| Baddi Eesh | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Haifa Wehbe | ||||||||||
| Released | February 22, 2005 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Summer 2004 | |||||||||
| Genre | Arabic | |||||||||
| Label | Rotana | |||||||||
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Baddi Eesh (Arabic: بدي عيش) (English: I Want To Live) is the second studio album released by Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe. Released in early 2005, the album brought Haifa to global recognition and caused major controversies in the Arab World due to its explicit sexual and provocative tone.
Baddi Eesh follows the head-turning debut of Haifa, Houwa El-Zaman, with bigger production and more promotion. For the album, Haifa worked with several well-known singers and songwriters including Elias El Rahbani, which wrote the album's title track.
Promotion was majorly through music videos, airplay, TV appearances and concerts. Haifa also appeared in 2006 reality tv show Al Wadi (The Valley) alongside other Arab celebrities, where she performed hits from the album including her biggest success to date, "Ragab," "Fakerni" and "Badi Eesh."
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Haifa appeared in Al Wadi, a reality tv show where a group of celebrities is taken to a farm with no means of communication with the outer world. The celebrities have to live the life of a regular farmer and give up the wealthy life. During her four-month stay at Al Wady, Haifa recorded new music to her fans, music related to the show, and performed a song each week. She also made head-turning performances with songs from the album, including "Ragab," "Fakerni," "Badi Eesh" and others. The show received mixed reviews but resulted in a remarkable increase in the sales of Baddi Eesh.
The album was preceded by hit single "Ya Hayat Albi," which topped the charts in Lebanon and Egypt. The song's music video was released in early 2005, just a few weeks before the album's release, and caused major controversies.
With the fuss over the "Ya Hayat Albi" music video, and after the major success of Haifa's debut album and its three singles, the Arab World anticipated the release of the song's host album.
Baddi Eesh sold over 300,000 copies in its first week and became the second best selling album of 2005, after Elissa's Ahla Donya, selling over a million by the end of 2005.
Upon its release, Baddi Eesh received negative reviews from music critics which all agreed that Haifa was singing with her body, and that the tone used in songs like "Ragab" and "Ana Haifa" was provocative and sexual.
The album became the second best selling album of 2005, and its first, second and third singles became the biggest hits of the year in terms of airplay and charts. As of November 2009, the album sold over 25 million copies worldwide, becoming Haifa's best seller so far.
| # | Title | Length | Writer | Composer |
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| 1 | "Ana Haifa" (I Am Haifa) | 4:02 | ||
| 2 | "Bahebbak Hob" (I Love You) | 3:57 | ||
| 3 | "Ma Khadtesh Bali" (I Didn't Notice) | 4:10 | ||
| 4 | "Tegi Ezzai" (How Do You Come) | 3:54 | ||
| 5 | "Ya Hayat Albi" (My Life) | 4:09 | ||
| 6 | "Bahebbak Moot" (I Love You Till Death) | 4:56 | ||
| 7 | "Fi Eneik" (In Your Eyes) | 4:17 | ||
| 8 | "Fakerni" (You Think) | 3:49 | ||
| 9 | "Tool Omri" (All My Life) | 3:48 | ||
| 10 | "Naar El Ashwa'a" (Fire of Missig You) | 3:45 | ||
| 11 | "Baddi Eesh" (I Want To Live) | 4:03 | ||
| 12 | "Houwa El-Zaman [Remix]" (Is It the Time - Remixed) | 4:05 | ||
| 13 | "Ragab" (Ragab - Name of a Guy) | 3:27 |