My Only Consolation

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B00000HZB9
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #452,112 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Sucker - Markos Vamvakaris

2. It's Just Your Luck - Y. Batis

3. The Junkie's Pain - An. Dhelias

4. Tough Chick - Stellakis Perpiniadhis

5. Lament In The Minor - Stratos Payioumdzis

6. The Jonah (The Jinx) - M. Vamvakaris

7. My Only Consolation - Stellios Keromitis

8. It Showed I Was A Mangas - M. Yennitsaris

9. Don't Be Stubborn With Me - Markos Vamvakaris

10. Down There In Dhrapetsona - M. Vamvakaris

11. I Gambled All My Change - Stratos And St. Keromitis

12. Mother - Hadzichristos/Stamoulis

13. You've Wounded Me, My Flirt - Markos Vamvakaris

14. Batis The Dervish - Y. Batis

15. Crazy Nikos - N. Dhelias

16. Jealous Woman - M. Vamvakaris/K. Roukounas

17. Mother, They've Stabbed Me - M. Vamvakaris

18. Dance From Smyrna - I. Papaioannou

19. When I See Your Two Eyes - I. Papaioannou

20. I'll Hire Myself A Boat - Y. Kavouras

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wide cross-section of Rebetika, April 28, 2008

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A. Argeris "The Questioning Eye" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Only Consolation (Audio CD)

This CD displays a wide variety of songs - about love, about life in among the low-lifes, and instrumental pieces. I strongly recommend this CD both to people who do not speak Greek and know little about Rebetika and those who can understand the lyrics. There is enough musical variety in this CD to make it worthwhile for an open-minded listener to find at least one song that will "hook" you. Rebetika is the Mother Lode of modern Greek music, the reference point from which all departures leave. And for those of us who speak Greek, the lyrics here are something else! My personal favorite is Stellios Keromitis' "I Moni Mou Parigoria (My Only Consolation)" One of those songs that stays in the imagination, and burrows into the unconscious mind.