| Artist | Amr Diab |
|---|---|
| Cover | Amr Diab - El Lilady.jpg |
| Released | 11 July 2007 |
| Studio | Metropolis (London, England) |
| Length | 36:34 |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
| Label | Rotana |
| Producer |
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| Prev year | 2005 |
| Next year | 2009 |
El Lilady (arz: الليلادي) is a 2007 studio album by Amr Diab. The album was awarded a World Music Award as the best selling album in the Middle East for 2007.[1]
Commercial performance
The album achieved huge sales, with +2,000,000 copies sold and occupied the first place in Egypt for 22 consecutive weeks.[2]
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
Recording location
- Recorded, mixed, and digitally mastered at Metropolis Studios in London, England
Musicians
- Amr Diab – performer, music direction
- Mostafa Aslan – guitar (all tracks), buzuq (track 7)
- Saad Mohamed Hassan – violin solo (track 1), violin (track 8)
- Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 3)
- Reda Bedair – nay (tracks 3, 5)
- Ahmed El Ayadi – tabla (tracks 3, 7, 9)
- Hisham El Araby – riq (tracks 3, 7)
- Amr Tantawy – guitar (track 6)
- Hany El Badry – nay (track 8)
- Diaa Badr – percussion (track 8)
- Raafat Misso – saxophone (track 9)
- Hussein Saber – oud (track 9)
Technical
- Hassan El Shafei – arrangement (tracks 1–5, 8, 10)
- Fahd – arrangement (tracks 6, 7, 9)
- Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement (tracks 1, 3, 7)
- Mohamed Sakr – engineering (tracks 1–4, 9, 10)
- Tamer El Zouaibi – engineering (tracks 5–8)
- Tony Cousins – recording, mixing, digital mastering
Artwork
- Karim Nour – album photography, design, cover, poster
References
- ^ "El Lilady by Amr Diab", 2007-07-16, retrieved 2022-01-10
- ^ "عمرو دياب و"روتانا".. مسيرة من النجاح تجاوزت 30 عاماً". روتانا | Rotana. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ El Lilady [Tonight] (CD booklet) (in Arabic, English). Egypt: Rotana and Founoon. 2007. TC-Fun 208.