The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection: Yngwie Malmsteen: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Black Star

2. Far Beyond The Sun

3. I'll See The Light Tonight

4. You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget

5. Liar

6. Queen In Love

7. Hold On

8. Heaven Tonight

9. Deja Vu

10. Guitar Solo

11. Spanish Castle Magic

12. Judas

13. Making Love

14. Eclipse

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Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Yngwie's commercial stuff + 2 or 3 great tunes, Jan 7 2000

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This review is from: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (Audio CD)

This is not Yngwie's best. The CD contanis mostly his commercial music, and not his neo-classical classics he's famous for. It sounds more like pop hardrock than neo-classical metal. even though it does have some good tunes like Far Beyong The Sun or his Guitar Solo but when it comes to vocaled 4min songs, it's as chessy as it can gets. Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the best guitarists ever and I advice you to buy his real stuff, not this collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My First Yngwie Album, May 7 2004

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HeadbangerDuh (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (Audio CD)

I purchased this album after hearing Yngwie was supposed to be pretty good. And he is. Him and his band mix classical sounds with pure metal fury. Sometimes keyboards are used, but they do not take away and of the metalness. Yngwie had pioneered the short-lived style of metal known as 'shred metal'. I mainly consisted of a bedecked guitarist playing faster than anyone could really hear. While many consider the genre silly, I rather like it. Best tracks are You Dont Remember, I'll Never Forget, Judas, and Heaven Tonight.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Malmsteen's not much of a "Greatest Hits" artist., Mar 10 2004

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Muddy Moe (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (Audio CD)

This CD has some great music, but it's hard to compile "Greatest Hits" for Malmsteen because he's not really a "hits" composer. The first two tracks, from his first album are incredible, but then The Collection launches into an overview of his more pop oriented compositions with vocals. All the songs are platforms for his exceptional solos, of course. Without the incredible soloing, however, most of the compositions with vocals are merely adequate.

I think a new fan would be better off buying the first album and then proceeding more or less chronologically or buying the EXCELLENT "Double Live" album. The later is a better overview of the Malmsteen experience.

I'd like to add a note in response to reviewers who bring up Malmsteens infamous "ego" issues. Yeah, Malmsteen is an over the top personality who is known to be hard to work with. So what? I can't see how that really affects the listener. He still gives a thrilling live performance. There is very little subtlety with Malmsteen. Every album is completely full on shred. That's what he does best and that's the music he chooses to perform. To dismiss this as "mindless wanking" is also to miss some of the subtle humor in his work. Malmsteen does not take himself quite as seriously as many think he does. He may not be the most well rounded guitar player there is, but he cannot be so easily written off either.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate in minldess widdling
More than anyone else, Malmsteen generates the 'so what' attitude many people have towards widdling 'shredders' in that while he can play lightning fast chops, his music is... Read more

Published on Mar 3 2004 by Nugent_Dirt

3.0 out of 5 stars A ok album, but contians one of my favorite pieses ever .
Black Star is the best song on this cd and worth the money alone, The rest of the album is so, so with a few more highlights later in the cd. Read more

Published on Oct 21 2003 by progpatron01