Editing Odyssey (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

{{Infobox album
| name = Odyssey
| type = studio
| artist = [[Yngwie Malmsteen]]
| cover = YngwieJMalmsteen-Odyssey.jpg
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|1988|4|8|df=y}}
| recorded = 
| studio = {{hlist|[[Cherokee Studios|Cherokee]] ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]])|House of Music ([[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]])|Studio D ([[Austin, Texas|Austin]])}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[neoclassical metal]]|[[hard rock]]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=42}}
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| producer = Yngwie Malmsteen, [[Jeff Glixman]], Jim Lewis
| prev_title = [[Trilogy (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Trilogy]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad]]
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Odyssey
| type = studio
| single1 = Heaven Tonight" / "Riot in the Dungeons
| single1date = 1988<ref name=finnishchartssingles>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Yngwie+J.+Malmsteen%27s+Rising+Force&titel=Heaven+Tonight&cat=s "Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Heaven Tonight (song)"]. ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Yngwie-J-Malmsteens-Rising-Force-Heaven-Tonight/release/1172558 "Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force – Heaven Tonight"]. [[Discogs]]. Retrieved 2014-12-27.</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Odyssey''''' is the fourth studio album by guitarist [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], released on 8 April 1988 through [[Polydor Records]].<ref name=finnishcharts>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Yngwie+J.+Malmsteen%27s+Rising+Force&titel=Odyssey&cat=a "Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Odyssey (album)"]. ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-12.</ref> The album reached No. 40 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name=allmusicawards>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/odyssey-mw0000651948/awards "Odyssey - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''. [[All Media Network]]. Retrieved 2014-01-06.</ref> and remained on that chart for eighteen weeks,<ref name=billboard>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=yngwie malmsteen|chart=all}} "Yngwie Malmsteen - Chart history"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved 2014-12-27.</ref> as well as reaching the top 50 in five other countries.<ref name=finnishcharts/> As of 2021 it remains Malmsteen's highest-charting release on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name=billboard/>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/odyssey-mw0000651948 |title=Yngwie Malmsteen - Odyssey review |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = November 1, 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 |page=209}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Metal Forces]]''
| rev3score = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yngwie Malmsteen - Odyseey |magazine=[[Metal Forces]] |year=1988 |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |issue=28 |url=https://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-yngwie-malmsteen-odyssey/ |access-date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>
}}
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.<ref name=allmusic/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Joe Lynn Turner]]
| all_music = Yngwie Malmsteen
| title1 = Rising Force
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Hold On
| length2 = 5:12
| title3 = Heaven Tonight
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Dreaming (Tell Me)
| length4 = 5:22
| title5 = Bite the Bullet
| note5 = instrumental
| length5 = 1:35
| title6 = Riot in the Dungeons
| length6 = 4:26
| title7 = Deja Vu
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = Crystal Ball
| length8 = 4:56
| title9 = Now Is the Time
| length9 = 4:34
| title10 = Faster Than the Speed of Light
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Krakatau
| note11 = instrumental
| length11 = 6:06
| title12 = Memories
| note12 = instrumental
| length12 = 1:14
| total_length = 50:42
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – guitar, [[Moog Taurus]], bass (tracks 3–7, 10–12), arrangement, producer
*[[Joe Lynn Turner]] – vocals (except for tracks 5, 11 & 12)
*[[Jens Johansson]] – keyboard
*[[Anders Johansson (drummer)|Anders Johansson]] – drums
*[[Bob Daisley]] – bass (tracks 1, 2, 8, 9)
*[[Jeff Glixman]] – [[audio engineer|engineer]], producer
*John Rolio – engineer
*Scott Gordon – assistant engineer, assistant [[mixing engineer|mixing]] engineer
*[[Steve Thompson (musician)|Steve Thompson]] – mixing
*[[Michael Barbiero]] – mixing
*George Cowan – assistant mixing engineer
*Jim Lewis – executive producer

==Charts==

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Odyssey''
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1988)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=190}}</ref>
|75
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|27|artist=Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force|album=Odyssey|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums ([[Music & Media|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-05-28.pdf|title=EMR/CISAC Eurochart Hot 100 Albums|publisher=[[Music & Media]]|page=30|date=28 May 1988|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
|40
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|50|artist=Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force|album=Odyssey|id=704|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon Entertainment]]|location=[[Roppongi|Roppongi, Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
|19
|-
{{album chart|Norway|10|artist=Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force|album=Odyssey|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force|album=Odyssey|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force|album=Odyssey|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|27|date=19880515|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Yngwie Malmsteen|rowheader=yes|access-date=31 January 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard charts|Top Current Album Sales]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yngwie-malmsteen/chart-history/tcl/|title=Yngwie Malmsteen Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
|40
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Odyssey''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=42,000|salesref=<ref name="Oricon"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1988|relmonth=04|region=Sweden|award=Gold|certyear=1991|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-01-19.pdf|title=Music Monitor – First Quarter 1991|publisher=[[Music & Media]]|page=6|date=19 January 1991|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140107113906/http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com/yngwie/discography/albums/cd_odyssey/ Odyssey, 1988] at yngwiemalmsteen.com
*[http://www.guitar9.com/odyssey.html In Review: Yngwie J. Malmsteen "Odyssey"] at Guitar Nine Records

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