Paraksenes Eikones

Studio album by Anna Vissi

Released

December 5, 2003
(see release history)

Genre

Pop, Modern Laïka, Dance

Label

Sony Music Greece/Columbia

Anna Vissi chronology

X
(2002)

Paraksenes Eikones
(2003)

Live
(2004)

Singles from Paraksenes Eikones

"Min Psahnis Tin Agapi"
"Treno"
"Eisai"
"Erimi Poli"
"Psichedelia"
"Eho Pethani Gia Sena"
"Fevgo"

Alternative covers

Paraksenes Eikones: Summer 2004 Edition

Paraksenes Eikones (Greek: Παράξενες Εικόνες; English: Strange Images) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus on December 5, 2003. The album featured the song "Eisai" that later became Call Me in English and which topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in 2005. The album was later officially released in Turkey and Bulgaria.

The song Treno was awarded song of the year by Arion Awards, IFPI's Greek recorded music awards. The album reached 2x Platinum in Greece and 3x Platinum in Cyprus.^[1] Treno also won the Arion Award for Best video clip, and also Song of the Year in both 2003 and 2004 in Cyprus.

Release

It was re-released as Paraksenes Eikones: Summer 2004 Edition in the summer of 2004 with a bonus CD of remixes, which was also sold separately as Remixes 2004. This was Vissi's first album since the 1982's Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Chthes that included songs written by other composers besides Nikos Karvelas and also the first album since 1995's O! Kypros not to feature Karvelas entirely either on the composition or on the production part.

Track listing

Original release

Disc 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Min psahneis tin agapi" (Μην ψάχνεις την αγάπη; Don't look for love)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	5:02
2.	"Eisai" (Είσαι; You are)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	4:22
3.	"Ego moro mou" (Εγώ μωρό μου; I, baby)	Natalia Germanou	Alex Papakostantinou	3:51
4.	"Treno" (Τρένο; Train)	Sofi Papa	Vangelis Vasiliou	4:50
5.	"Girna" (Γύρνα; Come back)	Ilias Filippou	Energee	3:19
6.	"Paraisthiseis" (Παραισθήσεις; Hallucinations)	Ilias Filippou	Energee	3:47
7.	"San hlomo to vlepo" (Σαν χλωμό το βλέπω; I see it dimly)	Ilias Filippou	Energee	3:25
8.	"Eho pethanei gia sena" (Έχω πεθάνει για σένα; I have died for you)	Christodoulos Siganos	Christodoulos Siganos	3:58
9.	"Erimi poli" (Έρημη πόλη; Deserted city)	Kostantinos Christoforou	Kostantinos Christoforou	3:52
10.	"Xafnika" (Ξαφνικά; Suddenly)	Natalia Germanou	P. Lord & V.J Smith	4:02
11.	"Velos" (Βέλος; Arrow)	Lefteris Karvelas	Lefteris Karvelas	3:31
12.	"Paraxenes eikones" (Παράξενες εικόνες; Strange images)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	3:52

Disc 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Psihedelia" (Ψυχεδέλεια; Psychedelic)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	3:52
2.	"Vaterlo" (Βατερλό; Waterloo)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	3:52
3.	"Me mia signomi" (Με μια συγνώμη; With one apology)	Sofi Papa	Sofi Papa	3:31
4.	"Fevgo" (Φεύγω; I'm leaving)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	4:20
5.	"O andras tis zois mou" (Ο άντρας της ζωής μου; The man of my life)	Nikos Vaksevanelis	Vasilis Kelaydis	3:29
6.	"Mov" (Μωβ; Purple)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	4:17
7.	"Den apofasisa ego" (Δεν αποφάσισα εγώ; It wasn't my decision)	Christina Alogogianni	Stratos Diamadis	3:05
8.	"Stirixou epano mou" (Στηρίξου επάνω μου; Lean on me)	Ilias Filippou	Energee	4:28
9.	"Arketa" (Αρκετά; Enough)	Ilias Filippou	Christos Giannopoulos	4:22
10.	"Ti apomenei" (Τι απομένει; What remains)	Ilias Filippou	Energee	3:22
11.	"Nea Filadelfia" (Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια; New Philadelphia)	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	3:21
12.	"Pos ta fernei etsi i zoi" (Πώς τα φέρνει έτσι η ζωή; How does life turn out like this)	Lefteris Karvelas	Lefteris Karvelas	3:50
13.	"Eisai (Prodical Son Remix)" (Είσαι (Prodical Son Remix); You are (Prodical Son Remix))	Nikos Karvelas	Nikos Karvelas	5:25

Summer 2004 Edition

Disc 1 and Disc 2 from the original edition along with a third remix CD.

