Palirroia Explained

Palirroia Παλίρροια
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Irini Merkouri
Cover:	palirroiamerkouri.jpg
Released:	9 July 2004
Studio:	Sofita studio Argyriou Recordings studio
Genre:	Pop, Dance, Modern laika
Length:	1:00:44
Language:	Greek
Label:	Sony Music Greece Columbia
Producer:	Yiannis Doulamis
Prev Title:	Meine Mazi Mou Apopse
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Aneta
Next Year:	2005

Palirroia (Greek: Παλίρροια; English: Tide) is the third studio album by Greek singer Irini Merkouri. It was released on 9 July 2004 by Sony Music Greece and later received gold certification, selling 20,000 units. It also contains a cover from a Once Upon a Time in Mexico's soundtrack "Siente Mi Amor", adapted and arranged by Marios Psimopoulos.^[1]

Singles

Four songs were officially released as singles at radio stations, some of them with music video, and gained massive airplay:

1. "Pou Na Fantasto" (How Can I Imagine)
2. "Palirroia" (Tide)
3. "Ela" (Come)
4. "Krata Me Xana" (Hold Me Again)

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

• Dimitris Antoniou – guitars (1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
• Solon Apostolakis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (8, 12)
• Yiannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, cura, baglama (4)
• Takis Damashis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (3)
• Akis Diximos – second vocal (1, 4, 6, 11) / backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 10, 15)
• Manolis Kontaratos – bouzouki (12)
• Katerina Kyriakou – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15)
• Yiannis Lionakis – orchestration, programming, keyboards, guitars, bouzouki, baglama (6, 11)
• Andreas Mouzakis – drums (4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14)
• Elias Pantazopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (2, 5)
• Christos Pertsinidis – guitars (8, 9, 12)
• Manolis Platakis – guitars (10)
• Marios Psimopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
• Nikos Stavropoulos – extra programming (10)
• Nikos Vardis – bass (6, 9, 11, 12)
• Vaggelis Vasiliou – orchestration, programming, keyboards (6, 10, 11) / percussion (10)

Production

• Takis Argyriou – sound engineer, mix engineer (8, 12)
• Aris Binis – sound engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Yiannis Doulamis – executive producer
• Yiannis Ioannidis (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
• Vaggelis Kyris – photographer
• Yiannis Marketakis – hair styling, make up
• Lefteris Neromiliotis – mix engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Dimitris Rekouniotis – artwork
• Petros Siakavellas (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
• Despina Triantafyllidou – photo processing
• Fanis Tsirakis – sound engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Calliope Xyrafi – styling

Charts

Palirroia made its debut at number 7 for 12 weeks on the 'Greece Top 50 Singles' charts.^[2]

After months, it was certified gold by IFPI.

Notes and References

1. http://www.studio52.gr/info_en.asp?infoID=00000ruq Studio 52 CD profile
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20041020035546/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart05.htm