The Birthday Eve is the first studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. 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.[3] The success of the album was measured by Loudness' sold out debut concert at Asakusa International Theater, in front of an audience of 2.700.[4]
| The Birthday Eve | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 21, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | August–October 1981 | |||
| Studio | Chestnut Studio, Studio Birdman, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 40:04 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Nippon Columbia | |||
| Producer | Loudness, Daiko Nagato | |||
| Loudness chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
| "Burning Love" | ||||
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| Single by Loudness | ||||
| A-side | "Burning Love" | |||
| B-side | "Bad News" | |||
| Released | May 01, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 8:24 | |||
| Label | B&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Akira Takasaki, Minoru Niihara | |||
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Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Loudness" | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Sexy Woman" | 5:40 |
| 3. | "Open Your Eyes" | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Street Woman" | 5:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To Be Demon" | 6:07 |
| 2. | "I'm on Fire" | 3:41 |
| 3. | "High Try" | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Rock Shock (More and More)" | 4:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Burning Love" | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Bad News" | 4:27 |
Personnel
edit- Loudness
- Minoru Niihara - vocals
- Akira Takasaki - guitars
- Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
- Munetaka Higuchi - drums
- Production
- Daiko Nagato - producer
- Seigen Ono - engineer, mixing[5]
- Kenichi Kishi, Masao Nakajima - label executives
- Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness The Birthday Eve review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ "Loudness - The Birthday Eve". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "Loudness Biography". Doom Radio.net. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "The Birthday Eve". Lightning Strikes Loudly. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-03-31.