No vocals = Best of Yngwie

I've been waiting for Yngwie to release a record like this. He should also release one of his earlier non-vocal work with songs like "Leviathon" & "Eclipse". Yngwie has always been held back by sub-par vocalists & lyricists and should try his hand at all-instrumental records like his symphonic cds but more rock structured. If you are only going to buy one Malmsteen cd this should be the one.

Recycled

Made in JAP in 2004, Serial# PCCY-01689, Playing Time 62:41

This 15-track CD is a compilation of previously released material covering the 1994 to 2000 era, but features instrumental-only tracks (actually, track 9 isn't instrumental due to the over-and-over chanting of the word "Takada"...)

The japanese market has been very good to Yngwie, and this compilation obviously demonstrates that fact (check out how many compilations of his material have been released over there... astonishing!)

The CD covers a wide spectrum of intensities, but excludes tracks from the earlier part of his career (the "Polydor" era), which is a shame... tracks from the early albums like "Trilogy" and "As Above, So Below" would have been fantastic additions to this CD.

What stands out most (at least to my ears) on this compilation is the SUPERB remastering work that was done to the material taken from the "War To End All Wars" album... I quite honestly couldn't believe how bad the original version sounded, despite Yngwie's phenomenal guitar work.

So this CD is for completists, as it unfortunately contains NO unreleased material... basically a purse-snatcher (hence the removal of 1 star!), but with fantastic content.

yngwie is the best in the world

all instrumental in this album are very good don't loose your time buy it and enjoy it (* _ *)