| The Birthday Eve | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Loudness |
| Cover: | The Birthday Eve.jpg |
| Released: | November 21, 1981 |
| Recorded: | August–October 1981 |
| Studio: | Chestnut Studio, Studio Birdman, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 40:04 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Nippon Columbia |
| Producer: | Loudness, Daiko Nagato |
| Next Title: | Devil Soldier |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Burning Love | |
| Cover: | Loudness burning love.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Loudness |
| A-Side: | Burning Love |
| B-Side: | Bad News |
| Released: | May 01, 1982 |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 8:24 |
| Label: | B&M |
| Next Title: | Geraldine |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
The Birthday Eve is the first studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 1981 only in Japan. The 24bit digitally remastered Japanese limited edition CD includes two additional tracks not on the original release, coming from the first single of the band.[1] The success of the album was measured by Loudness' sold out debut concert at Asakusa International Theater, in front of an audience of 2.700.[2]