''Loudspeaker'' is the sixth studio album by guitarist
Marty Friedman, released in 2006 in
Japan
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, and 2007 in
United States
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. It entered the Japanese national chart at #33. This marks the first Top 40 chart position for any of his solo albums.
The album features guest performances of
Steve Vai,
Kirito
is a Japanese rock singer and musician. He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Formerly vocalist of the rock band Pierrot, he is now the vocalist of Angelo and also holds a solo career.
Bands
Kirito was initially involved with Pierrot (originall ...
,
John Petrucci,
Jens Johansson,
Mick Karn, Masaki, Ryuichi Nishida, and
Billy Sheehan.
Track listings
Musicians
*Marty Friedman - guitars (all tracks), bass (6,8,9)
*Ryuichi Nishida - drums (1,2,3,4,6,10)
*Jeremy Colson - drums (5,7,8,11)
*Tetsu Mukaiyama - drums (9)
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Billy Sheehan - bass (1,4)
*Masaki - bass (2,3,5,7)
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Mick Karn - bass (10)
*Ikuo - bass (11)
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John Petrucci - lead guitar (3)
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Steve Vai - lead guitar (8)
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Jens Johansson - keyboards (6)
*Geri Soriano-Lightwood - voice (10)
*Ramin Sakurai - manipulation (10)
*Tom Harriman - manipulation (10), string arrangement (11)
Track numbers are shown according to "second" pressing
External links
Loudspeaker Albuminfo from his official English site.
info from his official Japanese site.
Loudspeaker Interview
2006 albums
Instrumental albums
Marty Friedman albums
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