is the fifteenth 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 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 2001 only in Japan. It also marked the first time since 1988's ''

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'' that the original and classic line-up recorded together.

Track listing

All 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

and Masayoshi Yamashita, except for "Spiritual Canoe" by Takasaki. Lyrics by Niihara, except on tracks 3, 4, 7, 11 by Takasaki #"The Winds of Victory" - 4:41 #"The Hate That Fills My Lonely Cells" - 6:00 #"The End of Earth" - 4:29 #"Stay Wild" - 5:48 #"The Seven Deadly Sins" - 5:31 #"Picture Your Life" - 3:20 #"How Many More Times" - 5:40 #"Touch My Heart" - 5:10 #"Climaxxx" - 4:05 #"A Stroke of Lightning" - 5:13 #"Never Forget You" - 5:00 #"Spiritual Canoe" (instrumental) - 1:32 #"The Power of Love" - 7:06

Personnel

;Loudness *

- vocals *

- guitars *Masayoshi Yamashita - bass *

- drums ;Production *Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing *Tatsuhiko Kaneko - assistant engineer *Hiroyuki Hosaka - mastering *Toshi Nakashita, Eiichi Yamakawa - executive producers

References

2001 albums Loudness (band) albums Nippon Columbia albums 2000s Japanese-language albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub