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Parade of the Athletes
Compilation album by
Released7 September 2004 (2004-09-07)
GenreTrance
Length72:25
LabelBlack Hole
ProducerTiësto
Tiësto chronology
Just Be
(2004)
Parade of the Athletes
(2004)
In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[3]

Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by Dutch DJ Tiësto of his live set performed during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic GamesinAthens, Greece on 13 August 2004 (see 2004 in music).[4] This was the first time that a DJ was asked to perform for a ceremony at the Olympics. Recognizing one of their own, the Dutch team came up to the booth while Tiësto was performing this set. All of the songs on this track are original songs composed by Tiësto except for "Adagio for Strings", which is his own remix of Samuel Barber's piece by the same name (the remix was also influenced by William Orbit's original electronic remix of the piece in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Adagio in G minor, a piece often attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto.

The album contains 8 new tracks composed exclusively for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, and 4 other well-known tracks ("Traffic", "Lethal Industry", "Adagio for Strings" and "Forever Today"). An unmixed version was also released.[5]

Track listing

[edit]
Parade of the Athletes
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heroes"Tijs Michiel Verwest8:36
2."Breda 8pm (DJ Montana Edit)"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:43
3."Ancient History"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:06
4."Traffic"Tijs Michiel Verwest4:13
5."Euphoria"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:05
6."Athena"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:17
7."Olympic Flame"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink5:34
8."Lethal Industry"Tijs Michiel Verwest4:36
9."Coming Home"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:28
10."Adagio for Strings"Samuel Barber5:57
11."Victorious"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink4:38
12."Forever Today"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink7:06

Charts and certifications

[edit]

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Netherlands 2004 Magik Muzik
  • mixed
  • Magik Muzik CD 04
    14 October 2004
  • LP
  • Limited Edition
  • album
  • Magik Muzik LP 04
    Spain 21 October 2004 Vale
    • CD
  • mixed
  • VLCD 322-1
    Electropolis
    • 4 x vinyl
  • LP
  • Limited Edition
  • VLMX 1697-3
    United States 2 November 2004 Nettwerk America
    • CD
  • album
  • mixed
  • 0 6700 30393 2 1
    Australia 8 October 2004 Bang On! CD BANGCD037
    Mexico and Latin America 2004 Corporacion Discografica Iberoamericana
    • CD
  • mixed
  • 2552-2
    Asia 2004 Avex Asia Ltd.
    • CD
  • mixed
  • AVTCD-95786
    Germany and Europe 15 October 2004 Edel
    • CD
  • mixed
  • 0158472 KON
    Kontor
    • 4 x vinyl
  • LP
  • Limited Edition
  • Kontor409
    Russia 2004 Dance Planet Ltd. CD DPCD029-04
    United Kingdom October 2004 Nebula
    • 2 x vinyl
  • 12"
  • NEBT 9011
    NEBTX 9011
    • CD
  • mixed
  • promo
  • MX335917688d17

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Tiesto - Parade of the Athletes". Dancemusic.about.com. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  • ^ Jeffries, David. "Tiësto - Parade of the Athletes". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  • ^ Neil Drumming (12 November 2004). "Parade of the Athletes Review". EW.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  • ^ Tiesto — Parade of Athletes. How Tijs Verwest turned out to be the DJ of the 2004 Olympics
  • ^ "DJ Tiësto Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  • ^ "Ultratop.be – Tiësto – Parade Of The Athletes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "Ultratop.be – Tiësto – Parade Of The Athletes" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tiësto – Parade Of The Athletes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tiësto – Parade Of The Athletes" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ a b "Top 50 Ελληνικών και Ξένων Άλμπουμ" (in Greek). 4 February 2005. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  • ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  • ^ "Tiesto Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  • ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2004". Ultratop. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2005". Ultratop. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • ^ "2005 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 52. 24 December 2005. p. YE-60. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  • ^ "Goud / Platina | NVPI". Nvpi.nl. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  • ^ "BPI Certified Awards > Search". British Phonographic Industry.

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