Ayami Beek
Ayami Beek (Arabic: ايامي بيك) is Elissa's sixth studio album and the follow-up to 2006's Bastanak. The album contains 11 tracks, Elissa collaborated again with the famous songwriter Marwan Khoury after she stated that she would never work with him again. Elissa performed the album's title, Ayami Beek, at Mission Fashion 07 on LBC TV.
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| Studio album by Elissa | ||||||||||
| Released | December 18, 2007 | |||||||||
| Genre | Arabic | |||||||||
| Length | 50:24 | |||||||||
| Label | Rotana Records | |||||||||
| Producer | Rotana | |||||||||
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Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Writer | Composer | Arranger | Dialect | Mix Engineer |
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| 1 | "Ayami Beek (Wana A'dar)" (My Days With You [And Can I?]) | 4:39 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Tamim | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 2 | "Khod Balak Alaya (Take Care Of Me)" | 5:29 | Nader Abdullah | Waleed Saad | Hani Sibilini | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 3 | "Bitmoun (I Owe You)" | 4:04 | Marwan Khoury | Marwan Khoury | Claude Chalhoub | Lebanese | Edward Meunier |
| 4 | "Ya A'alem (Who Knows?)" | 5:13 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Nasser El Assaad | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 5 | "Law Ma Tiji" (If Only You Would Come) | 4:34 | Nizar Francis | Samir Sfair | Tarek Madkour | Lebanese | Edward Meunier |
| 6 | "Mosh Kteer Alaik" (It Would Not Be Much for You) | 4:29 | Ammir Ta'eimah | Tamer Ali | Dani Helou | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 7 | "Adeek E'reft (So Now You Know)" | 4:50 | Mohad Goda | Sherif Taj | Hani Sibilini | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 8 | "A'la Hobak (To Your Love)" | 3:38 | Ahmad Madi | Nasser El Assaad | Nasser El Assaad | Lebanese | Edward Meunier |
| 9 | "Ana Bastaghrab A'leeh" (I Wonder About Him) | 4:28 | Mohammad Rifaei | Ayman Mohseb | Dani Helou | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
| 10 | "Saher E'ini (Let My Eyes Stay Awake All Night)" | 4:35 | Ahmad Madi | Yehya Al Hasan | Claude Chalhoub | Lebanese | Edward Meunier |
| 11 | "Awakher Al Shita" (The End Of Winter) | 4:33 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Tamim | Egyptian | Edward Meunier |
The booklet of the Rotana release provides both Arabic sung texts and full English translations.
Reception And Sales
Ayami Beek has been selling high numbers all over the Middle East. Thousands of copies were sold in the first days of the Islamic feast Eid Al Adha.The album has been number one in all Middle East charts for 3 months. Late 2008, Rotana confirmed that Ayami Beek was the 2008 best selling Arabic album.[1]
Singles
- Bitmoun (I Owe You)
Her first single of the album, "Betmoun" achieved number 1 on Rotana's PEPSI Top 20 Charts for one week, then the song dropped to number 5 the following week. although it peaked at number 1 to stay in the top 5 for 2 weeks only.
Music video director: Waleed Nassif
- Awakher Al Shita (The End of Winter)
The second single is "Awakher Al Shita". Elissa filmed the music video in January 2009 in Lebanon. The video was released in February 2009.
The video featured Elissa in a mansion looking at rain outside her window, remembering her former love and how she used to spend time with him during a cold winter [from two years ago as lyrics suggest], and how she's now alone wondering where he is and how he has been. The video was shot in Black and White with blue filter to slightly resemble winter.
Music video director: Waleed Nassif
Notes:
- Roger Mazzeo, who plays Elissa's love interest in both the "Bitmoun" and "Awakher Al Shita" videos, can also be seen in the second commercial Elissa did for L'AZURDE.
References
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