The Birthday Eve

The Birthday Eve
Studio album by Loudness
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
The Birthday Eve (1981) Devil Soldier (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [2]

"Burning Love"
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
Loudness singles chronology
"Burning Love" (1982) "Geraldine" (1983)

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 lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Loudness"	5:10
2.	"Sexy Woman"	5:40
3.	"Open Your Eyes"	4:32
4.	"Street Woman"	5:17

Side two

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

2005 CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Burning Love"	3:57
10.	"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

See also

• 1981 in Japanese music

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness The Birthday Eve review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-07-13.
2. 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.
3. "Loudness - The Birthday Eve". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2010-03-20.
4. "Loudness Biography". Doom Radio.net. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
5. "The Birthday Eve". Lightning Strikes Loudly. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-03-31.