Rozen-e-Deewar
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Rozen-e-Deewar is the first album recorded by Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i music band Rox3n
Roxen (band)
Roxen is a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Formed in 2004, the band's original lineup included Mustafa Zahid on vocals, Haider Halim on lead guitar, Omar Halim and Jawad, more commonly known as Jodi.The band achieved mainstream success with their debut studio album...

. With tints of pop
Pop music
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 and dark shades of rock
Rock music
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 too, Roxen hit the market with their debut album on August 31, 2006.

Rozen-e-Deewar was released under Fire Records (Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

), Hom Records (India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

) & Sangeet Records (USA, Canada
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, North America
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 & almost all over the world).

Etymology

"Rozen-e-Deewar" is an urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

word which means "A hole in a wall (of a prison cell) from which a ray of light emerges & gives hope & freshness". The name of the band is also a corruption of the same word (Roxen) & was suggested by Kashaan, a friend of Mustafa Zahid.

Track listing

  1. Sapnay
  2. Chaltay Rahay
  3. Tau Phir Aao
  4. Aaj
  5. Lams
  6. Rozen-e-Deewar
  7. Jag Chor dia
  8. Yaadein
  9. Mujhko Satao
  10. Malangi


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