stratjacket
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I love so many of his albums. I think Attack had some great songs
Techdeth
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I think his playing is great in this . But the rest I can agree with
Techdeth
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I agree again . March out is balks out angry best
godgrinder
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I love Trilogy and Odyssey since they had some actual bangers on the album.
Jakem
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I think his technique peaked before the car accident but he put out some good stuff in the 90s as well. For me the Alchemy is the last good album. Saw Yngwie live in 2006 with Doogie White on vocals and Derek Sherinian on keyboards and it was a great gig!
Kapo_Polenton
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What I will say about him though, is that even though the quality went down after let's say 1990, a lot of those albums still had great tunes. I mean this is catchy and this album never gets mentioned. It's got a great groove pre chorus. It is however, the era of Yngwie having zero restraint and just vomiting leads over everything vs. crafting cool lead breaks. Still has some awesome lead breaks in it though.
Dug this one too
How many bands can put out albums with strong songs album after album? The guy did that for 20 years.
Dug this one too
How many bands can put out albums with strong songs album after album? The guy did that for 20 years.
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Metalhex
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The seventh sign is where his tone started to get muddy for me, but improved on magnum opus and facing the animal. Then the whole production on War to end all wars is just a muddy mess.
Kapo_Polenton
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War to End All Wars is the pinnacle of his WORST mixing and producing. The drums are horrible on that one and boxy. Tone muddy and splatty as well. BUT some of the tunes are still pretty passable and have the hooks. For all the making fun of him we do, he does write some catchy hooks.
This one could have been on Fire and Ice
Metalhex
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This album is actually one of my favorites music wise. I love the Wizard. I remember Yngwie said in the past that he was going to go back and have this album remixed. That was a long time ago. Yes it's so muddy that it's hard to distinguish the bass from the kick and of course the vocals are buried.
BlueParfait
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IMO as a player and songwriter, somewhere between Marching Out and Trilogy
He was at his fastest and cleanest during the Trilogy tour, but it was unironically too fast.
The Marching Out tour was his most tasteful IMO, and still very fast and very clean.
As a songwriter I think he got close again on Eclipse, but he was never quite the same as a player after the car crash. I mean it's still incredible and amazing, but pre-crash it was legit out of this world.
He was at his fastest and cleanest during the Trilogy tour, but it was unironically too fast.
The Marching Out tour was his most tasteful IMO, and still very fast and very clean.
As a songwriter I think he got close again on Eclipse, but he was never quite the same as a player after the car crash. I mean it's still incredible and amazing, but pre-crash it was legit out of this world.
bubbastain
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As a guitar player there are a few times that burned an impression into my brain.
The Shock Me guitar solo on Kiss Alive II.
Hearing Eruption for the first time and
Hearing the Alcatraz Live album.
The Shock Me guitar solo on Kiss Alive II.
Hearing Eruption for the first time and
Hearing the Alcatraz Live album.
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Jdub
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He was phenomenal in Alcatrazz. Like you said, he had less room to meander which helped his phrasing immensely imo.
His playing fit the songs like a glove and yet had so much fire. Blew my mind when I first heard them on KLOS in 1983. it gave me hope because Randy was gone, EVH was going soft, ULI was in space, Maiden canned Dianno, everyone else was in burnout mode or turned gay. . Hair metal was starting. I was fucked. Schenker was about all I had left. Yngwie with Alcatrazz was like a godsend to me. I saw them shortly after at Chuck Landis' Country Club in Reseda where he burned the place to the ground!!
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Techdeth
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He rips on mother less child on eclipse pretty cool
Kapo_Polenton
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Yes, the trilogy tour footage is crazy. He plays so fast on those songs often running ahead but it is an incredible performance overall.
I love Eclipse so I'm with you. A few runaway solos but it all feels thought out.
Techdeth
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Dan might be right though fire and ice is pretty awesome
Kapo_Polenton
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I was a bit let down by it after Eclipse but it still has some great tunes on it. I mean " Teaser" has a great hook. Biggest issue i have with that album, is the tone. Way too nasal, someone forgot the bass knob on his amp and in the mix. Guitar sounds hollow.
As I mentioned, Yngwie consistently could put good songs on all his albums..compare that to GnR with their what, 4 albums ?? You could easily put out 2 best of volumes of greatest hits for Yngwie.
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Little B
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Love his tone & songs on Odyssey.Vocals are killer too.
BlueParfait
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Yeah IKR?
Like Yngwie bruh nobody needed to hear Far Beyond The Sun 20% faster. The song's already fast as-is or 10% faster.
Man, Eclipse had some of my fav riffs and Goran Edman's voice was perfect for it.
And also one of my fav solos
Techdeth
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Ya yngwie has great songs all through out. I do think though that fire and ice has the best production . His rhythm tone is bad though
Jakem
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Of course he plays out of this world well even after the accident too!
