EZO
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{{Infobox album
| name = EZO
| type = studio
| artist = Ezo
| cover = EZO_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 6 April 1987
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Record One (Los Angeles)
| genre = Heavy metal, glam metal
| length = 35:46
| label = Geffen
| producer = Gene Simmons, Val Garay
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Fire Fire
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = EZO
| type = studio
| single1 = Here It Comes
| single1date = 21 March 1987 (Japan only)
| single2 = Flashback Heart Attack
| single2date = 21 June 1987 (Japan only)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/ezo-mw0000469981 | title = EZO EZO review | accessdate = 2012-12-20 | last = Book | first = John | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 113}}
| noprose=yes
}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Ezo/EZO/104084 | title = Ezo - Ezo | accessdate = 28 April 2011 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum}} 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.
Track listing
;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
;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
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Chart (1987)
! Position |
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Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|150{{cite news|title=Hiroshima - Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/276037/ezo/chart|accessdate=24 June 2017|date=4 July 1987|work=billboard.com}} |
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