Halet Hob (Arabic: حالة حب) (English: A State of Love) is the ninth studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 25 July 2014, making it her sixth album released by Rotana Records.[1] On the first week of its release, the album managed to rank third on the Billboard World Albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for three consecutive weeks, ranking seventh and twelfth on the second and third week, respectively.[3][4] The album also topped the iTunes Store's online sales in the Arab world.[5][6]
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| Released | 25 July 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||
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| Length | 62:55 | |||
| Label | Rotana Records | |||
| Producer | Rotana | |||
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The album included twelve songs with the Egyptian dialect and two songs with the Lebanese dialect.
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger | Length |
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| 1. | "Hob Kol Hayaty" (The Love of My Life) | Ahmed al-Gindi | Madian | Ahmed Abd El Salam | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Halet Hob" (A State of Love) | Nader Abdallah | Turkish melody | Nasser El Assaad | 5:09 |
| 3. | "Ya Merayti" (On Mirror) | Ahmed Madi | Ziyad Bourji | Nasser El Assaad | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Helwa Ya Baladi" (My Beautiful Country) | Marwan Saada | Bernard Liamis · Jeff Barnel | Nasser El Assaad | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Bataly Tehebeeh" (Stop Loving Him) | Ahmed Marzouq | Mohammed Yahya | Tamim | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Add El Ayam" (As Long as the Days) | Nader Abdallah | Mohammed Yahya | Walid Sharaqi | 4:55 |
| 7. | "Insana Bereeaa" (An Innocent Girl) | Salama Ali | Mohammed Yahya | Ahmed Ibrahim | 4:54 |
| 8. | "Wagat Alby" (You Broke My Heart) | Baha' al-Din Muhammed | Madian | Amr Abdel Fattah | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Ana Magnoona" (Crazy in Love) | Ayman Qumayha | Osane | Osane | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Beraghm El Zorouf" (Despite the Circumstances) | Nader Abdallah | Mohammed Yahya | Tamer Ashour | 4:52 |
| 11. | "Omr Gedid" (A New Life) | Mohammed Yahya | Amir Ta'ima | Tamim | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Ana Nefssi" (I Wish) | Baha' al-Din Muhammed | Madian | Tamim | 4:25 |
| 13. | "Law Etaabelna" (If We Had Met) | Baha' al-Din Muhammed | Madian | Tamim | 3:59 |
| 14. | "Awel Mara" (The Very First Time) | Ismail El Habrouk | Mounir Mourad | Nasser El Assaad | 5:07 |
| Total length: | 62:55 | ||||
Notes
- "Halet Hob" is an Arabic-language cover of the 2012 Turkish song "Senden Sonra" by Rafet El Roman.
Personnel edit
Adapted from the album liner notes.
- Hubert Ghorayeb - executive producer
- Yasser Anwar - mixing
- Tim Young - mastering
- Ahmad Ab El Salam - strings (track 1)
- Moustafa Aslan - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- Badr El Mostafa - violin (track 1)
- Amer Gado - sound engineer (track 1)
- Majid Jridah - strings section leader (tracks 2, 3, 4, 14)
- Moustafa Bergamali - clarinet (tracks 2, 3)
- Nasser El Assaad - piano (track 3)
- Ousman Osert - percussion (track 4)
- Samer Kousaimy - flute (track 4)
- Mohamed Atif Imam - strings section leader (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13), violin (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13)
- Ahmad Gooda - recording engineer (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13)
- Mahmud Ezzat - recording engineer (tracks 5, 12, 13)
- Ahmad Ragab - bass guitar (tracks 5, 7, 12, 13)
- Maged Soroor - kanun (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12)
- Reda Bder - ney (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12, 13)
- Ahmad Ayadi - tabla (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13)
- Yahia El Mougi - violin (track 6)
- Said Kamal - strings (track 7), strings arrangement (track 8)
- Sherif Fahmi - guitar (track 7)
- Hamouso - clarinet (track 7)
- Carios - percussion (track 7)
- Mohamed Saad - accordion (track 8)
- Mohamed Fawzy - clarinet (track 8)
- Mohamed Esmael - sound engineer (track 8)
- Christina Makarkina - strings section leader (track 9)
- Edyta Majewska - cello (track 9)
- Melinda Popeski - cello (track 9)
- Pavo Filipovic - trombone (track 9)
- Tamer Ghneim - strings section leader (track 10)
- Islam Al Kasbajij - oud (track 10)
- Hisam El Arabi - rek (track 13)
- Shafic Toutayo - guitar (track 14)
- Ali Madbouh - ney (track 14)
- Jihad Asaad - kanun (track 14)
- Eli Rezkallah - creative director
- Bilal Houssami - assistant creative director
- Mohammed Olaymi - graphics
- Matthias Clamer - photography
- Mandy Merheb - fashion consultancy
- Yehia Shokr - hair
- Bassam Fattouh - make up
Charts edit
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Billboard World Albums[2] | 3 |
References edit
- ^ Elissa– حالة حب. Discogs. Archived 10 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b WORLD ALBUMS, The week of August 9, 2014., billboard.com. Archived 10 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WORLD ALBUMS, The week of August 16, 2018 ., billboard.com Archived 9 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WORLD ALBUMS, The week of August 23, 2018 ., billboard.com Archived 9 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ بتجرد:ألبوم إليسا “حالة حبّ” يتصدّر عربياً بعد ساعات قليلة على طرح مقاطع أغنياته, Bitajarod, July 19, 2014. Archived 2020-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “إليسا بثوان تتفوق على نانسي وعمرو, Aljaras 4 August 2014. Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine