{{Infobox album | name = Optimystique | type = studio | artist = Yanni | cover = Yanni-Optimystique1984cover.png | alt = | caption = 1984 release front cover | released = 1984 | recorded = {{ubl|1980|Cookhouse Studios and Sound 80 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)}} | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| * Instrumental * pop rock }} | length = 38:41 | label = Independent (1980)<br>Varèse Sarabande (1984)<br>Private Music (1989) | producer = {{flatlist| * Jerry Steckling * Yanni }} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Keys to Imagination | next_year = 1986 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Yanni-Optimystique1989cover.png | border = | alt = | caption = 1989 release front cover }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000200176|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic]</ref> }}
'''''Optimystique''''' is the debut studio album by Greek keyboardist, composer, and producer Yanni, released independently in 1980. It was re-released in 1984 by Varèse Sarabande and in 1989 by Private Music.
==Liner notes== {{cquote|''Optimystique'' was recorded in 1980 and released for the first time in 1984. I considered re-recording or reworking the material before re-releasing it again, but the album has a very special sound representative of a particular time early in my career which I wanted to preserve. For me, it is a piece of my history I remember fondly.<ref name="AlbumNotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Optimystique|others=Yanni |year=1989|type= CD liner|publisher=Private Music}}</ref>}}
==Track listing== {{Track listing |all_writing = Yanni |title1 = The Sphynx |length1 = 4:13 |title2 = Butterfly Dance |length2 = 6:26 |title3 = Strings |length3 = 3:50 |title4 = Twilight |length4 = 7:35 |title5 = The Chase |length5 = 5:08 |title6 = Farewell |length6 = 2:47 |title7 = Turn of the Tide |length7 = 3:57 |title8 = The Magus |length8 = 4:45 {{listen | header = "Butterfly Dance" (1980) | filename = Yanni ButterflyDance.ogg | title = "Butterfly Dance" | description = Early in his career Yanni focused heavily on the electronic side of music.<ref name="MontrealGazette20120614">Burnett, Richard, [http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/06/14/from-the-acropolis-to-america-yanni-still-sits-on-top-of-the-world/ "From the Acropolis to America, Yanni still sits on top of the world"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120620162224/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/06/14/from-the-acropolis-to-america-yanni-still-sits-on-top-of-the-world/ WebCite archive]), ''The Gazette'' (Montreal), June 14, 2012.</ref> | format = Ogg | pos = left }} {{-}} }}
==Personnel== *All music composed and produced by Yanni *Yanni – Synthesizers and Keyboards *Ernest LaViolette – Drums and Percussion *Tom Sterling – Bass guitar on "Twilight" *Dugan McNeill – Bass guitar on "The Chase" *Tony Matsis – Bouzouki on "Strings" *Bruce Kurno – Harps
==Production== *Produced by Jerry Steckling and Yanni *Executive Producers: Mark MacPherson and Tom Paske *Engineered by Jerry Steckling *Assistant Engineer: Chopper Black *Recorded at Cookhouse Studios and Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.yanni.com/ Official Website] *{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000200176|label=''Optimystique''}}
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