Yngwie Malmsteen - Magnum Opus (1995)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Vescera - Lead Vocals Yngwie Malmsteen - All Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Sitar, Background Vocals Mats Olausson - Keyboards Barry Sparks - Bass Shane Gaalaas - Drums Produced by Yngwie Malmsteen. Co-Produced by Chris Tsangarides. Recorded by Chris Tsangarides at Criteria Studios, Miami. Mixed by Chris Tsangarides. Assistant Engineer: Keith Rose. Artwork Created by Asari Yoda. Cover Photo: William Hames. Photo Credits: Rick Gould, Lyn Parks, Masakatsu Ishikawa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This album is dedicated to the memory of our good friend Mark Wittenberg. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Vengeance (Malmsteen / Vescera, Malmsteen) 4:49 2) No Love Lost (Malmsteen / Vescera) 3:07 3) Tomorrow's Gone (Malmsteen / Vescera) 5:20 4) The Only One (Malmsteen / Vescera) 4:01 5) I'd Die Without You (Malmsteen) 5:50 6) Overture 1622 (Malmsteen) 2:41 7) Voodoo (Malmsteen) 6:19 8) Cross The Line (Malmsteen / Vescera) 3:32 9) Time Will Tell (Malmsteen / Vescera) 5:09 10) Fire In The Sky (Malmsteen) 4:57 11) Amberdawn (Malmsteen) 4:21 12) Cantabile (Op. 10 No. 3 RV428 "Il Gardellino") (Antonio Vivaldi, Arranged by Malmsteen) 2:03 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Vengeance (Malmsteen / Vescera, Malmsteen) 4:49 Take what you want, then you'll get what you need Isn't that all that we're teaching Slowly but surely we're planting the seed Hey listen, there's no use in preaching Chorus 1: All there years you've turned away Nothing left to say Chorus 2: Vengeance You haven't a clue Vengeance It's inside of you All of the sinners, they're playing their game Only the good people listen Over and over it's always the same Committing the crime, and yet there's no one's to blame Chorus 1 & 2 It there a reason we're losing the fight Stuck in this hell that we're living Over and over it's always the same Passing the sentence, yet no one's to blame Chorus 1 & 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) No Love Lost (Malmsteen / Vescera) 3:07 Enough is enough I'm nobody's fool I won't take no more Oh, now I'm out the door I won't live by anyone's rules Chorus: (Feel) - I feel it's safe to say I'm on my own (We've had enough, can't take no more) (Feel) - It's just another lesson learned (We've had enough, can't take no more) No love lost Life's like gettin' blood from the stone We all live by cards and we're dealt I don't want no promises, don't want no lies Go sell them to somebody else Chorus No love lost Chorus (2) No love lost No, no No love lost ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Tomorrow's Gone (Malmsteen / Vescera) 5:20 In a dark and deserted land Life's a race of forgotten man With a will never seen before Do we dare to unlock the door In his world there's so much to fear And all the pain that he's made to bare Our desire, that's his will to live No destroy but to give He's been lost for so many years By his choice he has disappeared From a world that is closing in As the end of this race begins All he wants is to be left free No other land does he want to see In his heart he knows it won't be long He won't give up he must stay strong As he tried to hide from the madness There's no hope in hell for tomorrow won't live on What is gone, may have never been Another world, now he's fallen in And his dreams, now they've disappeared Now he lives what he feared He only wanted to be left free This other land that he's forced to see In his mind, his will always be A place that we'll never leaves As he tried to hide from the madness There's no hope in hell, it's gone Tomorrow won't live on ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) The Only One (Malmsteen / Vescera) 4:01 Oh, it feels like it was yesterday When you came into my life And took my heart away Now I find myself looking back And I'm realizing now You turned me inside out And left me with no doubt Chorus: Oh, you're the only one The love I feel And you're the only one It seems unreal Now I see what it's all about No more chasin' my own tail There's nothing left to fear As long as you are here On, you're the only one, I know The love I feel And you're the only one It seems unreal I can't explain the way I feel I've waited for so long For someone like you Chorus Oh, you're the only one, I know The love I feel (2) And you're the only one It seems unreal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) I'd Die Without You (Malmsteen) 5:50 I'd sacrifice, whatever's left of me Been livin' lies then you set me free You've given more than I ever had I gave to you all over again Chorus 1: We've grown so strong Over and over again Though things have gone wrong My love Chorus 2: There is no higher love than we have You know I'd die without you There are no lies we left them behind I'd surely die without you I've never tried, tried this hard I've never cried, never gone so far Even the Gods, can't set us apart It is engraved, deep in our hearts Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Overture 1622 (Malmsteen) 2:41 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Voodoo (Malmsteen) 6:19 The moon is bright in the voodoo night Dead eyes are burning with fire Voodoo (2) There's no more light in the voodoo night What's wrong and what's right Let's end this fight Chorus: Something has (2) started to grow Something has died long ago Something has started... You knew too much and you touch, oh no Forbidden knowledge - Voodoo - Tryin' to hide in the voodoo night Your cup of poison it feels so right Voodoo (2) The moon is bright in the voodoo night Dead eyes are burning with fire Chorus - Voodoo - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Cross The Line (Malmsteen / Vescera) 3:32 I'm not the one who's runnin' round and bein' shaky I'm not the one who's got it down Time after time, I try not actin' crazy With you, that's not easy thing to do So I'm pleadin' Chorus: Maybe it's time Don't tell me (2) To draw the line, don't tell me it's time Day after day you talk to me in circles I don't believe your little smile I'm not the one, the one who's thinkin' crazy I won't be walkin' down no aisle So I'm pleadin' Chorus (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Time Will Tell (Malmsteen / Vescera) 5:09 I've never killed another man I've never lived the master plan I can only pray that we'll survive With every sin and whitened lie I see the future slipping by The time is nearing what have we done Chorus 1: Is there a reason? Someone explain? And in the end will we pay? Chorus 2: Time will tell I will The hands of time we can't turn back Have we all slipped thou the cracks Lord have mercy, forgive us all Chorus 1 & 2 There's no use looking back Everything's turning black Time is running out for us all Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Fire In The Sky (Malmsteen) 4:57 If you play with fire you'll get burned It's such a shame Even when you try you'll never learn To tame the flames Chorus 1: Like the demon's eye Watching over me Relentlessly You have got no wings but you have always tried to fly Your soul is burning up like a fire in the sky Some say I've been had, and that's too bad I know they're wrong Some say I've gone mad, and that's too sad I'm much too strong Chorus 1 Chorus 2: You have got no wings but you have always tried to fly Your soul is burning up like a fire in the sky You're not living what you're preaching and you're not a priest You're not living you're teaching living like a beast I feel fine although you gave me hell I don't mind I'm your golden mine you know so well Let me shine Chorus 1 & 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Amberdawn (Malmsteen) 4:21 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Cantabile (Op. 10 No. 3 RV428 "Il Gardellino") (Antonio Vivaldi, Arranged by Malmsteen) 2:03 - Japanese bonus track Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------