Facing the Animal

by Yngwie Malmsteen

Facing the Animal cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 February 1998
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 1:03:19
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Yngwie Malmsteen's 'Facing the Animal' pairs his neoclassical guitar virtuosity with drummer Cozy Powell, in one of Powell's final recordings. Its songs frame Malmsteen's baroque runs inside conventional hard rock structures.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, melodic, atmospheric, progressive, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Braveheart (5:18)
  2. Facing The Animal (4:37)
  3. Enemy (4:53)
  4. Sacrifice (4:16)
  5. Like An Angel - For April (5:47)
  6. My Resurrection (4:47)
  7. Another Time (5:02)
  8. Heathens From The North (3:38)
  9. Alone In Paradise (4:33)
  10. End Of My Rope (4:23)
  11. Only The Strong (6:04)
  12. Poison In Your Veins (4:21)
  13. Air On A Theme (1:44)
  14. Casting Pearls Before The Swine (3:56)

Credits

  • Richard Boddington - lighting [backline and lights]

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