I Can't Wait (EP)

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I Can't Wait
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Released21 October 1994
Recorded1994
Genre Neoclassical metal
Length23:05
Label Pony Canyon
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
The Seventh Sign
(1994)
I Can't Wait
(1994)
Magnum Opus
(1995)
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I Can't Wait is a 1994 EP released by Yngwie Malmsteen only in Japan. It contains three studio tracks and two live tracks from the 1994 Budokan concert.

The instrumental "Power and Glory" was made as a theme for Japanese pro wrestler and mixed martial artist Nobuhiko Takada.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."I Can't Wait" Michael Vescera Yngwie Malmsteen 5:04
2."Aftermath"MalmsteenMalmsteen3:41
3."Rising Force" (Live) Joe Lynn Turner, MalmsteenMalmsteen4:18
4."Far Beyond the Sun" (Live)InstrumentalMalmsteen5:35
5."Power and Glory"InstrumentalMalmsteen4:25

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