Khaled's ''Ya-Rayi'' ( ar, يا رأيي, meaning ''My opinion'') studio album was released in Europe in August 2004 by
AZ Records
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Valéry Zeitoun
The founder and first president of AZ record label, Valé ...
, a label of
Universal Music France
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, and later licensed in UK, and then reissued in United States on June 27, 2005. The European release was dubbed a "back to the roots" album, while the United States release was dubbed a "peace through music" album.
The album includes remakes of
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka ( ar, الحاج محمد العنقة}), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Ma ...
's "El-H'mam" and
Rabah Driassa and
Blaoui Houari
Blaoui Houari ( ''Blawī al-Hwārī''; 23 January 1926 – 19 July 2017) was an Algerian singer-songwriter, composer and conductor. Over the course of his career, he recorded over 900 songs and released over 100 albums.
Early life
Blaoui Houari ...
's "H'mama".
Track listing
#"Mani Hani"
#"
Ya-Rayi"
#"
Zine Zina"
#"El-H'mam"
#"Lemen"
#"Ya Galbi"
#"H'mama"
#"Ensa El Hem"
#"Hagda"
#"El Ghira"
#"El-H'mam" (Imhotep Remix)
In the UK the Universal Music France album was licensed unchanged to
Wrasse Records
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with the French album track listing and an extra DVD of music clips. The Wrasse Records release (Wrasse 127X) included the original French booklet with Arabic sung texts in French romanization and studio notes in French, but with a CD backing tray insert in English.
References
External links
Ya-Rayi on Shawshara.com Ya-Rayi's lyrics and English lyrics translation
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2004 albums
2005 albums
Khaled (musician) albums
Albums produced by Don Was
Wrasse Records albums
Albums produced by Philippe Eidel