Ayami Beek
Ayami Beek (Arabic: ايامي بيك) (English: My Days With You) is the sixth studio album by Lebanese recording artist Elissa, released on 20 December 2007 by Rotana. Following up to her 2006 album Bastanak, the album contains 11 tracks. To promote the album, Elissa performed the album's titular song on Mission Fashion 2007 on LBC TV.
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| Released | 20 December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Arabic | |||
| Length | 50:40 | |||
| Label | Rotana Records | |||
| Producer | Rotana | |||
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Background
Recorded and released a year after her fifth studio album "Bastanak", Ayami Beek 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" (I Owe You). The album's musical style ranges from traditional Arabic instrumentals to electronic synth-pop.
Track listing
The album's CD booklet contains the Arabic song lyrics along with English translations.
| # | Title | Length | Writer | Composer | Arranger | Dialect |
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| 1 | "Ayami Beek (Wana A'dar)" (My Days With You [And I Can...]) | 4:40 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Tamim | Egyptian |
| 2 | "Khod Balak Alaya (Take Care Of Me)" | 5:30 | Nader Abdullah | Waleed Saad | Hani Sibilini | Egyptian |
| 3 | "Betmoun (I Owe You)" | 4:04 | Marwan Khoury | Marwan Khoury | Claude Chalhoub | Lebanese |
| 4 | "Ya Aalem (Who Knows?)" | 5:14 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Nasser El Assaad | Egyptian |
| 5 | "Law Ma Tiji" (If Only You Would Come) | 4:34 | Nizar Francis | Samir Sfair | Tarek Madkour | Lebanese |
| 6 | "Moush Kiteer Aaleik" (It Would Not Be Much for You) | 4:29 | Ammir Ta'eimah | Tamer Ali | Dani Helou | Egyptian |
| 7 | "Adik Ereft (So Now You Know)" | 4:50 | Mohad Goda | Sherif Taj | Hani Sibilini | Egyptian |
| 8 | "Aala Hobak (To Your Love)" | 3:38 | Ahmad Madi | Nasser El Assaad | Nasser El Assaad | Lebanese |
| 9 | "Ana Bastaghrab Aalei" (I Wonder About Him) | 4:28 | Mohammad Rifaei | Ayman Mohseb | Dani Helou | Egyptian |
| 10 | "Saher Eini (Let My Eyes Stay Awake All Night)" | 4:35 | Ahmad Madi | Yehya Al Hasan | Claude Chalhoub | Lebanese |
| 11 | "Awakher Al Shita" (The End Of Winter) | 4:32 | Nader Abdullah | Tamer Ali | Tamim | Egyptian |
Commercial performance
Ayami Beek was a successful release all over the Middle East with thousands of copies sold in the first days within the Islamic feast Eid Al Adha. The album charted at number one in Middle Eastern music charts for over 3 months.
Singles
Betmoun, the album's lead single, had a music video released in June 2008 and was directed by Waleed Nassif. The second single released was Awakher Al Shita. The music video, also directed by Nassif, was shot in January 2009 in Lebanon and premiered on Rotana Mousica in February.