Facing the Animal

Facing the Animal is the ninth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1997 through Spitfire Records. Although credited to Malmsteen, "Air on a Theme" is an arrangement of the second movement (Largo) of Antonio Vivaldi's "Piccolo Concerto in C Major (RV443)", whilst "Braveheart" contains a riff from Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away". The album features one of drummer Cozy Powell's last performances before his death in 1998.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yngwie Malmsteen. 

Personnel

• Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 12), background vocals, production
• Mats Leven – vocals
• Mats Olausson – keyboard
• Cozy Powell – drums
• Barry Dunaway – bass (except tracks 1, 4, 6, 12)
• Chris Tsangarides – engineering, mixing, production
• Keith Rose – engineering
• Rod Fuller – mastering

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