Fire & Ice is the sixth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 7 February 1992 through Elektra Records."Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-10. The album topped the Japanese albums chart,"1992.2.24付 アルバムTop20" . (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-01-16. reached No. 121 on the US Billboard 200"Fire & Ice - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-01-10. and charted within the top 90 in the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
Critical reception
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."
Track listing
Personnel
Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, Moog Taurus, sitar, strings arrangement, backing vocals, producer Göran Edman – lead vocals Mats Olausson – keyboards Bo Werner – drums (except track 8), backing vocals 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 Position1992Japanese albums chart1Billboard Heatseekers2Swedish albums chart11Swiss albums chart30Dutch albums chart89Billboard 200121
Certifications
See also List of Oricon number-one albums of 1992
References
External links Fire & Ice, 1992 at yngwiemalmsteen.com In Review: Yngwie J. Malmsteen "Fire And Ice" at Guitar Nine Records