is the seventeenth studio
album
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by the Japanese
metal
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band
Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjectivity, subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as, "That attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The rel ...
. It was released only in Japan, in 2002.
Track listing
All lyrics by
Minoru Niihara
is a Japanese singer. He is the original and current lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Loudness.
His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly ...
, music as indicated.
#"Hellrider"
(Akira Takasaki
is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Career
He started his ...
& Loudness) - 5:30
#"Biosphere"
(Masayoshi Yamashita & Loudness) - 3:52
#"Savior"
(Yamashita & Loudness) - 3:44
#"My Precious"
(Takasaki & Loudness) - 5:08
#"Wind from Tibet"
(Yamashita & Loudness) - 5:39
#"System Crush"
(Yamashita & Loudness) - 4:23
#"The Night Is Still Young"
(Takasaki & Loudness) - 4:37
#"Shame on You"
(Yamashita & Loudness) - 5:53
#"Break My Mind"
(Munetaka Higuchi
(December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the heavy metal band Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of Lazy in the 1970s.
Career
From a ...
& Loudness) - 4:30
#"So Beautiful"
(Yamashita & Loudness) - 4:53
#"For You"
(Niihara & Loudness) - 6:53
Personnel
;Loudness
*
Minoru Niihara
is a Japanese singer. He is the original and current lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Loudness.
His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly ...
- vocals
*
Akira Takasaki
is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Career
He started his ...
- guitars
*Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
*
Munetaka Higuchi
(December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the heavy metal band Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of Lazy in the 1970s.
Career
From a ...
- drums
;Production
*Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
*Kazumi Tokue, Nobuko Shimura, Tadashi Hashimoto - assistant engineers
*Yoichi Aikawa - mastering
*Nobuo Naka, Yukichi Kawaguchi - supervisors
*Noricazu Shimano - executive producer
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biosphere
2002 albums
Loudness (band) albums
Japanese-language albums
Tokuma Shoten albums