Allem Alby

Allem Alby
Allem Alby
Studio album by Amr Diab
Released	2003
Studios	Leila (Giza, Egypt); ART (Giza, Egypt); Sout El Hob (Giza, Egypt); Cornet (Giza, Egypt); M. Sound (Cairo, Egypt);
Length	51:12
Language	Egyptian Arabic
Labels	Alam El Phan; Mazzika;
Producers	Fahad; Hany Yacoub; Amr Shaker;
Amr Diab chronology

Allem Alby (Egyptian Arabic: عَلِّم قلبي, romanized: ʻAllim Albī, lit. 'Teach My Heart', IPA: [ˈʕællem ˈʔælbi]) 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."

Commercial performance

Allem Alby album sales reached over 750,000 copies. Although the album did not reach the number of sales of Diab's previous album Aktar Wahed, it left an imprint in Arabic music for its musical arrangements and melodies. The album contains a variety of musical genres, including hip-hop, R&B, pop and rock.

Singles

"Ana Ayesh" which was track number 2 was chosen to be the lead single for the album. 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.

Track listing

The unofficial italicised English titles listed below are the closest and most accurate translations of the original titles.

*Allem Alby* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Allem Alby" (علم قلبي Teach My Heart)	Walid Galal	Khaled Ezz Amr Diab	3:33
2.	"Ana Ayesh" (أنا عايش I'm Alive)	Rabea El Seufy	Amr Mostafa Diab	3:47
3.	"Ally El Wada'" (قالّي الوداع He Told Me Goodbye)	Bahaa El Din Mohamed	Ezz	3:14
4.	"Ya Kinzy" (يا كنزي O My Treasure)	Mohamed Refai	Rachida El Haris	3:34
5.	"Te'dar Tetkallem" (تقدر تتكلم You Can Talk)	Refai	Refai	4:54
6.	"Law Ash'any" (لو عشقاني If You Adore Me)	Mohamed	Mohamed Rahim	4:23
7.	"Khalleeny Ganbak" (خليني جنبك Let Me Be by Your Side)	instrumental	Nader Nour Diab	2:14
8.	"Allemny Hawak" (علمني هواك Your Love Taught Me)	Reda Amin	Sherif Tag	3:21
9.	"Habiby Ya Omry" (حبيبي يا عمري My Love, O My Life)	Mohamed	Ezz	5:03
10.	"Enta Ma Oltesh Leh" (إنتَ ما قُلتِش ليه Why Didn't You Say So?)	Mohamed	Diab	3:38
11.	"Hanneit" (حنيت I Yearned)	Hany El Sagheer	Ezz	4:16
12.	"Kollohom" (كلهم All of Them)	Ayman Bahgat Amar	Mostafa	3:57
13.	"Khalleeny Ganbak"	Refai	Nour Diab	5:18
Total length:				51:12

Bonus track on some editions (with track 7 removed)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Allem Alby" (remix)	Galal	Ezz Diab	4:13
Total length:				53:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. The track numbering in this section is based on that of the album's standard edition.

Studios

Recorded and mixed at Leila Studios, ART Studios, Sout El Hob Studios, Cornet Studio, and M. Sound Studios

Musicians

Amr Diab – vocals (all tracks), instrumental solo composition (track 9), music direction
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)
Fahad – 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

Fahad – arrangement (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 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, 7, 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 25 December 2021
↑ "تامر حسني.. "وش حقيقي والتاني بلياتشو"". www.albawabhnews.com. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
↑ Amr Diab Allem Alby Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 25 May 2022
↑ "Amr Diab, Ana Ayesh Music Video – عمرو دياب: أنا عايش". Arabic Media.
↑ Allem Alby علم قلبي [Teach My Heart] (CD booklet) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Egypt: Alam El Phan and Mazzika. 2003. ALAM CD 610E.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External Reviews

Album Review on AllMusic

[1] Allem Alby by Amr Diab, 4 February 2003, retrieved 25 December 2021

[2] "تامر حسني.. "وش حقيقي والتاني بلياتشو"". www.albawabhnews.com. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[3] Amr Diab Allem Alby Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 25 May 2022

[4] "Amr Diab, Ana Ayesh Music Video – عمرو دياب: أنا عايش". Arabic Media.

[5] Allem Alby علم قلبي [Teach My Heart] (CD booklet) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Egypt: Alam El Phan and Mazzika. 2003. ALAM CD 610E.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)