| Artist | Amr Diab |
|---|---|
| Cover | Allem-alby-amr-diab.jpg |
| Released | 4 February 2003 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Length | 51:12 |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
| Label | |
| Producer |
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| Prev year | 2001 |
| Next year | 2004 |
Allem Alby or Allem Albi (arz: عَلِّم قلبي) is a studio album by Amr Diab, and was released on 4 February 2003. It contains 13 tracks, including the hit of the album "Ana Ayesh."[1]
Commercial performance
Allem Alby album sales reached +750,000 copies, although it did not reach the number of sales of the previous album Aktar Wahed, but it left a great imprint in Arabic music in terms of the great development in musical arrangements and melodies. It contains a variety of musical genres, including hip-hop, R&B, pop and rock.[2][3]
Singles
"Ana Ayesh" which was track number 2 was chosen to be the lead single for the album.[4] The music video for the single was directed by Stuart Gosling. It was aired with the release of the Alam El Phan new Channel Mazzika.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5] The track numbering in this section is based on that of the album's standard edition.
Recording locations
- Recorded and mixed at Leila Studios, ART Studios, Sout El Hob Studios, Coronet Studio, and M. Sound Studios
Musicians
- Amr Diab – vocals (all tracks), instrumental solo composition (track 9)
- Yasser Malallah – Khaliji percussion (tracks 1, 4)
- Reda Bedair – nay (track 1), soloist (tracks 9, 12)
- Mostafa Aslan – Spanish guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 12, 13), electric guitar (track 8)
- Ahmed El Ayadi – tabla (tracks 2, 10, 12, 13)
- Hany Farahat – oriental violin solo (tracks 2, 4)
- İsmail Tunçbilek – buzuq (track 3)
- Aytaç Doğan – qanun (track 3)
- Pino Fares – electric guitar (tracks 3, 4), guitar solo (track 4), folk guitar (track 5), guitar (track 13)
- Fahd – piano (track 5)
- Ibrahim Fathy – kawala (track 6)
- Hussein Saber – oud (tracks 6, 10), soloist (tracks 9, 12)
- Farouk Mohamed Hassan – soloist (tracks 9, 12)
- Maged Sorour – soloist (tracks 9, 12)
- Khaled Ezz – instrumental solo composition (track 10)
- Hassan Anwar – riq (track 10)
- Amr Shaker – Fender Rhodes solo (track 11)
- Mahmoud Sorour – soloist (track 12)
- Ousso – electric guitar solo (track 13)
- Ahmed Ragab – bass guitar (track 13)
- Kashmir – clarinet (track 13)
Technical
- Fahd – arrangement (tracks 1, 3–5, 9, 10, 13)
- Hany Yacoub – arrangement (tracks 2, 6, 8, 12), remix (bonus track)
- Amr Shaker – arrangement (track 11)
- Hany Farahat – string arrangement (tracks 1–5, 13)
- Yehia El Mougy – oriental arrangement (track 9)
- Mohamed Sakr – engineering; mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 11–13), digital mastering
- Yasser Anwar – engineering; mixing (tracks 5, 9, 10)
- Khaled Raouf – engineering
- Fady Temsah – engineering
- Yasser Hussein – engineering
- Ahmed Gouda – engineering
References
- ^ "Allem Alby by Amr Diab", 4 February 2003, retrieved 2021-12-25
- ^ "تامر حسني.. "وش حقيقي والتاني بلياتشو"". www.albawabhnews.com. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ "Amr Diab Allem Alby Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic", retrieved 2022-05-25
- ^ "Amr Diab, Ana Ayesh Music Video – عمرو دياب: أنا عايش". Arabic Media
- ^ Amr Diab (2003). Allem Alby [Teach My Heart] (CD booklet) (in Arabic, en). Egypt: Alam El Phan and Mazzika. ALAM CD 610E.