From the Finnish Helena to a Greek one: La Paparizou, winner of Eurovision 2005. She has released a new album, all in Greek and it's a far cry from songs that made her famous. Where are the easy pop songs that had summerhit written all over them: My number one, Gigolo, Mambo and all Antique stuff? The album is rather dark and gloomy, rather rockish with lots of guitars. Actually her voice, darker than ever, fits it beautifully. With first listenings a couple of songs like Pirotexnimata and Papeles Mijados stand out but still.... a new Mambo they are not. All this said, it is not a bad album at all. Just not what I would expect from her and time will tell if this change of direction will pay off in the future! (Or is she coming with an album in English filled with bubblegum summer pop later?)
From the Finnish Helena to a Greek one: La Paparizou, winner of Eurovision 2005. She has released a new album, all in Greek and it's a far cry from songs that made her famous. Where are the easy pop songs that had summerhit written all over them: My number one, Gigolo, Mambo and all Antique stuff? The album is rather dark and gloomy, rather rockish with lots of guitars. Actually her voice, darker than ever, fits it beautifully. With first listenings a couple of songs like Pirotexnimata and Papeles Mijados stand out but still.... a new Mambo they are not. All this said, it is not a bad album at all. Just not what I would expect from her and time will tell if this change of direction will pay off in the future! (Or is she coming with an album in English filled with bubblegum summer pop later?)
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