Tribute (Yanni album)

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Tribute
Tribute cover
Live album and concert film by Yanni
Released November 4, 1997
Recorded Mar 1997 - May 1997
Genre Contemporary instrumental
Easy listening
Soft adult contemporary
Length 67:13
Label Virgin Records
Producer Yanni
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars
All Movie Guide 2/5 stars
Yanni chronology
Yanni Live at the Acropolis
(1994)		 Tribute
(1997)		 If I Could Tell You
(2000)

Tribute, recorded live at the Taj Mahal, India, and the Forbidden City, Beijing, China from March to May, 1997. (see 1997 in music). This album peaked at #1 on "Billboard's "Top New Age Album" chart at #21 on the "Billboard 200" chart in the same year.[1]

Contents

Tribute pays musical homage to India on several songs; Greek-born composer and keyboardist Yanni describes the album as a tribute to the builders of the Taj and the Forbidden City, as well as to the people of India and China. Yanni's ethereal keyboard work is backed by an immense orchestra, vocalists, a choir, and various world instruments including didgeridoo, duduk, charango, and bamboo saxophone. TRIBUTE is an album of optimistic, dynamic music which seems geared to generate a wide variety of emotional responses from its listeners.

Yanni hired Armen Anassian as Conductor "on faith" --- "he had never watched me conduct an orchestra", says Anassian[2] "That's how Yanni does many things," Anassian said in a 1998 interview with the Toledo Blade.[3] Anassian concedes that he had some doubts about the artist's plans to perform at India's Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden City, for Tribute. "To be honest, a few years ago when he was talking about it, the idea was so amazing. I myself was very skeptical, understandably so. But the truth is, it happened. We did it."[3] Anassian said the Tribute video looks great but watching it on film cannot compare to actually being at the Taj Mahal and Forbidden City concerts. "It doesn't feel the same. It doesn't smell the same," he said with a laugh. "It's hard to put it in a nutshell. It was a life-changing experience."[3]

  1. "Deliverance" – 8:33
  2. "Adagio in C Minor" – 3:50
  3. "Renegade" – 7:14
  4. "Dance With a Stranger" – 6:45
  5. "Tribute" – 6:40
  6. "Prelude" – 2:27
  7. "Love Is All" (Lynn, Mcneill, Yanni) – 5:25
  8. "Southern Exposure" – 6:48
  9. "Waltz in 7/8" – 5:32
  10. "Nightingale" – 5:44
  11. "Niki Nana (We're One)" (Sterling, Yanni) – 8:15

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum database entries:[4]

  • (G=Gold, P=Platinum, M=Multi-Platinum)
  • YANNI TRIBUTE 03/11/98 VIRGIN P ALBUM SOLO Std
  • YANNI TRIBUTE 03/11/98 VIRGIN G ALBUM SOLO Std

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum database entries:[4]

  • (G=Gold, P=Platinum, M=Multi-Platinum)
  • YANNI TRIBUTE 03/11/98 VIRGIN M (2) VIDEO LONGFORM SOLO Std
  • YANNI TRIBUTE 03/11/98 VIRGIN P VIDEO LONGFORM SOLO Std
  • YANNI TRIBUTE 03/11/98 VIRGIN G VIDEO LONGFORM SOLO

"Tribute"

Title track from the album Tribute

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  • All music composed and produced by Yanni

  1. ^ Chart history for Tribute. AMG. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ Profile at Serve.com. serve.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  3. ^ a b c Interview with Armen Anassian from the Toledo Blade. serve.com (1998-02-01). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  4. ^ a b Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum searchable database. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.



 v • d • e Yanni
Studio albums
Optimystique | Keys to Imagination | Out of Silence | Chameleon Days | Niki Nana | Reflections of Passion | In Celebration of Life | Dare to Dream | In My Time |
If I Could Tell You | Ethnicity
Live albums and Videography
Yanni Live at the Acropolis | Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall | Yanni One on One | Tribute | Yanni Live! The Concert Event
Concert tours
1987 Concert Series | 1988 Concert Series | Reflections of Passion |
Revolution in Sound | Dare to Dream | Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993 | Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994 | Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1995 | Tribute | Ethnicity | Yanni Live!
Compilations
Romantic Moments |Devotion (The Best of Yanni) | The Private Years
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