Facing the Animal is the ninth studio album

Studio album

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 by guitarist

Guitarist

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 Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1997 through Spitfire Records

Spitfire Records

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. Although credited to Malmsteen, "Air on a Theme" is an arrangement of the second movement (Largo) of Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

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's "Piccolo Concerto in C Major (RV443)", whilst "Braveheart" contains a riff from Gary Moore

Gary Moore

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's "Over the Hills and Far Away". The album features one of drummer

Drummer

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 Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell

Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...

's last performances before his death in 1998.

Track listing

Personnel

• Yngwie Malmsteen – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   (tracks 1, 4, 6, 12), background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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  , production
  Record producer
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• Mats Leven
  Mats Levén
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   – vocals
  Singing
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• Mats Olausson
  Mats Olausson
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   – keyboard
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• Cozy Powell
  Cozy Powell
  Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Barry Dunaway – bass guitar (except tracks 1, 4, 6, 12)
• Chris Tsangarides
  Chris Tsangarides
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   – engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
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  , production
• Keith Rose – engineering
• Rod Fuller – mastering
  Audio mastering
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