Rising Force

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Rising Force
Studio album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Released	1984
Genre	Neo-classical metal
Length	39:16
Label	Polydor
Producer	Yngwie J. Malmsteen
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen chronology
Rising Force (1984) Marching Out (1985)

Rising Force is the debut album released by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in 1984. It is also the title of a song on Malmsteen's album Odyssey.

It is awarded as being the best selling instrumental hard rock album of all time, even though "Now Your Ships Are Burned" and "As Above, So Below" feature vocals.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Yngwie Malmsteen.

1. "Black Star" – 4:53
2. "Far Beyond The Sun" – 5:52
3. "Now Your Ships Are Burned" – 4:11
4. "Evil Eye" – 5:14
5. "Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4" – 8:33 (based on Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio)
6. "As Above, So Below" – 4:39
7. "Little Savage" – 5:22
8. "Farewell" – 0:49

[edit] Personnel

• Yngwie J. Malmsteen: All electric, acoustic guitars, bass guitar and Taurus bass pedals
• Barriemore Barlow: Drums
• Jens Johansson: Keyboards
• Jeff Scott Soto: Vocals
• Connor Nicholaus: Tamborine

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