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Perierges meres (Template:Lang-gr, Template:Lang-en) is the 19th studio album of Greek singer Katy Garbi, released on 10 December 2013 by Minos EMI and Front Seat Records.
The album marked the singer's comeback in the night life of Athens and her return to laiko music style. On January 26, the album was released as a covermount along with the newspaper "Proto Thema". On March 18, 2014 it was announced that the album has reached gold status. In November 2014, the album was re-released as a covermount and it was announced that has reached platinum status.
Track list
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anemodarmena ipsi" (Ανεμοδαρμένα ύψη; Wuthering heights) | Eleni Giannatsoulia | Giorgos Sabanis | 4:02 | |
| 2. | "Psefti" (Ψεύτη; Liar) | Nikos Gritsis | Giorgos Sabanis | 3:20 | |
| 3. | "Stin adeia sou karekla" (Στην άδεια σου καρέκλα; In your empty chair) | Thanos Papanikolaou | Vasilis Gavriilidis | 3:38 | |
| 4. | "Perierges meres" (Περίεργες μέρες; Strange days) | Nikos Gritsis | Giorgos Sabanis | 3:45 | |
| 5. | "Ena gelio tha foreso (Koukla)" (Ένα γέλιο θα φορέσω (Κούκλα); I'll wear a laugh (Doll)) | Nikos Gritsis | Tasos Panagis | 3:17 | |
| 6. | "Deixe mou (duet with Giorgos Papadopoulos)" (Δείξε μου; Show me) | Vangelis Konstantinidis | Giorgos Papadopoulos | 3:25 | |
| 7. | "Ti me koitas" (Τι με κοιτάς; Why do you look at me?) | Nikos Gritsis | Giorgos Sabanis | 3:34 | |
| 8. | "To ligaki" (Το λιγάκι; The "few") | Vangelis Konstantinidis | Giorgos Sabanis | 3:49 | |
| 9. | "Den ehei allo gremo" (Δεν έχει άλλο γκρεμό; There's no another cliff) | Vicky Gerothodorou | Giorgos Papadopoulos | 3:34 | |
| 10. | "Logia meli (Betigy osadi)" (Λόγια μέλι; Words like honey) | Ayman Bahgat Amar | Mhd. Yehia | Greek version of the song "Betigy Osadi" of the Egyptian singer Amr Mostafa. The Greek lyrics were written by Giannis Doxas. | 3:14 |
| 11. | "Pame finale" (Πάμε φινάλε; Let's finish) | Vicky Gerothodorou, Giannis Doxas | Giorgos Papadopoulos | 3:38 | |
| 12. | "Pio pano apo sena" (Πιο πάνω από σένα; Above You) | Thanos Papanikolaou | Vasilis Gavriilidis | Previously released on Katy's greatest hits album, Apo Kardias. | 3:58 |
| 13. | "Ierosilia (trio with Nikiforos & REC)" (Ιεροσυλία; Sacrilege) | Phoebus | Phoebus | MAD Video Music Awards 2013 version. Originally released in the album Evaisthisies. | 3:37 |
| 14. | "Zontanos ouranos" (Ζωντανός ουρανός; Live sky) | Zoi Triganouria | Zoi Triganouria | Previously released on Katy's greatest hits album, Apo Kardias. | 3:45 |
| 15. | "Buona vita (duet with Ornella Vanoni)" (Good life) | Teofilo Chantre, Pacifico and Ornella Vanoni | Teofilo Chantre, Pacifico and Ornella Vanoni | Previously released on Garbi's Italian album, Buona Vita. | 5:00 |
Singles
Perierges meres produced three singles prior its release and contain two more from Garbi's two latest albums.
"Stin adeia sou karekla" In July, 2013, Garbi announced a collaboration with Vasilis Gavriilidis and Thanos Papanikolaou on a new single. On September 23, Garbi released the first single titled "Stin Adeia Sou Karekla" for an upcoming album. This song marked a return to her the laika style after two albums that were more concentrated on the alternative Greek genre. The track premiered exclusively via Lampsi FM 92.3.[1]
"Anemodarmena ipsi" The second single of the album is the song "Anemodarmena ipsi" which was chosen as album's lead single. The creators of the song are Giorgos Sabanis in music (singer and musician with many success the last years in Greece) and Eleni Giannatsoulia in lyrics (lyricist, an old collaborator of Katy's with many hits in Greek discography for two and more decades.) The single was released on November 20, 2013 via Katy's official account on YouTube and two days later, on November 22, 2013 was released its official videoclip on Katy's official YouTube account too. Only on the first day of its release, "Anemodarmena ipsi" achieved more than 24.000 views on YouTube and peaked at number one on Greek i-tunes. The video clip was directed by Niki Vellopoulou.
"Ena gelio tha foreso" This is the third single of the album that was released on December 4 via Front Seat (Katy's label) YouTube account only as a promotional single in contrast to the other singles. It is written by Tasos Panagis (music) and Nikos Gritsis (lyrics), both old collaborators of Katy's.
"Psefti" Katy's fourth single was produced via voting on Katy's official page by fans. The song is written by Giorgos Sampanis (music) and Nikos Gritsis (lyrics). The results of the voting were announced on December 23, 2013 with a video where Katy is singing live the song. The single was released on 23 January 2014 and the same day was announced that a video clip is preparing. On March 20, 2014 the video clip was released via Katy's official YouTube channel. The video is the first act of a sequel with another videoclip which is to be released for the song "Pame finale".
"Pame finale" Katy's fifth single. The song is written by Giorgos Papadopoulos (music) and Vicky Gerothodorou and Giannis Doxas (lyrics). . On 23 January 2014 it was announced that the song will be the next single of the album. In February 3, it was announced that a mash-up video clip is preparing too (with the song "Psefti"). Finally, the song was released as a radio single on 7 May 2014 and the video clip was released on June 2, 2014 via Katy's Vevo Channel on YouTube.
"Logia meli" The sixth single of the album is the song "logia meli", a cover of "betigy osadi". The music is written by Ayman Bahgat Amr and Greek lyrics are written by Katy's producer and lyricist Giannis Doxas. The single was released as a remix version by Spiros Metaxas named Aegean Blue remix via both Katy's and her label's YouTube account on August 6, 2014.
Charts
"Perierges Meres" debuted on the IFPI Top 75 Album Charts at number seven.[2] It retained the same position the following week. On its sixth week the album rose to a new peak position at number five.[3] On the iTunes Greek chart,[4] "Perierges Meres" peaked at number one, on its very first day of release.
| Chart | Providers | Peak position |
Weeks On Charts | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top-75 Album Sales Chart | IFPI | 5 | 11 | Platinum |
| Top 10 iTunes Albums | Greece | Apple | 1 | - | - |
References
- ^ "Νέα Καίτη Γαρμπή ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ στον ΛΑΜΨΗ 92,3 (2013-09-23)" (in Greek). Lampsi 92,3. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Official Cyta-IFPI Albums Sales Chart: Εβδομάδα 49η (01/12-07/12) 2013" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Official Cyta-IFPI Albums Sales Chart: Εβδομάδα 50η (08/12-14/12) 2013" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Itunes-Greece Albums Sales Chart". Apple.