Omry Maak
| Omry Maak (My Life With You) | ||||
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| Studio album by Angham | ||||
| Released | 10 August 2003 (Egypt) | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2003 | |||
| Genre | Rock & Roll, valse, jazz, Arabic pop, folklore, punk | |||
| Label | Alam elPhan | |||
| Producer | Alam elPhan(Producer), Mohsen Gaber (Executive producer) | |||
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Omry Maak (My Life With You) is the sixteenth full-length Arabic studio album from Egyptian pop singer Angham, launched in Egypt on August 13, 2003 (see 2003 in music) by Alam elPhan Production Company.
Album information
Reviews acclaimed Angham for her capacity of metamorphosing the style of her songs in "Omry Maak", combining a western flavor in most of her songs' arrangements while keeping her arabo-Latino identity that many knew her from. The record surpassed industry expectations when it debuted at number one on all charts thanks to the help of her carefully selected songs, and in the lead "Omry Maak" which had already spent five weeks at number one on Mazzika channel and ART Top 20 prior to the release of the record in the markets. The latter sold 345 000 copies the first week of release. Angham recorded most of her tracks under the supervision of M. Nash'at Naser elDeen, Sameh elMazny, Mustafa Ra'ouf, and Hussam Radi. The mixage and digital mastering have been accomplished in Sawt elMousiqua (Voice of Music) studio with the help of M. Nash'at Naser elDeen. The cover, showing a radiant and inviting Angham, is done by photographer MKI while the design and layout were done by Bonus Euro RSCG company. The outcome of the entire record made it look like the result came smoothly, but lots of things happened at the backstage prior to the record's birth. First, Angham's husband, Fahd, was against the release of "Omry Maak" track because he felt the song will not witness any possible success. Angham almost was going to retreat the song, until she put it back under the direction of Mohsen Gabsr who found it very new and predicted a huge success. On the same note, Angham said in Maa Hobbi (With Love) talk show on Rotana in 2007 that there is one song that she regretted putting in the album. "Ana Mkhassmak" (I Am Mad At You) - the song that Angham did not like - was too "folkore" and did not suit her. However it was kept in the record because Angham bargained that it will succeed in the young demographic proportion who does not listen to her in the first place.
Promotion
After the release of the record, it was the feud between Mohsen Gaber and Angham over the shooting of the second music video "Arref'ha Beya" (Introduce Me To Her) that prompted Angham to end the contract with Alam elPhan. The artist complained that Gaber was not able to keep his promises. There were many things that she dreamt of doing and that he did not aid her in their accomplishment, whether financially or artistically. A rumour which turned out to be true tackled the issue of how Mohsen Gaber released a lawsuit against Angham when she left Alam elPhan toward Rotana before even terminating her old three years contract. Angham reambursed the production fees that was due to do the third record after she joined Rotana. Angham did many tours, especially in Tunisia, Egypt, and Kuweit to promote her record. However, when she joined Rotana, Angham stopped promoting "Omry Maak", and many found it unjust that she neglected the record and its success. Angham performed at "Hala Febrayer" (Welcome February) concert in 2002 and also at "Layali Dubai" (Nights of Dubai) in 2003 to support the success of her record. According to press and reviews, both concerts were widely successful. She also promoted "Omry Maak" record at Marina Concert in Cairo in 2004, few months after signing the contract with Rotana. In 2003, Angham was also guest appearance in Fantasia talk show hosted by international show presenter, Razan Moghraby, on MBC channel. Angham was the sole guest appearance in Star Academy 1 where she performed "Sidi Wisalak" (Your Charm), "Mabagabsh Serty" (Did He Mention Me) and "Omry Maak".
World Music Award 2004 controversy
A huge commotion and riot raised in Middle East when Latifa won the World Music Award 2004 for her record "Matrouhsh Beed" (Don't Go Away), released in the same year like Angham. The record of Latifa did not surpass even 100 000 CD sold compared to 1.7 million for Angham and 950 000 for Nancy Ajram. The press attributed the winning of Latifa instead of Angham as a pure act of revenge from Mohsen Gaber upon the news of Angham's departure of his company without a notice toward Rotana. Many suspected the credibility of this award.
Track listing
- Omry Maak (My Life With You) (Lyrics by: Ezzat elGendy | Music composed by: Sherif Tagg | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Mayhemsh (It Doesn't Matter) (Lyrics by: Khaled Mounir | Music composed by: Sherif Tagg | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Arrefha Beya (Introduce Me To Her) (Lyrics by: Essam Husni | Music composed by: Tamer Ali | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Esra'ny (He Captured Me) (Lyrics by: Sameh elAgami | Music composed by: Sheriff Tagg | Music arrangements by: Tarek Madkour)
- Bahtag Etkallem (In Need To Talk) (Lyrics by: Ayman Bahgat Amar | Music composed by: Khaled Ezz | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- T'heb Atghayar (You Like Me to Metamorphose) (Lyrics by: Tarek Abdel Setar | Music composed by: Sherif Tagg | Music arrangements by: Akram eSharkawi)
- Ana Mkhassmak (I Am Mad At You) (Lyrics by: Nader Abdallah | Music composed by: Sherif Tagg | Music arrangements by: Mohammad Mustafa)
- Ala Fekra (By The Way ) (Lyrics by: Saoud Ben Abdallah | Music composed by: elFaissal | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Shoft elDonia (Did You See The World) (Lyrics by: Khaled Mounir | Music composed by: Sheriff Tagg | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Feinak (Where Are You) (Lyrics by: Mohammad Hamed | Music composed by: Tamer Ali | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Regena f'Kalamna (Back to Our Conversation) (Lyrics by: Nader Abdallah | Music composed by: Tamer Ali | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Halak (Your State) (Lyrics by: Essam Husni | Music composed by: Tamer Ali | Music arrangements by: Fahd)
- Arrefha Beya [remix] (Introduce Me To Her) (Lyrics by: Essam Husni | Music composed by: Tamer Ali | Music arrangements by: Fahd)