''Palirroia'' (

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: ''Παλίρροια'';

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: ''Tide'') is the third studio album by Greek singer

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. 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

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Tracklist

Singles

Four songs were officially released as singles at radio stations, some of them with music video, and gained massive airplay: # "Pou Na Fantasto" (How Can I Imagine) # "Palirroia" (Tide) # "Ela" (Come) # "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.https://web.archive.org/web/20041020035546/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart05.htm After months, it was certified gold by

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References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Irini Merkouri albums Greek-language albums Sony Music Greece albums