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Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen

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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

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.

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.

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

Yngwie has given us some great tunes over the years and a few good quotes as well. Alas most of the bands on this disc are unlikely to do the same.

Most of the tunes just wander aimlessly and really and fail in the two most important areas of tribute albums. Firstly they don't allow you to get a different take on the Yngwie stuff and secondly your not inspired to get your hands on stuff by the band doing the cover tune. Some of the bands sound like they may be alright, perhaps they are just on the wrong tribute CD.

My personal exception to this is the Chris Amott version of Big Foot, which is track 1. That did make me want to check out some more of what that guy has done.

I wanted to like this album due to my respect for Yngwies work and my enjoyment of discovering new bands. But this doesn't do much for anyone.