Yngwie Malmsteen FIRE & ICE

Personnel: Yngwie J. Malmsteen (electric & acoustic guitars, sitar, bass pedals, background vocals); Goran Edman (vocals); Ulf Forsberg, Svein-Harald Martinsen, Kalle Moraeus (violin); Per Bogberg (viola); Lolo Lannerback (flute); Mats Olausson (keyboards); Svante Henryson (bass, contra bass, cello); Bo Werner (drums, background vocals); Michael Von Knorring (drums).
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida and Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweeden.
Personnel: Yngwie Malmsteen (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar); Yngwie Malmsteen; Bo Werner (vocals, drums, background vocals); Ulf Forsberg (violin); Goran Edman (vocals); Svante Henryson (electric guitar, cello, double bass, electric bass); Mats Olausson (keyboards); Michael Von Knorring (drums).
Audio Mixers: Michael Barbiero; Steve Thompson .
Recording information: Criteria Studios, Miami, FL; Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Photographer: Michael Johansson.
The success of Nirvana's Nevermind in late 1991 left many '80s metal guitarists out in the cold, and Malmsteen was no exception. After leaving Polydor, he signed to Elektra and released the one-hour-plus Fire and Ice. The record is most successful when Malmsteen returns to the heavy baroque influence of his early work, and there are some fine longer compositions here that will please hardcore Yngwie fans. "Cry No More," in particular, contains an arrangement of Bach's "Badinerie"...The record also contains...stabs at radio rock, such as the single "Teaser"...Playing for a radio audience was not Malmsteen's strength, and with the winds of alternative-rock change blowing, Elektra dropped him after only one release. ~ Steve Huey

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop