Deka Endoles Explained

Deka Entoles Δέκα Εντολές
Type:	studio
Artist:	Despina Vandi
Cover:	dekaentolesvandi.JPG
Released:	December 10, 1997
Recorded:	1997, Studio Phase One, Studio Sierra
Genre:	Laïka, contemporary laïka, dance
Length:	51:18
Language:	Greek
Label:	Minos EMI
Producer:	Phoebus
Prev Title:	Esena Perimeno
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Profities
Next Year:	1999

Deka Entoles (Greek: Δέκα Εντολές; English: Ten orders) is the third studio album by Greek singer Despina Vandi. It was released in Greece in 1997 by Minos EMI and was her first album to be certified, reaching platinum status.^[1] This is the first album that Despina Vandi collaborated with popular composer Phoebus.^[2]

According to the Greek "Chart Show" and IFPI, the song "O Perittos" from the album is in the eighteenth position in the Top 30 with the most successful Greek pop songs of the 1990s.^[3]

Music videos

• "O Perittos" (Ο Περιττός; The redundant) (Director:)
• "Outopia" (Ουτοπία; Utopia) (Director:)
• "Nihtolouloudo Mou" (Νυχτολούλουδο Μου; My night flower) (Director: Vaggelis Kalaitzidis)
• "To Allo Miso" (Το Άλλο Μισό; The other half) (Director:)
• "Deka Entoles" (Δέκα Εντολές; Ten orders) (Director: Vaggelis Kalaitzidis)
• "Thelo Na Se Ksehaso" (Θέλω Να Σε Ξεχάσω; I want to forget you) (Director:)

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Greece	December 10, 1997	MC, CD, Digital download^[4]	Minos EMI
Cyprus

Chart performance

Chart	Providers	Peak position	Certification
Greek Albums Chart	IFPI Greece	1	2× Platinum
Cypriot Album Chart	Musical Paradise Top 10	1	Platinum

Credits and personnel

Personnel

• Vasilis Diamantis - clarinet
• Pavlos Diamantopoulos - bass
• Erinta - background vocals
• Natalia Germanou - lyrics
• Antonis Gounaris - guitars, acoustic guitars
• Hakan - saz, oud
• Giorgos Hatzopoulos - guitars
• Giotis Kiourtsoglou - bass
• Katerina Kiriakou - background vocals
• Tony Kontaxakis - music, lyrics, orchestration, solo guitar, keyboards
• Fedon Lianoudakis - accordion
• Andreas Mouzakis - drums
• Giannis Mpithikotsis - bouzouki, tzoura, baglama
• Alex Panayi - background vocals
• Alekos Paraskevopoulos - bass
• Elias Paraskevopoulos - drums
• Giannis Parios - lyrics
• Giorgos Pavrianos - lyrics
• Phoebus - music, lyrics, orchestration, programming, keyboards, background vocals
• Giorgos Roilos - percussion
• Despina Vandi - vocals
• Thanasis Vasilopoulos - clarinet
• Nikos Zervas - keyboards
• Martha Zioga - background vocals

Production

• Thodoris Hrisanthopoulos - digital mastering
• Vaggelis Papadopoulos - sound, mix
• Giorgos Stampolis - sound
• Achilleas Theofilou - production manager
• Manolis Vlahos - sound, mix

Design

• Ntinos Diamantopoulos - photos
• Evi Sourmaidou - styling
• Krina Vronti - cover and insert design

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . despinavandi.gr . 2022-08-08 . 2020-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807095037/https://despinavandi.gr/ . dead .
2. http://music.aol.com/album/10-entoles/456314 music.aol.com
3. Web site: YouTube . May 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523153838/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzZyCz-t9f0 . May 23, 2014 . .
4. Web site: iTunes - Music - Δέκα Εντολές by Despina Vandi . Itunes.apple.com . 2012-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111084245/https://itunes.apple.com/gr/album/id269165913 . 2012-11-11 .
5. Deka Entoles . . 1997 . CD . Minos EMI. 7243 4 93449 2 1 .