The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (CD)

Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen is considered one of the most technically proficient guitarists in rock history. Thought of by many as the king of shredding--the high-speed, ultra-precise style of metal guitar soloing--Malmsteen combines heavy-metal/hard-rock histrionics with both the compositional grandeur of classical music and a perfectionist technique that borders on flawless. Although his music is often absurdly excessive, there is no denying that, as a solo artist and with his band Rising Force, Malmsteen has set the standard for six-string pyrotechnics from the 1980s on.

• Category:  Music  »  Hard Rock & Metal  »  General/Heavy Metal
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: March 7, 2005
• Label: Polydor
• UPC: 042284927123
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106667761
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #31648 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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• #819 in General/Heavy Metal (See Top 100 General/Heavy Metal Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Yngwie Malmsteen (acoustic & electric guitars, electric bass, bass pedals, background vocals); Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals, Joe Lynn Turner, Goran Edman (vocals); Jens Johansson (piano, keyboards); Mats Olausson (keyboards, background vocals); Svante Henrysson (bass, contrabass, background vocals); Barry Dunaway (bass, background vocals); Marcel Jacob, Bob Daisley (bass); Barriemore Barlow, Anders Johansson, Michael Von Knorring (drums).

Producers: Yngwie Malmsteen, Jeff Glixman.

Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.

Includes liner notes by Joe Lalaina.

This 1993 collection presents many of the finest '80s recordings by renowned heavy-metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. In addition to cherry-picking tracks from his first few albums (most notably the rapid-fire "Far Beyond the Sun"), the set, which downplays his classical influences a bit, finds the Swedish six-stringer delving into Journey-like arena rock (the supremely catchy "Heaven Tonight," featuring former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner) and covering one of his heroes, Jimi Hendrix, on a fierce live version of "Spanish Castle Magic." COLLECTION works as a nice introduction to this challenging virtuoso via his more accessible work.

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