Odyssey (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

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Odyssey
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Studio album by
Yngwie Malmsteen
Released8 April 1988 (1988-04-08)
Studio
Genre
Length50:42
Label Polydor
Producer Yngwie Malmsteen, Jeff Glixman, Jim Lewis
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Trilogy
(1986)		Odyssey
(1988)		 Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad
(1989)
Singles from Odyssey
  1. "Heaven Tonight" / "Riot in the Dungeons"
    Released: 1988 [1] [2]

Odyssey is the fourth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 8 April 1988 through Polydor Records. [3] The album reached No. 40 on the US Billboard 200 [4] and remained on that chart for eighteen weeks, [5] as well as reaching the top 50 in five other countries. [3] As of 2021 it remains Malmsteen's highest-charting release on the Billboard 200. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [7]
Metal Forces 6.5/10 [8]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Odyssey two stars out of five, calling it "a more subdued, polished collection seemingly designed for mainstream radio airplay", but that it "shows little difference in approach from [Malmsteen's] previous output". He praised Joe Lynn Turner's vocals and Malmsteen's guitar work, but remarked that the latter sounds "constrained and passionless" due in part to his recovery from a near-fatal car accident in 1987. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Joe Lynn Turner; all music is composed by Yngwie Malmsteen.

No.TitleLength
1."Rising Force"4:24
2."Hold On"5:12
3."Heaven Tonight"4:07
4."Dreaming (Tell Me)"5:22
5."Bite the Bullet" (instrumental)1:35
6."Riot in the Dungeons"4:26
7."Deja Vu"4:17
8."Crystal Ball"4:56
9."Now Is the Time"4:34
10."Faster than the Speed of Light"4:30
11."Krakatau" (instrumental)6:06
12."Memories" (instrumental)1:14
Total length:50:42

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Odyssey
Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [9] 75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 27
European Albums (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] 40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 50
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] 19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 17
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 27
US Billboard 200 [18] 40
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [19] 40

Certifications

Sales certifications for Odyssey
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan—42,000 [13]
Sweden (GLF) [20] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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