Vangelis Papathanassiou - Earth (1973)
Details
Year.......................: 1973
Genre.....................: Progressive/Rock
Label.....................: Polygram
Credits
Arranged and produced by Vangelis O. Papathanassiou.
Lead and background vocals by Robert Fitoussi.
Background vocals by Vangelis O. Papathanassiou and Argiris Koulouris.
Narration on 'We were all uprooted' and 'Let it happen' by Warren Shapovitch.
Engineers: Roger Roche, Didier Pitois, Didier Périer
Tracks
[*]1. Come on (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
[*]2. We were all uprooted (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou / Richelle Dassin)
[*]3. Sunny earth (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
[*]4. He-o (Argiris Koulouris / Richelle Dassin)
[*]5. Ritual (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
[*]6. Let it happen (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou / Richelle Dassin)
[*]7. The city (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
[*]8. My face in the rain (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou / Richelle Dassin)
[*]9. Watch out (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
[*]10. A song (Vangelis O. Papathanassiou / Richelle Dassin)
Reviews/Notes
Known Facts
[*]Argyris Koulouris is mostly known as the "fourth" member of Aphrodite's Child, who only made it just
in time to France to work on their last album "666". After that he also contributed to an obscure single
by "Alpha Beta" (1971), Vangelis' albums "The Dragon" (1971) and "See you later" (1980), as well as
Demis Roussos' album "Reflection" in 1984...
[*]Robert Fitoussi is mostly known for his contribution to this album, but in the same year he also wrote the song "Who", which was first released in 1974 under the pseudonym "Odyssey"...
[*]Robert and Vangelis met shortly after Vangelis broke up with Aphrodite's Child, in a record company named "La Compagnie", where Vangelis had stocked all his equipment. Vangelis played something and Robert sang to it, they started working together and became friends.
[*]Robert Fitoussi is more widely known as "F.R. David" who made fame with his hit single "Words" in 1981.
[*]Richelle Dassin as a lyricist also worked with Vangelis for the songs that Vangelis recorded with Melina Mercouri that same year.
vangelismovements.com - 1973 saw Vangelis working on all kinds of different projects, the most important one in the end leading up to the album "Earth". It was to be Vangelis' last album made in Paris, the year after he moved to London. "Earth" is said to be inspired by ancient (pre-Christian) Greek or Dorian music. The title is a reference to the primitive roots of the album.
It also appears that the album is the final result of a concept project that was initially titled "Charge". The project generated so much music that didn't make it into the final album. Songs such as "Friends", "The river", "Sunday in Central Park", "The witches are out " and "Passer by" which are included on the Spheric-list, for some reason didn't make the final cut and were never heard of again...
amazon.com - Aphrodite's Child was already history before 666 even came out. The infinity symbol cut with Irene Papas was the reason for the album's delay, since the group refused to remove the track from the album. Vangelis then teamed with some other musicians and recorded two albums in 1971, Hypothesis and The Dragon, neither of them released at the time (they were released around 1978), and then Vangelis wanted those two albums withdrawn (that explains why those two albums never saw the light of day on CD). 1973's Earth seems like a natural continuation of the Aphrodite's Child sound, if the group made it to 1973, this is how it would sound like. But you'll also notice the album pointed to the style he would explore on his own as well. Here he was helped by guitarist Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris, ex-Aphrodite's Child (he was on 666, but not on their previous, late '60s pop/psychedelic albums) and bassist/vocalist Robert Fitoussi. This was one of the rare Vangelis solo albums to feature vocals, other than See You Later and Jon Anderson's help on "So Long Ago, So Clear" on Heaven & Hell. Of course I didn't mention the Jon & Vangelis albums. "Come On" sounds like a missing Aphrodite's Child song. It rocks, complete with guitar. "We Were All Uprooted" is a much more mellow piece with a strong Greek ethnic feel. This style was explored once again when Vangelis worked on Irene Papas' album Odes (1979). "Sunny Earth" oddly explores Native American styles at the beginning with the chanting, obviously the sound of a rain dance, before heading on to Greek ethnic influences that you heard on "We Were All Uprooted". "He-O" and "Let It Happen" are more fantastic Aphrodite's Child-like vocal cuts, I think the latter is perhaps the finest cut on the whole album. "My Face in the Rain" sounds more like a combination of Aphrodite's Child and Vangelis' own 'Apocalypse Des Animaux. In fact I'm not too far off to say this sounds more like a transistional album, pointing to the direction that he would pursue on his solo career, while still having that Aphrodite's Child sound. No doubt about it, if you enjoy 666 and L'Apocalypse Des Animaux, you're going to need this album.
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We Were All Uprooted
Vangelis
We were all uprooted
The earth was stolen from beneath our feet
We became a Diaspora
An unnamed nation of bastards
We channeled our roots to the pulse of light
deep within the galaxies of our mind
Our breath was the sky
Our dreams were water
We claimed the wilderness
We recognized each other
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He-O
Vangelis
He-o he came walking down my street
He-o and he stopped in front of my door
He-o and he knocked on the door a long while
He-o then he turned and he walked away
He-o then he turned and he walked away
He-o and he never came back again
He-o I wasn't at home that day
He-o and I never found out that he came
He-o he came walking down my street
He-o and he stopped in front of my door
He-o and he knocked on the door a long while
He-o then he turned and he walked away
He-o then he turned and he walked away
He-o and he never came back again
He-o I wasn't at home that day
He-o and I never found out that he came
Let It Happen
Vangelis
Let it happen
Honey don't you live on the edge of your life
Let it happen
Honey don't you live on the edge of a sigh
Let it happen
Honey don't you live on the edge of a smile
Let it happen
Honey don't you live on the edge of your time
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Let it happen
Honey take a ride on the wheel of life
Let it happen
Open up your heart to the wheel of life
Let it happen
You can put your trust to the wheel of life
Let it happen
Throw away your fear on the wheel of life
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life
Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life
Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Baby all you got to do
Is let the rythm get to you
Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life
Let it happen
All you need is love on the wheel of life
All you need is love on the wheel of life
All you need is love on the wheel of life
All you need is love on the wheel of life
All you need is love on the wheel of life
All you need is love on the wheel of life
My Face In The Rain
Vangelis
My face in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow
I'm happy that is all I know
My face into the sun
My life is my own
It's Sunday time is slow
I am happy that is all I know
My thoughts in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow
I am happy that is all I know
A Song
Vangelis
I would like to write a song
That is so vibrant and so intimate
That the earth would adopt it
As if it had sprung like the stream
From the land's memory
As if no one had written it but life itself
And my song would travel along
From bird to wing, to tree
To breeze to heart to breath to song
Because a song belongs to everyone
Like the spring
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