Engine (Loudness album) explained

Engine
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loudness
Cover:	Loudness - Engine - Front.jpg
Released:	July 7, 1999
Studio:	TML Studios, Hayward, California, USA, Mod Studio Being, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Heavy metal, speed metal, hard rock, groove metal
Length:	57:27
Label:	Rooms
Producer:	Akira Takasaki, Masao Nakajima
Prev Title:	Dragon
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Spiritual Canoe
Next Year:	2001

Engine is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. Released in 1999, it was the third and final album to feature the lineup of guitarist Akira Takasaki, lead vocalist Masaki Yamada, bassist Naoto Shibata, and drummer Hirotsugu Homma before Takasaki reunited the original lineup in 2001.

Track listing

All music by Akira Takasaki and all lyrics by Masaki Yamada, except "Ace in the Hole" with music by Hirotsugu Homma and lyrics by Kayla Ritt.^[1]

1. "Soul Tone" (instrumental) - 2:43
2. "Bug Killer" - 5:04
3. "Black Biohazard" - 3:55
4. "Twist of Chain" - 3:40
5. "Bad Date (Nothing I Can Do)" - 2:58
6. "Apocalypse" - 4:11
7. "Ace in the Hole" - 4:09
8. "Sweet Dreams" - 4:37
9. "Asylum" - 6:27
10. "Burning Eye Balls" - 4:58
11. "Junk His Head" - 5:51
12. "2008 (Candra 月天)" (instrumental) - 2:47
13. "Coming Home" - 6:07

Personnel

Loudness

• Masaki Yamada - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars, producer
• Naoto Shibata - bass
• Hirotsugu Homma - drums

Production

• Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing
• Masayuki Aihara - engineer on track 1, mixing on tracks 1, 10, 12
• Fumiko Kunou - mastering
• George Azuma - supervisor
• Masao Nakajima - executive producer

References

1. Web site: Loudness - Engine . 2010-04-12 . Encyclopaedia Metallum.