Alithies & Psemata is the title of the 8th studio album by Greek Modern Laika singer Antonis Remos

Antonis Remos

Antonis Remos , is a Greek laïko singer.-Early life:Antonis Remos was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He was raised there by his Greek parents, and later his family moved back to their native Thessaloniki, Greece, where he finished school. During his childhood he got involved with music and...

. The 15 track album was released on November 18, 2008 by Sony BMG Greece and is his first studio album of entirely new material since 2005.

Background

The original release date had been set at November 13, but the albums release was delayed until the 18th. The album represents Remos' collaboration with numerous established Laika

Laika

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 and Greek pop

Pop music

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 songwriter

Songwriter

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s, as well as with a few up-and-comer songwriters. Prominent singer-songwriter Antonis Vardis is the chief music composer of the album with seven tracks and with lyrics by Vasilis Giannopoulos, including the first single "Pote". Stefanos Korkolis has composed the music along with lyrics by Nikos Moraïtis to two songs. "Den Iparhi Meta" is a cover with Greek lyrics of the French song "Une Femme A Qui L'On Ment" sung by Chimène Badi

Chimène Badi

-Early life:Chimène Badi was born in Melun, in the Paris suburbs but she spent her entire childhood in the south-west of France, growing up in Villeneuve-sur-Lot with her parents, Chérifa and Mohammed, her sister, Déborah, and her brother, Karim...

. Other music composers include: Christos Dantis

Christos Dantis

Christos Dantis , is a Greek singer, songwriter, and musician best known for his hits such as "To Palio Mou Palto" and "Ena Tragoudi Akoma" and later for composing and co-writing the song "My Number One" for Elena Paparizou, winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece.- Early music career...

, Apostolis Valaroutsos, Haris Varthakouris, Kostas Baltazanis, and Kiriakos Papadopoulos; other lyricists include: Nikos Gritsis, Mirto Kontova, Antonis Andrikakis, Kiriakos Papadopoulos, Apostolis Valaroutsos, Haris Varthakouris, and Nikos Sarris. Remos spent a long time in studio sifting through many songs to chose for his upcoming studio release. Sfera radio station was the main sponsor of the album.

Promotion

For the promotion of the album, Remos began appearances at the Athinon Arena on November 14, 2008 where he performed many of the songs on the album throughout the winter season. Supporting acts included Athina Routsi and group Emigre.

Track listing

1. "Pote" (Never) – 4:07
2. "Ekato Fores Kommatia" (A hundred times in pieces) – 4:00
3. "Eho Esena" (I have you) – 3:42
4. "Den Iparhi Meta (Une femme a qui l'on ment)" (Afterwards does not exist) – 3:14
5. "Ti Nomizes" (What did you think) – 3:43
6. "To Paradehome" (I admit it) – 3:34
7. "Sti Ftotia" (In fire) – 3:39
8. "Kathe Fora Pou Se Thimame" (Each time that I remember you) –3:55
9. "Dio Psemata" (Two lies) – 4:14
10. "Eimai Akoma Edo" (I am still here) – 4:10
11. "Epitelous" (Finally) – 3:31
12. "Mehri To Telos Tou Kosmou" (Until the end of the world) – 3:51
13. "Se Perimeno" (I wait for you) – 4:11
14. "Prosopika" (Personally) – 4:04
15. "I Alitheia Einai" (The truth is) – 4:18

Singles

"Pote"

"Pote" was released a month prior on October 14, 2008, as the lead single. Remos appeared on the season premiere of MAD's music talk show OK! with Themis Georgantas, where he debuted the song and its music video. There was a multicast

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 between MAD TV and Sfera radio station where hostess and lyricist

Lyricist

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 Natalia Germanou

Natalia Germanou

Natalia Germanou is a Greek lyricist, television hostess, radio producer, DJ and journalist.Germanou has written lyrics for many popular Greek singers such as Anna Vissi, Christos Dantis, Elena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas, Despina Vandi, Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Notis Sfakianakis, Natasa Theodoridou,...

 simultaneously participated in the interview. The music video is directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos.

"Ekato Fores Kommatia"

"Ekato Fores Kommatia" is the second single. The music video is directed by Giorgos Gavalos. The darkly lit setting showcases Remos recording in the studio sitting in front of a microphone and also positioned in various spots within the isolation booth.

"Eho Esena"

"Eho Esena" is third single. The music video is directed by Kostas Kapetanidis and was filmed at Athinon Arena music hall. Filming lasted for twenty-two hours and over 200 people were in attendance to form as part of the music hall's audience in the video, including members from Antonis Remos' official fan club. Twenty foreign dancers where chosen for the choreography, as well as some notable foreign models making appearances. A poodle was also dyed in pink colour especially for the video clip. The video premiered on MAD's website, www.mad.tv, and made its television debut the same day on MAD's show OK! with Themis Georgantas.

Chart performance

Alithies & Psemata debuted at number one on the IFPI charts for week 48, and was certified Gold the same week. By its second week, it had dipped to number three, and number twenty-nine by week seven. As of the week 16/2009 charts, the album had charted for 13 weeks.

The album placed at number ten on IFPI's Year-end chart for Top 50 Greek albums of 2008, and number eleven on the Top 50 Greek and International albums of 2008.

On March 2009 IFPI Greece announced that they would close their charts for a period of time in order to renew their charting system, thus it is not possible to track the chart and sales records of "Alithies & Psemata". On July 17, 2009 IFPI confirmed via email that the album reached Platinum status in Greece. IFPI Greece is set to resume public release of charts in the coming months.

Chart	Providers	Peak position	Weeks On Charts	Certification
Greek Albums Chart Greek Albums Chart International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of...	IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	1	13	Platinum
Top 50 Greek Albums of 2008	IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	10	-	-
Top 50 Greek and International Albums of 2008	IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	11	-	-