Devil Soldier

Devil Soldier
Studio album by Loudness
Released	July 21, 1982
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	37:06
Label	Nippon Columbia
Producer	Loudness
Loudness chronology
The Birthday Eve (1981) Devil Soldier (1982) The Law of Devil's Land (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Devil Soldier is the second studio album by Japanese band Loudness.^[2] 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.^[3][4] The album won the award for Best Heavy Metal record of the year in Japan.^[5] 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

1. "Lonely Player" - 4:51
2. "Angel Dust" - 4:47
3. "After Illusion" - 5:59
4. "Girl" - 2:34
5. "Hard Workin'" - 3:30
6. "Loving Maid" - 4:55
7. "Rock the Nation" - 3:23
8. "Devil Soldier" - 7:08

Extra tracks in Japanese CD reissue 2005

1. "Geraldine"
2. "Lonely Player (live)"

Personnel

Band members

• Minoru Niihara - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi - drums

Production

• Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness Devil Soldier review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
2. "Loudness - Devil Soldier". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
3. Cahoon, Keith (2004-11-19). "Loudness Profile". Nippop.com. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
4. "Loudness Biography". Doom Radio.net. 2005. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
5. "Loudness Special" (in Italian). Musica Follia.com. 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-21. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)