War to End All Wars (album)

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War to End All Wars
War to End All Wars cover
Studio album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Released November 7, 2000
Genre Neo-classical metal
Label Pony Canyon
Professional reviews
Yngwie J. Malmsteen chronology
Alchemy
(1999)
War to End All Wars
(2000)
Concerto Suite Live
(2002)

War to End All Wars is an album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen, released in 2000 by Spitfire Records in North America simultaneously with Pony Canyon's release in Japan and Dream Catcher's in Europe. While on tour for this album, singer Mark Boals left the band, and was replaced for a brief period by Jorn Lande.

The phrase "the war to end all wars" was historically used as a description of World War I, especially in the period 1918-1939.

The track Molto Arpeggioso is often mislabeled as Arpeggios From Hell. This was because in a video, Yngwie Malmsteen played a sample of the song and referred to the structure of the song as "arpeggios from hell", which was misinterpreted to be the title of the song itself.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Yngwie Malmsteen.

  1. "Prophet of Doom" – 5:31
  2. "Crucify" – 6:44
  3. "Bad Reputation" – 4:53
  4. "Catch 22" – 4:13
  5. "Masquerade" – 4:54
  6. "Molto Arpeggioso" (inst) – 4:14
  7. "Miracle of Life" – 5:39
  8. "The Wizard" – 5:19
  9. "Preludium" (inst) – 2:26
  10. "Wild One" – 5:46
  11. "Tarot" – 5:38
  12. "Instrumental Institution" (inst) – 3:56
  13. "War to End All Wars" – 4:15

[edit] Bonus tracks (Japan)

  1. "Treasure from the East" (inst)
  2. "Requiem"(inst)

[edit] Bonus track (USA and Europe)

  1. "Black Sheep of the Family" – 2:17

[edit] Personnel

  • Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Gong, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm), Sitar, Vocals, Producer, Mixing
  • Mats Olausson - Keyboards
  • Mark Boals - Vocals
  • Brian Fitzpatrick - Engineer, Mixing
  • Michael Fuller - Mastering
  • Michael Johansson - Photography
  • John Macaluso - Drums
  • Yngwie J.Malmsteen's Rising Force - Performer
  • Rich DiSilvio - Artwork
  • Frank Frazetta - Cover Art
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