Fire & Ice (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Fire & Ice is the sixth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 7 February 1992 through Elektra Records.[1] The album topped the Japanese albums chart,[2] reached No. 121 on the US Billboard 200[3] and charted within the top 90 in the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.[1]

Fire & Ice
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	7 February 1992
Studio	Criteria Studios, Miami; Polar Studios, Stockholm
Genre	Neoclassical metal heavy metal hard rock
Length	64:38
Label	Elektra
Producer	Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (1991) Fire & Ice (1992) The Seventh Sign (1994)
Singles from Fire & Ice
"Teaser" Released: 1992

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Fire & Ice three stars out of five, saying that it is "most successful when Malmsteen returns to the heavy baroque influence of his early work" and that "there are some fine longer compositions here that will please hardcore Yngwie fans." He criticised the album's single, "Teaser", as being "a flawed stab at radio rock" and sounding like "a generic, clichéd hair metal song with Malmsteen on guitar."[4]

Track listing

All music is composed by Yngwie Malmsteen, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Perpetual"	(instrumental)	4:14
2.	"Dragonfly" (music: Malmsteen, Göran Edman)	Malmsteen	4:49
3.	"Teaser"	Malmsteen, Edman	3:29
4.	"How Many Miles to Babylon"	Malmsteen, Edman	6:10
5.	"Cry No More"	Malmsteen, Edman	5:17
6.	"No Mercy" (contains an arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Badinerie")	Malmsteen	5:32
7.	"C'est La Vie"	Malmsteen, Edman	5:19
8.	"Leviathan"	(instrumental)	4:24
9.	"Fire and Ice"	Malmsteen, Edman	4:31
10.	"Forever Is a Long Time"	Malmsteen, Edman	4:28
11.	"I'm My Own Enemy"	Edman	6:09
12.	"All I Want Is Everything"	Malmsteen	4:02
13.	"Golden Dawn"	(instrumental)	1:28
14.	"Final Curtain"	Malmsteen	4:46
Total length:			64:38

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
15.	"Broken Glass"	Malmsteen	4:02

Personnel

• Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, Moog Taurus, sitar, strings arrangement, background vocals, production
• Göran Edman – lead vocals
• Mats Olausson – keyboard
• Bo Werner – drums (except track 8)
• Michael Von Knorring – drums (track 8)
• Svante Henryson – bass, cello, strings arrangement assistance
• Per Bögberg – viola
• Ulf Forsberg – violin
• Svein-Harald Martinsen – violin
• Kalle Moraeus – violin
• Lolo Lannerbäck – flute
• Simon Hanhart – engineering
• Keith Rose – engineering assistance
• Steve Thompson – mixing
• Michael Barbiero – mixing
• George Marino – mastering

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Japanese albums chart	1[2]
	Billboard Heatseekers	2[3]
	Swedish albums chart	11[1]
	Swiss albums chart	30[1]
	Dutch albums chart	89[1]
	Billboard 200	121[3]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[5]	Gold	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Oricon number-one albums of 1992

References

1. "Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
2. "1992.2.24付　アルバムTop20" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
3. "Fire & Ice - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
4. Huey, Steve. "Fire & Ice - Yngwie Malmsteen". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
5. "Japanese album certifications – Yngwie Malmsteen – Fire & Ice" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1992年3月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Fire & Ice, 1992 at yngwiemalmsteen.com
• In Review: Yngwie J. Malmsteen "Fire And Ice" at Guitar Nine Records