| Ethnicity | ||||
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| Released | February 11, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Yanni's home studio in Florida, US | |||
| Genre | World music, Contemporary instrumental | |||
| Length | 57:51 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Yanni | |||
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Ethnicity is the eleventh studio album by Yanni, released on February 11, 2003 by Virgin Records. [1] It peaked at #27 on Billboard's "Top Internet Albums" chart and at #27 on the "Billboard 200" chart in 2003. It also peaked at #1 on the "Top New Age Albums" chart in 2004. [2]
Ethnicity features greater use of vocals, percussion, and exotic rhythms, which were influenced by Yanni's period of travel during his hiatus between 1998 and 2000. As Yanni is unable to read music, he wrote and recorded demos of the album's tracks at his home studio in Florida, after which he employed transcribers and copyists to write the individual parts for the session musicians. [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (?) [4] |
Backroads Music/Heartbeats wrote that the album was musically quite diverse, stating that "Though Yanni is widely known as one of the most popular purveyors of New-age music, there's actually quite a bit going on here." [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rites of Passage" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "For All Seasons" | 5:37 |
| 3. | "The Promise" | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Rainmaker" | 5:36 |
| 5. | "Written on the Wind" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Playing by Heart" | 4:37 |
| 7. | "At First Sight" | 5:14 |
| 8. | "Tribal Dream" | 5:35 |
| 9. | "Almost a Whisper" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Never Too Late" | 5:01 |
| 11. | "Playtime" | 5:29 |
| 12. | "Jivaeri (Jiva-Eri)" | 4:37 |
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States | — | 324,000 [8] |
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