Yngwie J. Malmsteen
The Best Of '90 - '99
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The Best Of '90 - '99 is a retrospective of Yngwie J. Malmsteen classics beginning with the "Seventh Sign" CD, through 1999's "Alchemy" album. Additionally, a cheeky little bonus cover of the ABBA superhit "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" opens the collection. For the purposes of this recording, it's essential we take a long look at Yngwie's criminally underrated output after the "Fire And Ice" CD to realize how vibrant his music remained, especially in the face of adversity. The guitarist bounced right back after he lost his PolyGram major lablel deal with a new independent deal, and recorded "Seventh Sign" (1994), "Magnum Opus" (1995), "Inspiration" (1996), "Facing The Animal" (1997), "Double Live" (1998), "Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor OP. 1 - Millennium" (1998) and "Alchemy" (1999). Neo-Classical Metal, total running time, 70:44
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'Obsession'
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By: Roger Brosel
even years after his last solo album ("Electric Woodoo"), Finnish guitar player Lars Eric Mattsson comes back with "Obsession". In the latest years we have been able to find him with his own act: Vision. But after this parenthesis he releases this, his fourth solo record. Lars is not the kind of virtuoso that every record means a six-string orgy with two-hundred notes each second. Of course, he can play fast and he shows his axe dexterity quite often as well, but Lars is also worried about
the songs, and songwriting hasn`t been missed in "Obsession". This recording will amuse fans of Malmsteen or this kind of classically trained hard ("Lay It On The Line"), though "Obsession" is not only that. Some Purple in fine form can be heard in "Long Way Home" or the superb "Just a Leo". The Malmsteen-esque moments come with opener "Caught
In Your Web" or "Alive". I would only criticize that Swedish ace Bjorn Lodin seems strained in parts of the record, anyway, on the whole his performance is correct. There is also some more AORish moments like "Time And Again" that could remind you of what Lars did in the second
Vision album. Clocking over the seven minute mark, "The Road Goes On" is also one of the best moments with a good instrumental part plus a hooky refrain.
Fans of Scando melodic hard rock should check out this one. Virtuosism and some good tunes make this comeback solo album worth hearing. Some news from Lion Music inform that Vision`s debut will be reissued in August and the same will hapen to Lars` first solo "Eternity" during 1999.
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
