Blue Lightning (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Blue Lightning
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	29 March 2019 [1]
Length	58:07
Label	King Mascot
Producer	Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
World on Fire (2016) Blue Lightning (2019) Parabellum (2021)

Blue Lightning is the twenty-first studio album released by Yngwie Malmsteen in 2019.

Track listing

Blue Lightning track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist/album	Length
1.	"Blue Lightning"	Yngwie J. Malmsteen	(original)	4:52
2.	"Foxey Lady"	Jimi Hendrix	Jimi Hendrix Experience/ Are You Experienced	4:51
3.	"Demon's Eye"	Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	Deep Purple/ Fireball	3:50
4.	"1911 Strut" (instrumental)	Malmsteen	(original)	2:41
5.	"Blue Jean Blues"	Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard	ZZ Top/ Fandango!	7:01
6.	"Purple Haze"	Jimi Hendrix	Jimi Hendrix Experience/Are You Experienced	3:56
7.	"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"	George Harrison	The Beatles/ The Beatles	5:50
8.	"Sun's Up Top's Down"	Malmsteen	(original)	4:04
9.	"Peace, Please" (instrumental)	Malmsteen	(original)	3:44
10.	"Paint It Black"	Jagger-Richards	Rolling Stones/ Aftermath	4:08
11.	"Smoke on the Water"	Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	Deep Purple/ Machine Head	3:18
12.	"Forever Man"	Jerry Lynn Williams	Eric Clapton/ Behind the Sun	2:49

Blue Lightning Bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist/album	Length
13.	"Little Miss Lover"	Jimi Hendrix	The Jimi Hendrix Experience/ Axis: Bold as Love	3:13
14.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	Jagger-Richards	Rolling Stones/ Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)	3:50

Personnel

• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - guitar, bass, vocal, keyboard, Hammond B3
• Lawrence Lannerbach - drums

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [2]	85
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [3]	38
French Albums (SNEP) [4]	103
Italian Albums (FIMI) [5]	96
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [1]	35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6]	35

References

1. ブルー・ライトニング | イングヴェイ・マルムスティーン | ORICON NEWS
2. "Ultratop.be – Yngwie Malmsteen – Blue Lightning" (in French). Hung Medien.
3. "Yngwie Malmsteen: Blue Lightning" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
4. "Lescharts.com – Yngwie Malmsteen – Blue Lightning". Hung Medien.
5. "Italiancharts.com – Yngwie Malmsteen – Blue Lightning". Hung Medien.
6. "Swisscharts.com – Yngwie Malmsteen – Blue Lightning". Hung Medien.