Facing the Animal

Facing The Animal
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released	1997
Recorded	Studio 308 and Criteria Studios in Miami
Genre	Neoclassical metal, heavy metal
Length	59:33
Label	Pony Canyon
Producer	Yngwie Malmsteen, Chris Tsangarides
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Inspiration (1996) Facing The Animal (1997) Double Live (1998)
Alternative cover
United States edition

Facing the Animal is the tenth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1997 through Pony Canyon (Japan) and Mercury Records (United States). The album reached No. 20 on the Finnish albums chart and No. 39 on the Swedish albums chart.^[1]

Although credited to Malmsteen, "Air on a Theme" is an arrangement of the second movement (Largo) of Antonio Vivaldi's "Piccolo Concerto in C Major (RV443)". Facing the Animal features one of drummer Cozy Powell's last performances before his death in April 1998.