Loudness (album)

Loudness
Studio album by Loudness
Released June 10, 1992
Genre Heavy metal
Length 46:43
Label Warner Music Japan
Producer Akira Takasaki, Jody Gray (vocal production)
Loudness chronology
On the Prowl
(1991)		 Loudness
(1992)		 Once and for All
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
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Loudness is the tenth studio album by Japanese band Loudness. It was released in 1992 only in Japan, after the band had terminated the recording contracts with US labels. Original bass player Masayoshi Yamashita was replaced with Taiji Sawada and the American vocalist Mike Vescera with former Ezo singer Masaki Yamada. The sound of this album is much more aggressive and the rhythms much faster than the preceding offerings from the band. This fact has been interpreted as a reaction by composer and producer Takasaki to the many compromises he had to accept by US managers and producers to remain in the record market in the USA[1].

Track listing

  1. "Pray for the Dead" - 4:15[2]
  2. "Slaughter House" - 3:53
  3. "Waking the Dead" - 3:55
  4. "Black Widow" - 4:50
  5. "Racing the Wind" - 4:04
  6. "Love Kills" - 5:14
  7. "Hell Bites (From the Edge of Insanity)" - 5:54
  8. "Everyone Lies" - 4:43
  9. "Twisted" - 5:20
  10. "Firestorm" - 4:49

All music by Akira Takasaki except "Everyone Lies" by Masayoshi Yamashita. Lyrics by Masaki Yamada and Jody Gray.

Band members

References

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness Loudness review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/loudness-r555555/review. Retrieved 2011-07-13. 
  2. ^ "Loudness - Loudness". Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=17972. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
Loudness
Minoru Niihara • Akira Takasaki • Masayoshi Yamashita • Masayuki Suzuki
Munetaka Higuchi • Mike Vescera • Masaki Yamada • Hirotsugu Homma • Naoto Shibata • Taiji Sawada
Studio albums
EPs
Odin • Jealousy • Slap in the Face
Live albums
Compilations
Never Stay Here, Never Forget You • Early Singles • A Lesson in Loudness • Loudest • Loudest Ballads • Loud 'N' Rare • Best Songs • Masters of Loudness • Very Best of Loudness • Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years • Re-Masterpieces • RockShocks • The Best of Reunion • Loudness Complete Box
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