Devil Soldier (戦慄の奇蹟, Senritsu no kiseki) is the second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness.[3] It was released in 1982. The American Daniel McClendon (brother of Tommy McClendon) was called to engineer the sound of this album, because there was no Japanese technician experienced enough in heavy metal records at the time.[4][5] The album won the award for Best Heavy Metal record of the year in Japan.[6] The reissue in CD of 2005 contains two bonus tracks, coming from the second single of the band.
| Devil Soldier | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Studio Birdman, Nippon Columbia Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 37:06 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Nippon Columbia | |||
| Producer | Loudness, Daiko Nagato | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lonely Player" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Angel Dust" | 4:47 |
| 3. | "After Illusion" | 5:59 |
| 4. | "Girl" | 2:34 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard Workin'" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Loving Maid" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Rock the Nation" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Devil Soldier" | 7:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Geraldine" | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Lonely Player" (Live) | 5:02 |
Personnel
edit- Loudness
- Minoru Niihara - vocals
- Akira Takasaki - guitars
- Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
- Munetaka Higuchi - drums
- Production
- Daiko Nagato - producer
- Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing
- Kenichi Kishi, Masao Nakajima - label executives
- Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness Devil Soldier 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 - Devil Soldier". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Cahoon, Keith (2004-11-19). "Loudness Profile". Nippop.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "Loudness Biography". Doom Radio.net. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "Loudness Special" (in Italian). Musica Follia.com. 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-21.