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Yngwie (Pronounced Ing-vay) Malmsteen is the guy that brought
ridiculously fast arpeggios into mainstream Rock and Roll. He is
obviously influenced by Ritchie Blackmore and Classical music. This is
his first solo album and it reminds me somewhat of Mike Oldfeld's
Tubular Bells album in the way it flows from one section to the next.
It's mostly instrumental and features some phenomenal guitar
pyrotechnics. The album begins with a song called "Black Star", which
is one hell of a way to begin an album. There is not one miss on this
album, every song is a bulls-eye. After this album I'd recommend
Marching Out (1985) which features some great vocalization by Jeff
Scott Soto. Each album that followed became more and more pop-obsessed
and lacked the complexities of the earlier albums. Any person who
calls himself a guitarist absolutely must, without hesitation, buy
this CD. |
