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Released | 28 September 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 - 2006 | |||
Genre | Pop, dance, modern laïka, rock, rap | |||
Length | 74:20 | |||
Label | Sony BMG Greece/Columbia | |||
Producer | Nikos Karvelas | |||
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Nylon is a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi,released in Greece and Cyprus on September 28,2005,and subsequently in select European countries and Taiwan. The album was released as a DualDisc on October 10,2005,the first of its kind in Greece,and re-released on May 2,2006 with the title Nylon:Euro-Edition as a tie-in to Vissi's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The album reached Platinum status in less than 24 hours after its release. [1] [2]
Released in September 2005,Nylon was Anna Vissi's first studio album since the commercially successful 2003 Paraksenes Eikones . Vissi characterized Nylon as her best album so far,with Nikos Karvelas paying a lot of attention to the lyrics of the songs he had written.
Upon release,Nylon went platinum within 24 hours in Greece. In October 2005,the album was released on the DualDisc format,the first ever in Greece,with the title Nylon:DualDisc. The DualDisc version featured bonus songs and as well as special footage from the recording studio.
With Anna Vissi participation for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006,the album was once again re-released in May 2006 as Nylon:Euro-Edition with six additional English language songs,including the songs which were amongst her Eurovision entrant options for the Greek national final. The album was later released in Turkey in 2006. In 2007 the Euro-Edition was released in Germany,Austria,Switzerland,and Taiwan.
In 2019,the album was selected for inclusion in the Panik Gold box set The Legendary Recordings 1982-2019. The release came after Panik's acquisition rights of Vissi's back catalogue from her previous record company Sony Music Greece. This box set was printed on a limited edition of 500 copies containing CD releases of all of her albums from 1982 to 2019 plus unreleased material. For this purpose,it was repackaged as a 2-CD set including the original tracklist on the first CD and the Euro Edition tracks on the second.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Nylon" | 4:45 |
2. | "Logia kai Siopes" | 5:13 |
3. | "Kanenas" | 4:24 |
4. | "Erota I Polemo" (Duet with Nikos Vourliotis, Goin' Through) | 4:17 |
5. | "Gia Teleftea Fora" | 4:41 |
6. | "Erota Mou Apiste" | 3:55 |
7. | "Kinoummeni Ammos" | 4:51 |
8. | "Gia Sena Tha Pethano" | 4:34 |
9. | "Mi Me Lipithis" | 5:39 |
10. | "Agapi Ine" | 4:08 |
11. | "Distihima" | 4:15 |
12. | "Venetia" | 5:50 |
13. | "Ta Kalitera Mas Hronia" | 4:57 |
14. | "Eho Tosi Agapi" | 4:04 |
15. | "Telia" | 4:36 |
16. | "Lie" (A. Papacostantinou Club Edit) | 3:39 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Everything" | 2:59 |
2. | "Welcome to the Party" | 3:01 |
3. | "Who Cares About Love" | 3:05 |
4. | "A Beautiful Night" | 3:01 |
5. | "Everything" (Remixed by Valentino and Christodoulos Siganos) | 4:25 |
6. | "Everything" (Karaoke Version) | 2:59 |
DualDisc 1Audio side
DVD side
| DualDisc 2Audio side
DVD side
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"Call Me"
"Lie"
"Nylon"
"Erota I Polemo"
"Gia Teleftea Fora"
"Kinoumeni Ammos"
"Everything"
All the songs were composed by Nikos Karvelas, with the exception of "Lie" being composed by Kyriakos Papadopoulos. All the lyrics are written by Nikos Karvelas with the exception of the rap segment in "Erota I Polemo" written by Nikos Vourliotis (Goin Through).
Music:
Lyrics:
Region | Date | Label | Format | Version |
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Greece | September 28, 2005 | Sony BMG, Columbia | CD | Original release |
Cyprus | ||||
Greece | October 10, 2005 | Dual-Disc | ||
Cyprus | ||||
Greece | May 5, 2006 | Euro-Edition | ||
Cyprus | ||||
Turkey | 2006 | |||
Austria | 2007 | |||
Germany | 2007 | |||
Switzerland | 2007 | |||
Taiwan | 2007 |
Nylon peaked at number 1 since its first week of release. The album was certified Platinum in Greece within 24 hours of its release.
Chart | Providers | Peak Position | Certification |
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Greek Albums Chart | IFPI | 1 | 2xPlatinum |
Cypriot Albums Chart | All Records Top 20 | 1 | 2xPlatinum |
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