''Albania'' (

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: ''Αλβανία'') is the name of a studio album by popular Greek singer

Marinella Marinella ( el, Μαρινέλλα) (born 20 May 1938, Thessaloniki) is one of the most popular Greek singers whose career has spanned several decades. She has sung professionally since 1957. Since the beginning of her career, she has release ...

. It was released on 9 October 1973 by

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Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950-2009 (Greek Discography 1950-2009) and all songs composed by

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with lyrics by

Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos ( grc, Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, Pythagóras ho Sámios, Pythagoras the Samos, Samian, or simply ; in Ionian Greek; ) was an ancient Ionians, Ionian Ancient Greek philosophy, Greek philosopher and the eponymou ...

, about the Greco-Italian War of '40. Marinella made their debut performance with a concert in the Municipal Theater of

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, conducted by Giorgos Katsaros, on the eve of

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, with live streaming by EIRT, on 27 October 1973. This album was issued in mono and stereo. The stereo version of this album was released on CD in 1994 by PolyGram.Marinella - Albania 1973
at ''music-bazaar.com'' In 2007, Universal Music Greece granted a licensed re-release to Athens-based Espresso newspaper for their ''Chrysi Diskothiki (Golden Record Library)'', the re-release contained the same tracks as the original album.

Track listing

;Side One. # "Dio pedia ap' to Vrachori" (Δυο παιδιά απ' το Βραχώρι; Two children from

Vrachori Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...

) – 2:18 # "I Ipirotisses" (Οι Ηπειρώτισσες; Women of

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) – 2:23 # "O efedros" (Ο έφεδρος; The drafted sub-lieutenant) – 3:37 # "Mana tha tous perimeni" (Μάνα θα τους περιμένει; A mother will be waiting) – 2:08 # "Gramma ap' to Metopo" (Γράμμα απ' το Μέτωπο; Letter from the Front) – 3:10 # "Pirame t' Argyrokastro" (Πήραμε τ' Αργυρόκαστρο; We took Argyrokastro) – 3:03 ;Side Two. # "O Napolitanos" (Ο Ναπολιτάνος; The

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) – 2:38 # "Enas Thessalos fantaros" (Ένας Θεσσαλός φαντάρος; A soldier from

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) – 2:44 # "Nihta evlogimeni" (Νύχτα ευλογημένη; Blessed night) – 2:17 # "I katarrefsi" (Η κατάρρευση; The collapse) – 2:07 # "I opisthohorisi" (Η οπισθοχώρηση; The setback) – 2:36 # "Mana mou kripse to spathi (Krata mana)" (Μάνα μου κρύψε το σπαθί; Mother, hide the sword) – 2:37

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

* Philippos Papatheodorou – producer *

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arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

, conductor * Yiannis Smyrneos –

recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

* Nikos Petropoulos –

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References

{{Authority control 1973 albums Greek-language albums Marinella albums Universal Music Greece albums