War to End All Wars [Import]

War to End All Wars [Import]

Track Listings

1. Prophet of Doom

2. Crucify

3. Bad Reputation

4. Catch 22

5. Masquerade

6. Molto Arpeggiosa

7. Miracle of Life

8. Wizard

9. Preludium

10. Wild One

11. Tarot

12. Instrumental Institution

13. War to End All Wars

14. Treasure from the East [*]

15. Requiem [*]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Asian edition of his 2000 album. 15 tracks in all including two bonus tracks, 'Treasure From The East' and 'Requiem'.

Tracks:

100,000 People
Target Destruction
Revolution in the Pentagon
Low Evil
Blind Moles
Behind the Moon
November 1, 1967
IBM Punch Cards
The War to End All Wars
Statistical Control
A New Weapon
Damned If I Dont
The Family
Chengtu
Dominoes
67 Cities
Rolling Thunder
Invitation
Success
Data
Across the World
5 Weeks
Norman Morrison
Snowing
Gulf of Tonkin
Return From Vietnam
Private and Public
Unilateralism
Why Are We Here?
Evil Grade
Body Count
The Light That Failed
No Second Chance
The Fog of War

Album Description

Errol Morris' adroitly assembled documentary film "The Fog of War" examines the career of Robert S. McNamara-- United States Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and whose tenure includes the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crises. Combining excerpts from 26 hours of interviews with McNamara, archival footage, filmed recreations, as well as newly declassified White House recordings Morris' filmmaking illuminates a national past that ominously parallels the contemporary political present. Morris reveals what previous biographies failed to investigate—the relationship between McNamara and the infamous United States General Curtis LeMay and their involvement in the firebombing of Tokyo—along with 67 other Japanese cities—in 1945. Errol Morris states "The easy thing to say would be McNamara is a bad guy, he did all these bad things...the story is more complex and far more interesting than I imagined. The disturbing thing is that this was a man with real ethical dimension who did something terrible."

As with music previously contributed to Morris' films, Philip Glass' score to "The Fog of War" effortlessly supports and enhances the film. The music, at times lyrical and at other times intense, deepens the horrifying images of war, highlighting the ambiguities of McNamara's character—and the consequences of his actions. Glass' music reinforces Morris' effort to understand the difficult ethical questions about governing and power raised by "The Fog of War".

Album Description

The acclaimed composer's score to the 2003 documentary by Errol Morris, their third collaboration. The film is subtitled ''11 Songs From The Life of Robert S. McNamara. Orange Mountain Music.

Customer Reviews:

(G)lassy.......2007-07-28

Some people hear things others never do. Of these, a few write them down. Of these, a small number create a theme and variations upon it that cohere and enthrall.

Philip Glass belongs to this minute group of human beings. Fortunately for us, recorded music exists to make his work available to all and at any time. His soundtrack for the Errol Morros documentary on Robert McNamara is a lesson in how to create film music that unobtrusively ups the ante of the film it graces.

Glass' score both intensifies and accelerates the movie. It is nearly impossible for one not to experience a quickened pulse when Glass pulls together--of all things, a snare drum, a bit of low brass, and a flute.

Ah, that flute. It floats in and out of track after track, bereft of its customary vibrato, a penetrating, entrancing reminder that something serious is going on in the film. It is a masterful use of a small, metal pipe. At the command of Glass, the humble flute and its younger brother the piccolo punch considerably above their weight.

Who could write such a work? Probably only Philip Glass.

The movie's pretty good, too.

Excellent.......2006-08-09

Intriguing historical account of MacNamara- what he was thinking, what he did not say during two administrations involved in the Viet Name war. Use of film footage and Philip Glass' eerie and ominous soundtrack further developed the power of this film.

The film was great, but the score made it outstanding. .......2004-08-05

Ever thought about what it would be like to watch a film with no muscial score? I have and I did for this documentary. Believe me when I write this, there's no way this film would have been as good without Glass' melodic brutality looming in the background.

Glass does something wonderful with this score; he gives war, uncertainty, doubt and fear a musical element, an audible personality that captures each bomb, burnt building and ominous threat in complete perfection, leaving your ears and your mind in a state of disbelief and amazement, thinking to yourself, "Wow, that music fits this segment like a glove."

The Thin Blue Line score made me an instant Glass fan but this score made me borderline Glass fanatic.

In my opinion, he surpasses Carter Burwell in the category of most unflinching film composer.......by a long shot.

A Great Soundtrack for a Great Film.......2004-05-24

Errol Morris is the best documentary film maker ever and The Fog of War is his crowning achievement. The film explores the complexity of war and how it evolves. There is no political bias or agenda here...just plain truth and facts. Great work. Equal to the task is Phillip Glass's soundtrack. The music is haunting and eerie.

ANOTHER GREAT GLASS SCORE!.......2004-03-31

I'll keep this review short, just like the length of the pieces on the CD. This is yet another great score by Glass, and superbly recorded as well. Glass uses his classic strings and percussion to great effect and oftentimes great surprise as well.

This score has more variety than Glass's score for another Morris film, "The Thin Blue Line". By the way, will "The Thin Blue Line" ever get released on DVD?

The pieces are all short ones, which makes it an easier listen for Glass newbies I would imagine, but I would have preferred a few longer pieces- all the short pieces make it sound like "Glass fragments"- on some pieces once Glass gets going he has to come to a stop.

Tracks:

Prophet Of Doom
Crucify
Bad Reputation
Catch 22
Masquerade
Molto Arpeggiosa (Instrumental)
Miracle Of Life
The Wizard
Preludium (Instrumental)
Wild One
Tarot
Instrumental Institution (Instrumental)
War To End All Wars
Black Sheep Of The Family (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

Album is great, actually one of Yngwie's best, but the mix and production are the worst ever!!!.......2007-04-24

I love the songs on this. Yngwie's playing is great as well. However, the mix and production are the worst of any CD I've ever heard. What the heck is wrong with Yngwie on this?

War would probably be more fun than this album.......2006-08-21

Man, the adjectives just come flowing out of me in relation to this album. So many in fact that I think I'm gonna do a little dictionary kinda thang here. I'm going to put down a descriptive word and give you it's special meaning in relation to this album:

Ridiculous - Booklet art. I mean look at the back cover. There is a picture of a suit of armour with Yngwies head superimposed over it. Or did he actually dress up like this.

Pompous - The other photos - the guy smiles in a total of one of them, in all the others he's got this studied look and in one he's got a sword in one hand and a guitar in the other. Is he trying to be Rhapsody?

Neoclassical - If you don't know what this means your reading the wrong review. For those in the know, yep this is more of the same in the very worst possible sense.

One dimensional - OK that's cheating cos it's two words. But it sums up this album - it's full of neoclassical runs for the sake of it without any imagination. Understated riffs that are barely worthy of the name except for Bad Reputation which ain't a Thin Lizzy cover alas. More gothic lyrics (get a life - look out your window and think of something to write about). And of course we get instrumentals with stupid Latin names, just in case he wasn't pretentious enough.

Desperate - "Cover art used by special arrangement with legendary artist Frank Frazetta". Seriously, the cover art got more attention for this nonsense than the tunes. And it ain't any wonderful thing anyway. The cover in question has two pseudo fantasy/medieval dudes getting, well getting medieval on each other. The artist apparently does covers etc for Conan comics or somesuch. Cool if Yngwie was Rhapsody or Dragonforce. And if his fan base was 15-20, however methinks that most of his (dwindling) fanbase is probably more like 30-35 so how about we get some maturity in outlook/lyrics etc? The whole 'I'll get you with my axe blah blah blah' and 'you'll never defeat me, don't you see/my arpeggio will bring you low'. What a lot of... well I can't say given the family viewing timeslot we're in!

This album is pretty dire. Facing the Animal was good, no question about that. And Live!! was a well times piece of party rawk rock. So what went wrong here? I own every darn studio LP by this guy and have copped heaps of flak for it over the years from mates. But now even I'm starting to wonder (actually I did continue buying his albums - Attack!! plumbing even lower depths but that's a story for another review).

For anyone who cares by this point the band here is John Macaluso (D), Mats Oluasson (keys) and Mark Boals on vox. Here the man sounds broken in voice, toiling with a powerless voice that's only useful for high end straining. Actually it's weird to see him back in the fold but obviously Yngwie had gone through all his vocalist options and was starting at the top of the list again. But to be fair to Boals I've heard his efforts on the Lapse of Reality album and he sounded great there. So what's the go here?

I fully expect a raft of negative votes for this review, hey if it makes you feel better go ahead. Just don't blame me if you blow your dough on this and discover that this album does indeed give a new meaning to the word unloveable. Darn it all, as a young pup I used to buy any mag with an Yngwie article... what went wrong ...

At least the last track is genuinely amusing. Hey you deserve something to smile about if you make it all the way to the end of this record.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE YNGWIE, GO TO HELL!!!.......2006-02-06

I'm sick of y'all bashing my man Yngwie J. Malmsteen, I like this album so much, I bought the Imported version and the US version at one of his shows. Me myself, being a guitar player, I have to say that WAR TO END ALL WARS is one of the rawest Yngwie albums out there, so unless you've been to one of his shows and got to meet him, please don't be quick to judge a book by it's cover. In fact, I dare anyone to challenge Yngwie Malmsteen to a shred off competition, CHALLENGE HIM!!!!
Al-eyet?!!

Bloody x-cellent !!!!!!!!!!.......2005-05-05

I have no problem @ ALL w/ the production of this gem (it just suits the music just fine...).
The songs are all very strong (w/ the exception of the bonus track 'Black Sheep' which is just plain silly)...
Hell, I even prefer this release over Alchemy.
Yngwie RULES !!

