San Ena Oniro

''San Ena Oniro'' (Greek: Σαν Ένα Όνειρο; English: Like a dream) is the first studio album by Greek Cypriot singer Ivi Adamou, released in Greece and Cyprus on 22 July 2011 by Sony Music Greece. The album was re-released as a "Euro Edition" featuring the three songs that Adamou competed with in the Cypriot national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, as well as a Greek-language version of one of the songs.

Singles

"Krata Ta Matia Sou Klista" "Krata Ta Matia Sou Klista" (Greek: Κράτα τα ματια σου κλειστα; English: Keep your eyes closed) is the first single by the Greek Cypriot singer Ivi Adamou from her second album ''San Ena Oniro'', written and produced by Melisses. It was released on 23 April 2011.

Three teasers were released for the video clip. The official video clip was published on 23 April 2011. The video was blocked worldwide and was later re-uploaded in MelissesVEVO.

The second single, "Kano Mia Efhi" (Greek: Κάνω μια ευχή; English: I make a wish), was written by Meth and Megeda and produced by Meth. It was released on 21 June 2011. It was announced that the video clip will be first seen in Sony Ericsson Greece's Facebook page. A teaser of the video clip was released on 19 July 2011. The video was published on VEVO on 29 July 2011.

The third single, "Voltes St Asteria" (Greek: Βόλτες στ' αστερια; English: Rides to the stars), was written by Giannis Hristodoulopoulos and Giannis Doxas and produced by Giannis Hristodoulopoulos. It was released on 21 June 2011. The teaser of the video clip was released on 5 October 2011. The video clip was fully released few days later on VEVO. However the video is currently unavailable on the channel.

" La La Love" is the fourth and final single.

Editions

The album had two editions, the regular and the euro edition released in July 2011 and January 2012 respectively.

Regular edition

The regular edition was released in Cyprus and Greece on 22 July 2011. It included ten songs with the most being written and produced by Giannis Hristodoulopoulos and Yiannis Doxas. Some of the songs were written in English by foreigner lyricists and were translated to Greek. The album included Adamou's collaboration with Mellises, " Krata Ta Matia Sou Klista".

"Tis Agapis Ta Thimata", was set to be released by Elena Paparizou but was later recorded by Adamou. The song was originally written under the title "Murderous" and was translated for the album. The song "Fige" had an English version named "Madness" which was not included in the album and featured the Greek band tU. The album's title track, "San Ena Oniro", was originally performed by Robert Williams and Bessy Argiraki. Adamou performed her own version of the song with Giorgos Papadimitrakis from the band Kokkina Halia.

Euro edition

The euro edition was released in Cyprus and Greece on 30 January 2012. It included all the ten tracks from the regular edition with four additional songs including the fifth single, " La La Love", which represented Cyprus in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. It also included the other two songs that were candidates to represent the country. The fourth song, "Fotia Vrohi", was the Greek version of "You Don't Belong Here".

Critical response

Critical reaction to ''San Ena Oniro'' was generally mixed. ''Miss'' magazine author said "a short dream, like all the good ones, as the 10 tracks remind us of the classic LP of the 80s that they only "hid" inside them ... diamonds!" and gave the album four out of five stars.

Marina Skopelitou of ''Music Corner'' gave a mixed review to the album; "a clean pop album, with songs of simple melodies and plain lyrics and strong electronic elements". She also said that all the songs are suitable for her age apart from "Kati Gia Na Piasto" which doesn't suit to a young singer. Skopelitou described the songs as "happy", "lighthearted", "dance" and "loved by young audience" while selecting "Voltes St Asteria" and "San Ena Oniro" as the best songs. For the album's second single, "Voltes St Asteria" said that its lyrics are the most interesting thing on the song as they express most people by talking about love that makes money and material goods unnecessary. At the end, she described the album as "another good try by Adamou who makes her first steps".

Track listing

Personnel

*Giannis Doxas – executive producer
*Dimitris Stassos – production, arrangement, mixing, background vocals
*Giannis Hristodoulopoulos – production, arrangement, guitar, mixing
*Vasilis Gavriilidis – production, arrangement, programming, keys
*Leonidas Tzitzos – production, arrangement, programming, keys
*Nalle Ahlstedt – production, arrangement, programming
*Melisses – production, arrangement, mixing
*Mikko Tamminen – production, arrangement, mixing
*Flawless (Vangelis Kostoxenakis, Evan Klimakis) – production, arrangement
*Mihalis "Meth" Kouinelis – production, arrangement
*Tasos Hamosfakidis – recording, vocal recording, mixing
*Melody Production Group – recording, mixing
*Christos Kouligas – guitar
*Eyo – mixing
*Elena Patroklou – vocal coach
*Marianna Gerasimidou – background vocals
*Mikaela Stenström – background vocals
*Malin Dinah Sundstrom – background vocals
*Sibel Redzep – background vocals
*Bill Georgoussis – photography
*Cult Design – album cover art
*Stefanos Vasilakis – hairstyling
*Grigoris Pirpilis – make up
*Dionisis Kolpodinos – personal stylist
*Mirto Gonou – image editing

Charts

Peak positions

Singles

Release history

La La Love Tour

Adamou toured in Europe after the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest and performed her songs including "La La Love" and "Madness".

References

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Sony Music Greece albums
Ivi Adamou albums
2010s Greek-language albums
2011 debut albums