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Archives Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Label: Pony Canyon [Japan]
Category: Music


Buying details


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 8


UPC: 766486868625
EAN: 0766486868625
ASIN: B00005B7EB


Release Date: 2001-03-14

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Listmania:

  1. The Best Metal

Tracks:

  1. Never Die
  2. I Don't Know
  3. Meant to Be
  4. Forever One
  5. Hairtrigger
  6. Brothers
  7. Seventh Sign
  8. Bad Blood
  9. Prisoner of Love
  10. Pyramid of Cheops
  11. Crash and Burn
  12. Sorrow
  13. Angel in Heat

Tracks:

  1. Vengeance
  2. No Love Lost
  3. Tomorrow's Gone
  4. Only One
  5. I'd Die Without You
  6. Overture 1622
  7. Voodoo
  8. Cross the Line
  9. Time Will Tell
  10. Fire in the Sky
  11. Amberdawn
  12. Cantabile [Op. 10 No. 3 Rv428 "Il Gardellino"]

Tracks:

  1. Carry on Wayward Son
  2. Pictures of Home
  3. Gates of Babylon
  4. Manic Depression
  5. In the Dead of Night
  6. Mistreated
  7. Sails of Charon
  8. Demon's Eye
  9. Anthem
  10. Child in Time
  11. Spanish Castle Magic

Tracks:

  1. Braveheart
  2. Facing the Animal
  3. Enemy
  4. Sacrifice
  5. Like an Angel [For April]
  6. My Resurrection
  7. Another Time
  8. Heathens from the North
  9. Alone in Paradise
  10. End of My Rope
  11. Only the Strong
  12. Poison in Your Veins
  13. Air on a Theme
  14. Casting Pearls Before the Swine [*]

Tracks:

  1. Icarus Dream Fanfare
  2. Cavalino Rampante
  3. Fugue
  4. Prelude to April
  5. Toccata
  6. Andante
  7. Sarabande
  8. Allegro
  9. Adagio
  10. Vivace
  11. Presto Vivace
  12. Finale

Tracks:

  1. Blitzkrieg
  2. Leanardo
  3. Playing With Fire
  4. Stand (The)
  5. Wield My Sword
  6. Blue
  7. Legion of the Damned
  8. Deamon Dance [7, 405, 926]
  9. Hangar 18, Area 51
  10. Voodoo Nights
  11. Asylum [I]
  12. Sky Euphoria [II]
  13. Quantum Leap [III][Version]
  14. God Vs God

Tracks:

  1. Prophet of Doom
  2. Crucify
  3. Bad Reputation
  4. Catch 22
  5. Masquerade
  6. Molto Arpeggiosa
  7. Miracle of Life
  8. Wizard
  9. Preludium
  10. Wild One
  11. Tarot
  12. Intrumental Institution
  13. War to End All Wars
  14. Treasure from the East [*]
  15. Requiem [*]

Tracks:

  1. I Can't Wait
  2. Aftermath
  3. Rising Circle [Live]
  4. Far Beyond the Sun [Live]
  5. Power and Glory (Takada's Theme)
  6. Power and Glory (Takada's Theme) [Stadium Edit]
  7. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
  8. Flamenco Diablo
  9. Amadeus Quattro Valvole

Tracks:

  1. Opening
  2. Toccata
  3. Never Die
  4. Bedroom Eyes
  5. Rising Force
  6. Bad Blood
  7. Forever One
  8. Interview I
  9. Pyramid of Cheops
  10. Drum Solo
  11. Seventh Sign
  12. Guitar Solo
  13. Interview II
  14. You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
  15. Keyboard Solo
  16. Brothers
  17. Crash and Burn
  18. Heaven Tonight
  19. Interview III
  20. Black Star
  21. I'll See the Light, Tonight
  22. Forever One [Bonus Clip]

Tracks:

  1. My Resurrection
  2. Facing the Animal
  3. Rising Force
  4. Bedroom Eyes
  5. Far Beyond the Sun
  6. Like an Angel
  7. Braveheart
  8. Seventh Sign
  9. Guitar Solo [Trilogy Suite, Manic DePression, Badinere and Batt]
  10. Never Die
  11. Black Star
  12. I'll See the Light, Tonight

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not worth your money...........2004-10-28

I recently purchased Archives from ebay for only 150 dollars. I am not a big fan of Yngwie but I wanted to see what the hype was all about. The box set lacks diversity. You can hear 2 cd's and not bother about the rest of them because he does the same thing over and over. He's a good guitarist, but I think this box set was overdone. The price is also a lot! imagine 8 cd's + 2 dvd's for 361.00! 8 cd's you can purchase used for around 10.00 and 2 dvd's for around 40.00...that makes it 120.00$ Whats the silver chain used for....who wants that unless u are one of Yngwie's family member. This is a huge investment so think and buy.

5 out of 5 stars Pricey But Worth It.......2002-10-20

I just got involved in Malmsteen a few years back I was drawn to him because I was into Vinnie Vincent as a child and later in my adult life decided to see what Yngwie could do. And I must say I was blown away.
Yngwie can structure his guitar playing & shreds (unlike Vinnie) so it sounds orchestrated and beautiful, rather than following the mindless shredding of his 80s counterparts.
I would most certainly buy this box set because although it does cost a lot it is well worth it if you consider how much it would cost you for the individual imports that contain all these tracks.
Yngwie was lucky enough to escape to the East and avoid the terrible backlash that happened against the 80s guitarists, like when the other guitar shredder Vinnie was forced to go bankrupt due to a flood of lawsuits. So we will be likely to see his masterpieces for a good long time.

