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Devotion: The Best of Yanni is a compilation album by keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the Private Music label in 1997. The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart and at #42 on the "Billboard 200" chart in the same year.[1]

Devotion: The Best of Yanni
Compilation album by Yanni
Released	August 26, 1997
Recorded	1986 - 1993
Genre	Contemporary instrumental
Length	66:25
Label	Private Music
Producer	Yanni
Yanni chronology
Port of Mystery (1997) Devotion: The Best of Yanni (1997) Nightbird (1997)

Content

Nine of this compilation's fifteen tracks are from two of Yanni's quieter recordings, Dare to Dream in 1992 and delicate In My Time in 1993. Those selections, intermingled with an assortment of the keyboard player's more dynamic works ("Santorini" and "Within Attraction") create a generally satisfying survey of Yanni's first seven albums (Niki Nana and Optimystique are not represented here). The CD's packaging claims that this is the best of Yanni and the album does offer a decent overview of his work, with a tilt toward his gentler side. "The End of August" and "Marching Season" are presented as performed in concert on the album Live at the Acropolis.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

In a review by Jonathan Widran of AllMusic, "For a time in the mid-'90s, Private Music was issuing Yanni samplers on a regular basis, prompting the casual fan to wonder if the love-him-or-hate-him new age phenomenon had ever indeed released a real studio album before. A lot of the anti-Yanni sentiment comes not from people who've heard the bulk of his material, but those who simply reject the idea of simply stated, pretty, top-down music as bad for some reason. It never gets too deep, but the same could be said of a lot of pop music. For those new to the Yanni experience, this disc is a good place to start."[3]

Track listing

Production

• Art Direction: Sonny Mediana
• Design: Jackie Salway
• Photography: Lynn Goldsmith

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Official Website
• Devotion: The Best of Yanni at AllMusic

На других языках

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[es] Devotion (The Best of Yanni)

Devotion (The Best of Yanni) , es un álbum de compilación del músico griego Yanni, lanzado bajo el sello Private Music en 1997. De los 15 temas de esta recopilación, 9 son de dos de las grabaciones de Estudio compuestas por Yanni: Dare To Dream, en 1992 e In My Time, en 1993. En esas selecciones, el músico griego entremezcló un surtido de los trabajos más dinámicos tocados al teclado ( “Santorini” , “Within Attraction” ) en las que generalmente crea un estudio de los primeros siete álbumes. Hay que recordar también que en esta compilación, no se representan los álbumes Niki Nana, ni Optimystique. El CD está concertado con las demandas de que este sea el mejor de Yanni y el álbum ofrezca una apreciación global decente de su trabajo, con una inclinación hacia su lado más práctico. Temas como "The End of August" y "Marching Season" se presentan por primera vez del concierto en el álbum Yanni Live at the Acropolis, en 1997.

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