666 was created amongst an exterior lyricist, Costas Ferris. The music combines psychedelic in addition to progressive stone amongst ethnic instruments, choral chanting, recitations, in addition to purpose of keyboards. The tape company, Mercury Records, objected to the double-album length of 666 in addition to the musical experimentation, every bit good every bit the rails "∞" (infinity), on which a woman somebody orgasm is faux past times the Greek actress Irene Papas, who repeated the words "I was, I am, I am to come" over a lean percussion track.
The liner notes Blue Planet "This album was recorded nether the influence of Sahlep."
After Roussos in addition to Sideras had already released their commencement solo albums, Mercury agreed to liberate 666, i twelvemonth subsequently completion in addition to 2 years subsequently the ring had finished their parts inward it, on its progressive rock subsidiary Vertigo Records. The unmarried "Break" also came out inward 1972, every bit did a unmarried vinyl edition of the album inward Brazil, also titled Break. An extended vinyl edition of 666 was released inward Hellenic Republic inward 1974, containing choice mixes of songs amongst music cutting from other versions of the album. Some of these versions had appeared on the Brazilian release.
Allmusic gives it 4½ stars, exactly notes that "the entire laid eventually becomes likewise overwhelming to sit down through". IGN rated the album #3 on their top 25 listing of Prog Rock Albums. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition ‘’Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock’’, the album came #40 inward its listing of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".
Tracklist:
Disc one: (36:45)
1. The organization (0:23)
2. Babylon (2:51)
3. Loud, loud, loud (2:37)
4. The 4 horsemen (5:57)
5. The lamb (4:34)
6. The 7th seal (1:30)
7. Aegian body of body of water (5:25)
8. Seven bowls (1:25)
9. The wakening animate beingness (1:07)
10. Lament (2:55)
11. The marching animate beingness (2:00)
12. The battle of the locusts (0:56)
13. Do it (1:45)
14. Tribulation (0:32)
15. The animate beingness (2:33)
16. Ofis (0:17)
Disc two: (41:43)
1. Seven trumpets (0:30)
2. Altamont (4:45)
3. The marriage of the lamb (3:35)
4. The capture of the animate beingness (2:15)
5. "∞" (Infinity) (5:16)
6. Hic et nunc (3:00)
7. All the seats were occupied (19:27)
8. Break (2:55)
Total Time: 78:28
Personnel
Band musicians
Vangelis Papathanassiou (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) - keyboards, organ, piano, vibraphone, bass, flute, percussions, backing vocals ("Lament", "The Beast", "Break")
Demis Roussos (Artemios Ventouris Roussos) - Pb vocals ("Babylon", "The Four Horsemen", "Lament", "Hic et Nunc"), bass, guitar, backing vocals
Lucas Sideras - drums, Pb vocals ("The Beast", "Break"), backing vocals
Silver Koulouris (Anargyros Koulouris) - guitar, percussion
Guest musicians
Harris Halkitis - bass, tenor saxophone, congas, percussion, backing vocals
Michel Ripoche - trombone, tenor saxophone ("Babylon", "Hic et Nunc")
Irene Papas - vocals ("∞")
John Forst - English linguistic communication narration
Yannis Tsarouchis - Greek narration ("Ofis")
Daniel Koplowitz - vocalisation ("Loud Loud Loud")
Costas Ferris - lyricist
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