World on Fire (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

World on Fire
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	1 June 2016
Studio	Studio 308, Miami, FL, USA
Length	44:23
Label	Rising Force Records (US release) Nexus (Japanese release)
Producer	Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Spellbound (2012) World on Fire (2016) Blue Lightning (2019)

World on Fire is the twentieth studio album by Swedish virtuoso guitar player Yngwie Malmsteen and the eighth under this moniker. Initially it was programmed for April 2016, ^[1] but then it was released on June 1 ^[2] via Rising Force Records and Nexus. It was produced by Malmsteen himself and it was the second album in which Malmsteen sang also. This album was also the only one to feature drummer Mark Ellis.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yngwie Malmsteen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"World on Fire"	4:32
2.	"Sorcery" (instrumental)	2:18
3.	"Abandon" (instrumental)	2:19
4.	"Top Down, Foot Down" (instrumental)	4:18
5.	"Lost in the Machine"	5:16
6.	"Largo – E♭m" (instrumental)	5:13
7.	"No Rest for the Wicked" (instrumental)	3:11
8.	"Soldier"	5:32
9.	"Duf 1220" (instrumental)	3:17
10.	"Abandon (Slight Return)" (instrumental)	2:31
11.	"Nacht Musik" (instrumental)	5:56
Total length:		44:23

Personnel

• Yngwie Malmsteen - guitars, vocals, bass guitars, keyboards, cello, sitar, producing, arrangement, orchestration
• Mark Ellis - drums

Additional personnel

• Nick Marinovich - additional keyboards
• The Cantorum Choral Society - additional choir
• The Miami-Dade Baroque String Ensemble - additional strings
• Keith Rose - mixing
• Jun Kawai - liner notes
• Mariko Kawahara - lyrics translations

References

1. "YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Release 'World On Fire' Album In April". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
2. O'Neill, Christina. "Yngwie Malmsteen details World On Fire". Louder. Retrieved May 18, 2016.