Khaled's ''Ya-Rayi'' (, meaning ''My opinion'') is his fifth studio album that was first released in Europe in August 2004 by

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, a label of

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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

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's "El-H'mam" and Rabah Driassa and

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's "H'mama" and features noted Algerian pianist

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on tracks "Mani Hani" and "H'mama" with

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producing the title track.

Track listing

#"Mani Hani" #" Ya-Rayi" #"

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" #"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

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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 {{Authority control 2004 albums 2005 albums Khaled (musician) albums Albums produced by Don Was Wrasse Records albums Albums produced by Philippe Eidel