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{{Infobox album
| name       = Ya-Rayi
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]
| cover      = Ya-rayi (europe).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 2004 <small>([[Europe|International]])</small><br> June 27, 2005 <small>([[United States|USA]])</small>
| recorded   = 2004
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Raï]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Universal Records]] and [[Wrasse Records]]
| producer   = Don Was, Jacob Desvarieux, [[Philippe Eidel]], [[K. C. Porter]], and [[Dawn Elder]]
| prev_title = [[Kenza (album)|Kenza]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Best of Khaled]]
| next_year  = 2007
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = US release cover
 | type    = Album
 | cover   = Ya-rayi (us).jpg
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r711756}}</ref>
}}

[[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]'s '''''Ya-Rayi''''' ({{langx|ar|يا رأيي}}, meaning ''My opinion'') is his fifth studio album that was first released in Europe in August 2004 by [[AZ (label)|AZ Records]], a label of [[Universal Music France]], 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]]'s "El-H'mam" and [[Rabah Driassa]] and [[Blaoui Houari]]'s "H'mama" and features noted Algerian pianist [[Maurice El Mediouni]] on tracks "Mani Hani" and "H'mama" with [[Don Was]] producing the title track.

==Track listing==
#"Mani Hani"
#"[[Ya-Rayi_(song)|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]] 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==
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==External links==
* [http://www.shawshara.com/wiki/Ya-Rayi Ya-Rayi on Shawshara.com], Ya-Rayi's lyrics and English lyrics translation
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[[Category:2004 albums]]
[[Category:2005 albums]]
[[Category:Khaled (musician) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Don Was]]
[[Category:Wrasse Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Philippe Eidel]]