Racing (音速, Onsoku) is the nineteenth studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2004 in Japan. On April 6, 2005, the band released the English version of the album, the first entirely sung in English since 2001. An international edition was released on August 9, 2005, published by Drakkar, with a different track listing, a different cover and little differences in the production of the solo parts.[2] The album cover marks the return of the band's classic logo, which was originally used from 1985 to 1988. A special international release of the album contains as bonus tracks the entire Rockshocks album of self-covers from the 1980s.[3]
| Racing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 26, 2004 (Japan) April 06, 2005 (Europe) | |||
| Studio | Paradise Studio and Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 67:39 | |||
| Language | Japanese / English | |||
| Label | Tokuma Japan Drakkar (worldwide) | |||
| Producer | Loudness, Junji Tada | |||
| Loudness chronology | ||||
| ||||
| English version cover | ||||
 | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Track listings
editMusic by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara
Japanese release
edit- "Racing" - 00:29
- "Exultation" - 4:42
- "Lunatic" - 4:06
- "Believe It or Not" - 4:52
- "Power Generation" - 4:03
- "Speed Maniac" - 5:19
- "Live for the Moment" - 4:39
- "Crazy Samurai" - 5:21
- "Tomorrow Is Not Promised" - 6:31
- "Telomerase" - 5:50
- "R.I.P." - 5:15
- "Misleading Man" - 6:20
- "Don't Know Nothing" - 6:07
- "Unknown Civilians" - 3:58
International release
edit- "Racing"
- "Exultation"
- "Lunatic"
- "Live for the Moment"
- "Crazy Samurai"
- "Speed Maniac"
- "R.I.P."
- "Telomerase"
- "Tomorrow Is Not Promised"
- "Believe It or Not"
- "Misleading Man"
- "Power Generation"
- "Don't Know Nothing"
- "Unknown Civilians"
Personnel
edit- Loudness
- Minoru Niihara - vocals
- Akira Takasaki - guitars
- Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
- Munetaka Higuchi - drums
- Production
- Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
- Masayoshi Sugai, Yuki Mitome - assistant engineers
- Yoichi Aikawa - mastering
- Norikazu Shimano, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
- Junji Tada - executive producer
References
edit- ^ Prato, Greg. "Loudness Racing review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "Racing". Lightning Strikes Loudly. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Loudness - Racing". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
 | This 2000s metal album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |