Hurricane Eyes is the seventh studio album

Album

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 by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Loudness

Loudness (band)

is a Japan-based heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese heavy metal act signed to a major label in the United States, releasing twenty-three studio albums...

. It was released in 1987 worldwide with standard English lyrics. A "Japanese Version" was subsequently released in only in Japan later in the year with Niihara singing most of the lyrics in Japanese.
The album was produced by the famous producer and sound engineer Eddie Kramer

Eddie Kramer

Edwin H. Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss , Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.-1960s:Eddie...

, who had worked with the likes of The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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 and Kiss

KISS (band)

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. The song "So Lonely", a reworked version of "Ares Lament" from the album Disillusion of 1984, was instead produced by Andy Johns

Andy Johns

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, another world famous producer. This was the last Loudness' album to enter the US Billboard 200

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 chart, where it remained for 4 weeks, peaking at #190.

Track listing (Japanese Version)

1. "Strike of the Sword" - 3:52
2. "So Lonely" - 4:46
3. "This Lonely Heart" - 4:05
4. "Hungry Hunter" - 4:08
5. "In This World Beyond" - 4:27
6. "Take Me Home" - 3:18
7. "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" - 4:40
8. "In My Dreams" - 4:40
9. "Rock This Way" - 4:07
10. "S.D.I." - 4:21

Track listing (Worldwide version)

1. "S.D.I." - 4:15
2. "This Lonely Heart" - 4:08
3. "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" - 4:22
4. "In My Dreams" - 4:30
5. "Take Me Home" - 3:16
6. "Strike of the Sword" - 3:50
7. "Rock This Way" - 4:07
8. "In This World Beyond" - 4:26
9. "Hungry Hunter" - 4:08
10. "So Lonely" - 4:43

All tracks are credited to Loudness

Loudness

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Band members

• Minoru Niihara
  Minoru Niihara
  is the original and current lead singer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly his voice to the high pitch tones requested in a heavy metal act...
  
   - vocals
• Akira Takasaki
  Akira Takasaki
  is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.-Career:He started his career as a guitarist, winning a TV contest for young music talents at the age of 14. He was rapidly put under contract to be part of the pop-rock band Lazy, of which drummer Munetaka Higuchi...
  
   - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita
  Masayoshi Yamashita
  is the original and current bass guitarist of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.He first started playing bass in a band called Black Rose...
  
   - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi
  Munetaka Higuchi
  was the original drummer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.Since very young, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band...
  
   - drums

Additional musicians

• Steve Johnstad - background vocals
• David Glen Eisley
  David Glen Eisley
  David Glen Eisley is an American actor and musician.Eisley was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Anthony Eisley. While in high school, he played drums for the band Mammoth, an Iron Butterfly cover band. He has been in the AOR bands Giuffria and Dirty White Boy...
  
   - background vocals
• Tod Howarth
  Tod Howarth
  Tod Howarth is an American rock and roll musician best known as the vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist for the short-lived band Frehley's Comet, led by former KISS guitarist, Ace Frehley...
  
   - background vocals
• Gregg Giuffria
  Gregg Giuffria
  Gregg Giuffria is an American rock keyboardist. He was the keyboardist for heavy metal bands, Angel, and House of Lords, and arena rock band, Giuffria....
  
   - keyboards

Production

• Eddie Kramer
  Eddie Kramer
  Edwin H. Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss , Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.-1960s:Eddie...
  
   - producer, engineer, mixing
• Tory Swenson - engineer
• Thom Cadley, Hidemi Nakatani, Masachi Goto - assistant engineers
• Scott Mabuchi - mixing
• Andy Johns
  Andy Johns
  Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
  
   - producer on "So Lonely"
• Bill Freesh - engineer on "So Lonely"
• Ted Jensen
  Ted Jensen
  Ted Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
  
  - mastering