Released December 5, 2003 Label Sony Music | Paraksenes Eikones(2003) Live(2004) Release date 5 December 2003 | |
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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.
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The song Treno was awarded song of the year by Arion Awards, IFPI's Greek recorded music awards. The album reached 3x Platinum in Greece and 3x Platinum in Cyprus. 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.
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:
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.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.
Songs
Min Psahneis Tin Agapi5:02
Treno4:53
Eho Pethani Gia Sena3:58