''Odyssey'' is the fourth studio album by guitarist
Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 8 April 1988 through
Polydor Records.
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Critical reception
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 almsteen'sprevious 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.[
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Track listing
Personnel
* Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, Moog Taurus, bass (tracks 3–7, 10–12), arrangement, producer
* Joe Lynn Turner – vocals
* Jens Johansson – keyboard
* Anders Johansson – drums
* Bob Daisley – bass (tracks 1, 2, 8, 9)
* Jeff Glixman – engineer, producer
*John Rolio – engineer
*Scott Gordon – assistant engineer, assistant mixing engineer
* Steve Thompson – mixing
*Michael Barbiero
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– mixing
*George Cowan – assistant mixing engineer
*Jim Lewis – executive producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
External links
Odyssey, 1988
at yngwiemalmsteen.com
at Guitar Nine Records
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Yngwie Malmsteen albums
1988 albums
Polydor Records albums
Albums produced by Jeff Glixman