Sex (Elli Kokkinou album) explained

Sex
Type:	Album
Artist:	Elli Kokkinou
Cover:	Kokkinou sex.JPG
Released:	3 November 2005
Recorded:	Power Music studio
Genre:	Pop, Modern laika
Length:	1:04:26
Language:	Greek
Label:	Heaven Music
Producer:	Phoebus
Prev Title:	Sto Kokkino: Platinum Edition
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Ki Allo... Platinum Edition
Next Year:	2006

Sex is the fourth studio album by Greek artist, Elli Kokkinou. It was released on 3 November 2005 by Heaven Music and certified gold certification, selling 20,000 units. The album was written by Phoebus, with remaining lyrics by Natalia Germanou and Giannis Rentoumis.^[1]

Singles

The following singles were officially released to radio stations and made into music videos, except the song "Erotas Einai", and gained a lot of airplay.

• "Sex"
• "Talento" (Talent)
• "Ti Tis Eheis Vrei" (What Have You Found In Her)
• "Itan Psema" (It Was A Lie)
• "Erotas Einai" (Love Is)

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

• Giannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, cura (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 10) / baglama (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8)
• Giorgos Chatzopoulos – guitars (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11)
• Victoria Chalkiti – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9)
• Achilleas Diamantis – guitars (tracks: 1, 5)
• Akis Diximos – backing vocals (tracks: 1) / second vocal (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
• Nektarios Georgiadis – backing vocals (tracks: 5, 7)
• Antonis Gounaris – guitars (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11) / cura (tracks: 7)
• Trifon Koutsourelis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fedon Lionoudakis – accordion (tracks: 2, 6, 10)
• Alex Panagi – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9) / second vocal (tracks: 5)
• Liana Papalexi – backing vocals (tracks: 9)
• Phoebus – orchestration (all tracks) / programming, keyboards (tracks: 4)
• Giorgos Roilos – percussion (tracks: 6, 7)
• Filippos Tseberoulis – flute (tracks: 3, 10, 11)

Production

• Manolis Chiotis – studio photographer
• Giannis Ioannidis (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
• Konstantinos Kagkas – hair styling
• Giorgos Klaromenos – imagine director
• Vanesa Koutsopodiotou – make up
• Vasilis Nikolopoulos – sound engineer, mix engineer
• Phoebus – executive producer
• Panos Pitsilidis – art direction
• Thodoris Psiachos – cover photographer
• Vaggelis Siapatis – computer editing, sound engineer
• Giorgos Stabolis – production manager
• Aspasia Tsousi – layout
• Manolis Vlachos – mix engineer
• Alexis Valourdos – imagine director

Charts

Sex made its debut at number 2 on the 'Top 50 Greek Albums' charts by IFPI.^[2]

In a month, it was certified gold according to sales.

Ki Allo... Platinum Edition

Ki Allo... Platinum Edition Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κι Άλλο... Platinum Edition|italics=no
Type:	Album
Artist:	Elli Kokkinou
Cover:	Ki allo kokkinou.JPG
Released:	22 November 2006
Recorded:	Power Music studio
Genre:	Modern laika
Length:	1:07:26
Language:	Greek
Label:	Heaven Music
Producer:	Phoebus
Prev Title:	Sex
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Eilikrina
Next Year:	2007

Ki Allo... Platinum Edition (Greek: Κι Άλλο...; English: More...) is the re-release of fourth studio album Sex by Greek artist, Elli Kokkinou. It was released on 22 November 2006 by Heaven Music and received platinum certification, selling other 20,000 units. Following recent tactics, the album was re-released with four new songs, in one of them featuring Thanos Petrelis. It also includes a DVD with music videos, photos, and interviews.^{[3] [4]}

DVD

DVD contains the video clips of following songs:

1. "Sex"
2. "Ti Tis Eheis Vrei"
3. "Itan Psema"
4. "Making Of" photos
5. Gold status of Sex
6. "Sex" (French version) from Mad Video Awards 2006
7. Interview with Makis Pounentis

Singles

The following singles were officially released to radio stations and made into music videos and had good airplay.

• "Sex [French version]"
• "Ki Allo" (More)
• "Adiaforos" (Uninterested)

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

• Hakan Bingolou – oud, säz (tracks: 4)
• Giannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki (tracks: 1, 3) / cura (tracks: 1) / baglama (tracks: 1, 3) / lute (tracks: 2)
• Victoria Chalkiti – backing vocals (tracks: 1)
• Giorgos Chatzopoulos – guitars (tracks: 1, 2, 3)
• Akis Diximos – backing vocals, second vocal (tracks: 2, 3)
• Trifon Koutsourelis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 1, 2, 3)
• Alex Panagi – backing vocals (tracks: 1)
• Phoebus – orchestration (all tracks) / programming, keyboards (tracks: 4)
• Giorgos Roilos – percussion (tracks: 1, 2, 3)
• Thanasis Vasilopoulos – clarinet, ney (tracks: 4)

Production

• Antonis Aspromourgos – processing
• Manolis Chiotis – studio photographer
• Konstantinos Kagkas – hair styling
• Giorgos Klaromenos – imagine director
• Vanesa Koutsopodiotou – make up
• Vasilis Nikolopoulos – sound engineer, mix engineer
• Elsa Patsadeli – styling
• Phoebus – executive producer
• Panos Pitsilidis – art direction
• Roula Revi – cover photographer
• Vaggelis Siapatis – computer editing, sound engineer
• Giorgos Stabolis – production manager
• Aspasia Tsousi – layout
• Alexis Valourdos – imagine director
• Leon Zervos – mastering

Charts

Ki Allo... Platinum Edition made its debut at number 1 on the 'Top 50 Greek Albums' charts by IFPI.^[5]

With its release, it was certified platinum according to sales.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20051206025044/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart05.htm
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060902232550/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart05.htm
3. Web site: ΕΛΛΗ ΚΟΚΚΙΝΟΥ – KΙ ΑΛΛΟ . 2022-12-12 . Φοίβος . en-US.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20061125201843/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart05.htm
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20070217192010/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart05.htm