is the second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. 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. The album won the award for Best Heavy Metal record of the year in Japan. The reissue in CD of 2005 contains two bonus tracks, coming from the second single of the band.

Track listing

All music by Akira Takasaki, all lyrics by Minoru Niihara

Side one

"Lonely Player" - 4:51

"Angel Dust" - 4:47

"After Illusion" - 5:59

"Girl" - 2:34

Side two

"Hard Workin'" - 3:30

"Loving Maid" - 4:55

"Rock the Nation" - 3:23

"Devil Soldier" - 7:08

2005 Japanese CD edition bonus tracks

"Geraldine" - 4:00

"Lonely Player" (live) - 5:02

Personnel

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

1982 albums

Loudness (band) albums

Nippon Columbia albums

Japanese-language albums

Albums produced by Daiko Nagato

Devil Soldier