Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou

Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou
Στην Αυλή του Παράδεισου
Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou; Στην Αυλή του Παράδεισου
Studio album by Despina Vandi
Released	24 November 2004
Recorded	Sierra studio
Genre	Contemporary laika
Length	1:01:30
Language	Greek
Label	Heaven Music
Producer	Phoebus
Despina Vandi chronology
Singles from Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou
	"Happy End"; Released: November 2004; "Na Tin Hairesai"; Released: February 2005; "Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou"; Released: May 2005; "Jambi"; Released: December 2005; "Amane"; Released: March 2006;

Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou (Greek: Στην Αυλή Του Παράδεισου) is the sixth studio album by Greek singer Despina Vandi. It was released in Greece on 24 November 2004 by Heaven Music and certified platinum, selling over 40,000 units. It was re-released with four new songs and a bonus DVD, and renamed Special Edition: Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou on 7 December 2005. With the combination of both releases, the album certified double-platinum in Greece.

Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou and its re-release Special Edition: Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou won Despina Vandi six awards over two years at Mad Video Music Awards. The first three awards were given to Vandi at the 2005 awards while the second three were awarded at the 2006 awards. Having won three each year made Vandi the artist with the most awards at both award shows.^[1]^[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Phoebus

Original edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Happy End"	Phoebus	5:34
2.	"Akatamahiti Elxi" (Ακαταμάχητη Έλξη; Irresistible Attraction)	Phoebus	4:20
3.	"Na Tin Hairesai" (Να Την Χαίρεσαι; Enjoy Her)	Phoebus	4:54
4.	"Louloudi Mou" (Λουλούδι Μου; My Flower)	Phoebus	5:20
5.	"Pethanes" (Πέθανες; You Died)	Phoebus	4:27
6.	"To Proto Mas Fili" (Το Πρώτο Μας Φιλί; Our First Kiss)	Natalia Germanou	4:36
7.	"Prosefhomai" (Προσεύχομαι; I Pray)	Phoebus	4:53
8.	"Aharisti Ki Alitissa (ft. Vasilis Karras)" (Αχάριστη Και Αλήτισσα; Ungrateful Tramp)	Phoebus	5:12
9.	"Oi Horismenoi" (Οι Χωρισμένοι; Separated)	Natalia Germanou	3:35
10.	"Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou" (Στην Αυλή Του Παραδείσου; In The Garden Of Paradise)	Phoebus	4:55
11.	"Kan'To An M' Agapas (ft. Thanos Petrelis)" (Κάν' Το Αν Μ' Αγαπάς; Do It If You Love Me)	Natalia Germanou	5:25
12.	"Outro (Oi Peinasmenoi)" (Outro (Πεινασμένοι); Outro (Hungry))	Phoebus	8:19
Total length:			1:01:30

Special Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Jambi"	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:49
2.	"Skotose Me" (Σκότωσε Με; Kill Me)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:01
3.	"Maska" (Μάσκα; Mask)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:20
4.	"Amane (ft. Giorgos Mazonakis)" (Αμανέ; Amane)	Phoebus	Phoebus	3:10
5.	"Olo Leipeis - I Believe It" (Edition Noiseless, Warner Chappell Publishing Company)	H. Reith + M. Freeman	Phoebus	3:51
6.	"Happy End"	Phoebus	Phoebus	5:34
7.	"Akatamahiti Elxi" (Ακαταμάχητη Έλξη; Irresistible Attraction)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:20
8.	"Na Tin Hairesai" (Να Την Χαίρεσαι; Enjoy her)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:54
9.	"Louloudi Mou" (Λουλούδι Μου; My Flower)	Phoebus	Phoebus	5:20
10.	"Pethanes" (Πέθανες; You Died)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:27
11.	"To Proto Mas Fili" (Το Πρώτο Μας Φιλί; Our First Kiss)	Natalia Germanou	Phoebus	4:36
12.	"Prosefhomai" (Προσεύχομαι; I Pray)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:53
13.	"Aharisti Ki Alitissa (ft. Vasilis Karras)" (Αχάριστη Κι αλήτισσα; Ungrateful Tramp)	Phoebus	Phoebus	5:12
14.	"Oi Horismenoi" (Οι Χωρισμένοι; Separated)	Natalia Germanou	Phoebus	3:35
15.	"Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou" (Στην Αυλή Του Παραδείσου; In The Garden Of Paradise)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:55
16.	"Kan' To An M' Agapas (ft. Thanos Petrelis)" (Καν' Το Αν Μ' Αγαπάς; Do It If You Love Me)	Natalia Germanou	Phoebus	5:25
Total length:				1:13:22

Singles and music videos

"Happy End"

"Happy End" was the lead single from the album. The music video was directed by Kostas Kapetanidis and won a MAD Video Music Award for "Best Contemporary Laiko Video".

