666

by Aphrodite's Child

666 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Country: Greece
  • Length: 1:19:37
  • Community rating: 4.24/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Silver Koulouris, Lucas Sideras, Demis Roussos, Vangelis

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived by Vangelis as a sprawling double concept album, '666' is an ambitious and controversial adaptation of the Book of Revelation, blending psychedelic and progressive rock with avant-garde experimentation, jazz, and traditional Greek influences. The album's dense soundscape is built on Vangelis's extensive use of keyboards and studio effects, Demis Roussos's distinctive vocals, and features spoken-word narration and the provocative performance of actress Irene Papas on the track '∞' (Infinity). Tensions within the band and disputes with their record label over its uncommercial direction delayed its release, but the album ultimately became the group's final statement and a celebrated cult classic of the progressive rock era.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, conceptual, biblical, theatrical, avant-garde, experimental

Tracklist

  1. The System (0:23)
  2. Babylon (2:47)
  3. Loud, Loud, Loud (2:42)
  4. The Four Horsemen (5:53)
  5. The Lamb (4:34)
  6. The Seventh Seal (1:30)
  7. Aegian Sea (5:22)
  8. Seven Bowls (1:28)
  9. The Wakening Beast (1:11)
  10. Lament (2:45)
  11. The Marching Beast (2:00)
  12. The Battle Of The Locusts (0:56)
  13. Do It (1:44)
  14. Tribulation (0:32)
  15. The Beast (2:26)
  16. Ofis (0:16)
  17. Seven Trumpets (0:35)
  18. Altamont (4:33)
  19. The Wedding Of The Lamb (3:38)
  20. The Capture Of The Beast (2:17)
  21. ∞ (5:15)
  22. Hic Et Nunc (2:55)
  23. All The Seats Were Occupied (19:19)
  24. Break (2:59)

Credits

  • Vangelis Papathanassiou - producer, composed by, arranged by, organ, piano, flute, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Demis Roussos - bass, backing vocals, guitar, trumpet, lead vocals, Lead Vocals [Lead Vocal]
  • Lucas Sideras - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals, Lead Vocals [Lead Vocal]
  • Silver Koulouris - guitars, percussion
  • Harris Halkitis - bass, tenor saxophone, congas, drums, backing vocals, percussions
  • Michel Ripoche - trombone, tenor sax on "babylon" + "hic et nunc", Guest, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor-sax]
  • John Forst - narration
  • Irene Papas - vocal on "∞", Guest, Lead Vocals
  • Yannis Tsarouchis - greek text
  • Daniel Koplowitz - narration on loud, loud, loud
  • Costas Ferris - concept, book and lyrics
  • Roger Roche - engineer [recording]
  • Jean-Claude Conan - engineer [assistant]
  • Gérard Fallec - coordinator [production]
  • Aphrodite's Child - Primary Artist

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