A big disappointment
rbsailing | California | 05/30/2000
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Never having heard of Anna Vissi, I bought "Andidhoto" basically on the strength of the cool Medusa cover art. Surprise: the album was great! So I went looking for more of her music, and chose Fotia on the basis of two rave reviews on Amazon.com. Big mistake! Most of this CD is bouncy dance pop that I wouldn't tolerate for more than 10 seconds if it came on my car radio. I don't know what to compare it to: Paula Abdul maybe? A couple of tracks are a little more interesting, with a Latin or traditional Greek flavor, but this CD will be gathering dust on my shelf, unless I can unload it at a garage sale. Vissi has an beautiful voice and (nowadays, as "Andidhoto" shows) extraordinarily emotive phrasing, but the 10+ year old "Fotia" shows how far she's come."
From Anna with love
rbsailing | 10/17/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I cannot be "objective" about this record. Was in Rhetymnon in the late 80's and had the pleasure of seeing mrs. Vissi performing all these songs (she shared the bill with her husband). A real pleasure to have this electrifying music at home. Especially "Photia" and "Kapnisso" are bound to make you dance on the living room floor. If you are a very somber person with few delights - listen to this and try to stay sad! The Greeks have a way of making you smile thru your tears. So if you're in depression, your man has left you, go buy this record and share the wonder of feeling pain with a song on your lips!"
