''Emmones Idees'' (
Greek: ''Έμμονες Ιδέες'';
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: ''Obsessive Ideas'') is the thirteenth
studio album
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by Greek artist,
Katy Garbi
Katerina "Katy" Garbi ( el, Κατερίνα "Καίτη" Γαρμπή, ; born 8 June 1961) is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus, with some popularity in Turkey. Her career has spanned over 35 years with over 2 million records sold in Gr ...
. It was released on 15 October 2003 by
Sony Music Greece and certified gold in a week, but after a month received platinum certification, selling over 50,000 units*. The first single "Na Pernas" and precursor to the album was released over one month prior to the release of the album, which itself was initially scheduled to be released in September, but it was delayed to October, containing many of her most successful songs like "Na Pernas", "Antres", "Esena Mono" and "Poso Tha 'Thela". "Ilios I Vrohi" is a cover of ''Youm Wara Youm'', previously recorded and performed as a duet by
Samira Said and
Cheb Mami
Mohamed Khelifati ( ar, محمد خليفاتي, ), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami ( ar, شاب مامي, link=no, , born 11 July 1966), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometim ...
. It was available in two different versions: a standard 16-track version, and a "Limited Edition" packaged with a bonus DVD including
Mia Kardia
''Mia Kardia'' (Greek language, Greek'':'' ''A Heart''; English language, English: ''Μια Καρδιά'') is the second Extended play, EP by Greek artist, Katy Garbi. It was released on 14 November 2002 by Sony Music, Sony Music Greece and receiv ...
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s music videos along with biography, discography and photos. Giannis Doulamis with
Dewar's whiskey, a main sponsor of the album, organized a big celebration for the presentation of Katy's new gold album (were sold more than 30,000 units in the first week of release alone) as well as the multi-platinum award for her previous albums.
In 2003, platinum was the album whose sales exceeded 40,000 units.
Track listing
Notes
* There is a gap of 22 seconds between tracks 15 and 16. "Mia Nihta Akoma" last 3:13.
* "Zilia" was not listed on the back cover of the album.
Singles
The following singles were officially released to radio stations with music videos, except the songs "Antres" and "Ta Ripsokindina". The songs "Emmones Idees", "Stenahoriemai" and "Zilia" were not released as singles, but gained a lot of airplay.
"Na Pernas"
"Na Pernas" was the lead single and released on 5 September 2003 with music video. Some scenes was filmed at
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
's port. It gained massive radio airplay and making airplay every hour for a year.
"Poso Tha 'Thela"
"Poso Tha 'Thela" was the second single and released on 1 October 2003 with music video. The duet has a successful airplay until today.
"Antres"
"Antres" was the third single and released on 3 November 2003 having a lot of airplay.
"Esena Mono"
"Esena Mono" was the fourth single from the album and released on 3 December 2003 with music video which filmed at
London
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with her husband, Dionisis. The original music was composed by Azerbaijani composer,
Eldar Mansurov
Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov ( az, Eldar Bəhram oğlu Mansurov / , ; born February 28, 1952) is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.
He is the son of musician Bahram Mansurov. His younger brother Elkhan Mansurov is also a musici ...
in 1988. The song had a massive success and is considered one of the most successful ballads of the decade.
"Ta Ripsokindina"
"Ta Ripsokindina" was the fifth single and released on 2 February 2004 having a good airplay.
"Apsiha Pragmata"
"Apsiha Pragmata" was the sixth single and released on 19 April 2004. The music video was directed by Victoria Vellopoulou, due to Katy's film concerts at the ODEON KOSMOPOLIS cinema in the fall of 2012 and released on 25 October 2015, 12 years after its release.
"Emmones Idees
edley
"Emmones Idees
edley was the seventh and last single and released on 9 June 2004 with music video. It is a mix of 3 songs of album ("Apopse, Thee Mou, Anapse T' Asteria", "Ta Ripsokindina", "De S' Agapaei") which were in the radio's choices.
Credits
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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Personnel
* Dimitris Antoniou – guitars (tracks: 3, 12)
* Mohamend Arafa – percussion (tracks: 5)
* Giannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, cura, baglama (tracks: 7)
* Victoria Chalkiti – backing vocals (tracks: 16)
* Panagiotis Charamis – bass (tracks: 7)
* Nikos Chatzopoulos – violin (tracks: 3, 12)
* Achilleas Diamantis – guitars (tracks: 7)
* Stratos Diamantis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 6, 7)
* Dimos Emmanouel – backing vocals (tracks: 1)
* Konstantinos Emmanouel – backing vocals (tracks: 1)
* Galleon – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 10)
* Spiros Georgiou – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 1, 9, 11, 13, 15)
* Thanos Gkiouletzis – violin (tracks: 9, 15)
* Telis Kafkas – bass (tracks: 1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15)
* Panos Kapiris – second vocal (tracks: 8, 14)
* Manolis Karantinis – bouzouki (tracks: 1, 11, 13) / cura, baglama (tracks: 1, 13) / lute (tracks: 15)
* Katerina Kiriakou – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 12)
* Giannis Konstantinidis – guitars (tracks: 5)
* Spiros Kontakis – guitars (tracks: 2, 16)
* Dimitris Kontopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 2, 5, 16)
* Kostas Lainas – keyboards (tracks: 4, 8, 14)
* Giannis Lionakis – orchestration, programming, guitars (tracks: 4, 8, 14)
* Andreas Mouzakis – drums (tracks: 1, 11, 13, 15)
* Vasilis Nikolopoulos – drums (tracks: 7)
* Alex Panagi – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 12, 16)
* Christos Pertsinidis – guitars (tracks: 1, 9, 11, 13, 15)
* Marios Psimopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 12)
* Antonis Remos – second vocal (tracks: 4)
* Panagiotis Stergiou – bouzouki, baglama (tracks: 4, 8, 14)
* Nikos Terzis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (tracks: 3)
* Lakis Tsiatsiamis – drums (tracks: 4, 8, 14)
Production
* Aris Binis (Sofita studio) – sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 4, 8, 14)
* Giannis Doulamis – production manager
* Nikolas Georgiou – styling
* Giannis Ioannidis (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
* Nikos Iosifidis (G studio) – sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 1, 9, 11, 13, 15)
* Kostas Kalimeris (Prism studio) – mix engineer (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 16)
* Dimitris Kontopoulos (Vox studio) – sound engineer (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 16)
* Lefteris Neromiliotis (Sofita studio) – sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 3, 4, 8, 12, 14)
* Vasilis Nikolopoulos (Power Music studio) – sound engineer, mix engineer (tracks: 6, 7)
* Petros Paraschis – art direction
* Christos Prentoulis – photographer
* Petros Siakavellas (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
* Despina Triantafillidou – cover processing
* Stefanos Vasilakis – hair styling
* Manos Vynichakis – make up
Charts
''Emmones Idees'' made its debut at number 1 on the 'Top 50 Greek Albums' charts by IFPI.
In a week, it was certified gold and later was certified platinum according to sales.
References
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2003 albums
Greek-language albums
Katy Garbi albums
Katy Garbi video albums
Sony Music Greece albums
2003 video albums