Eimai is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi , known as Anna Vishy in Cypriot Greek, is a Greek-Cypriot recording artist and actress...

 released in Greece

Greece

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 and Cyprus

Cyprus

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 in 1990 by CBS Greece.

Background

The song "Perimeno Tilefonima Sou" is dedicated to the musical The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...

by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

. The album's proposed title was Ipervoles (Exaggerations), but at the last minute the title of the first track was chosen instead.

The music video for the album's first single, "Fos", is noted as being one of the first ever large-scale music video production in Greece. Vissi is portrayed as Esmeralda.

The music video for the second single, "Ena Sou Leo", was based on Greek Hollywood actress Melina Merkouri's famous scene from the film Stella, where at the end Vissi is also killed by her boyfriend. After it was produced, Vissi and Nikos Karvelas

Nikos Karvelas

Nikos Karvelas is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple...

decided that it was scandalously raw for the Greek market, so they filmed it again with Vissi singing in the rain. Despite being a simple video, it was widely acclaimed by fans.

In 1997, a remastered version of the original album was released on CD.

Track listing

1. "Eimai"
2. "Adika"
3. "Fos"
4. "Perimeno Tilefonima Sou"
5. "Ipopsies"
6. "Ena Sou Leo"
7. "I Zoi Sinehizetai"
8. "Ipervoles"
9. "Ksehnas"
10. "Mono Ena Thavma"