Heavy Metal Hippies

{{Infobox album

| name = Heavy Metal Hippies

| type = Studio

| artist = Loudness

| cover = Loudness Heavy Metal Hippies-.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 21, 1994

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Music Inn Yamanakako Studio, Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan

| genre = Heavy metal, grunge, hard rock

| length = 56:45

| label = Warner Music Japan

| producer = Akira Takasaki

| prev_title = Once and for All

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Loud 'n' Raw

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Heavy Metal Hippies

| type = studio

| single1 = Electric Kisses

| single1date = December 10, 1994

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/heavy-metal-hippies-r555556/review | title = Loudness Heavy Metal Hippies review | accessdate = 2011-07-13 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Heavy Metal Hippies is the eleventh studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was recorded and mixed by Chris Tsangarides and released in 1994 only in Japan. After the defection of bassist Taiji Sawada, Akira Takasaki played both the lines of bass and guitar on the album. In addition, drummer and band co-founder Munetaka Higuchi was replaced by Hirotsugu Homma.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=3867 |title=Loudness - Heavy Metal Hippies |accessdate=2010-04-04 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum}}