''Deka Entoles'' (

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: ''Δέκα Εντολές''; English: ''Ten orders'') is the third studio album by Greek singer

Despina Vandi Despina Malea (; born 22 July 1969), known as Despina Vandi (), is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old. After moving to Athens in the early 1990s, Vandi ...

. It was released in

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in 1997 by

Minos EMI Minos EMI is a record label, record company based in Athens, Greece. The company serves as the Greek record label and offices of the multinational Universal Music Group. EMI is credited for founding the record business in Greece in the 1930s, b ...

and was her first album to be certified, reaching platinum status. This is the first album that Despina Vandi collaborated with popular composer

Phoebus Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, ...

. According to the Greek "Chart Show" and IFPI, the song "O Perittos" from the album is in the eighteenth position in the Top 30 with the most successful Greek pop songs of the 1990s.

Track listing

Music videos

*"O Perittos" (Ο Περιττός; The redundant) (Director:) *"Outopia" (Ουτοπία; Utopia) (Director:) *"Nihtolouloudo Mou" (Νυχτολούλουδο Μου; My night flower) (Director: Vaggelis Kalaitzidis) *"To Allo Miso" (Το Άλλο Μισό; The other half) (Director:) *"Deka Entoles" (Δέκα Εντολές; Ten orders) (Director:

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) *"Thelo Na Se Ksehaso" (Θέλω Να Σε Ξεχάσω; I want to forget you) (Director:)

Release history

Chart performance

Credits and personnel

;Personnel *Vasilis Diamantis - clarinet *Pavlos Diamantopoulos - bass *Erinta - background vocals *

Natalia Germanou Natalia Germanou (; born 22 June 1965) is a Greek songwriter, television hostess, radio producer and journalist. Germanou has written lyrics for many popular singers such as Anna Vissi, Despina Vandi, Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Notis Sfakianakis, ...

- lyrics *Antonis Gounaris - guitars, acoustic guitars *Hakan - saz, oud *Giorgos Hatzopoulos - guitars *Giotis Kiourtsoglou - bass *Katerina Kiriakou - background vocals *Tony Kontaxakis - music, lyrics, orchestration, solo guitar, keyboards *Fedon Lianoudakis - accordion *Andreas Mouzakis - drums *Giannis Mpithikotsis - bouzouki, tzoura, baglama *

Alex Panayi Alexandros Panayi (, also known as Alex Panayi, born 24 June 1970), is a Greek-Cypriot singer, composer, lyricist, producer, vocal coach, and vocal arranger. He is best known for having represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 ...

- background vocals *Alekos Paraskevopoulos - bass *Elias Paraskevopoulos - drums *

Giannis Parios Yiannis Parios () is a Greek singer, with a career spanning five decades. Biography Yiannis Parios was born Ioannis Varthakouris (Ιωάννης Βαρθακούρης) on the island of Paros. He made his first appearance as a singer in 1969 ...

- lyrics *Giorgos Pavrianos - lyrics *

- music, lyrics, orchestration, programming, keyboards, background vocals *Giorgos Roilos - percussion *

- vocals *Thanasis Vasilopoulos - clarinet *Nikos Zervas - keyboards *Martha Zioga - background vocals ;Production *Thodoris Hrisanthopoulos - digital mastering *Vaggelis Papadopoulos - sound, mix *Giorgos Stampolis - sound *Achilleas Theofilou - production manager *Manolis Vlahos - sound, mix ;Design *Ntinos Diamantopoulos - photos *Evi Sourmaidou - styling *Krina Vronti - cover and insert design Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

References

{{Authority control Albums produced by Phoebus (songwriter) Despina Vandi albums 1990s Greek-language albums 1997 albums Minos EMI albums