In the early morning hours of May 17th Amr Diab officially ended his final day in the recording studios after what has been a tedious journey to complete his latest album which has taken him two full years to complete (the largest duration Amr has ever taken to complete an album!). He had planned for Hassan El Shafei -who arranged all the songs in the album- and Tamer El Zoeby, the sound engineer, to fly to London to finally master the songs Amr had chosen for the album; but after the tragic death of Mohammad Alaa Mohammad Hosni Mubarak on the 18th of May all plans were put on hold until further news had surfaced!
After Amr personally attended the funeral ceremony, Hassan El Shafei and Tamer El Zoeby were off to the Metropolis Studios in London to begin the digital mastering of the songs. But two days ago, Amr decided to personally fly to London and continue work with Hassan and Tamer on the digital mastering, wanting to make sure that everything would be undergone the way he advices.
Today, Amr and the crew are expected to return to Egypt with the master copy of his album, which Rotana is expected to receive by Saturday at the very latest. Afterwards the official promotion and countdown for the album will begin! After arriving from London, Amr will begin work on the official poster to accompany his album, and possibly even begin early plans of what he has in mind for his video clip! It has been rumoured that the album will contain 12 songs, instead of Amr’s usual 10, due to the long delay, but no confirmation has been given yet! The album, which is expected to be the “next big step” in Arabian music, is expected to hit stores in late June!
By guest writer Masri
Cant wait 4 the album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
ya tareek was released in 1981 and ghani men albak was released in 84, wich makes it a huger gap
I THINK ITS OFFICIAL THE KINGS ALBUM WILL BE OUT JUNE 15TH!!!! THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN I CANT WAIT ..WE MISS U KING!!
No official release date has been set yet. Hanadi. Amr Diab has yet to return from London, and it seems the process of the digital mastering is taking a little longer than expected!
But, the album will not be in stores until the second half of June, more so around June 17-25.
A full list of all the songs, the samples and even the poster are expected to be released soon after Amr's arrival from London, ISA.
Yes Ruby, that was a larger gap. But that was a time of transition in Amr's very early days. So the actual work on Ghani Men Albak was only a couple of months. But this album has taken two full years to complete, rather than the usual 8-10 months.
Just a little update...
Amr Diab, Hassan El Shafe3y, and Tamer El Zogby all returned to Egypt last night with the only mastered copy of the album with them (hopefully they don't lose it! ;);))
The master will be handed over to Rotana anytime towards the end of this week. All the official information and track list will be avaliable within the coming week. And the album will be in stores anytime after mid-June, inshallah.
Just thought I'd correct a mistake I made in the above comment.
Amr has yet to arrive from London, his arrival will be early today, sometime before dawn. By "today", I am referring to May 25th.
Thank You. Waleg will get an article with very exclusive news [and music ;)] soon.
Totally irrelevant, but BA's flight arrives into Cairo at midnight, while MS's flight arrives in the evening (10 pm, or so).
Wonder what airline Amr is flying on? Does he even fly commercial anymore LOL....