RockShocks
2004 compilation album by Loudness
Rockshocks | ||||
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Compilation album by Loudness | ||||
Released | September 27, 2004 | |||
Recorded | Paradise Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 63:13 | |||
Language | Japanese / English | |||
Label | Tokuma Japan Crash Music (US) | |||
Producer | Loudness, Junji Tada | |||
Loudness chronology | ||||
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US version cover | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Maximum Metal | (favourable)[1] |
Rockshocks is an album of self-covers by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. The album, released in Japan in 2004, contains tracks taken from the first five studio album of the band from the 1980s, played again with a more modern sound and different musical arrangements than the originals. The album was published in the USA in 2006 by Crash Records, with three bonus tracks taken from the album Racing: "Exultation", "Lunatic" and "R.I.P.".[2]
Track listing
All music by Akira Takasaki, all lyrics by Minoru Niihara
- "Loudness" - 5:05
- "Crazy Doctor" - 4:21
- "In the Mirror" - 3:41
- "Crazy Night" - 4:33
- "Esper" - 3:50
- "Like Hell" - 4:00
- "Lonely Player" - 5:53
- "Street Woman" - 5:40
- "Angel Dust" - 4:32
- "Rock Shock" - 4:47
- "The Lines Are Down" - 5:02
- "Milky Way" - 4:27
- "Mr. Yesman" - 7:22
Personnel
- Loudness
- Minoru Niihara - vocals
- Akira Takasaki - guitars
- Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
- Munetaka Higuchi - drums
- Production
- Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
- Yuki Mitome, Keiko Koizumi - assistant engineers
- Yoichi Aikawa - mastering
- Norikazu Shimano, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
- Junji Tada - executive producer
References
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Loudness
- Akira Takasaki
- Masayoshi Yamashita
- Minoru Niihara
- Masayuki Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Mike Vescera
- Taiji Sawada
- Masaki Yamada
- Hirotsugu Homma
- Naoto Shibata
- Munetaka Higuchi
- The Birthday Eve
- Devil Soldier
- The Law of Devil's Land
- Disillusion
- Thunder in the East
- Shadows of War / Lightning Strikes
- Hurricane Eyes
- Soldier of Fortune
- On the Prowl
- Loudness
- Heavy Metal Hippies
- Ghetto Machine
- Dragon
- Engine
- Spiritual Canoe
- Pandemonium
- Biosphere
- Terror
- Racing
- Breaking the Taboo
- Metal Mad
- The Everlasting
- King of Pain
- Eve to Dawn
- 2・0・1・2
- The Sun Will Rise Again
- Rise to Glory
- Sunburst
- Odin
- Jealousy
- Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
- 8186 Live
- Once and for All
- Loud 'n' Raw
- Eurobounds
- The Soldier's Just Came Back
- Loudness Live 2002
- Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
- RockShocks
- Discography
- Lazy
- Sly
- Ezo
- Anthem
- X Japan