is the nineteenth studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by the Japanese heavy metal band

Loudness In acoustics, loudness is the subjectivity, subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as the "attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The relat ...

. 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. 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.

Track listings

Music by

Akira Takasaki is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s. Career He started his ...

, lyrics by

Minoru Niihara is a Japanese singer. He is the original and current lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Loudness. His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly ...

Japanese release

#"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

#"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

;Loudness *

- vocals *

- guitars *Masayoshi Yamashita - bass *

Munetaka Higuchi (December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Loudness (band), Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of La ...

- 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

2004 albums Loudness (band) albums 2000s Japanese-language albums Tokuma Shoten albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub