List Price: $15.98Now Price: $9.89Release date: 2004-06-29Tracks: Disc 0:- To Parelthon Thimithika - Apenanti With Melina Aslanidou
- Eleni - Kostas Mantizios
- Pino Pino - Anastasia Moutsatsou
- Sou Axize Mia Kaliteri Agalia - George Dalaras
- An Iparhis Kapou Esi - Elly Paspala
- Ragizi Agapo - Pantelis Thalassinos
- Arnisi - Melina Kana
- An M' Agapas, Tha S' Agapo - Pantelis Thalassinos
- Ela Mia Nichta - Theodosia Stiga
- Ah, Feggaraki Mou - Sofia Papazlou & Gerasimos Andeatos
- Ta Ziliarika Sou Matia - Glyeria
- Exinta Dis Dolaria - Kostas Makedonas
Because it focuses on some of the country's most commercially successful artists of the last two decades, this smoother-than-usual Putumayo sampler of contemporary Greek music will disappoint listeners in search of the kind of joyous party ambiance you may find in a touristy Athens taverna. The mellifluous strains of the traditional bouzouki are a constant presence, but the twelve songs here boast the sophisticated arrangements and lilting melodies of European pop at its cosmopolitan best. A somber ballad with touches of accordion, veteran singer/songwriter George Dalaras' "Sou Axize Mia Kaliteri Agalia" dazzles you with an opening line of exquisite irony ("I don't care/Who you're listening to this song with tonight") while the raspy vocals of Glykeria turn "Ta Ziliarika Sou Matia" into a visceral anthem of romantic obsession. Songs by lesser known artists such as Kostas Makedonas and Theodosia Stiga are equally compelling. A few serious omissions: the endearingly anarchic Dionisis Savopoulos, the Middle-East-meets-techno shenanigans of Ana Vissi and the delicate ballads of Arleta--the Greek equivalent of Joni Mitchell. --Ernesto Lechner
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