On the Prowl (Loudness album)

On the Prowl
On the Prowl
Studio album by Loudness
Released	February 25, 1991
Recorded	1990
Studio	Long View Farm Studios, North Brookfield, Massachusetts,; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, US
Genre	Heavy metal, glam metal
Length	51:14
Label	Atco, WEA Japan
Producer	Loudness, Mark Dearnley, Tokugen Yamamoto
Loudness chronology
Singles from On the Prowl
	"In the Mirror" / "Sleepless Nights"; Released: April 25, 1991;

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 his leaving 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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[2]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Down 'n' Dirty"	Michael Vescera	4:36
2.	"Playin' Games"	Vescera	3:47
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.	Title	Lyrics	Length
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]}"	Vescera	7:31

Personnel

Loudness

Michael Vescera - vocals
Akira Takasaki - guitars
Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
Munetaka Higuchi - drums

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

^ Henderson, Alex. "Loudness On the Prowl review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
^ 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.
^ "Loudness - On the Prowl". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

Footnotes

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

[1] Henderson, Alex. "Loudness On the Prowl review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

[martin-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.

[4] Cover of "Silent Sword", the B-side of the single "Risky Woman"

[5] Cover of "Lonely Player", from the album Devil Soldier

[6] Cover of "Milky Way", from the album Disillusion

[7] Cover of the song from the album Devil Soldier

[8] Cover of "Long Distance Love", from the EP Jealousy

[9] Cover of the song from the album The Law of Devil's Land

[10] Cover of the song from the album The Law of Devil's Land

[11] Cover of "To Be Demon", from the album The Birthday Eve

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