The Very Best of Yanni
{{Infobox album
| name = The Very Best of Yanni
| type = compilation
| artist = Yanni
| cover = TheVeryBestofYanni.png
| alt =
| released = October 10, 2000
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| venue =
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| genre = Contemporary instrumental
| length = 74:36
| label = Private Music
| producer = Yanni
| prev_title = If I Could Tell You
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Ultimate Yanni
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000099656|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic]
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The Very Best of Yanni is a compilation album by Greek keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the Private Music label in 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album peaked at #3 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart in the same year.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000099656|pure_url=yes}}
|title=Chart history for The Very Best of Yanni|publisher=AMG|accessdate=2015-04-17 |format=}}
Background
This compilations includes Yanni's most treasured songs together on CD for the first time. Over 70 minutes of his classics including "Santorini", "The Rain Must Fall", "Marching Season" and "Aria".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Aria
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Looking Glass
| length2 = 6:35
| title3 = In the Morning Light
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = Marching Season
| length4 = 5:34
| title5 = Swept Away
| length5 = 4:41
| title6 = One Man's Dream
| length6 = 2:43
| title7 = The Mermaid
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = To the One Who Knows
| length8 = 5:39
| title9 = Santorini
| length9 = 4:34
| title10 = Acroyali
| length10 = 5:05
| title11 = In the Mirror
| length11 = 4:07
| title12 = Someday
| length12 = 4:34
| title13 = Flight of Fantasy
| length13 = 5:41
| title14 = The End of August
| length14 = 4:51
| title15 = The Rain Must Fall
| length15 = 4:36
| title16 = Face in the Photograph
| length16 = 3:47
}}
Production
- All songs written by Yanni except track 1 written by Yanni and Malcolm McLaren
- Compilation produced by Paul Williams for House of Hits Production, Ltd.
- Digitally Remastered by Bill Lacey at Digital Sound & Picture, NY
- Compiled by Sheila Volpe
- Sequence by Buzz Ravineau
- Photography: Lynn Goldsmith
- Art Direction and Design: JRJ Associates Inc.
- Special thanks to Mario Augusta and Debbie Eisen
- Produced by Yanni except tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13 and 15 produced by Peter Baumann and Yanni
(Personnel as described in CD liner notes.){{cite AV media notes |title=The Very Best of Yanni|others=Yanni |year=2000|type= CD liner|publisher=Private Music|id=0-19341-15682-6}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.yanni.com/ Official Website]
- {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000099656|label=The Very Best of Yanni}}
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