''Hurricane Eyes'' is the seventh studio album by Japanese heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1987 worldwide with standard English lyrics. A "Japanese Version" was subsequently released only in Japan later in the year with Niihara singing most of the lyrics in

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. The album was produced by the famous producer and sound engineer

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, who had worked with the likes of

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and

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. The song "So Lonely", a reprise of "Ares Lament" from the album '' Disillusion'' of 1984, was instead produced by

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, another world-famous producer. This was the last Loudness album to enter the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, where it remained for 4 weeks, peaking at No. 190.

Track listings

Worldwide version

All music by

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, 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 ...

#"S.D.I." – 4:15 #"This Lonely Heart" – 4:08 #"Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" – 4:22 #"In My Dreams" – 4:30 #"Take Me Home" – 3:16 #"Strike of the Sword" – 3:50 #"Rock This Way" – 4:07 #"In This World Beyond" – 4:26 #"Hungry Hunter" – 4:08 #"So Lonely" – 4:43

Japanese version

#"Strike of the Sword" – 3:52 #"So Lonely" – 4:46 #"This Lonely Heart" – 4:05 #"Hungry Hunter" – 4:08 #"In This World Beyond" – 4:27 #"Take Me Home" – 3:18 #"Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" – 4:40 #"In My Dreams" – 4:40 #"Rock This Way" – 4:07 #"S.D.I." – 4:21

Personnel

;Loudness *

– vocals *

– guitars * Masayoshi Yamashita – bass *

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– drums ;Additional musicians *

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– keyboards * Steve "Zeus" Johnstad,

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– background vocals and assistance with English lyrics ;Production *

– producer, engineer, mixing * Tory Swenson – engineer * Thom Cadley, Hidemi Nakatani, Masashi Goto, Stan Katayama – assistant engineers * Scott Mabuchi – mixing *

– producer and mixing on "So Lonely" * Bill Freesh – engineer on "So Lonely" *

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– mastering at

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, New York * Sam Nagashima – coordinator * Toshi Nakashita – executive producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurricane Eyes 1987 albums Loudness (band) albums Albums produced by Eddie Kramer Albums produced by Andy Johns Atco Records albums Warner Music Japan albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios