Devotion: The Best of Yanni

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
ReleasedAugust 26, 1997
Recorded1986 - 1993
GenreContemporary instrumental
Length66:25
LabelPrivate Music
ProducerYanni
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
SourceRating
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
No.TitleLength
1."Once Upon a Time"3:49
2."Within Attraction"4:14
3."Song for Antarctica"4:25
4."Aria"4:01
5."A Love for Life"5:12
6."Reflections of Passion"4:37
7."To Take... To Hold"4:06
8."Only a Memory"4:18
9."Flight of Fantasy"5:44
10."To the One Who Knows"5:39
11."The End of August"3:48
12."Marching Season"2:42
13."Santorini"4:39
14."Nice to Meet You" (Special Radio Edit)3:25
15."A Night to Remember"5:46

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

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

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Chart history for Devotion: The Best of Yanni". AMG. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  2. AllMusic
  3. Jonathan Widran. "Review of Devotion: The Best of Yanni". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  4. Devotion: The Best of Yanni (CD liner). Yanni. Private Music. 1997. 01005-82153-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "American album certifications – Yanni – Devotion: The Best of Yanni". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 December 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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