666
by Aphrodite's Child

There's some good stuff here - Hic and Nunc, and The Four Horsemen. But there's also so much junk and fluff that frankly is just weird and annoying, the worst being the Infinity "song". I get that it's a concept album but it's not for me.

Une sacré claque dès la première écoute...
Œuvre megalo et complexe avec un pied dans le passé (folklore) et un dans l'avenir (synthes) tout en étant ancré dans son époque.

From Jboy56 04/25/2023 13:53 | #296370

Colossal work with some amazing instrumental and vocal artistry. Fine prog

666. The Apocalypse of John. This is a really interesting, lesser known concept double album from the Greek group Aphrodite's Child. Intriguing...and at times, apocalyptic.

The drama of the latter disc's depths tends to spoil the fun...but, there's nothing truly like it when the tracks keep their composure, and gems can be found all over. Not many double-LPs of the era (we're talking '72 ish) can keep a listener captivated like this.

The B side of the first record captures the quality and essence of this group's message. For psychedelic harder rock heads, listen through and through! Unless you're keeping a low and tight collection of records, consider holding on to this one.

A great concept album that grows on you with each listen. Some say pretentious, what concept album isn't? You could probably sat that about any ambitious musical statement. There are some great moments here and they all add up to a fantastic whole. Great fun. Do it!

From discojets1 03/15/2017 17:21 | #187464

Pretentious at times but there are many strong moments

Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:

Top: 2, 3, 5, 11-15, 18
High: 4, 6, 7, 9, 19, 20, 22
Neutral: 1, 8, 10, 16, 17, 24
Low: 21, 23

This was fairly a great album. Through the first half I had this as a future favorite. Definitely some fantastic lyrics on display and worth a listen. Partly tribal

666 was the final chapter of the best greek band of the late 60s, a progressive gem written by Vangelis. The album created a scandal in Greece (a very traditional, regigious and dictatorship country at that time) and was very quickly banned... Aphrodite's child had a very short lifetime, they could have last much longer if the points of vue of Demis Roussos and Vangelis where converging : Demis was more gig and touring oriented, Vangelis was introverted and studio oriented.

From Robert Anton Wilson 11/07/2011 18:38 | #30050

They were as big as the Beatles in Greece in those days. Then Demis Roussos and Vangelis went their own way. I followed Vangelis myself. Among the top prog concept albums. Irene Papas on "Infinity" is let's just stay ... coming and going!?!?!?!