Trilogy (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Trilogy
Studio album by
Yngwie Malmsteen
ReleasedOctober 1986 (1986-10)
StudioThe Village, Los Angeles
Genre
Length40:58
LabelPolydor
ProducerYngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Marching Out
(1985) 		Trilogy
(1986) 		Odyssey
(1988)
Singles from Trilogy
  1. "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" / "Crying"
    Released: September 1986[1]

Trilogy is the third studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in October 1986 through Polydor Records.[2] The album reached No. 44 on the US Billboard 200[3] and charted within the top 60 in the Netherlands and Sweden.[2]

Background

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Trilogy is the first studio album by Malmsteen to feature lead singer Mark Boals, who briefly replaced Jeff Scott Soto after his departure from Malmsteen's band in 1985. However, Soto was again the lead singer during the album's supporting tour between 1986 and 1987, before joining the band Kryst the Conqueror.

In the liner notes, Malmsteen dedicates the album to the memory of the late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated on 28 February 1986.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Trilogy four stars out of five, calling it Malmsteen's second best album after his 1984 debut Rising Force. Malmsteen's compositional and lyrical skills were described as being at their peak on Trilogy, while his guitar work was praised as "jaw-droppingly fast and technically demanding". Huey listed "Dark Ages", "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" and "Trilogy Suite Op: 5" as highlights.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Yngwie Malmsteen

No.TitleLength
1."You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget"4:30
2."Liar"4:09
3."Queen in Love"4:04
4."Crying" (instrumental)5:04
5."Fury"3:56
6."Fire"4:12
7."Magic Mirror"3:53
8."Dark Ages"3:54
9."Trilogy Suite Op: 5" (instrumental)7:16
Total length:40:58

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart performance for Trilogy
Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[6] 80
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 60
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 18
US Billboard 200[10] 44
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[11] 44

References

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  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 37.
  2. ^ a b "Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  3. ^ "Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ "RPM Weekly – RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 29 November 1986. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Trilogy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Trilogy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Yngwie Malmsteen Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Yngwie Malmsteen Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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