is the third studio album by the Japanese
heavy metal band
Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjectivity, subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as the "attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The relat ...
. It was released in 1983 only in Japan and later distributed in Europe by
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a Dutch–American record label focused on Heavy metal music, heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as ...
.
The CD reissue of 2005 contains two extra songs coming from the English version of the band's third single.
Track listing
Personnel
;Loudness
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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
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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
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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 music, heavy metal band Loudness (band), Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of La ...
- drums
;Additional musicians
*Eve - chorus on track 1
;Production
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Daiko Nagato, Mikio Shimizu - producers
*Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing
*Akira Ohmachi - tape operator
*Kenichi Kishi - label executive
*Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction
See also
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1983 in Japanese music
In 1983 (Shōwa 58), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.
During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.
Awards, conte ...
References
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1983 albums
1983 in Japanese music
Loudness (band) albums
Nippon Columbia albums
1980s Japanese-language albums
Albums produced by Daiko Nagato