Disc 3

"Ego moro mou" (Elias Pantazopoulos Remix)
"Eho pethani gia sena" (Valentino Remix)
"Eisai" (Prodical Son Radio Edit)
"Eisai" (Remix by Elias Pantazopoulos)
"Fevgo" (Elias Pantazopoulos Sonic Crime Remix)

Music videos

Five songs from the album were made into music videos:

"Treno" (Voted best ever Greek music video in April 2008 on MAD TV).
"Eho Pethani Gia Sena"
"Eisai"
"Eisai" (Elias Pantazopoulos Remix)
"Min Psahnis Tin Agapi"
"Psichedelia"

Singles

"Min Psahnis Tin Agapi"

The first promo single from the album was released to radio on October 31, 2003.

"Treno"

"Treno" was released to radio stations the day of the album's release. It won the award for Song Of The Year 2003 at the Arion Awards and the music video for the single won the best video award at the 2004 Arion Awards. She also received the best dressed artist in a music video award at the 2004 MAD Video Music Awards.

"Eisai"

The third promo single from the album.

"Psichedelia"

The fourth promotional single from the album.

"Eho Pethanei Gia Sena"

Released as a promo single in April 2004.

"Fevgo" (Cyprus only)

The last promotional single from the album.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Version
Bulgaria	2004	Vitality Music
Greece	December 5, 2003	Sony/Columbia	CD	Original release
Greece	June 2004		CD	Summer 2004 Edition
Cyprus	December 5, 2003		CD	Original release
Cyprus	June 2004		CD	Summer 2004 Edition
Turkey	March 10, 2004^[2]		Cassette	Original release
Turkey	March 24, 2004^[2]		CD	Original release

Charts

Paraksenes Eikones was released in Greece and Cyprus in December 2003. It became 2x Platinum in Greece in April 2004, and 3x Platinum in Cyprus in May 2004.

Chart	Providers	Peak Position	Certification
Greek Albums Chart	IFPI	1	2x Platinum
Cypriot Albums Chart	All Records Top 20	1	3x Platinum

Anna Vissi

Studio albums	As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi (1977) Kitrino Galazio (1979) Nai (1980) Anna Vissi (1981) Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Chthes (1982) Na 'Hes Kardia (1984) Kati Simveni (1985) I Epomeni Kinisi (1986) Tora (1988) Empnefsi! (1988) Fotia (1989) Eimai (1990) Emeis (1992) Lambo (1992) Re! (1994) O! Kypros (1995) Klima Tropiko (1996) Travma (1997) Antidoto (1998) Everything I Am (2000) Kravgi (2000) X (2002) Paraksenes Eikones (2003) Nylon (2005) Apagorevmeno (2008) Agapi Einai Esi (2010) Sinentefxi (2015)

Live albums	Live! (1993) Anna Vissi Live (2004)

Vinyl singles	"To Palio T' Aeroplano" (1974) "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" (1977) "Mia Mikri Psichoula" (1978) "O Kirios Nobel" (1978) "Autostop" (1980) "Mono I Agapi" (1982) "Dodeka" (1985) "Gia Ta Paidia" (1985)

CD singles	"Eimai Poli Kala" (1995) "Min Ksehnas" (1995) "Amin" (1995) "Forgive Me This" (1997) "Agapi Ipervoliki" (2000) "Everything I Am" (2000) "Still in Love with You" (2001) "Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" (2001) "Call Me" (2005) "Autostop/Love Is a Lonely Weekend" (2006) "Everything" (2006) "Agapi Einai Esi" (2010)

EPs	The Remixes: Oso Eho Foni & Aftos Pou Perimeno (1997) The Remixes (2003) Remixes 2004 (2004)

Soundtracks	To Tzitziki Kai I Parea Tou (1980) Daimones (1991) Ode to the Gods (1993) Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou (2002)

DVDs	The Video Collection (2001) Live (2005) Nylon – The Dual Disk (2005) Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006

Compilations	Ta Kalitera Mou Tragoudia (1980) Oles Oi Epityhies Tis Anna Vissi (1982) Ta Prota Mou Tragoudia (1993) Anna Vissi (1999) Back to Time (Complete EMI Years) (2007) The Essential Anna Vissi (2007) Access All Areas (2012) The Love Collection (2013)

Related articles	Discography Videography Awards and nominations Concert tours Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

References

↑ "Biography". AnnaVissiLive.com. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
1 2 "2004 Albums" (in Turkish). Mü-yap. Retrieved January 17, 2010.

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