Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One is Ray Lynch's first (and only) compilation album. In addition to songs from Lynch's previous albums, the compilation also includes three new music tracks, Ralph's Rhapsody, The Music of What Happens, and a remix of Celestial Soda Pop. The album peaked at #19 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums Chart".

Reception

Carmel Carrillo of The Baltimore Sun gave the album two stars out of five, praising Lynch's combination of "synthesized and classical styles" but criticized the three new tracks, commenting that they are "disappointing compared with his better-known works from previous releases." Carrillo especially criticized the "Celestial Soda Pop" remix for being "too techno for many New Age devotees." Meanwhile, Steve Huey of Allmusic gave the album 4.5/5 stars, claiming that the album is "the perfect introduction to Lynch's brand of lush, ambient electronic music."

Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One

Track listing

Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One includes the following tracks.

Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One

Personnel

All music composed, arranged, and produced by Ray Lynch except The Oh of Pleasure which is co–written with Tom Canning.

Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One

Ray Lynch – keyboards

Mel McMurrin – sampled voices

John Gregory – violin improvisations

Tom Canning – Prophet 5 keyboards

Geraldine Walther – viola

David Kadarauch – cello

Julie Ann Giacobassi – oboe and English horn

Glen Fishthal – trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet

Timothy Day – flute

David Krehbiel – French horn

Daniel Kobialka – violin

Nancy Severance – viola

Charts

References

1998 greatest hits albums

Ray Lynch albums

Windham Hill Records compilation albums