Trilogy (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Trilogy
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released 4 November 1986 (1986-11-04)
Recorded The Village in Los Angeles
Genre Neoclassical metal, heavy metal
Length 40:58
Label Polydor
Producer Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Marching Out
(1985)
Trilogy
(1986)
Odyssey
(1988)
Singles from Trilogy
  1. "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" / "Crying"
    Released: 1986[1]

Trilogy is the third studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 4 November 1986 through Polydor Records.[2] The album reached No. 44 on the US Billboard 200[3] and charted within the top 60 in the Netherlands and Sweden.[2] In the liner notes, Malmsteen dedicates the album to the memory of the late Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated on 28 February 1986.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Martin Popoff[5]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Trilogy four stars out of five, calling it Malmsteen's second best album after his 1984 debut Rising Force. Malmsteen's compositional and lyrical skills were described as being at their peak on Trilogy, while his guitar work was praised as "jaw-droppingly fast and technically demanding". Huey listed "Dark Ages", "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" and "Trilogy Suite Op: 5" as highlights.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Yngwie Malmsteen.

No.TitleLength
1."You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget"  4:30
2."Liar"  4:09
3."Queen in Love"  4:04
4."Crying" (instrumental)5:04
5."Fury"  3:56
6."Fire"  4:12
7."Magic Mirror"  3:53
8."Dark Ages"  3:54
9."Trilogy Suite Op: 5" (instrumental)7:16
Total length:40:58

Personnel

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
1986 Swedish albums chart 18[2]
Dutch albums chart 60[2]
1987 Billboard 200 44[3]

References

  1. "Yngwie Malmsteen – You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  3. 1 2 "Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  5. Popoff, Martin (2005-11-01). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.