. Haftat [Explicit]
9. Guardane Las Vacas (part I)
10. Short Motif
11. Pavane
12. Noushin Laban
13. Guardande Las Vacas (Part II)
14. Afat
15. Melancholy of a Beautiful Day
16. Chanson du Feu Follet
17. Cordoba_Scenes from Summer
18. Baghali

Personnel

• Ali Bazyar - Percussion
• Arash Sobhani - Electric Guitar
• Siamack Sanaie - Classic Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
• Tara Kamangar - Piano
• Ardalan Payvar - Keyboard
• Shadi Yousefian - Backing Vocal
• Serwah Tabbak - Backing Vocal
• Tannaz Jafarian - Backing Vocal
• Mohsen Namjoo - Vocals, Setar, Acoustic Guitar

References

1. Mohsen Namjoo
2. Mohsen Namjoo Message for release of "Useless Kisses" on YouTube

http://www.sociarts.com/blogs/1097/mohsen-namjoo-and-his-useless-kisses