| Keys to Imagination | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Yanni |
| Cover: | Yanni-Keys to Imagination.png |
| Released: | September 1986 |
| Genre: | Instrumental, space music |
| Length: | 38:13 |
| Label: | Private Music |
| Producer: | Yanni |
| Prev Title: | Optimystique |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Out of Silence |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Keys to Imagination is the second studio album by Greek keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the Private Music label in 1986.
In an interview with Cymbiosis, Yanni said that he often spent 12–15 hours a day producing the album. Yanni also stated that his favorite part about producing the album was to activate "up to six or seven [slave] keyboards" and that "the most simple sounds on Keys to Imagination are made with at least two or three keyboards."
In a review by Backroads Music/Heartbeats, "Yanni's first Private Music release is a true masterpiece of dramatic synthesizer music. His music is lusty and brilliant, richly melodious and memorable, full of passion & life as befits his Greek heritage. One of the ultimate car-stereo albums, Yanni's flamboyant, superb style of compositions makes Keys to Imagination some of the most extravagant, hyperspace music we know."[1] Mark Jacobs of Cymbiosis, praised the album, writing "Yanni displays sensitivity and warmth that conveys emotions to the listener while still achieving excellent recorded sound; qualities that are sadly lacking on many 'Synthesizer' albums." Jacobs cited two songs, "Looking Glass" and "Santorini", which were also included in the corresponding cassette for the magazine.[2]
Yanni recorded Keys to Imagination at his home studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota.