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.Tiesto — Parade of Athletes. How Tijs Verwest turned out to be the DJ of the 2004 Olympics 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.
Track listing
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts Chart (2004)PeakpositionGreek Albums (IFPI)5
Year-end charts Chart (2004)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)99Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)62Chart (2005)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)100US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)22
Certifications CountryCertificationGreece (IFPI Greece) GoldNew Zealand (NVPI) GoldUnited Kingdom (BPI) Silver
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Netherlands 2004 Magik Muzik Magik Muzik CD 04 14 October 2004 Magik Muzik LP 04 Spain 21 October 2004 Vale VLCD 322-1 Electropolis VLMX 1697-3 United States 2 November 2004 Nettwerk America 0 6700 30393 2 1 Australia 8 October 2004 Bang On! CD BANGCD037 Mexico and Latin America 2004 Corporacion Discografica Iberoamericana 2552-2 Asia 2004 Avex Asia Ltd. AVTCD-95786 Germany and Europe 15 October 2004 Edel 0158472 KON Kontor Kontor409 Russia 2004 Dance Planet Ltd. CD DPCD029-04 United Kingdom October 2004 Nebula NEBT 9011 NEBTX 9011 MX335917688d17
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