War to End All Wars is an album by
Yngwie J. Malmsteen, released in 2000 by Spitfire Records in North America simultaneously with Pony Canyon's release in Japan and Dream Catcher's in Europe. While on tour for this album, singer Mark Boals left the band, and was replaced for a brief period by Jorn Lande. Singer Doogie White finished off the tour and continued for the next two albums.
The phrase "the war to end all wars" was historically used as a description of World War I, especially in the period 1918-1939.
The track Molto Arpeggiosa is often mislabeled as Arpeggios From
Hell. This was because in a video,
Yngwie Malmsteen played a sample of
the song and referred to the structure of the song as "arpeggios from
hell", which was misinterpreted to be the title of the song itself.
Tracklist :
1. "Prophet of Doom" (features some parts by Paganini) Yngwie Malmsteen Malmsteen 5:31
2. "Crucify" Malmsteen Malmsteen 6:44
3. "Bad Reputation" Malmsteen Malmsteen 4:53
4. "Catch 22" Malmsteen Malmsteen 4:13
5. "Masquerade" Malmsteen Malmsteen 4:54
6. "Molto Arpeggiosa" (instrumental) Malmsteen 4:14
7. "Miracle of Life" Malmsteen Malmsteen 5:39
8. "The Wizard" Malmsteen Malmsteen 5:19
9. "Preludium" (instrumental) Malmsteen 2:26
10. "Wild One" Malmsteen Malmsteen 5:46
11. "Tarot" Malmsteen Malmsteen 5:38
12. "Instrumental Institution" (instrumental) Malmsteen 3:56
13. "War to End All Wars" Malmsteen Malmsteen 4:15
Line Up :
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Gong, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm), Sitar, Vocals, Producer, Mixing
- Mats Olausson - Keyboards
- Mark Boals - Vocals
- John Macaluso - Drums