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EZO is the American debut album of the Japanese metal band Ezo. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records and co-produced by Gene Simmons of KISS.[3] Songwriters from the KISS entourage, such as Adam Mitchell and Jaime St. James, contributed heavily to the album's songs. Jody Gray, co-writer of the song "Destroyer", co-wrote and co-produced the band's second album, Fire Fire.
EZO | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 6 April 1987 | |||
Studio | Record One (Los Angeles) | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, glam metal | |||
Length | 35:46 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Gene Simmons, Val Garay | |||
Ezo chronology | ||||
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Singles from EZO | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
Track listing
edit- Side one
- "House of 1,000 Pleasures" (EZO, Jaime St. James) – 5:07
- "Flashback Heart Attack" (James Christian, Susan Deicicchi) – 4:07
- "Mr. Midnight" (Shoyo Iida, St. James) – 4:22
- "Here It Comes" (Taro Takahashi, Adam Mitchell) – 3:14
- "I Walk Alone" (Takahashi, Mitchell) – 3:36
- Side two
- "Destroyer" (Takahashi, Jody Gray, Mark Brotter, Mitchell) – 4:27
- "Big Changes" (Brock Walsh) – 3:52
- "Kiss of Fire" (EZO, Mitchell) – 3:25
- "Desiree" (Iida, Mitchell) – 3:27
Personnel
edit- Band members
- Masaki Yamada – vocals
- Shoyo Iida – guitar
- Taro Takahashi – bass
- Hirotsugu Homma – drums
- Additional musicians
- Kip Winger - background vocals
- Production
- Gene Simmons - producer
- Val Garay - producer, engineer, mixing
- Richard Bosworth, Bob Levy, Cliff Jones - assistant engineers
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
Charts
editChart (1987) | Position |
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Billboard 200 | 150[4] |
References
edit- ^ Book, John. "EZO EZO review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ "Ezo - Ezo". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Hiroshima - Chart history". billboard.com. 4 July 1987. Retrieved 24 June 2017.