Rising Force
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LP, CD |
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8th |
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39 min, 33 sec |
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Rising Force is the first studio album by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and was released in 1984 by Polydor Records .
Emergence
Yngwie Malmsteen was inspired by classical music for his debut album, including Niccolò Paganini's Capriccii .
reception
The album reached number 60 on the Billboard 200 in the US . Steve Huey from Allmusic awarded four out of five stars. He described the album as a "revelation" at the time of its release. For all metal guitarists of the 1980s, the album was a "must-have guide". The album was ranked number one in the all-time top ten list of Shred albums in Guitar World magazine . The editorial team of Rock Hard magazine recorded the album at number 116 of their 500 best albums. Andreas Himmelstein wrote: “Even if the guitar sound sounds a little antiquated today, Yngwie's Strat sound, which is strongly based on Ritchie Blackmore , is still convincing.” With a few exceptions, almost all of the subsequent neo-classical guitar records would not have been so convincing can like this album.
Track list
- Black Star - 4:53
- Far Beyond the Sun - 5:52
- Now Your Ships Are Burned - 4:11
- Evil Eye - 5:14
- Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4 (based on Remo Giazotto's Adagio in G minor ) - 8:33
- As Above, So Below - 4:39
- Little Savage - 5:22
- Farewell - 0:49
All the songs are written and composed by Yngwie Malmsteen . All tracks are instrumental, except tracks 3 and 6. Evil Eye can be found as a live version on the Alcatrazz album Live Sentence, also released in 1984 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rock Hard: Best of Rock & Metal , Königswinter 2007, pp. 176f.
- ↑ Steve Huey: Rising Force .
- ↑ Guitar World Staff: Top 10 Shred Albums of All Time ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
Web links
- Rising Force at Allmusic (English)