Kravgi

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Kravgi
Studio album by Anna Vissi
Released	November, 2000
Genre	Pop, Dance, Modern Laika
Length	1:50:25
Label	Sony Music/Columbia
Producer	Sony Music Greece / Nikos Karvelas
Anna Vissi chronology
Everything I Am (2000) Kravgi (2000) X (2002)
Singles from Kravgi
"Agapi Ipervoliki" "Den Me Agapas" "Ola Ta Lefta" "Kaka Paidia" "Kravgi" "Horis To Moro Mou" "Kalitera I Dio Mas" "Atmosfera Electrismeni" "Schizofrenia" "AAA (Kai Horisame)"

Kravgi (Scream) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. The album was released 2000 in Greece and Cyprus and is a 2 disc CD. The album was also released officially by Sony Music later on in Turkey and Australia where it reached top 75 on the Official Australian Charts. The album is the highest selling Greek album of the 2000s and one of the top ten best selling Greek albums of all time, officially going 7X Platinum in Greece and Cyprus. It has sold over 250,000 copies (500,000 units) worldwide to date, becoming Anna's most successful album yet.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

1. "Kravgi"
2. "Sadismos"
3. "Horis To Moro Mou"
4. "Kalitera I Dio Mas" (Duet with Katy Garbi)
5. "Shizofrenia"
6. "Apopse Leipeis Apo'do"
7. "Moni Mou"
8. "Agapoula Mou"
9. "Kardia Apo Petra"
10. "Thibet"
11. "De Me Agapas"
12. "Ola Ta Lefta"

[edit] Disc 2

1. "Atmosfera Elektrismeni"
2. "To Poli Poli"
3. "AAA (Kai Horisame)"
4. "To Telefteo Tsigaro"
5. "Kopike I Grami"
6. "Nostalgia"
7. "Mi Mou Les"
8. "Kapnizo" (Remix)
9. "Kaka Paidia"
10. "Epilogi Mou"
11. "Afti Ti Fora"
12. "Agapi Ipervoliki"

[edit] Music

Music & Lyrics Nikos Karvelas except:

• Music on track 05 cd 1 and track 07 cd 2: Nikos Terzis.
• Music on track 07 cd 1: Vasilis Kelaides.
• Lyrics on track 04 cd 1: Natalia Germanou & Nikos Karvelas.
• Lyrics on track 05 cd 1: Antonis Pappas.
• Lyrics on track 06 cd 1: Dimitris Patsios.
• Lyrics on track 07 cd 1: Nikos Vaksevanellis.
• Lyrics on track 05 cd 2: Natalia Germanou.
• Lyrics on track 07 cd 2: Tasos Vougiatzis.

[edit] Music Videos/Singles

Ten of the songs from the album became video clips and singles. They are:

• • "Agapi Ipervoliki"

Agapi Ipervoliki was released as an EP with 5 more songs reaching 4X Platinum in Greece and 4X Platinum in Cyprus achieving sales of over 250.000 copies worldwide. The song itself remained on the no1 of the Greek charts for 2 months.

• • "Den Me Agapas"

Originally featured in the EP of "Agapi Ipervoliki" stormed in the first positions of the charts.

• • "Ola Ta Lefta"

Also from the Agapi Ipervoliki EP was made a classic folk hit and gained high position on both Greek and Cypriot charts.

• • "Kaka Paidia**

Another song originally from Agapi Ipervoliki EP that was made into a single gaining high positions on Greek and Cypriot charts.

• • "Kravgi"

Just before the release of the complete album, the titled song was released as a radio-single (the 5th) and soon became no1.

• • "Horis To Moro Mou"

Although it's the Christmas no1 of the year 2000, it became a video clip much later.

• • "Kalitera I Dio Mas" (Duet with Katy Garbi)

The 7th single from the album, the second after its release, was made a top 5 hit. There are 2 versions of the video clip, part A, and part B.

• • "Atmosfera Electrismeni"

Another folk song that was made radio-single and hit the top5.

• • "Schizofrenia"

a summer no1 hit.

• • "(AAA) AAA (Kai Horisame)"

the 10th and final single of the album, a top 20 hit. With these singles Kravgi became the album with the most top 20 hits in Greece.

[edit] Album History

• • After two years of absence from the Greek music scene Vissi returned with the album Everything I Am. But she promised her Greek fans a full Greek album.

• • Her greek follow-up to Antidoto was on the works for some time and was supposed to be released in summer 2000 under the title "Agapi Ipervoliki", but Vissi and Karvelas wanted to test the market with a maxi-single. So, a month later after the release of cd-single Everything I Am she returned with the EP "Agapi Ipervoliki". The EP featured 6 brand new songs taken from the forthcoming album, including "Agapi Ipervoliki". 4 out of the 6 songs of the EP entered the official airplay charts and were made radio-singles.

• • After the success of the EP they decided to go through with the release of the album in November.

• • Kravgi was the 7th song and 5th single to come out from the album, just 2 weeks before the release of the album.

• • Following the success of the EP the album was delaied for November. Despite the high popularity of Vissi and "Agapi Ipervoliki EP", Kravgi failed to debut at no1 because the album was released the same day as Notis Sfakianakis new album, the follow-up to his very successful live album. Kravgi remained at no2 for 3 weeks but with another single surfacing on the charts ("Horis To Moro Mou") the album climbed on no1 spot were it remained for 11 consequative weeks.

• • Another 3 weeks at no1 followed a few weeks later and Kravgi is up-to this date the album with the most no1 weeks on the charts (14 weeks). It gained a 6X Platinum status (selling more than 300,000 copies) and it is up to this day the biggest selling album of the decade.

• • In Cyprus it reached no1 from the first week of its release and stayed there for 4 months gaining a 7X Platinum status and is the best selling album of the decade.

• • It also met great success in Turkey were it received a Gold status.

• • It was also released in Australia in 2002 and peaked at no66 position of the official Australia Charts.

• • Kravgi is the album with the most top 20 hits (10 in total) in Greece.

[edit] Chart Performance

Kravgi was released in Greece and Cyprus in November 2000. In Greece it debuted at no2 but on its forth week it climbed on no1 were it stayed for a total of 14 weeks breaking all records (it still has the record for the most weeks at no1). In Cyprus it debuted at no1 were it remained for 4 months.

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] Official Greek Charts
2. ^ [2] Official Cypriot Charts
3. ^ [3] Official Australian Charts