On the Prowl (Loudness album)

On the Prowl
Studio album by
Loudness
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1991
Recorded1990
StudioLong View Farm Studios, North Brookfield, Massachusetts,
Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, US
GenreHeavy metal, glam metal
Length51:14
LabelAtco, WEA Japan
ProducerLoudness, Mark Dearnley, Tokugen Yamamoto
Loudness chronology
Soldier of Fortune
(1989) 		On the Prowl
(1991) 		Loudness
(1992)
Singles from On the Prowl
  1. "In the Mirror" / "Sleepless Nights"
    Released: April 25, 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

On the Prowl is the ninth studio album released by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It is also their second and last album with American vocalist Michael Vescera, before he left to join Yngwie Malmsteen's band. On the Prowl is mainly a compilation of self-covers of songs from early Loudness' albums, containing only three new songs written by the band. However, Mike Vescera translated and adapted the lyrics of the old songs written by former vocalist Minoru Niihara, to be sung in English.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara, except where noted; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki.

Side one
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Down 'n' Dirty"Michael Vescera4:36
2."Playin' Games"Vescera3:47
3."Love Toys"
  • Vescera
  • Mark Dearnley
4:02
4."Never Again[fn 1]" 5:01
5."Deadly Player[fn 2]" 4:47
6."Take It or Leave It[fn 3]" 4:31
Side two
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Girl[fn 4]" 4:20
2."Long Distance[fn 5]" 4:15
3."In the Mirror[fn 6]" 3:34
4."Sleepless Nights[fn 7]" 4:39
5."Find a Way[fn 8]"Vescera7:31

Personnel

Loudness
Additional musicians
  • Jim Wilkas - keyboards
  • Nat, Gary and Chris Vescera, Marty Earley - backing vocals
Production
  • Mark Dearnley - producer, engineer, mixing at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
  • Charles Paakkari, Chris Rich, Jesse Henderson - assistant engineers
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering
  • George Azuma - supervisor
  • Tokugen Yamamoto - executive producer

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Loudness On the Prowl review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "Loudness - On the Prowl". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Cover of "Silent Sword", the B-side of the single "Risky Woman"
  2. ^ Cover of "Lonely Player", from the album Devil Soldier
  3. ^ Cover of "Milky Way", from the album Disillusion
  4. ^ Cover of the song from the album Devil Soldier
  5. ^ Cover of "Long Distance Love", from the EP Jealousy
  6. ^ Cover of the song from the album The Law of Devil's Land
  7. ^ Cover of the song from the album The Law of Devil's Land
  8. ^ Cover of "To Be Demon", from the album The Birthday Eve
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