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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Yngwie Malmsteen - Blue Lightning + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Rls Date..2020-03-20 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │
│║ Genre.....Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year......2019 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │
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│║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │
│║ Url..http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Yngwie Malmsteen ║ │
│║ Album : Blue Lightning ║ │
│║ Label : Mascot ║ │
│║ Cat.No : M 7578 5 ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ For the better part of the past decade Yngwie Malmsteen has ║ │
│║ basically come to embody the true definition of a solo ║ │
│║ artist, taking complete control of every aspect of the ║ │
│║ studio work that has been trickling out in a notably ║ │
│║ incremental fashion and recruiting touring musicians that ║ │
│║ could best be described as unknowns. The consequential ║ │
│║ shift in songwriting priorities, which has largely resulted ║ │
│║ in a return to a more instrumental-focused and shred ║ │
│║ dominated formula that bears some similarity to the 1984 ║ │
│║ Rising Force debut, but lacked much of the iconic elements ║ │
│║ and idiomatic hooks that made the original an undisputed ║ │
│║ classic, has naturally stirred controversy among both fans ║ │
│║ and detractors alike. It's understandable given that much ║ │
│║ of his core audience was codified during the days of ║ │
│║ Marching Out and Trilogy when he had a full fledged band ║ │
│║ and wrote songs catering to more of a mainline 80s metal ║ │
│║ crowd that were okay with a indulgent lead guitar display. ║ │
│║ Suffice it to say, nothing that has come down the pike ║ │
│║ since the end of his brief studio collaboration with Tim ║ │
│║ "Ripper" Owens has resembled what originally put the Rising ║ │
│║ Force name on the map, and Malmsteen's 2019 offering Blue ║ │
│║ Lightning ventures about as far from said sound as could ║ │
│║ possibly be imagined. ║ │
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│║ The best way to describe this album as what Inspiration ║ │
│║ Part 2 would have sounded like had Yngwie opted to handle ║ │
│║ all the vocals on his own and focused almost exclusively on ║ │
│║ the blues/rock roots of his style. It consists primarily of ║ │
│║ cover songs from the 60s and 70s, reinterpreted through ║ │
│║ Yngwie's shred-happy lens, but surprisingly enough ║ │
│║ recreated in a manner that is more indicative of the era ║ │
│║ from which these songs originated. Certain liberties are ║ │
│║ taken with the introductions of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" ║ │
│║ and "Purple Haze" that showcase an abrupt Neo-classical ║ │
│║ shred element, but much of the noodling that follows during ║ │
│║ the subsequent lead breaks consign themselves to the blues ║ │
│║ box. Generally Yngwie's more mystical tendencies as a ║ │
│║ player are contained within the more mystical leaning songs ║ │
│║ being reinterpreted, with "Paint It Black" and "Demon's ║ │
│║ Eye" coming closer to Yngwie's past shred triumphs, whereas ║ │
│║ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Forever Man" simply ║ │
│║ come off as retro-rock romps with a correspondingly rusty, ║ │
│║ old school bluesy swagger that's been speed up something ║ │
│║ fierce. Perhaps the lone outlier of the bunch is the cover ║ │
│║ of ZZ Top's "Blue Jeans Blues", which finds itself sounding ║ │
│║ like a shred-obsessed 80s reinterpretation of a 70s blues ║ │
│║ rock coaster, modifying the cooler tone of the original ║ │
│║ into something quite hot and bothered. ║ │
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│║ Despite being a pretty drastic change in musical relative ║ │
│║ to even the past couple go-it-alone albums that Yngwie has ║ │
│║ ushered unto his audience, this format ends up working far ║ │
│║ better with his voice and overall vocal style. While ║ │
│║ Yngwie's guitar playing is very much a staple of power ║ │
│║ metal at its best, his husky baritone swagger is definitely ║ │
│║ more at home in the looser, mellower world of 70s hard ║ │
│║ rock. Even the original compositions that contain sung ║ │
│║ parts in "Blue Lightning" and "Sun's Up, Top's Down" reveal ║ │
│║ a mad Swede who's heart is in both the Mississippi Delta ║ │
│║ and the British Isles. Between these more easy going tunes ║ │
│║ of life and love and his rather soulful rendition of the ║ │
│║ Space Camp classic tune "Forever Man", he basically finds ║ │
│║ his vocal home as a hybrid of Eric Clapton and Jeff Healey, ║ │
│║ to the point where it becomes impossible not to picture him ║ │
│║ converting those high stage kicks into a martial arts ║ │
│║ routine that cleans up a rough bar in the American Midwest. ║ │
│║ Of course, Yngwie doesn't make a complete break with his ║ │
│║ Neo-classical shredding past, and ushers in a fleeting yet ║ │
│║ reasonably effective instrumental jam in "Peace, Please" ║ │
│║ that's about on par with most of the ones that were ║ │
│║ featured on his albums since Facing The Animal. ║ │
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│║ It would be a massive stretch to call this Yngwie's ║ │
│║ crowning achievement as a musician and songwriter, and this ║ │
│║ steadfast fan would definitely put all of his 80s and 90s ║ │
│║ classics a sizable cut above it, but it is a nice little ║ │
│║ change of pace and a mark of a versatility that Malmsteen's ║ │
│║ detractors insist is not present. It's perhaps about as ║ │
│║ metal as your typical Joe Satriani or Paul Gilbert album, ║ │
│║ but it is definitely well performed and Yngwie definitely ║ │
│║ selected a group of songs that were tailor made for his ║ │
│║ voice type, which is more than can be said for his previous ║ │
│║ attempts to be a power metal vocalist on the last two ║ │
│║ studio outings. It channels the very era that metal was ║ │
│║ born from, and it does a decent job of melding Sweden's ║ │
│║ king of shred's over the top playing style with a genre of ║ │
│║ music that doesn't tend to exemplify overt virtuosity. ║ │
│║ Calling it a return to one's roots might be a bit of a ║ │
│║ misnomer given that none of his recording projects have ║ │
│║ ever sounded like this, but if one is counting the very ║ │
│║ beginnings of Malmsteen as a guitarist, it's a description ║ │
│║ that is fitting. A decent listen for anyone who enjoys ║ │
│║ rock, though Malmsteen's core fan base will probably not ║ │
│║ take to it, and all the shrieking voices insisting that ║ │
│║ he's all shred and no soul will continue to grasp for ║ │
│║ abstract explanations of precisely what they mean by soul. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 1. Blue Lightning 4:51 │
│ 2. Foxey lady 4:50 │
│ 3. Demons Eye 3:46 │
│ 4. 1911 sTRUT 2:39 │
│ 5. Blue Jean Blues 6:59 │
│ 6. Purple Haze 3:54 │
│ 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5:47 │
│ 8. Suns Up Tops Down 4:02 │
│ 9. Peace Please 3:43 │
│ 10. Paint It Black 4:06 │
│ 11. Smoke On The Water 3:18 │
│ 12. Forever man 2:49 │
│ 13. Little Miss Lover (Bonus Track) 3:12 │
│ 14. Jumping Jack Flash (Bonus Track) 3:48 │
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│ Total Length : 00:57:44 │
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