Abra Katabra

Abra katabra (Greek: Άμπρα κατάμπρα; English: Abracadabra) is the third studio album of Greek singer Mariada Pieridi. It was released on 16 December 2004 by Universal Music Greece and later certified gold, selling 20,000 units in Greece. The album was written by several singers, including frequent partners Alexandros Vourazelis, Elias Philippou and Tasos Vougiatzis.

Singles
The following singles were officially released to radio stations, two of them with music videos. The songs "Signomi" and "Mes sta dio sou matia" did not release as singles, but gained radio airplay.


 * 1) "Abra katabra" (Άμπρα κατάμπρα)
 * 2) "Pes mou mia fora" (Πες μου μια φορά;)
 * 3) "Ta pio megala oneira" (Τα πιο μεγάλα όνειρα)
 * 4) "Hairetismata" (Χαιρετίσματα)

Credits
Credits adapted from liner notes.

Personnel

 * Dimitris Antoniou – guitars (3, 11)
 * Yiannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki, baglama (4, 9) • cura (1, 4, 9)
 * Giorgos Chatzopoulos – guitars (1, 4, 9, 12)
 * Akis Diximos – second vocal (1, 2, 5, 9)
 * Telis Kafkas – bass (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 * Spyros Kontakis – guitars (7)
 * Dimitris Kontopoulos – orchestration, programming (7)
 * Katerina Kyriakou – backing vocals (3, 6, 10, 11, 12)
 * Kostas Lainas – programming (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 * Yiannis Lionakis – orchestration, guitars (2, 5, 6, 8, 10) • lute (6, 10)
 * Kostas Miliotakis – orchestration, programming, bass (13)
 * Andreas Mouzakis – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13)
 * Arsenis Nasis – percussion (6, 10)
 * Alex Panayi – backing vocals (3, 6, 10, 11, 12)
 * Stavros Pazarentzis – clarinet (3)
 * Christos Pertsinidis – guitars (13)
 * Marios Psimopoulos – orchestration, programming (3, 11)
 * Panayiotis Stergiou – bouzouki, baglama (2, 5)
 * Thanasis Vasilopoulos – clarinet (6, 10, 13) • ney (6, 10)
 * Alexandros Vourazelis – orchestration, programming (1, 4, 9, 12)

Production

 * Takis Argyriou – sound engineer, mix engineer (at Argyriou Recordings studio)
 * Panos Barlos – production manager
 * Aris Binis – sound engineer (at Vox studio), mix engineer (at Sofita studio and Vox studio)
 * Dimitris Chorianopoulos – sound engineer, mix engineer (at Workshop studio)
 * Yiannis Ioannidis (Digital Press Hellas) – mastering
 * Giorgos Kalfamanolis – photographer
 * Panos Kallitsis – hair styling, make up
 * Lefteris Neromiliotis – sound engineer (at Workshop studio)
 * Dimitris Panayiotakopoulos – artwork

Charts
Abra katabra made its debut at number 11 on the 'Greece Top 50 Singles' charts. After months, it was certified gold according to sales by IFPI.