Sunday, January 18, 2009

Aphrodite's Child : It' s Five o' clock 1970


Greek band formed in the late '60s by :
Vangelis Papathanassiou : Keybords ( OSCAR for the soundtrack "Chariots of fire" ) 1981
Lucas Sideras : Drums
Demis Russos : Vocals , bass

Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar). They initially found success in Europe with hit singles like "Rain and Tears", "End of the World", "I Want to Live", and "It's Five O'Clock". The band's career ended shortly after release of their most influential album, 666 (1972), which has appeared on a number of lists of the top progressive or psychedelic albums of all time. 

 

Their incredible album " 666 " Based on the book " Apocalypse " by Saint John , is one of the best concept progressive albums of the '70s and one of the best albums in the history of Rock , released in 1971 ( Special Guest : Irene Pappas ) and was prohibited in Greece by the fascist government of the " Χουντα "


" It's five o' clock " is the second album of the band , full of sentimental melodies and psychedelic agressive sounds .

Discography

Aphrodite' s Child 1968
It' s Five o' Clock 1970
666 1971


                                                                             TRACKS

01. It's Five O'Clock   3:33
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), R. Francis
02. Wake Up   4:04
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), R. Francis
03. Take Your Tim   2:40
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), R. Francis
04. Annabella   3:45
Written-By – Demis Roussos, R. Adams
05. Let Me Love, Let Me Live   4:44
Written-By – Lucas Sideras, R. Francis
06. Funky Mary   4:15
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), Lucas Sideras
07. Good Time So Fine   2:46
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), V. Johnson
08. Marie Jolie   4:40
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), R. Francis
09. Such A Funny Night   4:35
Written-By – Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis), R. Francis
 

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