1,2,3 Soleils

1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of raï music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999.

The album has attained 2× gold certification and the DVD video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.

A shortened US one compact disc release of the album was released by Ark 21.

Professional rating
Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.

Personnel
Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:


 * Zachary Alford - drums
 * Aziz Ben Salam - ney flute
 * Elsa Benabdallah - violin
 * Mohamed Bendjebour - guitar
 * Djaffar Bensetti - trumpet
 * Farhat Bouallagui - arranger, string arrangements, violin
 * Christophe Briquet - viola
 * Karen Brunon - leader, string director, violin
 * Mathieu Chédid - guitar
 * Mohsein Chentouf - bendir, darbouka, backing vocals
 * Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone
 * Khaled Dagher - cello
 * Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, backing vocals
 * Adel Eskande - violin
 * Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin
 * Steve Hillage - arranger, engineer, mixing, producer, string arrangements
 * Allen Hoist - alto and tenor saxophone
 * Hazem Ibrahim - violin
 * Randy Jacobs - guitar
 * Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, backing vocals
 * Hassan Lachal - darbouka
 * Sylvain Le Provost - double bass
 * Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
 * Abdel Wahab Mansy - violin
 * Jean-Max Mery - keyboards
 * Christophe Morin - cello
 * Hossam Ramzy - director, orchestra director, percussion
 * Geoffrey Richardson - string arrangements, viola
 * Medhat Abdel Samie - violin
 * Tim Sanders - soprano and tenor saxophone
 * Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements
 * Mark London Sims - trombone
 * Taha Taha - cello
 * Yasser Taha - cello
 * Ihab Tutu - violin
 * Marylene Vinciguerra - viola
 * Tamer Yassin - violin

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