{{Infobox album | name = The Essential Yanni | type = compilation | artist = Yanni | cover = TheEssentialYanni.png | alt = | released = June 15, 2010 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Instrumental | length = 164:16 | label = Legacy | producer = Yanni | prev_title = Yanni Voices | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = The Inspiring Journey | next_year = 2010 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002003718|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic]</ref> |}}
'''''The Essential Yanni''''' is a compilation album by keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the Legacy label in 2010. The album peaked at #6 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002003718|pure_url=yes}} |title=Chart history for ''The Essential Yanni''|publisher=AMG|accessdate=2015-04-12 |format=}}</ref>
==Track listing== ''Disc 1'' {{Track listing | title1 = Paths on Water | length1 = 3:53 | title2 = Reflections of Passion | length2 = 4:33 | title3 = Nightbird | length3 = 6:02 | title4 = Nice to Meet You | length4 = 5:36 | title5 = Within Attraction | length5 = 4:10 | title6 = Santorini | length6 = 4:35 | title7 = Niki Nana (We're One) | length7 = 5:21 | title8 = The End of August | length8 = 4:52 | title9 = Marching Season | length9 = 5:35 | title10 = After the Sunrise | length10 = 4:38 | title11 = Enchantment | length11 = 3:51 | title12 = Chasing Shadows | length12 = 5:43 | title13 = The Mermaid | length13 = 3:46 | title14 = One Man's Dream | length14 = 2:43 | title15 = Running Time | length15 = 5:58 | title16 = Flight of Fantasy | length16 = 5:40 }}
''Disc 2'' {{Track listing | title1 = Walkabout | length1 = 4:31 | title2 = Desire | length2 = 5:00 | title3 = Someday | length3 = 4:35 | title4 = Point of Origin | length4 = 5:55 | title5 = Butterfly Dance | length5 = 6:24 | title6 = Swept Away | length6 = 4:41 | title7 = Forbidden Dreams | length7 = 3:56 | title8 = In the Morning Light | length8 = 3:48 | title9 = Turn of the Tide | length9 = 3:55 | title10 = A Word in Private | length10 = 3:44 | title11 = Standing in Motion | length11 = 5:20 | title12 = Human Condition | length12 = 5:09 | title13 = The Rain Must Fall | length13 = 7:17 | note13 = from ''Live at the Acropolis'' | title14 = Face in the Photograph | length14 = 3:45 | title15 = In the Mirror | length15 = 4:02 | title16 = Before I Go | length16 = 4:30 }}
==Production== *A&R: Didier Deutsch *Mastering Engineer: Maria Triana *Product Development: David Foil & Jennifer Liebeskind *Marketing: Leslie Collman-Smith & Scott Farthing *Art Direction & Design: Roxanne Slimax *Photography: Lynn Goldsmith *Packaging Manager: Tammy Van Aken
(Production as described in CD liner notes.)<ref name="AlbumNotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Essential Yanni|others=Yanni |year=2010|type= CD liner|publisher=Legacy|id=8697-71205-2}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.yanni.com/ Official Website] *{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002003718|label=''The Essential Yanni''}} {{Yanni}}
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