El Leila De

Infobox Album
Name = El-Leila De
Type = studio
Artist = Amr Diab


Caption =
Released = July 11 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Arabic Pop
Length = 37:16
Label = Rotana
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Kammel Kalamak"
(2005)
This album = "El-Leila De"
(2007)
Next album =

"El Leila De" ( _ar. الليلة دي), is an award winning studio album by Amr Diab. The album was awarded a World Music Award as the best selling album in the Middle East for the year 2007. After being delayed several times, the anticipated album was released on July 11th, 2007. The album has been a great success, it topped the Middle Eastern charts for 19 weeks straight, and 22 weeks overall. The album has still been reaching #1 in Middle Eastern charts even 7 months after its release, and has not dropped off the Top 10 in Egyptian charts for over a year.

Release dates and delays

The album was originally set to be released after Ramadan 2006. However, it was pushed back several times due to Diab's repeated changes in the musical producers he was dealing with. Diab attributes the changes to the producer's lack of new and strong styles. In early 2006, Music Arranger Fahd was supposed to work on this album; however, later that year Dr. Tarek Madkour joined Amr Diab, and they started together to work on it. On 25 March 2007, Madkour's official website announced that Amr Diab and Madkour had decided jointly to skip the collaboration on the album due to the lack of time and conflicting working schedules. Fahd and a new producer called Hasan Al Shafei are elected to produce the music in the album, which is supposed to hit the markets in July 2007, also the name Khaleek Ma'aya is changed, El Leila De is the current suggested title, after the release Amr will shoot a new Pepsi advertisement in Europe. On June 21, 2007, two of the biggest sites (AmrDiabWorld.com & AmrDiab.info) for Amr Diab announced that the album, now entitled El-Leila De, would hit the market on July 7, 2007. The album would contain 10 tracks; AL Shafei and Fahd shared the production Al Shaei 7 songs & Fahd 3 Songs. Before releasing his album, Diab traveled to Portugal to shoot the new Pepsi ad choosing "Rohy Mertahalak" song from his upcoming album El Leila De as the ad music. Amr then traveled to the USA to film the music video for his upcoming album.

The album master copy was given to Rotana, Amr Diab's cD production company, on the last week of June to meet the 07/07/07 release date he had planned earlier. Rotana however has delayed the release of the new CD for a couple of days for unknown reasons. The album has also been leaked but Diab's increasing fan base have impressively not allowed the leaked copy to be distributed on the internet although later on sadly, it got actually leaked. The album was officially released on July 11th, 2007. The album has already become a huge hit in Egypt and all over the middle-east. The album sold over 1,000,000 copies in only 5 days of release. The video clip has been slated for a July 27th release. The song Amr chose to flim was N'eoul Eih, which is unique with the new style of Techno mixed with oriental Arabic music. The video clip was filmed in Los Angeles. El Leila De has once again proved that Amr Diab is the Middle East's top singer. On July 27th, Rotana News announced that "El Leila De" has sold over 2 million copies in less than two weeks in the Middle East, which gives the album a good chance to surpass "Kammel Kalamaks" 3 million copies in one month. The album is currently available to buy on many websites. Amr also filmed a new Pepsi commercial in Portugal, and was officially released on August 4th, 2007. Amr Diab used the song "Enta El Ghaly" from his "El Leila De" album in the commercial.

N'eoul Eih video clip

The most anticipated video clip of 2007, N'eoul Eih, was released on August 14, 2007. Premiered on Rotana TV, and it was a huge success, minutes later, it was released on an Egyptian TV show named "El Beit Beitak", on Egyptian National Television. The video was directed by a young Egyptian Director, Marawan Hamed, and was filmed in Malibu, California.The video was praised for its simplicity, something that cannot been seen in Middle Eastern music videos lately.

Track listing

#"Ne'oul Aih" - نقول إيه - (What should we say) - 4:01
#"El-Leila De" - الليلة دي - (Tonight) - 2:55
#"Tool Mana Shayfak" - طول مانا شايفك - (As long as I see you) - 3:28
#"Hekayat" - حكايات - (Stories) - 4:04
#"Enta El-Ghaly" - انتا الغالي - (You're the precious) - 3:47
#"Rohy Mertahalak" - روحي مرتاحة لك - (My soul likes you) - 3:41
#"Aletly Oul" - قالت لي اقول - (She told me to say) - 3:28
#"We Fehemt Eineik" - و فهمت عينيك - (And I understood your eyes) - 3:41
#"Deheket" - ضحكت - (She laughed) - 3:29
#"Khaleek Ma'aya" - خليك معايا - (Stay with me) - 3:54