Inspiration (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Inspiration
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	1996
Recorded	Studio 308 in Miami, Florida; Heptagon Studios in Malmö, Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, neo-classical metal
Length	56:59
Label	Music for Nations
Producer	Yngwie Malmsteen, Chris Tsangarides
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Alternative cover
	2000 reissue
	2003 remastered edition

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Inspiration is a tribute album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1996 through Music for Nations (Europe) and Pony Canyon, Inc. (Japan), and reissued in 2000 through Spitfire Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2003 through SPV GmbH. It consists entirely of covers of various bands who influenced Malmsteen.

[edit] Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Carry On Wayward Son"	Kerry Livgren	5:09
2.	"Pictures of Home"	Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	4:56
3.	"Gates of Babylon"	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	7:12
4.	"Manic Depression"	Jimi Hendrix	3:39
5.	"In the Dead of Night"	Eddie Jobson, John Wetton	6:11
6.	"Mistreated"	Blackmore, David Coverdale	7:29
7.	"The Sails of Charon"	Ulrich Roth	5:05
8.	"Demon's Eye"	Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice	4:53
9.	"Anthem"	Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart	4:18
10.	"Child in Time"	Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice	8:07
Total length:			56:59

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Spanish Castle Magic"	Hendrix	3:07

Yngwie Malmsteen – vocals (track 4), guitar, bass (except track 1), sitar, engineering, production
Jeff Scott Soto – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6), engineering
Joe Lynn Turner – vocals (tracks 2, 8, 11)
Mark Boals – vocals (tracks 5, 7, 9, 10)
David Rosenthal – keyboard (tracks 1, 3, 10)
Mats Olausson – keyboard (tracks 2, 6)
Jens Johansson – keyboard (tracks 5, 8)
Anders Johansson – drums, engineering
Marcel Jacob – bass (track 1)
Chris Tsangarides – engineering
Keith Rose – engineering