5 out of 5 stars Massively Malmsteen!.......2002-07-15

If you are a fan of Malmsteen, you have to get this box set. If you don't own any of these albums, this set can be a great deal. You get the Japanese versions of all the CD's, many of which have bonus tracks that you can't get unless you buy the imports of the CD's, which can get to be very expensive. You also get 2 DVD's (which play in America), which are good. Great buy, if you are a big Malmsteen fan.

4 out of 5 stars 8 albums and 2 DVDs.......2001-07-03

Made in JAP in 2001, Serial# PCCY-01501, Playing Time 456:35

That's right! 7-and-a-half hours of music on the 8 CDs, plus 2 DVDs (region 1, rejoice!): 1994's "Live at Budokan", 107 min., plus 1998's "Live!!" for another 81 min.

If you're curious about what this item is all about, I won't talk about the quality of the music (you probably know about that, otherwise you wouldn't be looking at this item!)

This collection of releases begins with his recordings post Polydor (the latter have already been re-mastered and made available in LP-style jackets).

It's packaged in a cube (about 6" per side) containing each of the 10 discs in its own jewel case, and also includes a necklace with a cross made of sterling silver, bagged in a leather mini-pouch; too bad the artwork on the box is simply printed in a gold/amber ink: gold foil would have been better, like what they used to print "Yngwie Malmsteen Archives".

Each disc has been repackaged (to display the new serial number on each booklet and each disc), and each CD has been remastered using 24-bit technology. Here's what's included:

Discs 1 to 7 are "The Seventh Sign", "Magnus Opus", "Inspiration", "Facing The Animal", "Concerto Suite..." with the "rock" artwork, "Alchemy" and "War To End All Wars" respectively. Each is the japanese pressing generally containing 1 or 2 bonus tracks, with customized picture disc artwork.

Disc 8 is a specially newly expanded version of the "I Can't Wait" EP, this time containing 9 tracks (instead of 5). Added are an edited version of "Power And Glory", as well as 3 tracks from the "Anthology 1994-1999": "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Flamenco Diablo", and the spectacular "Amadeus Quattro Valvole".

It's the first time in over 200 reviews, at least as far as I can remember, that I review an item without listening to it at least 3 times. But it sure was tempting!

And if you don't know about this Swedish guitar player, it's pronounced "ing-vay", not "ying-wee"...

4 out of 5 stars 8 albums and 2 DVDs.......2001-07-03

Made in JAP in 2001, Serial# PCCY-01501, Playing Time 456:35

That's right! 7-and-a-half hours of music on the 8 CDs, plus 2 DVDs (region 1, rejoice!): 1994's "Live at Budokan", 107 min., plus 1998's "Live!!" for another 81 min.

If you're curious about what this item is all about, I won't talk about the quality of the music (you probably know about that, otherwise you wouldn't be looking at this item!)

This collection of releases begins with his recordings post Polydor (the latter have already been re-mastered and made available in LP-style jackets).

It's packaged in a cube (about 6" per side) containing each of the 10 discs in its own jewel case, and also includes a necklace with a cross made of sterling silver, bagged in a leather mini-pouch; too bad the artwork on the box is simply printed in a gold/amber ink: gold foil would have been better, like what they used to print "Yngwie Malmsteen Archives".

Each disc has been repackaged (to display the new serial number on each booklet and each disc), and each CD has been remastered using 24-bit technology. Here's what's included:

Discs 1 to 7 are "The Seventh Sign", "Magnus Opus", "Inspiration", "Facing The Animal", "Concerto Suite..." with the "rock" artwork, "Alchemy" and "War To End All Wars" respectively. Each is the japanese pressing generally containing 1 or 2 bonus tracks, with customized picture disc artwork.

Disc 8 is a specially newly expanded version of the "I Can't Wait" EP, this time containing 9 tracks (instead of 5). Added are an edited version of "Power And Glory", as well as 3 tracks from the "Anthology 1994-1999": "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Flamenco Diablo", and the spectacular "Amadeus Quattro Valvole".

It's the first time in over 200 reviews, at least as far as I can remember, that I review an item without listening to it at least 3 times. But it sure was tempting!

And if you don't know about this Swedish guitar player, it's pronounced "ing-vay", not "ying-wee"...

Music CD:

  1. Land of Broken Hearts ~ Royal Hunt
  2. Greatest Hits Live! ~ Sammy Hagar
  3. Mechanical Animals ~ Marilyn Manson
  4. Fistful of Metal ~ Anthrax
  5. Armed and Dangerous ~ Anthrax
  6. Out of the Dark ~ Various Artists
  7. Beyond Earth ~ Oratory
  8. Seeds of a Future Bizzare ~ Legacy of Hate
  9. Light This City ~ Faithful
  10. Emperor of the Black Runes ~ Domine

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Essential ~ Leo Kottke

From Misery...Comes Darkness ~ In Memorium

Babylon A.D. ~ Babylon A.D.

Cafe Brasil ~ Various Artists

Musical Life in a Calabrian Village ~ Various Artists

Beatroute: The Platinum Collection ~ Jools Holland

Rock Champions

The Mole [TV Soundtrack] ~ David Michael Frank

Twin Signal: Sound Theater ~ Japanimation

Out of This World ~ Libana