Facing the Animal by Yngwie Malmsteen

Pros: Great sound. Incredible playing. Good vocalist.
Cons: Most of the songs are somewhat plain. Where's the instrumental?

Of all the “guitar gods” of the 1980s, Yngwie Malmsteen was among the cream of the crop. With his classically influenced compositional style and his aggressive, lightning fast chops, he was a guitar player’s guitar player. After a ...

Pros: Enemy, Sacrifice, Facing The Animal. No more, no less.
Cons: Let's start with a really wimpy ballad, several faceless nothings, no originality...

Please understand- I like Yngwie Malmsteen as much as you do. For a spell in high school, I found myself defending him more than any American kid should ever have to stand up for a Swedish guitarist. When everybody around me accused him of playing with ...