{{about|the Yngwie J. Malmsteen album|the song by Nas|Illmatic}} {{Infobox album | name = The Genesis | type = Album | artist = Yngwie J. Malmsteen | cover = Yngwie_Genesis.jpg | alt = | released = 24 December 2002 | recorded = 1980 | venue = | studio = | genre = Neoclassical metal | length = 1:09:16 | label = Pony Canyon | producer = | prev_title = War to End All Wars | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Attack!! | next_year = 2002 }}

'''''The Genesis''''' is a 2002 album released by Yngwie J. Malmsteen.<ref name="tengner"/> It consists of very early recordings (around the time when Malmsteen was seventeen years old), and many of these tracks were reworked for compositions on albums throughout his career. This album is the official version of an album released by Marcel Jacob, ''Birth of the Sun'', which was based on a 1978 demo of Malmsteen's.<ref name="tengner">{{Cite book|language=sv|title=Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Såsom i himmelen, så ock på jorden |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=917523016X|isbn=917523016X |author=Anders Tengner|year=2013}}</ref>

{{Album reviews |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r622707|pure_url=yes}} link] }}

==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Birth of the Sun | writer1 = Yngwie J. Malmsteen | length1 = 9:25 | title2 = Plague in Lucifer's Mind | writer2 = Malmsteen | length2 = 4:30 | title3 = Dying Man | writer3 = Malmsteen | length3 = 8:47 | title4 = Black Magic Suite Op.3 | writer4 = Malmsteen | length4 = 12:53 | title5 = Merlin's Castle | writer5 = Malmsteen | length5 = 4:55 | title6 = Voodoo Nights | writer6 = Malmsteen | length6 = 8:42 | title7 = Hello | note7 = Malmsteen's voice message | writer7 = Malmsteen | length7 = 1:51 | title8 = Voodoo Child | writer8 = Jimi Hendrix | length8 = 12:18 | title9 = On a Serious Note | writer9 = Malmsteen | length9 = 5:55 }}

==Personnel== *Yngwie J. Malmsteen - guitars, bass guitar, vocals *Marcel Jacob - bass guitar (According to the liner notes, Malmsteen later re-recorded the bass himself). *Zepp Urgard - drums

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