Fresh Aire 8

Fresh Aire 8
Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller
Released	August 22, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	New age
Length	53:51
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999) Fresh Aire 8 (2000) Christmas Extraordinaire (2001)

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Allmusic	[1]

Fresh Aire 8 is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 2000. It is the final album in the Fresh Aire series and is based on the topic of infinity, with each track or suite representing a different "aspect of infinity." ^[2] The tracks' topics include ancient Greek philosophy, Leonardo da Vinci, M. C. Escher's Waterfall , Mannheim Steamroller's mascot, and the Judgment of Anubis. A visual album was also released on DVD. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chip Davis.

Fresh Aire 8 track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Main Titles"	2:43
2.	"Day Party"	3:09
3.	"Interlude 8"	3:12
4.	"Night Party"	2:41
5.	"Goddesses in the Forest [a] "	2:37
6.	"The Big Bang" (Infinity in Cosmology)	6:48
7.	"Leonardo" (The Infinite Thinker)	3:21
8.	"Fractals" (Infinity in Mathematics)	6:45
9.	"Waterfall" (Infinity in Art)	4:19
10.	"The Circle of Love" (Infinity in the Wedding Band)	5:41
11.	"The Steamroller" (Infinity in Music)	4:38
12.	"The Heart and the Feather" (Infinity in the Egyptian Afterlife)	7:36

1. Tracks 2–5 make up the "Greek Thinkers Suite," representing "Infinity in Philosophy."

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. ^[2]

• Chip Davis  – composer, producer, arranger, conductor
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Jackson Berkey  – piano solo on "The Circle of Love"
• Arnie Roth  – violin solo on "The Circle of Love"
• Moray Welsh – cello solo on "The Circle of Love"
• Tom Hartig – saxophone on "The Steamroller"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Fresh Aire 8 (CD booklet). Mannheim Steamroller. American Gramaphone. AG888-2.
3. Mannheim Steamroller. Fresh Aire 8 (DVD). American Gramaphone. AG9888-7.