Indeed, even many of the new ideas hearken back to past experiments in his sound. Even where the album lacks originality, it still manages to stay entertaining. And those synthesizers are just plain awesome, however campy they may come across at times.
Malmsteen himself continues to do what he does best: writing catchy riffs and playing wild solos. A latecomer in my quest to listen to and review every Yngwie release to date, Eclipse marks a rather sour time in Yngwie's career.
The apogee of his career, Odyssey, had just passed, and many other landmarks Marching Out, Trilogy had passed as well. Is it any good? Well, yes and no. There are obvious cookers on this release, as well as a couple midtempo rockers that get the heads banging. However, on the other hand, there is a distinct glam flavour to most of the songs, with few exceptions, and the first three songs on the album turned me off of this album completely for almost a year.
As well, the album's strengths take a bit of time to appreciate, as when I first wrote this review I didn't. However, there are some niggling faults with Eclipse, and they only get worse with time.
So let's get on with the analysis. But as time grew on, I grew on to like songs like Devil in Disguise and Demon Driver, with their dark and majestic solos and acoustic passages - and Goran Edman's voice ruined those songs, sounding like he was running out of breath half the time. His voice clearly isn't suited to Yngwie's style, and while it merely restrained Fire and Ice from achieving its full potential, here it just ruins the album. What Yngwie needs is a fukken horsepower cooker.
Onward, the music isn't all that bad all the time. However, an alarmingly large amount of the time, it is pretty bad. Making Love is interesting only in the sense that it's horrendously lame and the video doesn't help, either and commercial. It is also alarmingly commercial. I won't even speak of Save Our Love, it's that bad.
I could really go on, because those aren't the only crappy or mediocre songs. The songwriting is obviously influenced by the trends at the time, and at a time when Yngwie needed to separate himself from the crowd, not date himself to the glammy cheese of the period, he made a half assed effort to join it. It cost him many fans in the long run, and he sorely missed those fans during the mid's when commercial support dried up in America.
As well, there is an appalling simplicity in many of these songs. The material simply isn't there. What Do You Want is as generic as the title would imply, with an interesting keyboard line being the only thing propping the song up. All the material is played as written, with none of the slight deviations from the formula that make it human.
Faultline opens up rather mystically, but devolves into a real snorefest, too, plodding along lifelessly and by-the-books. However, when this album cooks, it cooks. The aforementioned Demon Driver, Motherless Child, and the Eclipse the song are fast paced cookers with amazing as usual solos, harmonized with organ and harpsichords the way it should be. Songs like Judas and Devil In Disguise are mid-paced rockers with heavy drum lines and riffs, unleashed pardon the pun with great fury.
Before I go on, I must say that while the actual drumming is rather uninspired on Eclipse, the drum sound is superb, and Yngwie never got a better drum tone. Articles Features Interviews Lists. Streams Videos All Posts. My Profile.
Advanced Search. Eclipse Review by Steve Huey. Track Listing. Making Love. Bedroom Eyes. Save Our Love. Yngwie Malmsteen. Motherless Child. Devil in Disguise. I'll See the Light, Tonight 3.
Don't Let It End 4. Disciples of Hell 5. I Am a Viking 6. Overture 7. Anguish and Fear 8. On the Run Again 9. Soldier without Faith Caught in the Middle Liar 3. Queen in Love 4. Crying 5. Fury 6. Fire 7. Magic Mirror 8. Dark Ages 9. Rising Force 2. Hold On 3. Heaven Tonight 4. Dreaming Tell Me 5. Bite the Bullet 6. Riot in the Dungeons 7. Deja Vu 8. Crystal Ball 9. Now Is the Time Faster Than the Speed of Light Krakatau Liar 2. Queen in Love 3. Deja Vu 4. Far Beyond The Sun 5.
Heaven Tonight 6. Dreaming Tell Me 7. You Don't Remember, I'll Never 8. Crystal Ball Black Star Making Love 2. Bedroom Eyes 3. Save Our Love 4. Motherless Child 5. Devil In Disguise 6.
Judas 7. What Do You Want 8. Demon Driver 9. Faultline Black Star Instrumental 2. Far Beyond the Sun Instrumental 3. I'll See the Light Tonight 4. Liar 6. Queen in Love 7.
Hold on 8. Heaven Tonight 9. Guitar Solo Instrumental Spanish Castle Magic Judas Making Love Extended Guitar Solo Perpetual 2. Dragonfly 3. Teaser 4. How Many Miles to Babylon 5. Cry No More 6.
No Mercy 7. C'est La Vie 8. Leviathan 9. Forever is a Long Time I'm My Own Enemy All I Want is Everything Golden Dawn Never Die 2. I Don't Know 3. Meant to Be 4.
Forever One 5. Hairtrigger 6. Brothers 7. Seventh Sign 8. Bad Blood 9. Prisoner of Your Love Pyramid of Cheops Crash and Burn I Can't Wait 2. Aftermath 3. Rising Force Live 4.
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