Loudness discography
Appearance
This is the discography of Loudness, a pioneering heavy metal band formed in 1981 in Osaka Japan. It consists of 26 studio albums, three EPs, eight live albums, 15 singles and 16 compilation albums, thus making Loudness one of the world's most prolific heavy metal bands.
Discography
Studio albums
- The Birthday Eve (1981)
- Devil Soldier (1982)
- The Law of Devil's Land (1983)
- Disillusion (1984)
- Disillusion (1984) - English version
- Thunder in the East (1985) No. 74 (US)
- Shadows of War (1986)
- Lightning Strikes (1986) - U.S. Remix of Shadows of War No. 64 (US)
- Hurricane Eyes (1987) No. 190 (US)
- Hurricane Eyes (1987) - Japanese Version
- Soldier of Fortune (1989) No. 18 (JPN)
- On the Prowl (1991) No. 7 (JPN)
- Loudness (1992) No. 2 (JPN)
- Heavy Metal Hippies (1994) No. 29 (JPN)
- Ghetto Machine (1997) No. 65 (JPN)
- Dragon (1998) No. 49 (JPN)
- Engine (1999) No. 48 (JPN)
- Spiritual Canoe (2001) No. 20 (JPN)
- Pandemonium (2001) No. 27 (JPN)
- Biosphere (2002) No. 45 (JPN)
- Terror (2004) No. 88 (JPN)
- Racing (2004) No. 60 (JPN)
- Breaking the Taboo (2006) No. 129 (JPN)
- Metal Mad (2008) No. 51 (JPN)
- The Everlasting (2009) No. 42 (JPN)
- King of Pain (2010) No. 21 (JPN)
- Eve to Dawn (2011) No. 36 (JPN)
- 2012 (2012) No. 33 (JPN)
- The Sun Will Rise Again (2014)
- Rise to Glory (2018)
EPs
- Road Racer (1983)
- Odin (1985)
- Risky Woman (1986)
- Jealousy (1988)
- Slap in the Face (1991)
Live albums
- Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo (1983)
- 8186 Live (1986)
- Once and for All (1993)
- Loud 'n' Raw (1995)
- Eurobounds (2000)
- The Soldier's Just Came Back (2001)
- Loudness Live 2002 (2003)
- Live Loudest at the Budokan '91 (2009)
- 8186 Now and Then (2017)
- Loudness World Tour 2018 Rise to Glory (2019)
Compilations
- Never Stay Here, Never Forget You (1986)
- Early Singles (1989)
- A Lesson in Loudness (1989)
- Loudest (1991)
- Loudest Ballads (1991)
- Loud 'N' Rare (1991)
- Best Songs (1995)
- Masters of Loudness (1996)
- Very Best of Loudness (1997)
- Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years (2001)
- Re-Masterpieces (2002)
- RockShocks (2004)
- The Best of Reunion (2005)
- Loudness Complete Box (2007)
- Loudness Best Tracks: Columbia Years (2012)
- Loudness Best Tracks: Warner Years (2012)
- Loudness Best Tracks: Tokuma Japan Years (2012)
- Samsara Flight (2016)
Singles
- "Burning Love" (1982)[1]
- "Geraldine" (1983)
- "Road Racer" (1983)
- "Road Racer" (1983) - English version
- "Shinkiro [蜃気楼]" (1983)
- "Crazy Doctor" (1984)
- "Milky Way" (1984)
- "Gotta Fight" (1985)
- "Crazy Nights" (1985)
- "Let It Go" (1986)
- "Let It Go" (1986) - English version
- "Risky Woman" (1986)
- "Losing You" (1987)
- "Silent Sword" (1987) - English Version of "Losing You"
- "So Lonely" (1987)
- "Long Distance Love" (1987)
- "Dreamer & Screamer" (1989)
- "You Shook Me" (1989)
- "Down 'n' Dirty" (1989)
- "Sleepless Nights" (1991) - Promo Only
- "In the Mirror" (1991)
- "Black Widow" (1992)
- "Slaughter House" (1992)
- "Electric Kisses" (1994)
- "Crazy Samurai" (2004)
- "The Battleship Musashi" (2005)
- "The Eternal Soldiers" (2010)
Videography
Home videos
- Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo (1983)
- Eurobounds (1984)
- Thunder In The East Vol. I (1985)
- Thunder In The East Vol. II (1985)
- Live in Tokyo - Lightning Strikes (1986)
- Video Loudest (1991)
- Black Widow - Once and for All (1992)
- Welcome to the Slaughterhouse (1992)
- The Soldier's Just Came Back - Live Best (2001)
- Loudness Live: Loudness Presents Loud'n Fest Vol.1 at Club Citta (2002) - official bootleg, series 1
- 20th Anniversary Pandemonium Tour: Live @ NHK Hall 2001.11.25 (2002)
- Live Biosphere (2003)
- Loudness Live Terror 2004 (2004)
- Rock-Shocking the Nation (2005)
- Loudness Live in Germany - limited edition (2005)
- Loudness Live in Seoul (2005) - official bootleg, series 2
- Loudness in America '06 (2006)
- Thanks 25th Anniversary: Loudness Live at International Forum (2006)
- Liveshocks 2008 (2008) - official bootleg, series 3
- The Legend of Loudness - Live Complete Best (2008)
- Munetaka Higuchi Forever Our Hero (2009)
- Classic Loudness Live 2009 Japan Tour the Birthday Eve - Thunder in the East (2010)
References
- ^ "Loudness Discography". Lightning Strikes Loudly. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2010.