Giro Apo T' Oneiro
| Giro Apo T' Oneiro Γύρω Από Τ' Όνειρο |
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| Studio album by Elena Paparizou | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 29 March 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | October 2009–February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock, electropop, pop folk | |||||||||||||||||
| Length | 47:28 | |||||||||||||||||
| Language | Greek, English | |||||||||||||||||
| Label | Sony Music Greece/RCA | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Giannis Doxas (exec.), Don-K (Toni Mavridis, Niclas Olausson; also exec.), Leonidas "Freakchild" Chantzaras, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Giorgos Sabanis, Hawksley Workman | |||||||||||||||||
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| Music Corner | (mixed) |
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Giro Apo T' Oneiro (Greek: Γύρω Από Τ' Όνειρο; English: Around the dream) is the fourth Greek-language studio album and sixth studio album overall by Greek singer Elena Paparizou, released on 29 March 2010 in Greece and Cyprus by Sony Music Greece. The album, which was certified platinum in Greece for 12 thousand shipments, was released in both standard and deluxe editions, with the deluxe edition featuring a live DVD. Distributed initially as a covermount with the nationwide Real News on 28 March, it sold 140 thousand copies via the aforementioned and the retail release, making it the most widely distributed release of her career; however, it remains her lowest-selling studio album to date in official retail copies, with sales of 12,960. Its singles also performed more moderately compared to her previous albums, with "Tha 'Mai Allios", "An Isouna Agapi", and "Girna Me Sto Htes" managing to reach the top ten of the domestic charts. To promote the album Paparizou performed on several television programs and embarked on a joint national tour with the band Onirama called Fisika Mazi. She also performed a revue show at Diogenis Studio, supporting Antonis Remos.
Dedicated to Paparizou's father who died in 2008, the album's production team and musical direction were fairly similar to that of Vrisko To Logo Na Zo. However, while the influence of pop-rock sounds continued, the album is much more rooted in pop production than its predecessor, re-embracing Paparizou's previous dance-pop and pop-folk styles. Giro Apo T' Oneiro received mixed reviews from professional music critics. The album marked Paparizou last studio release on Sony Music Greece.
Paparizou initially released the album Vrisko To Logo Na Zo in June 2008. While Vrisko To Logo Na Zo was a commercial success, generating three top ten singles, being certified Platinum by IFPI Greece for shipments of 30 thousand copies and becoming the second best-selling album of 2008 in both domestic and foreign domains, it sold less than its three predecessors. The album was later reissued as The Deluxe Edition in December 2008, containing photographic material and a video release of her To Party Arhizei tour, there were further plans to release the album once again as a special edition with new material, including the digital single "Tha 'Mai Allios" (I will be different) released in April 2009. Additional material was to include many of her live covers from the 2009 MAD Secret Concert, six new duets, and a duet/cover of "Friends" with the Italian band Silky Sunday called "Pothi (Siga Psithirista)" (desires [whispered softly]). The reissue would have been set for release in the fall, however, Paparizou changed her mind, opting to use "Tha 'Mai Allios" as well as newly recorded material for a full-length with studio album in early 2010.
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