is the second studio

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by Japanese heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1982. The American Daniel McClendon (brother of

Tommy McClendon Tommy McClendon, also known by his stage name, Atomik Tommy M, is a Japanese born American musician, best known for his work with UFO from 1984-1988. Early life McClendon was born in Yokohama, Japan, and moved to Stockton, California when he ...

) was called to engineer the sound of this album, because there was no Japanese technician experienced enough in heavy metal records at the time. The album won the award for Best Heavy Metal record of the year in Japan. The reissue in CD of 2005 contains two bonus tracks, coming from the second single of the band.

Track listing

All music by

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 ...

, 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 ...

;Side one #"Lonely Player" - 4:51 #"Angel Dust" - 4:47 #"After Illusion" - 5:59 #"Girl" - 2:34 ;Side two #

"Hard Workin'" - 3:30 #"Loving Maid" - 4:55 #"Rock the Nation" - 3:23 #"Devil Soldier" - 7:08 ;2005 Japanese CD edition bonus tracks #

"Geraldine" - 4:00 #"Lonely Player" (live) - 5:02

Personnel

;Loudness *

- vocals *

- 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 *

Daiko Nagato is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer and composer. He's more known as a founder of music company Being Inc., which provided million seller hits during the 1990s and with his music company provided more than 80 theme songs for ...

- producer *Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing *Kenichi Kishi, Masao Nakajima - label executives *Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devil Soldier 1982 albums Loudness (band) albums Nippon Columbia albums Japanese-language albums Albums produced by Daiko Nagato