Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)
# Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Eclipse is the fifth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1990 through Polydor Records. The album reached No. 112 on the US Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for six weeks, as well as reaching the top 50 in six other countries.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Eclipse 3.5 stars out of 5, describing it as sounding "like a holding pattern—Malmsteen turns in a competent set of neo-classical rockers that achieve radio-ready status better than much of the material on Odyssey, but there isn't anything that sounds new here."

## Track listing

All music is composed by Yngwie Malmsteen.

## Personnel

* Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, guitar synthesizer, Moog Taurus, backing vocals, arrangement, producer
* Göran Edman – lead vocals
* Mats Olausson – keyboard, backing vocals
* Michael Von Knorring – drums
* Svante Henryson – bass, backing vocals

Technical

* Tom Fletcher – engineering, mixing
* Keith Rose – assistant engineer
* Roger Hughes – assistant engineer
* Bob Ludwig – mastering

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Chart performance for Eclipse :

| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 46 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 38 |
| European Albums (IFPI) | 37 |
| Finnish Albums (ÄKT) | 4 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 31 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 11 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 19 |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE) | 20 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 12 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 15 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 43 |
| US Billboard 200 | 112 |
