Facing the Animal

Facing The Animal
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	1997
Recorded	Studio 308 and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida
Genre	Neo-classical metal, heavy metal
Length	59:33
Label	Spitfire
Producer	Yngwie Malmsteen, Chris Tsangarides
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Inspiration (1996) Facing the Animal (1997) Double Live (1998)
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United States edition

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Facing the Animal is the ninth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1997 through Spitfire Records. Although credited to Malmsteen, "Air on a Theme" is an arrangement of the second movement (Largo) of Antonio Vivaldi's "Piccolo Concerto in C Major (RV443)", whilst "Braveheart" contains a riff from Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away". The album features one of drummer Cozy Powell's last performances before his death in 1998.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yngwie Malmsteen. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Braveheart"	5:19
2.	"Facing the Animal"	4:37
3.	"Enemy"	4:53
4.	"Sacrifice"	4:19
5.	"Like an Angel – For April"	5:47
6.	"My Resurrection"	4:48
7.	"Another Time"	5:03
8.	"Heathens from the North"	3:39
9.	"Alone in Paradise"	4:33
10.	"End of My Rope"	4:24
11.	"Only the Strong"	6:05
12.	"Poison in Your Veins"	4:23
13.	"Air on a Theme"	1:43
Total length:		59:33

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Casting Pearls Before the Swine"	3:57

Personnel

• Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 12), background vocals, production
• Mats Leven – vocals
• Mats Olausson – keyboard
• Cozy Powell – drums
• Barry Dunaway – bass (except tracks 1, 4, 6, 12)
• Chris Tsangarides – engineering, mixing, production
• Keith Rose – engineering
• Rod Fuller – mastering