Parade of the Athletes

Parade of the Athletes
Compilation album by Tiësto
Released	7 September 2004 (see release history)
Genre	Trance
Length	72:25
Label	Black Hole
Producer	Tiësto
Tiësto chronology
Parade of the Athletes (2004) Magikal Journey (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 Games in Athens, Greece on 13 August 2004 (see 2004 in music). 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 song in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Albinoni's Adagio in G minor.

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.^[4]

Track listing

Parade of the Athletes
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heroes"	8:36
2.	"Breda 8pm (DJ Montana Edit)"	6:43
3.	"Ancient History"	6:06
4.	"Traffic"	4:13
5.	"Euphoria"	6:05
6.	"Athena"	6:17
7.	"Olympic Flame"	5:34
8.	"Lethal Industry"	4:36
9.	"Coming Home"	6:28
10.	"Adagio for Strings"	5:57
11.	"Victorious"	4:38
12.	"Forever Today"	7:06

Credits

• Mastered by: Barney Broomer for Sonic One^[5]
• Written by, composed by, producer, mixed by: Tiësto
• Additional producer: D.J. Waakop Reyers
  • "Breda 8pm" DJ Montana's edit of "Dallas 4PM" from Tiësto's debut album In My Memory.
  • "Ancient History" Tiësto's interpretation of "Zonaradikos" by Thrace.
  • "Traffic" samples "Psykofuk" by Sean Deason.
  • "Athena" Tiësto's interpretation of "Adagio in G Minor" by Albinoni.
  • "Olympic Flame" Composer(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
  • "Adagio for Strings"' Composer(s): Samuel Barber
  • "Victorious" Composer(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
  • "Forever Today" Composer(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2004) Peak position Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[6] 18 Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[6] 91 Dutch Albums Chart[7] 4 German Albums Chart[8] 85 Greek Albums Chart[9] 5

Certifications Country Certification Greece (IFPI Greece) Gold[9] New Zealand (NVPI) Gold[10] United Kingdom (BPI) Silver[11]

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Netherlands	2004	Magik Muzik	CD mixed	Magik Muzik CD 04
	14 October 2004		4 x vinyl 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

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7. Steffen Hung. "Tiësto - Parade Of The Athletes". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
8. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
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