Yngwie Who?.......2005-03-07

This album in no way resembles Malmsteen's unbelievable playing of the '80's! Yawn is right!! Worst mix ever!! (my grandmother can do a better mix!...and she's dead!)The lead vocals are torturous to listen to! Why can't someone as talented as Malmsteen come up with better songs? and better solo's? Nevermind the ridiculous lyrics!!
Been there...heard that!.. remember his song "Deja Vu"? ...I have that feeling every time I hear his solo's!. How many of the same scale patterns do we have to endure before we all roll our eyes into the backs of our heads??(granted that they ARE fast and, for the most part, clean) This album has all of the makings of a carelessly put together "rush job" for some quick $$.
Unlistenable garbage that's not worth the plastic it was recorded on.The only thing this "CD" is good for is a......FRISBEE!! Don't waste your money or your time on this trash! Malmsteen....you should be ashamed of yourself ! Maybe less time teasing your mop and more time in a practice room will put that much needed creativity back into your solo's. YNGWIE WHO?????....NOW IT'S TRUE!!!

Average customer rating:

The most explosive guitar but...
Mostly good.
Excellent but not worth it

War to End All Wars
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
Manufacturer: Pony Canyon Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056C70
Release Date: 2000-11-22

Tracks:

Prophet of Doom
Crucify
Bad Reputation
Catch 22
Masquerade
Molto Arpeggiosa [Instrumental]
Miracle of Life
Wizard
Preludium [Instrumental]
Wild One
Tarot
Instru-Mental Institution [Instrumental]
War to End All Wars
Treasure from the East [*]
Requiem [*]

Album Description

Japanese edition of his 2000 album includes a special guitar pic available with the first pressing only. 15 tracks in all including two bonus tracks, instrumental versions of 'Treasure From The East' and 'Requiem'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Album Details

Japanese release featuring Two bonus tracks: Treasure from the East, & Requiem. Initial pressings inlude a limited edition guitar pick.

Customer Reviews:

The most explosive guitar but..........2003-03-06

I've listened all discography of Yngwie Malmsteen, personally I hate when the "magazines" said: obviously had to be M. Voals the singer, the best who Yngwie ever had! I think the best vocalist is Jeff S. Sotto, for example you can star to buy MARCHING OUT or INSPIRATION (tracks 1,3,6). Even with this vocalist, this is the most explosive guitar album.

Mostly good........2001-12-26

Let me put it this way: I would not buy this album on the merits of the vocalist alone. Why? Because, in my opinion, the vocalist quite frankly sucks. And no offense to Yngwie, but he should stick to guitar, because the lyrics suck, too. Fortunately for the album and the listeners, the music more than compensates for the poor singing. Obviously, Yngwie's guitar is the focal point of the album, and it is, as usual, superb. The drumming and keyboards are also fairly good, though nothing to write home about. This is a good album, regardless.

Excellent but not worth it.......2001-02-15

It is the same as the european edition, except that it has two tracks instead of Black Sheep of the Family. The pick isn't included.

Tracks:

Prophet of Doom
Crucify
Bad Reputation
Catch 22
Masquerade
Molto Arpeggiosa
Miracle of Life
Wizard
Preludium
Wild One
Tarot
Instrumental Institution
War to End All Wars
Treasure from the East [*]
Requiem [*]

Average customer rating:

This means War!!

War to End All Wars
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Pony Canyon Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006IT3Y
Release Date: 2002-09-02

Tracks:

Prophet Of Doom
Crucify
Bad Reputation
Catch 22
Masquerade
Molto Arpeggiosa
Miracle Of Life
The Wizard
Preludium
Wild One
Tarot
Instru Mental Institution
War To End All Wars
Treasure From The East (Bonus Track)
Requiem (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Asian edition of his 2000 album. 15 tracks in all including two bonus tracks, 'Treasure From The East' and 'Requiem'.

Album Details

Asian Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: "Treasure from the East", and "Requiem".

Customer Reviews:

This means War!!.......2002-10-29

This album has taken some frightful criticism, and I can't for the life of me see why. Many bemoan the production quality, which I admit is a little raw, but that is in keeping with the style of the album as far as I am concerned. This is a very aggressive album from the beginning, in keeping with Yngwie's current musical direction. As usual though, he manages to blend aggression with melody, and there are several "sing-along", commercial sounding rockers here, "Bad Reputation" and "Masquerade" being most notable. Some of the guitar playing on this album is truly frightening, Yngwie reaches new peaks all the time. "Crucify" is a very aggressive track, although even that is not as aggressive as the merciless title track. "The Wizard" contains some of the finest playing you are ever likely to hear, just mind boggling. The Asian version is well worth getting for one of the bonus instrumentals, "Treasure From The East", which is surely one of Yngwie's greatest ever compositions. If you're a fan of quality rock with a harder edge and incredible musicianship, this is the album for you.

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War To End All Wars
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Dream Catcher
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LYD976

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War to End All Wars
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DERE6
Release Date: 2001-12-06

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War to End All Wars
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002B6RBS
Release Date: 2000-11-20

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War To End All Wars [Japanese Edition]
Malmsteen , and Yngwie
Manufacturer: Pony Canyon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LX86DE

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