''The Birthday Eve'' is the first studio

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by Japanese heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1981 only in Japan. The 24bit digitally remastered Japanese limited edition CD includes two additional tracks not on the original release, coming from the first single of the band. The success of the album was measured by Loudness' sold out debut concert at

Asakusa is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the location of the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as the . History The ...

International Theater, in front of an audience of 2.700.

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 # "Loudness" - 5:10 # "Sexy Woman" - 5:40 # "Open Your Eyes" - 4:32 # "Street Woman" - 5:17 ;Side two #

"To Be Demon" - 6:07 # "I'm on Fire" - 3:41 # "High Try" - 5:07 # "Rock Shock (More and More)" - 4:56 ;2005 Japanese CD edition bonus tracks #

"Burning Love" - 3:57 # "Bad News" - 4:27

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 *Seigen Ono - engineer, mixing *Kenichi Kishi, Masao Nakajima - label executives *Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Birthday Eve, The 1981 debut albums Loudness (band) albums Nippon Columbia albums Japanese-language albums Albums produced by Daiko Nagato