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

  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

;Additional musicians

;Production

Charts

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Chart (1987)

! Position

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}}

References