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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
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]
Track listing
All music by Akira Takasaki, all lyrics by Minoru Niihara
- 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
- 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
- ^ 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.
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