Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dwell Records
• ASIN: B00005AAXV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all costs!!, November 21, 2005

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Amit Malhotra "dilli wale" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (Audio CD)

Boy, is this CD bad. from what i can gather from my little experience as a musician, any classical music is comprised of Virtuosity (rd:speed) and feel. Yngwie, undoubtedly, is a master of both. these wannabe punks on the other hand have destroyted the whole feel factor and their playing is very sloppy too. another thing, the covers here are played EXACTLY NOTE BY BOTE as done by yngwie, no creativity whatsoever.

I've given it 2 starts just becasue of Eklundh's original Yngwie 2000 (last track). Eklundh, in my humble opinion, is European answer to Steve Vai. BRILLIANT GUITARIST, and certainly the only saving grace of the entire album. his use of harmonics is just KILLLEEERRRR!!

Moral - download yngwie 2000 from somewhere and avoid the rest of the album at all cost

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Have a try... if you dare!, April 24, 2001

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Daniel Proulx - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Odyssey (Audio CD)

If you're here, you alerady know that Yngwie Malmsteen is the Ultimate shred guitar king, the uncontested master of classical and baroque influenced metal and the father of the neo-classical style as we know it today. Now I play guitar myself and I never even tried to play what he does. But, here it is, those guys did and got away with it in an impressive manner. In this tribute to the swedish guitar hero, those bands tried to convey the power and musicality of his works and quite succeeded. Without being a copy of the original they interpreted the songs in their way and gave a new dimension to it. A very respectful album, and a good album for those who already know and are Malmsteen's followers. For starters, maybe try Yngwie's original works before you byu this, like Rising force or His Conterto album. I love it.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not better than the original, December 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (Audio CD)

I always wanted to listen to a tribute album for Yngwie as I wondered what others would sound playing his songs. Bottom line is, Yngwie's music can only be played by Yngwie. You can only laugh as these wanna be guitar players stumble through Yngwie's fast pace. It sounds like guitar students trying to play Malmsteen 101. The last song is actually good as it sounds like what Steve Vai would sound playing an Yngwie tune.