Savvato Explained

Savvato (Greek: Σάββατο; English: Saturday) is the eighth studio album by popular Greek singer, Giorgos Mazonakis. It was released on 3 December 2003 by Heaven Music and became gold very soon, but after two months certified platinum, selling over 50,000 units. The album was written entirely by Phoebus who also produced it, and was his second collaboration with Phoebus after the 2 singles on Kita Me + Beat in 2002.^[1]

Singles

The following singles were officially released to radio stations and gained a lot of airplay:

1. "To Gucci Forema"
2. "Savvato"
3. "Foveri"
4. "Efiges"
5. "Tesseris"

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

• Christina Argyri – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11)
• Hakan Bingolou – oud (3) | säz (3, 10)
• Yiannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, cura (2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13) | baglama (2, 5, 9, 13)
• Giorgos Chatzopoulos – guitars (2, 5, 11)
• Akis Diximos – backing vocals (7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
• Nektarios Georgiadis – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
• Antonis Gounaris – guitars (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) | cümbüş (7, 10) | backing vocals (3)
• Anna Ioannidou – backing vocals (2, 5)
• Paola Komini – backing vocals (2, 5)
• Tryfon Koutsourelis – orchestration, programming (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) | keyboards (all tracks)
• Phedon Lionoudakis – accordion (2, 5, 9, 12, 13)
• Alex Panayi – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 8)
• Phoebus – orchestration (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) | programming, keyboards (1, 4, 6, 8) | backing vocals (3, 14)
• Giorgos Roilos – percussion (3, 8)
• Vaggelis Siapatis – backing vocals (3, 14)
• Giorgos Stabolis – backing vocals (3, 14)
• Thanasis Vasilopoulos – clarinet (3)
• Nikos Zervas – strings, flute (8)
• Martha Zioga – backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 8, 11)

Production

• Al Giga – styling
• Alex – grooming
• Jonathan Glynn-Smith – photographer
• Giorgos Lyberopoulos – engineer's assistant
• Yiannis Nikolopoulos – engineer's assistant
• Akis Pashalakis – engineer's assistant
• Phoebus – executive producer
• Panayiotis Petronikolos – engineer, mix
• Panos Pitsilidis – art direction
• Vaggelis Siapatis – engineer, editing
• Giorgos Stabolis – production manager

Charts

Savvato made its debut at number 2 on the 'Greece Top 50 Singles' charts and remained for 46 weeks.^[2]

After two months, it was certified platinum by IFPI.

Notes and References

1. Web site: :::::::::::::::::: P H O E B U S :::::::::::::::::: . www.phoebusmusic.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070615224254/http://www.phoebusmusic.com/web/discography-gr.html . 2007-06-15.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20041127042054/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart05.htm