The Birthday Eve

by Loudness

The Birthday Eve cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 November 1981
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 40:33
  • Community rating: 3.13/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Masayoshi Yamashita, Munetaka Higuchi, Akira Takasaki, Daikoh Nagato, Minoru Niihara

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Formed by former Lazy members Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi, Loudness delivered a monumental debut that essentially birthed the Japanese heavy metal scene. 'The Birthday Eve' showcases Takasaki's blistering, classically influenced fretwork and a raw, high-energy aggression that immediately set the standard for Eastern hard rock.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. LOUDNESS (5:10)
  2. SEXY WOMAN (5:40)
  3. OPEN YOUR EYES (4:32)
  4. STREET WOMAN (5:17)
  5. TO BE DEMON (6:07)
  6. I'M ON FIRE (3:41)
  7. HIGH TRY (5:07)
  8. ROCK SHOCK (MORE AND MORE) (4:56)

Credits

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