The Collection

Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Label: Fontana Polydor
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042284927123
EAN: 0042284927123
ASIN: B000001G1F

Release Date: 1992-01-14

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Tracks:

Black Star
Far Beyond The Sun
I'll See The Light Tonight
You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
Liar
Queen In Love
Hold On
Heaven Tonight
Deja Vu
Guitar Solo
Spanish Castle Magic
Judas
Making Love
Eclipse

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Customer Reviews:

Nice sampling of Sweden's Yngwie Malmsteen... but hardly complete.......2007-01-22

THE BAND: Yngwie Malmsteen (electric/acoustic guitars, bass, moog & Taurus bass pedals, backing vocals) and many bandmates over the decades. Most notably - Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Mark Boals (vocals), Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Goran Edman (vocals), Marcel Jacob (bass), Bob Daisley (bass), Barry Dunaway (bass), Jens Johansson (keyboards), Mats Olausson (keyboards), Barriemore Barlow (drums), Anders Johansson (drums - and brother of keyboardist Jens), Michael Von Knorring (drums).

THE DISC: (1991) 14 tracks clocking in at approximately 73 minutes. Included with the disc is a 6-page booklet containing song titles/times/credits, musicians, and 4-pages of insight on Malmsteen presented by Guitar World's Joe Lalaina. This compilation follows his career from 1984-90. All songs written by Malmsteen except "Spanish Castle Music" by Jimi Hendrix. Label - Polydor Records.

ALBUM REPRESENTATION: Rising Force (2 songs), Marching Out (1), Trilogy (3), Odyssey (3), Trial By Fire - Live in Leningrad (2), Eclipse (3). Sadly, this release contains nothing after '91..."Fire And Ice" (1992), and "The Seventh Sign" (1994) are both brilliant albums. Perhaps one day soon, the listening fans will be treated to a career spanning double-disc compilation (including his early stints with Steeler and Alcatrazz).

COMMENTS: Malmsteen claims his inspiration came from Hendrix ("Yngwie picked up a guitar the day Hendrix died"), but I also hear a lot of Ritchie Blackmore and Brian May in his playing. The young viking chief is the king of neoclassical guitar... and Malmsteen can shred like no other. Some claim his ego gets in the way (and his solos way to self indulgent), but when's he creating inspired music, who cares. Surrounded by some very nice talent over the years (Barriemore Barlow - famed drummer from Jethro Tull in the 1970's, Joe Lynn Turner - Rainbow and Deep Purple, Jens Johansson - Stratovarius, Bob Daisley - Ozzy and Uriah Heep, Marcel Jacob - Talisman and Europe), Malmsteen continues to release album after album (20+ albums that he's been a part of as of 2006)... of which, this "Collection" is just a small sampling. The songs here are great even though most lean toward the commercial side of his catalog... I truly feel you need the whole album experience (or pick up one of his 'live' albums). A great early slow instrumental opener with "Black Star", leading into a quicker instrumental "Far Beyond The Sun" (with nice guitar work and matched keyboards). Small hits for Yngwie are also here - "Heaven Tonight", "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget", and "Hold On". "Collection" also features two live tracks - the 10-minute "Guitar Solo" and the Hendrix cover "Spanish Castle Magic" (at times, singer Joe Lynn Turner sounds freakishly like Hendrix). First and foremost, this is a guitar album. Up and down, rock/blues/classical shredding...all lightning fast riffs by the legend himself. Looking for a single studio album - try "Rising Force (1984), Trilogy (1986), or "Fire And Ice (1992). Those not familiar with Malmsteen... this is a perfect place to start (4.5 stars).

Decent collection .......2006-11-02

Great glam metal and neo-classical metal songs from Mr. Malmsteen. Even though the lyrics are kind of meaningless, the good music compensates for that.

There are people who complain that Malmsteen's songs are JUST appegios and chord progressions. Yes I agree his songs have plenty of that, but that does not mean the songs are awful. Chord progressions are essential parts of the classical genre, which is why you hear them in Malmsteen's songs.

Go and check out his live Cd at Leningrad. It's a lot better than this.

3.5 stars - great for the newcomer.......2006-08-15

A straight cash in job by Polydor trying to squeeze more dollars out of Malmsteen after they dropped him this disc is not, however, without it's merits. Yngwie seemingly had bugger all input regarding this release though the label has sources liner notes from Joe Lalaina of Guitar World magazine to give a bit of a history lesson.

For the newcomer this is probably a darn fine album to buy. They will find out what the fuss is all about and get a feel for the mans music. They can then decide whether to explore further or not and their decision will be helped greatly by two things. Number one is that this album is in chronological order. Secondly that the booklet has full credits in terms of musicians involved AND more importatnly what album each track come from. So if you dig one tune you know what release should be next on your shopping list (or in your shopping car should I say!).

For long time fans this iss less useful after all you probably own everything here but the extended guitar solo version of Making Love. But you may get some use out of the fact that it's a handy collection to have lying around for the car or whatever as it is a good collection of the mans better tracks up to 1991.

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet..........2006-01-02

Yngwie Malmsteen is consider by many to be one of the greatest guitarist ever. This collection shows that it's true. This has all of his hits, and instrumentals. "I'll See The Light Tonight" is an excellent song. There are many vocalists present including Jeff Scott Soto and Joe Lynn Turner, who are two of the finest vocalist of all time. Fans of Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci of Dream Theater will enjoy Yngwie's mind boggling guitar playing.

This guy is a tool.......2005-06-14

I bought this album expecting to hear the reason as to why this guy thinks he's god. Surprisingly enough, it was nowhere to be found. You see, like John Petrucci, Yngwie does not have an original bone in his body. This is all a bunch of cheesy crap with him running the same solo over it. Scales and arpeggios are part of music, they are found in books everywhere are serve as the building blocks of music. Since all this guy is doing is playing those scales and arpeggios really fast, I fail to see how he even takes credit for writing this music. Not to mention he plays all this on a guitar with scalloped frets, (for all non-guitar players,that means it really easy to play!)

The funniest thing about all of these guitar virtuosos, is that for players who know so much theory, not one of them can write a good f***ing song. This is all just so fast and flashy that it'a not even impressive, it's just plain boring. If you want to see a truly amazing guitarist, check out a man from Norway named Marcel Coenen. (www.marcelcoenen.com) I promise you will never give Steve Vai or John Petrucci another thought when you see this guy play. You won't see him get a greatest hits collection though...

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