Editing Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad

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{{Infobox album
|name = Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad
|type = live
|artist = [[Yngwie Malmsteen]]
|cover = YngwieJMalmsteen-TrialByFire.jpg
|released = {{start date|1989|10|12}}
|recorded = 
|venue = [[Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex|Leningrad SKK Stadium]], [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], Soviet Union
|genre = {{hlist|[[Neoclassical metal]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[hard rock]]}}
|length = {{Duration|m=66|s=30}}
|label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
|producer = Yngwie Malmsteen
|prev_title = [[Odyssey (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Odyssey]]
|prev_year = 1988
|next_title = [[Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Eclipse]]
|next_year = 1990
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>Taylor, Robert. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/trial-by-fire-live-in-leningrad-mw0000206162 "Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad - Yngwie Malmsteen"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''. [[RhythmOne]]. Retrieved 29 March 2020.</ref>
|rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev2Score = 6/10<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 = 1 November 2005 |location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 |page=209}}</ref>
|noprose = yes
}}
'''''Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad''''' is the first live album by Swedish guitarist [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], recorded over several dates in February 1989 in [[Leningrad]], [[Soviet Union]], and released on 12 October 1989 through [[Polydor Records]]. The album reached #31 on the [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish albums chart]]<ref name=finnishcharts>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Yngwie+Malmsteen&titel=Trial+By+Fire+-+Live+In+Leningrad&cat=a "Yngwie Malmsteen - Trial by Fire - Live in Leningrad (album)"]. ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 January 2014.</ref> and #128 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name=allmusicawards>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/trial-by-fire-live-in-leningrad-mw0000206162/awards "Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad - Yngwie Malmsteen | Awards"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''. [[Rovi Corporation]]. Retrieved 7 January 2014.</ref> A [[VHS]] video of the concert was released on 11 July 1991 through [[PolyGram]], and a [[DVD]] edition was reissued in Japan on 12 December 2006 through [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|title1  = Liar
|lyrics1 = Yngwie Malmsteen
|music1  = Malmsteen
|length1 = 3:56
|title2  = Queen in Love
|lyrics2 = Malmsteen
|music2  = Malmsteen
|length2 = 3:55
|title3  = Deja Vu
|lyrics3 = [[Joe Lynn Turner]]
|music3  = Malmsteen
|length3 = 4:05
|title4  = Far Beyond the Sun
|lyrics4 = (instrumental)
|music4  = Malmsteen
|length4 = 8:17
|title5  = Heaven Tonight
|lyrics5 = Turner
|music5  = Malmsteen
|length5 = 4:27
|title6  = Dreaming (Tell Me)
|lyrics6 = Turner
|music6  = Malmsteen
|length6 = 6:34
|title7  = You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
|lyrics7 = Malmsteen
|music7  = Malmsteen
|length7 = 6:04
|title8  = Guitar Solo (Trilogy Suite Op 5/Spasebo Blues)
|lyrics8 = (instrumental)
|music8  = Malmsteen
|length8 = 10:16
|title9  = Crystal Ball
|lyrics9 = Turner
|music9  = Malmsteen
|length9 = 6:03
|title10 = Black Star
|lyrics10 = (instrumental)
|music10 = Malmsteen
|length10 = 6:09
|title11  = [[Spanish Castle Magic]]
|lyrics11 = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
|music11  = Hendrix
|length11 = 6:44
|total_length = 66:30<!--All track times sourced from CD release "Polydor 839 726-2".-->
}}

===Video release===
#Intro - Heaven Tonight	
#Rising Force	
#Liar	
#Queen In Love	
#Deja Vu	
#You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget	
#Crystal Ball	
#Far Beyond the Sun	
#Dreaming (Tell Me)	
#Fury	
#Guitar Solo (Trilogy Suite Op. 5 / Spasebo Blues)	
#Heaven Tonight	
#Riot in the Dungeons	
#Black Star	
#Spanish Castle Magic	
#End Titles (Heaven Tonight)

==Personnel==
*[[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – lead vocals (track 11), guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals, [[mixing engineer|mixing]], producer
*[[Joe Lynn Turner]] – lead vocals (except track 11), backing vocals (track 11)
*[[Jens Johansson]] – keyboard
*[[Anders Johansson (drummer)|Anders Johansson]] – drums
*[[Barry Dunaway]] – bass, background vocals
*[[Tony Platt]] – [[audio engineer|engineering]]
*Mark Dearnley – mixing
*Matthew Budd – mixing assistance
*[[Howie Weinberg]] – [[mastering engineer|mastering]]

'''Video credits:'''
*Ralph Mastrangelo – sound engineer
*Mike Downs – assistant sound engineer
*Andrew Keightley – lighting designer
*Graeme Kidd Stanton – lighting technician
*[[Geoffrey Horne]] – guitar technician
*[[Gareth Hughes]] – keyboard and bass technician
*[[Russell Reeder|Russell Reader]] – drum technician
*Neil Kirby – production manager

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad''
! Chart (1989–1990)
! Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=175}}</ref>
|align="center"|98
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name=finnishcharts/>
|align="center"|31
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name=allmusicawards/>
|align="center"|128
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com/yngwie/discography/albums/cd_live-in-leningrad-trial-by/ Trial By Fire / Live in Leningrad, 1989] at yngwiemalmsteen.com
*[http://www.guitar9.com/trialbyfire.html In Review: Yngwie J. Malmsteen "Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad"] at Guitar Nine Records

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[[Category:Yngwie Malmsteen live albums]]
[[Category:1989 live albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records live albums]]