[01] Rain And Tears[02] End Of The World
[03] Mister Thomas
[04] The Grass Is No Green
[05] Valley Of Sadness
[06] Shepherd Of The Moon
[07] Day Of The Fool
[08] I Want To Live
[09] Let Me Love, Let Me Live
[10] Marie Jolie
[11] It's Five O'Clock
[12] Wake Up
[13] Annabella
[14] Good Time So Fine
[15] Such A Funny Night
[16] Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall
[17] Break
[18] Babylon
[19] The Four Horsemen
[20] Hic Et Nunc
progarchives: This Greek group that spawned two global stars in Demis Roussos and Vangelis (Papathanassiou) produced a fair amount of interesting music during their four years together (1967-71). While the epochal concept double album 666 will be of most interest to the average progger, Greatest Hits does provide a substantial overview of an eclectic band that was capable of dishing out the sublime and the mundane in equal measure.
When one does get past the brilliant Rain and Tears, the rest of Greatest Hits proves a tasty selection of tunes from their three albums End Of The World, It's Five O'Clock and 666, as well the odd single B-side. Highlights include the lovely organ-drenced It's Five O'Clock, (which bears certain similarities to Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade Of Pale), the eerie pscyhedelic pieces The Grass Is No Green and Day Of The Fool, the folky Valley Of Sadness (that's Mediterranean folk, not English folk, by the way!), the distinctly 60s-flavoured rocker Let Me Love, Let Me Live (written and sung by Sideras) and all four pieces from 666, with Babylon and the hypnotic The Four Horsemen standing out.
(progarchives 8/10)
