Ultimate Yanni Explained

Ultimate Yanni
Type:compilation
Artist:Yanni
Cover:UltimateYanni.png
Released:January 21, 2003
Genre:Contemporary instrumental
Length:130:52
Label:BMG Heritage
Producer:Yanni
Prev Title:The Very Best of Yanni
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Ethnicity
Next Year:2003

Ultimate Yanni is a compilation album by keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the BMG Heritage label in 2003. The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart in 2004 and at #74 on the "Billboard 200" in 2003.[1]

Background

This album collects the highlights of Yanni's best-selling albums including Optimystique, Reflections of Passion, Dare to Dream, In My Time and a special version from his live album Live at the Acropolis. This is a remastered recordings.[2]

Critical reception

In a review by Heather Phares of AllMusic, "The most complete retrospective of Yanni's work since in 1997 and The Very Best of Yanni in 2000, Ultimate Yanni comes close to living up to its title. The double-disc, 24-track set features digitally remastered versions of definitive songs like "Marching Season", "To the One Who Knows", "Reflections of Passion", "Aria", "Santorini" and "Flight of Fantasy", and also includes tracks from his earliest albums as well as his compositions for the Olympics, Tour de France, and Wide World of Sports."[3]

Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Production

(Production as described in CD liner notes.)[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000230069|pure_url=yes}} Chart history for ''Ultimate Yanni'']. AMG. 2015-04-12 .
  2. https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Yanni-YANNI/dp/B00007L9N1 Amazon
  3. Web site: Heather Phares . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000230069|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Ultimate Yanni'']. AllMusic. 2015-06-16.
  4. Ultimate Yanni. Yanni . 2003. CD liner. BMG Heritage. 0-19341-81062-9.