Jahaji | ||||
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Released | November 2004, 1 | |||
Studio | Rabbit Communications | |||
Length | 52:18[1] | |||
Language | Bengali | |||
Label | Rabbit Communications, G-series | |||
Shironamhin chronology | ||||
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Jahaji (Bengali: জাহাজী Jāhājī English: Ship-borne) is the debut studio album by the Bengali rock band Shironamhin.[2] was The album was recorded in befor 2004, and released on 1 November 2004. It was released in 2004 by Rabbit Communications in Dhaka.[3]
Two of the album's songs, "Hashimukh" and "Lal Nil Golpo", became long-term mainstays of the band's live set list, while other songs were performed live only a handful of times.
Jahaji, was based on urban lifestyle & struggling. The title track of the album, itself speaks so. Shironamhin tried to portray the usual daily life and elements from middle-class career seeking young sailor of a Bronx. The cultural interest, the gossip in a crowded cityscape, the life of mono busy traffic etc. were conveyed with metaphor & events by this album. Jahajee was the only album from the band Shironamhin that was refused and rejected by every known record label company of Dhaka.
In 2004, Shironamhin sailed their ship with the album Jahaji. At first, in 2004, the record label company Rabbit Communications released the album. Later Bangladeshi record label company G-series reproduced & released it on 2005.
Of the album's eleven songs, seven were written by Ziaur Rahman Zia, one were written by Tanzir Tuhin, and remaining were written by other members.[4][5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nodi" | Ziaur Rahman Zia | Zia | Tanzir Tuhin | 4:31 |
2. | "Hashimukh" | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 4:14 |
3. | "Shohorer Kotha" | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 3:48 |
4. | "Shuvro Rongin" (A tribute to Jim Morrison) | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 4:03 |
5. | "Hoyna" | Tuhin | Tuhin | Tuhin | 4:08 |
6. | "Lal Nil Golpo" | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 4:26 |
7. | "Nischup Adhar" | Farhan, Zia | Tushar, Zia | Farhan | 4:35 |
8. | "Shunno" | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 4:42 |
9. | "Ghum" | Farhan | Tushar, Farhan | Farhan | 5:10 |
10. | "Jahaji" | Zia | Zia | Tuhin | 6:06 |
11. | "Obak Vromon" (Instrumental) | 6:28 |