Yngwie Malmsteen "Odyssey (Germany, Polydor, 835-451-2)"

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

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.

Track listing

All tracks by Malmsteen & Turner except tracks 5, 11, and 12 by Malmsteen.

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

Music video:

• Heaven Tonight

This album is dedicated to the memory of Rigmor Malmsteen.

Recording information:

Produced by Jeff "Bjorn" Glixman and Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Recorded and mixed at Cherokee, Los Angeles.

Engineered by Jeff Glixman.

Mixed by Steve Thompson and Mike Barbiero.

Various vocals recorded at House Of Music.

Engineered by John Rollo.

Mixed by Steve Thompson and Mike Barbiero at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York.USA.

Mastered at Masterdisk, Peekskill, New York, USA.

Additional recording at Studio D., Austin.