"Na Tin Hairesai"

"Na Ti Hairesai" was the second single from the album. The music video was directed by Kostas Kapetanidis.

"Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou"

"Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou" was the third and final single from the original album. The animated music video was directed by Kostas Kapetanidis and won MAD Video Music Awards for "Best Contemporary Laiko Video" and "Best Direction".

"Jambi"

"Jambi was the fourth single from the album and the first from the Special Edition. The music video was directed by Kostas Kapetanidis.

"Amane"

"Amane" was the fifth and final single from the album and is a blend of contemporary laiko and hip hop in a vocal duet between Vandi and Giorgos Mazonakis. The music video was directed by Nikos Soulis, and also features actress Katiana Balanika.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Version
Greece	24 November 2004	Heaven Music	CD	Original release
Cyprus	24 November 2004	Heaven Music	CD	Original release
Greece	7 December 2005	Heaven Music	CD, digital download^[3]	Special Edition Re-release
Cyprus	7 December 2005	Heaven Music	CD, digital download	Special Edition Re-release

Charts

Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou was successful in Greece, where it charted for 58 weeks, peaking at number 1, certifying platinum in its first week of release.^[4] It soon certified double-platinum and also certified platinum in Cyprus.^[5]

Chart	Peak position	Weeks	Certification
Greek Albums Chart	1	58	2×Platinum
Cypriot Albums Chart	1		Platinum

Credits and personnel

Personnel

Hakan Bingolou: oud (tracks: 7) || säz (tracks: 7, 9)

Giannis Bithikotsis: baglama (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 10, 11) || bouzouki (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12) || lute (tracks: 1) || tzoura (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12)

Victoria Chalkiti: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 9, 11)

Giorgos Chatzopoulos: guitars (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Akis Diximos: second vocal (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)

Nektarios Georgiadis: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 9, 11)

Antonis Gounaris: guitars, keyboards, orchestration, programming, tzoura (tracks: 8)

Manolis Karantinis: baglama, bouzouki, tzoura (tracks: 4)

Lefki Kolovou: cello (tracks: 11)

Trifon Koutsourelis: keyboards, programming (all tracks) || orchestration (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12) || strings arrangement (tracks: 11)

Vaggelis Lappas: whistle (tracks: 2)

Fedon Lionoudakis: accordion (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Iris Louka: viola (tracks: 11)

Selmani Migken: violin (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 11)

Andreas Mouzakis: drums (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12)

Hakan Bingolou: oud (tracks: 7) / säz (tracks: 7, 9)

Alex Panagis: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 9, 11)

Phoebus: keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8) || orchestration (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) || programming (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8)

Giorgos Roilos: percussion (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)

Nikos Vardis: bass (tracks: 1, 3, 7)

Thanasis Vasilopoulos: clarinet, ney (tracks: 7, 9)

Martha Zioga: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 9, 11)

Production

Giannis Ioannidis (D.P.H.): mastering

Dimitris Mourlas: sound engineer

Vaggelis Papadopoulos: sound engineer

Panagiotis Petronikolos: mix engineer, sound engineer

Phoebus: executive producer

Vaggelis Siapatis: editing, sound engineer

Giorgos Stampolis: executive producer

Christos Zorbas: additional editing

Cover

Bill Georgousis: cover photographer

Panos Kallitsis: hair styling, make up

Kostas Lalas: studio photographer

Alexis Valourdos: photo processing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

References

^ Nick Arampoglou. "Video Music Awards 2005". Videomusicawards.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^ "Mad Video Music Awards 2006". Videomusicawards.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^ "Special Edition by Despina Vandi" – via music.apple.com.
^ Πάρτυ "Στην αυλή του παραδείσου" (in Greek). ANT1. 2004-12-23. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
^ "Top 50 Ελληνικών Άλμπουμ Eβδομάδα: 09-15/4" (in Greek). IFPI. 2005-04-09. Archived from the original on 2006-04-13. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
^ Stin Avli Tou Paradisou (CD). Despina Vandi. Heaven Music. 2004. 5204958 0047 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] Nick Arampoglou. "Video Music Awards 2005". Videomusicawards.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

[2] "Mad Video Music Awards 2006". Videomusicawards.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

[3] "Special Edition by Despina Vandi" – via music.apple.com.

[4] Πάρτυ "Στην αυλή του παραδείσου" (in Greek). ANT1. 2004-12-23. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

[5] "Top 50 Ελληνικών Άλμπουμ Eβδομάδα: 09-15/4" (in Greek). IFPI. 2005-04-09. Archived from the original on 2006-04-13. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

[liner-6] Stin Avli Tou Paradisou (CD). Despina Vandi. Heaven Music. 2004. 5204958 0047 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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