Untitled English Album (Anna Vissi)
Greek singer Anna Vissi will be releasing an English language album in the first half of 2009 in Greece and Cyprus, as well as the United States. The album will be her first English language studio album and international release since Everything I Am in 2001. It is expected to feature a more rock sound, and be composed entirely by non-Greek composers.
Album information
Production
Having spent a large portion of 2007 recording the album in Los Angeles, various news AbOUT the album was released. Robin DiMaggio stated that he was working with Vissi on the album and that some of the writers included Glenn Ballard, Diane Warren, and Brian Haus. Also on Mark Needham's website, "Anna Vissi - Forthcoming album, scheduled release 2009" was listed under Mix Engineer: Current Mixing Projects. It was revealed that the album will be released in the first half of 2009. In an interview with fans, Vissi talked about the album, describing it as "a rock album with unbelievably nice songs, that some of the biggest people in the USA music industry worked on. It is an album that could only be made in the US, that represents who I am, and I believe that this album will be a big plus in my career so far."
In February 2008, Vissi signed to Maple Jam Music Group for the management of the release of the album in the US. In April 2008, Maple Jam Music released a statement on their website saying that "soon, Anna Vissi's unprecedented talent will capture the attention of a much broader audience as she comes to Los Angeles, California, to record a brand-New album unlike any before it. This album, set for a world-wide release in early 2009, promises to be her most dynamic yet. This album brings With It a new sound which will diffuse among all Anna's loyal fans and spreading further to new ones, uniting them across the globe." In an interview with Ellinikos FM, Nikos Karvelas was asked about new Anna Vissi work. Karvelas replied that she was currently in the US working on a new very rock album with non-Greek writers hinting that the new album will be rock flavored. Maple Jam Music Group will play a large role in the production of the album, as they did with her Greek language album "Apagorevmeno", released in December 2008.
By late 2008, it has appeared that Diane Warren and Robbin DiMaggio were off the album, while Maple Jam and Vissi recorded all new songs primarily by Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Patrick Leonard and Brian Howes. Both Leonard and Stewart contributed to the composition and production to songs on Apagorevmeno.
Leaks
In mid-2008, a video of Vissi in the studio leaked along with 6 new songs. It has now appeared that those songs will not make the final cut, as Vissi recorded new songs.