Palirroia

Palirroia (Greek: Παλίρροια; English: Tide) is the third studio album by Greek singer Irini Merkouri. It was released on 9 July 2004 by Sony Music Greece and later received gold certification, selling 20,000 units. It also contains a cover from a Once Upon a Time in Mexico's soundtrack "Siente Mi Amor", adapted and arranged by Marios Psimopoulos.

Singles

Four songs were officially released as singles at radio stations, some of them with music video, and gained massive airplay:

1. "Pou Na Fantasto" (How Can I Imagine)
2. "Palirroia" (Tide)
3. "Ela" (Come)
4. "Krata Me Xana" (Hold Me Again)

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

• Dimitris Antoniou – guitars (1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
• Solon Apostolakis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (8, 12)
• Yiannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, cura, baglama (4)
• Takis Damashis – orchestration, programming, keyboards (3)
• Akis Diximos – second vocal (1, 4, 6, 11) / backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 10, 15)
• Manolis Kontaratos – bouzouki (12)
• Katerina Kyriakou – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15)
• Yiannis Lionakis – orchestration, programming, keyboards, guitars, bouzouki, baglama (6, 11)
• Andreas Mouzakis – drums (4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14)
• Elias Pantazopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (2, 5)
• Christos Pertsinidis – guitars (8, 9, 12)
• Manolis Platakis – guitars (10)
• Marios Psimopoulos – orchestration, programming, keyboards (1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
• Nikos Stavropoulos – extra programming (10)
• Nikos Vardis – bass (6, 9, 11, 12)
• Vaggelis Vasiliou – orchestration, programming, keyboards (6, 10, 11) / percussion (10)

Production

• Takis Argyriou – sound engineer, mix engineer (8, 12)
• Aris Binis – sound engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Yiannis Doulamis – executive producer
• Yiannis Ioannidis (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
• Vaggelis Kyris – photographer
• Yiannis Marketakis – hair styling, make up
• Lefteris Neromiliotis – mix engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Dimitris Rekouniotis – artwork
• Petros Siakavellas (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
• Despina Triantafyllidou – photo processing
• Fanis Tsirakis – sound engineer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Calliope Xyrafi – styling

Charts

Palirroia made its debut at number 7 for 12 weeks on the 'Greece Top 50 Singles' charts.

After months, it was certified gold by IFPI.

Chart	Provider	Peak position	Certification
Greece	IFPI	7	Gold