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- Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
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- Release Date: 1984
- Total Time: 39:16
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Rising Force was a revelation upon its release in 1984; Eddie Van Halen had introduced dazzling speed to the realm of rock guitar technique, and the compositions of Randy Rhoads had begun to fuse heavy metal with neo-classical influences, but no one before Yngwie Malmsteen was able to combine those elements with such blinding virtuosity. Malmsteen's innovative guitar style made Rising Force a mandatory primer for '80s metal guitarists, with its classical chord progressions and Malmsteen's use of harmonic minor scales, a wide vibrato imitative of classical violinists, and impossibly fast picking techniques, including the sweep-picked arpeggio (sort of a cross between strumming a chord and picking each note individually). Malmsteen's obsessions with Bach, Beethoven, and Paganini are used in the service of a dark, stately, gothic atmosphere and sent guitar students scurrying to learn their works as well as Malmsteen's own. The true inauguration of the age of the guitar shredder. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Black Star | Yngwie Malmsteen, |
Yngwie Malmsteen | (4:51) |
| Far Beyond the Sun | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (5:49) |
| Now Your Ships Are Burned | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (4:09) |
| Evil Eye | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (5:12) |
| Icarus Dream Suite | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (8:30) |
| As Above, So Below | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (4:36) |
| Little Savage | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (5:21) |
| Farewell | Yngwie Malmsteen | Yngwie Malmsteen | (:48) |
