Ayami Bik (Arabic: أيامي بيك) (English: My Days with You) is the sixth studio album by Lebanese recording artist Elissa, released on 18 December 2007 by Rotana. Following up to her 2006 album Bastanak, the album contains 11 tracks. The album debuted at #1 across Arab charts and remained in the top position for more than three months and garnered various awards.
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| Released | 18 December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
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| Genre | Arabic | |||
| Length | 50:40 | |||
| Label | Rotana Records | |||
| Producer | Rotana | |||
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The singles "Betmoun" and "Awaker El Shita" had music videos directed by Waleed Nassif and premiered on Rotana Mousica in June 2008 and March 2009 respectively.
Background and composition
editRecorded and released a year after her fifth studio album Bastanak, Ayami Bik is Elissa's third album released with Rotana after signing to the label in 2004. For the album, Elissa collaborated with Lebanese singer-songwriter Marwan Khoury, despite stating that she would never work with him again. Khoury later contributed the song "Betmoun". The album's musical style ranges from traditional Arabic instrumentals to electronic synth-pop.
Commercial performance and reception
editAyami Bik was released during the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday in 2007 and debuted at #1 on various Arab music charts.[1] In Egypt alone, the album sold over 150,000 copies in its first week; prompting Rotana to produce another batch of copies after initially printing 120,000.[2] The album continued to top sales charts in Lebanese Virgin Megastores retailers for over three months during 2008.[3]
To promote the album, Elissa performed the album's titular song on Mission Fashion 2007 on LBC TV. During the 2007 Christmas season, Rotana fixed prices of CDs by dropping them down seventy-percent in an effort to boost sales after suffering from losses due to online piracy. Tabloids also noted Rotana's production of cassette tapes, which proved popular in Beirut.[4]
Elissa along with the song "Moush Kiteer Aaleik" appeared in a Samsung phone advert for the M3510 "Beat" model. She was also announced to be an ambassador for a Samsung campaign focused on music.[5][6][7]
Accolades
editElissa garnered two Murex d'Or awards for 'Best Lebanese Song' and 'Best Video Clip' for "Betmoun" as well as a Middle East Music Award for 'Best Arab Singer' in recognition for the album.[8][9]
Track listing
editCredits and English titles adapted from the liner notes of Ayami Bik.[10]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger | Length |
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| 1. | "Ayami Bik (Wana A'dar)" (My Days with You [And I Can...]) | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Tamim | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Khod Balak Alaya" (Take Care of Me) | Abdullah | Waleed Saad | Hani Siblini · Walid Mimna | 5:30 |
| 3. | "Betmoun" (I Owe You) | Marwan Khoury | Khoury | Claude Chalhoub | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Ya Aalem" (Who Knows?) | Abdullah | Ali | Nasser El Assaad · Ahmed Ibrahim | 5:14 |
| 5. | "Law Ma Tiji" (If Only You Would Come) | Nizar Francis | Samir Sfeir | Tarek Madkour | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Moush Kiteer Aaleik" (It Wouldn't Be Much for You) | Amir Ta'eimah | Ali | Dani Helou | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Adik Ereft" (So Now You Know) | Mohad Goda | Sherif Taj | Hani Sibilini | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Aala Hobbak" (To Your Love) | Ahmad Madi | El Assaad | El Assaad | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Ana Bastaghrab Aalei" (I Wonder About Him) | Mohammed Rifai | Ayman Mohseb | Helou | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Saher Eini" (Let My Eyes Stay Awake All Night) | Ahmad Madi | Yehya Al Hasan | Chalhoub | 4:35 |
| 11. | "Awakher Al Shita" (The End of Winter) | Abdullah | Ali | Tamim | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 50:40 | ||||
Personnel
editAdapted from the album liner notes.
- Hubert Ghorayeb - executive producer
- Tony Haddad - mastering
- Edward Meunier - mixing
- Tarek Madkour - mixing (track 5)
- Said Imam - audio producer
- Faruk Mohamed Hassan - accordion (track 4)
- Albert Mansour - acoustic guitar (track 9)
- Mounir El Khawli - acoustic guitar and electric guitar (tracks 2, 7)
- Alain Ouejan - guitar (tracks 10, 11)
- Tarek Salhiye - guitar (track 4)
- Mostafa Aslan - guitar (track 5)
- Jihad Assaad - kanun (track 3)
- Raymon El Hajj - percussion (track 2)
- Toni Anka - percussion (tracks 3, 10)
- Elie Barbar - recording (track 11)
- Mohamed Kebbe - recording (tracks 2, 3, 7, 10)
- Maurice Tawile - recording (tracks 6, 9)
- Hadi Sharara - recording (track 1)
- Maurice Tawile - voice recording and editing
- Nasser El Assaad - voice recording and editing (tracks 4, 8)
- Nidal Abou Samra - sopranino saxophone (track 9) and tenor saxophone (track 6)
- Claude Shalhoub - strings (tracks 1, 3, 7, 10, 11)
- Yehia El Mouji - violin (track 5)
- Mathias Clamer - photographer
- HIA Yehia And Zakaria - hair
- Bassam Fattouh - make-up
- Ziad Nawfal - translator
References
edit- ^ "جديد إليسا يحقق نجاحا كبيرا" (in Arabic). البوابة. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "150 ألف نسخة لإليسا "أيامي بيك" في أسبوع" (in Arabic). Filfan. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "غدا.. إليسا تصدر ألبومها الجديد "تصدق بمين"" (in Arabic). Youm7. 25 December 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ ""روتانـــا" تنافـــس وحيـــدةً... فتربـــح!" (in Arabic). Al-Akhbar. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "إليسا سفيرة للعلامات التجارية لسامسونج" (in Arabic). Youm7. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "أليسا سفيرة هواتف سامسونج الموسيقية" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "New Elissa Samsung phone Ad (Highest Quality)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "إليسا تحصد جائزة أفضل مطربة عربية" (in Arabic). Al-Anba Kuwait. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ ""الموركس دور" تمنح سلاف فواخرجي جائزة أفضل ممثلة" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Elissa (2007). Ayami Bik (Media notes). Rotana. CD ROT 1408.