Description: Yngwie Malmsteen Magnum Opus AUDIO CD BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED Viceroy Music VIA8026-2 Matrix / Runout: 137819-D3-5285-2 DISCTRONICS USA *VIA-8026-2* UPC | 745988802627 Made In U.S.A Printed In Canada 1995 ►Producer – Yngwie Malmsteen ►Produced, Mixed &, Recorded By – Chris Tsangarides TRACK LISTING 01. Vengeance 02. No Love Lost 03. Tomorrow's Gone 04. The Only One 05. I'd Die Without You 06. Overture 1622 07. Voodoo 08. Cross The Line 09. Time Will Tell 10. Fire In The Sky 11. Amberdawn Line Up / Musicians Yngwie Malmsteen ~ Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar, Backing Vocals Michael Vescera ~ Vocals Matts "Thailand" Olausson ~ Keyboards Barry Sparks ~ Bass Shane Gaalaas ~ Drums ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Released in 1995 in North America on the small Viceroy label, the elegant looking cover with a regal design and blue-green color scheme, is very eye-catching, far superior to the close-up of Yngwie’s nose on the last album! Yngwie continues his pattern of using a singer for a couple of albums again recruiting the pipes of Mike Vescara (Obsession, Loudness) who puts in another stellar performance. Because Yngwie is not really a ‘band’ in the traditional sense I suppose it doesn’t matter too much but the ‘band’ expanded to a quintet, dropping drummer Mike Terrana and adding Barry Sparks on bass and Shane Gaalaas on drums. The production is immaculate, recorded in Yngwie’s studio in Miami with Chris Tsangerides. Yngwie continued the direction started on his semi-comeback album THE SEVENTH SIGN which was a return to a more Metal inspired sound, after a string of three successful, but commercial albums on major labels. That is not to say the album was a full-on shred fest, there were some certainly melody based songs like ‘The Only One’ which had it been released in 1988 could have, would have been as big as ‘Heaven Tonight’ with it’s super smooth and catchy chorus. Settled nicely in the middle of the 11 song, 50-minute record is the instrumental ‘Overture 1622’ is a showcase for Yngwie prowess on guitar. Another highlight, with a long a spooky opening intro and strong riff is the longest song on the album ‘Voodoo’, with a haunting vocal and backing vocal from Vescara. As expected album opener ‘Vengeance’ is a full-on assault in the classic Yngwie style as is ‘Fire In The Sky’. MAGNUM OPUS had a really nice balance of fast songs, slow songs, more epic sounding songs, great performances and great production and the whole thing bolstered by one of Vescara’s finer vocal displays in his long and prolific career. If you missed this one in Yngwie’s catalogue, don’t overlook it, and get the original with the cool cover, but for trivia hounds there are four different album covers for MAGNUM OPUS. SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. Please use the add to cart feature, once you have ordered all your desired items, proceed to checkout to complete your order with the combined total.
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Location: Gold River, California
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Artist: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Yngwie Malmsteen
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Virtuoso, Guitar Virtuoso, Metal, Classical, Power Metal, Progressive/Art Rock, Blues Rock, Electric Blues, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Neo-Classical, Symphonic Metal, Symphonic Rock
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Format: CD
Type: Album
Features: Sealed
Release Title: Magnum Opus
Record Label: CMC International
Case Condition: Mint (M)
Release Year: 1995
Language: English
Edition: Original U.S. Issue
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Classical, Metal, Rock
