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Halet Hob
حالة حب
Studio album by
Released25 July 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Studio
  • Nasser El Assaad
  • Metropolis (London)
Genre
Length62:55
LabelRotana Records
ProducerRotana
Elissa chronology
Asaad Wahda
(2012)
Halet Hob
حالة حب

(2014)
Saharna Ya Leil
(2016)
Singles from Halet Hob
  1. "Hob Kol Hayaty"
    Released: 12 December 2014
  2. "Ya Merayti"
    Released: 14 May 2015
  3. "Halet Hob"
    Released: 1 March 2016
Alternative covers

Halet Hob (Arabic: حالة حب) (English: A State of Love) is the ninth studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 25 July 2014, making it her sixth album released by Rotana Records.[1] On the first week of its release, the album managed to rank third on the Billboard World Albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for three consecutive weeks, ranking seventh and twelfth on the second and third week, respectively.[3][4] The album also topped the iTunes Store's online sales in the Arab world.[5][6]

The album included twelve songs with the Egyptian dialect and two songs with the Lebanese dialect.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangerLength
1."Hob Kol Hayaty" (The Love of My Life)Ahmed al-GindiMadianAhmed Abd El Salam3:34
2."Halet Hob" (A State of Love)Nader AbdallahTurkish melodyNasser El Assaad5:09
3."Ya Merayti" (On Mirror)Ahmed MadiZiyad BourjiNasser El Assaad4:30
4."Helwa Ya Baladi" (My Beautiful Country)Marwan SaadaBernard Liamis · Jeff BarnelNasser El Assaad3:44
5."Bataly Tehebeeh" (Stop Loving Him)Ahmed MarzouqMohammed YahyaTamim4:14
6."Add El Ayam" (As Long as the Days)Nader AbdallahMohammed YahyaWalid Sharaqi4:55
7."Insana Bereeaa" (An Innocent Girl)Salama AliMohammed YahyaAhmed Ibrahim4:54
8."Wagat Alby" (You Broke My Heart)Baha' al-Din MuhammedMadianAmr Abdel Fattah4:55
9."Ana Magnoona" (Crazy in Love)Ayman QumayhaOsaneOsane4:45
10."Beraghm El Zorouf" (Despite the Circumstances)Nader AbdallahMohammed YahyaTamer Ashour4:52
11."Omr Gedid" (A New Life)Mohammed YahyaAmir Ta'imaTamim3:52
12."Ana Nefssi" (I Wish)Baha' al-Din MuhammedMadianTamim4:25
13."Law Etaabelna" (If We Had Met)Baha' al-Din MuhammedMadianTamim3:59
14."Awel Mara" (The Very First Time)Ismail El HabroukMounir MouradNasser El Assaad5:07
Total length:62:55

Notes

  • "Halet Hob" is an Arabic-language cover of the 2012 Turkish song "Senden Sonra" by Rafet El Roman.

Personnel

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Adapted from the album liner notes.

  • Hubert Ghorayeb - executive producer
  • Yasser Anwar - mixing
  • Tim Young - mastering
  • Ahmad Ab El Salam - strings (track 1)
  • Moustafa Aslan - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
  • Badr El Mostafa - violin (track 1)
  • Amer Gado - sound engineer (track 1)
  • Majid Jridah - strings section leader (tracks 2, 3, 4, 14)
  • Moustafa Bergamali - clarinet (tracks 2, 3)
  • Nasser El Assaad - piano (track 3)
  • Ousman Osert - percussion (track 4)
  • Samer Kousaimy - flute (track 4)
  • Mohamed Atif Imam - strings section leader (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13), violin (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13)
  • Ahmad Gooda - recording engineer (tracks 5, 11, 12, 13)
  • Mahmud Ezzat - recording engineer (tracks 5, 12, 13)
  • Ahmad Ragab - bass guitar (tracks 5, 7, 12, 13)
  • Maged Soroor - kanun (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12)
  • Reda Bder - ney (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12, 13)
  • Ahmad Ayadi - tabla (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13)
  • Yahia El Mougi - violin (track 6)
  • Said Kamal - strings (track 7), strings arrangement (track 8)
  • Sherif Fahmi - guitar (track 7)
  • Hamouso - clarinet (track 7)
  • Carios - percussion (track 7)
  • Mohamed Saad - accordion (track 8)
  • Mohamed Fawzy - clarinet (track 8)
  • Mohamed Esmael - sound engineer (track 8)
  • Christina Makarkina - strings section leader (track 9)
  • Edyta Majewska - cello (track 9)
  • Melinda Popeski - cello (track 9)
  • Pavo Filipovic - trombone (track 9)
  • Tamer Ghneim - strings section leader (track 10)
  • Islam Al Kasbajij - oud (track 10)
  • Hisam El Arabi - rek (track 13)
  • Shafic Toutayo - guitar (track 14)
  • Ali Madbouh - ney (track 14)
  • Jihad Asaad - kanun (track 14)
  • Eli Rezkallah - creative director
  • Bilal Houssami - assistant creative director
  • Mohammed Olaymi - graphics
  • Matthias Clamer - photography
  • Mandy Merheb - fashion consultancy
  • Yehia Shokr - hair
  • Bassam Fattouh - make up

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Billboard World Albums[2] 3

References

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