Soldier of Fortune (Loudness album)

Soldier of Fortune is the eighth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, and their first with American vocalist Mike Vescera. It is the band's third album produced by Max Norman after Thunder in the East in 1985 and Lightning Strikes in 1986. The album is co-produced by Fates Warning's producer Roger Probert. Despite the good critical reception and the strong support given by the label, the album failed to chart in the US. The CD contains heavy and fast tracks like "Soldier of Fortune", "You Shook Me", "Red Light Shooter", "Running for Cover", "Faces in the Fire" and "Demon Disease".

A music video for the song "You Shook Me" was made, where the band can be affected by playing at the foot of the famous Hollywood peak, which falls apart specifically before the same sound force.

Track listing
All music by Akira Takasaki. Lyrics are credited to Loudness.


 * 1) "Soldier of Fortune" – 3:55
 * 2) "You Shook Me" – 4:42
 * 3) "Danger of Love" – 5:02
 * 4) "Twenty Five Days from Home" – 4:22
 * 5) "Red Light Shooter" – 4:50
 * 6) "Running for Cover" – 4:21
 * 7) "Lost Without Your Love" – 4:56
 * 8) "Faces in the Fire" – 4:08
 * 9) "Long After Midnight" – 4:38
 * 10) "Demon Disease" – 4:34

Personnel

 * Loudness
 * Michael Vescera – vocals
 * Akira Takasaki – guitars
 * Masayoshi Yamashita – bass
 * Munetaka Higuchi – drums


 * Additional musicians
 * Claude Schnell – keyboards


 * Production
 * Max Norman – producer, mixing
 * Roger Probert – producer
 * Bill Freesh – engineer
 * Charlie Brocco, Steve Sisco, Dave Carpenter, Joe Barresi, Pat MacDougall, Masanori Ihara – assistant engineers
 * Chris Bellman – mastering