Trilogy is the third studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in October 1986 through Polydor Records. The album reached No. 44 on the US Billboard 200 and charted within the top 60 in the Netherlands and Sweden.

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 8/10

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Trilogy four stars out of five, calling it Malmsteen's second best album after his 1984 debut Rising Force. Malmsteen's compositional and lyrical skills were described as being at their peak on Trilogy, while his guitar work was praised as "jaw-droppingly fast and technically demanding". Huey listed "Dark Ages", "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" and "Trilogy Suite Op: 5" as highlights.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, Moog Taurus, bass, conducting, arrangement, mixing, production
  • Mark Boals – vocals (except for tracks 4 & 9)
  • Jens Johansson – keyboard, arrangement assistance (track 9; section 2)
  • Anders Johansson – drums
  • Ricky DeLena – engineering, mixing
  • Jimmy Hoyson – engineering assistance
  • Robin Levine – engineering assistance

Charts

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! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)

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!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)

| align="center"| 16

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References

  • Trilogy, 1986 at yngwiemalmsteen.com
  • In Review: Yngwie J. Malmsteen "Trilogy" at Guitar Nine Records