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| Released | 29 March 2019 [1] | |||
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| Producer | Yngwie J. Malmsteen | |||
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Blue Lightning is the twenty-first studio album released by Yngwie Malmsteen in 2019.
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| Released | 29 March 2019 [1] | |||
| Length | 58:07 | |||
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| Producer | Yngwie J. Malmsteen | |||
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Blue Lightning is the twenty-first studio album released by Yngwie Malmsteen in 2019.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist/album | Length |
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| 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" | 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" | 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist/album | Length |
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| 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 |
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
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