''Ilikrina'' ( Greek: ''Ειλικρινά'';

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Track listing

Singles

The following singles were officially released to radio stations and made into music videos, except the song "De Pao Kala", and had good airplay. "Lipame Ilikrina" :"Lipame Ilikrina" was the lead single released in October 2007 with music video, directed by Giorgos Gkavalos. It became a considerable airplay hit by the end of the year. "Eisai Oti Thelo" :"Eisai Oti Thelo" was the second single released in February 2008 with music video, directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos. "Pes Mou Ena Psema" :"Pes Mou Ena Psema" was the third single released in April 2008 with music video, directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos. "De Pao Kala" :"Den Pao Kala" was the fourth and last single released in June 2008. It was released as a radio single with a remix to radio stations.

Credits

Personnel

*Mohamed Arafa – percussion (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 9) *Romeos Avlastimidis – violin (tracks: 11) *Thanasis Chondros – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Vasilis Gavriilidis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 7, 12) *Kostas Gianniris – backing vocals (tracks: 1) *Thanos Gkiouletzis – violin (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 10) *Giannis Grigoriou – bass (tracks: 7, 12) *Anna Ioannidou – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Giannis Kifonidis – orchestration, programming, keyboards, guitars, accordion, backing vocals (tracks: 11) *Simos Kinalis – säz (tracks: 6, 8) *Katerina Kiriakou – backing vocals (tracks: 7, 12) *Pantelis Konstantinidis – bouzouki (tracks: 12) *Spiros Kontakis – guitars (tracks: 7, 12) *Tony Kontaxakis – guitars (tracks: 3) *Dimitris Kontopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 1) *Alkis Misirlis – drums (tracks: 7, 12) *Andreas Mouzakis – drums (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Alex Panagi – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12) *Tasos Panagis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Liana Papalexi – backing vocals (tracks: 1) *Stavros Pazarentsis – clarinet (tracks: 6, 9, 11) / kaval (tracks: 6, 8) / soprano saxophone (tracks: 11) *Christos Pertsinidis – guitars (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Panagiotis Stergiou – guitars (tracks: 3) / bouzouki (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 9, 10) / cura (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 9) / baglama (tracks: 3, 10) *Pantelis Stoikos – trumpet (tracks: 11) *Leonidas Tzitzos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 7, 12) *Charis Varthakouris – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 3)

Production

*Aris Binis – sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12) *Vasilis Gavriilidis – production manager (tracks: 7, 12) *Panos Georgiadis – photographer assistant *Konstantinos Kagkas – hair styling *Giannis Kifonidis – production manager, sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 11) *Savvas Konstantinidis – mix engineer (tracks: 3) *Dimitris Kontopoulos – production manager (tracks: 1) *Vanesa Koutsopodiotou – make up *Tzortzia Michalopoulou – photo processing *Tasos Panagis – production manager (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) *Roula Revi – photographer *Petros Siakavellas – mastering *Tasos Sofroniou – styling *Charis Varthakouris – production manager, sound engineer (tracks: 3)

Charts

''Ilikrina'' made its debut at number 2 on the 'Top 50 Greek Albums' charts by IFPI.MAD TV
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References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Elli Kokkinou albums Greek-language albums Sony Music Greece albums