Live!! (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

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Live!!
Yngwie Malmsteen - (1998) - Live.jpg
Live album by
Yngwie Malmsteen
Released1998
Recorded5–7 May 1998
VenueOlympia, São Paulo, Brazil; Metropolitan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genre
LabelDreamcatcher
ProducerYngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Facing the Animal
(1997) 		Live!!
(1998) 		Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
(1998)
Alternative cover
2000 reissue
2000 reissue

Live!! is a live album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1998 through Dreamcatcher Records; it was reissued in 2000 as Double Live in the United States through Spitfire Records. The album was recorded live in Brazil on 5–6 May 1998 at the Olympia in São Paulo, and on 7 May 1998 at the Metropolitan in Rio de Janeiro. According to singer Mats Leven, most of the recordings originate from the second night in São Paulo.[1]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

Disc one[]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."My Resurrection"Yngwie MalmsteenMalmsteen5:38
2."Facing the Animal"MalmsteenMalmsteen4:21
3."Rising Force"Joe Lynn TurnerMalmsteen5:08
4."Bedroom Eyes"Göran Edman, MalmsteenMalmsteen5:54
5."Far Beyond the Sun"(instrumental)Malmsteen9:14
6."Like an Angel"MalmsteenMalmsteen6:08
7."Braveheart"MalmsteenMalmsteen4:52
8."Seventh Sign"MalmsteenMalmsteen6:44
9."Guitar solo (Trilogy Suite, Red House, Badinere)"(instrumental)Malmsteen15:03

Disc two[]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Gates of Babylon"Ronnie James DioRitchie Blackmore7:45
2."Alone in Paradise"MalmsteenMalmsteen4:54
3."Pictures of Home"Ian GillanBlackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice4:38
4."Never Die"MalmsteenMalmsteen6:56
5."Black Star"(instrumental)Malmsteen7:18
6."I'll See the Light, Tonight"Jeff Scott Soto, MalmsteenMalmsteen4:48

Personnel[]

  • Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Guitars, Vocals on "Red House"
  • Mats Levén - Vocals
  • Mats Olausson - Keyboards
  • Barry Dunaway - Bass
  • Jonas Ostman - Drums
  • Rich DiSilvio - Cover art & package design

Originally Cozy Powell would be the drummer for this tour, however due to his death on 5 April 1998, Jonas Ostman was hired to replace him.

Japanese Version[]

In Japan the album was released with an EP with 3 songs live of the Brazilian hard rock band Dr. Sin. This EP was called 'Live in Brazil'.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Allmusic review


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