Aphrodite's Child
666
Label ©  Polygram International
Release Year  1972
Length  1:18:04
Genre  Psychedelic
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  A-0056
Bitrate  (various) Kbps
  Other  
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The System  
       0:23  
      2.  
      		 Babylon   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis) 
       2:47  
      3.  
      		 Loud, Loud, Loud   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       2:42  
      4.  
      		 The Four Horsemen  
       5:54  
      5.  
      		 The Lamb   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis) 
       4:35  
      6.  
      		 The Seventh Seal   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis) 
       1:30  
      7.  
      		 Aegian Sea  
       5:23  
      8.  
      		 Seven Bowls   (Costas Ferris/Vangelis) 
       1:29  
      9.  
      		 The Wakening Beast   (Costas Ferris/Vangelis) 
       1:11  
      10.  
      		 Lament   (Costas Ferris/Vangelis) 
       2:45  
      11.  
      		 The Marching Beast   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       2:00  
      12.  
      		 The Battle of the Locusts   (Costas Ferris/Vangelis) 
       0:55  
      13.  
      		 Do It  
       1:44  
      14.  
      		 Tribulation  
       0:32  
      15.  
      		 The Beast  
       2:26  
      16.  
      		 Ofis   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       0:14  
      17.  
      		 Seven Trumpets   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       0:35  
      18.  
      		 Altamont   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis) 
       4:33  
      19.  
      		 The Wedding of the Lamb   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       3:39  
      20.  
      		 The Capture of the Beast  
       2:17  
      21.  
      		 Track21   (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) 
       5:15  
      22.  
      		 Hic and Nunc  
       2:55  
      23.  
      		 All the Seats Were Occupied  
       19:22  
      24.  
      		 Break  
       2:58  
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      Biography

      A Greek band of the late '60s and early '70s, Aphrodite's Child scored only one European hit, "Rain and Tears." Though it was a big one, the group became little more than a trivia answer after keyboardist Vangelis Papathanassiou dropped his surname and hit number one with the theme to Chariots of Fire in 1981. Aphrodite's Child also included drummer Lucas Sideras and vocalist Demis Roussos, who enjoyed some solo success himself as a pop vocalist. The band formed in Greece in the mid-'60s, and the title track from the second album was a hit throughout Europe. The 1972 album 666 -- The Apocalypse of Saint John, was generally agreed to be the best, but it proved to be the last, though the single "Break" was also a hit in Europe.
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      Review

      An amazingly bombastic concept album about the Apocalypse of St. John seen as a rock spectacle. Demis Roussos wails the lyrics in a frantically operatic falsetto, while the band pound fiercely through Vangelis' furiously complex music. It certainly has its moments, but the entire set eventually becomes too overwhelming to sit through.
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