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EZO (album)

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Released
  
April 6, 1987

Label
  
Geffen

Length
  
35:46

Studio
  
Record One Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Genre
  
Heavy metal, glam metal

Producer
  
Gene Simmons, Val Garay

EZO is the American self-titled debut album from the Japanese metal band Ezo. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records and co-produced by Gene Simmons of KISS fame. Songwriters from the Kiss’ entourage, such as Adam Mitchell and Jaime St. James, contributed heavily to the songs of the album. Jody Gray, co-writer of the song "Destroyer", co-wrote and co-produced the band's second album, Fire Fire.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "House of 1,000 Pleasures" (EZO, Jaime St. James) – 5:07
  2. "Flashback Heart Attack" (James Christian, Susan Deicicchi) – 4:07
  3. "Mr. Midnight" (Shoyo Iida, St. James) – 4:22
  4. "Here It Comes" (Taro Takahashi, Adam Mitchell) – 3:14
  5. "I Walk Alone" (Takahashi, Mitchell) – 3:36
Side two
  1. "Destroyer" (Takahashi, Jody Gray, Mark Brotter, Mitchell) – 4:27
  2. "Big Changes" (Brock Walsh) – 3:52
  3. "Kiss of Fire" (EZO, Mitchell) – 3:25
  4. "Desiree" (Iida, Mitchell) – 3:27

Personnel

Band members
  • Masaki Yamada – vocals
  • Shoyo Iida – guitar
  • Taro Takahashi – bass
  • Hirotsugu Homma – drums
    • Production
  • Gene Simmons - producer
  • Val Garay - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Richard Bosworth, Bob Levy, Cliff Jones - assistant engineers
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    References

    EZO (album) Wikipedia
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