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Released: 1984 Polydor
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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. |
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