Ghetto Machine

Ghetto Machine
Studio album by Loudness
Released	July 7, 1997
Recorded	Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California TML Studios, Hayward, California, USA February–March 1997 ESP Rehearsal Studio, December 1995
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	50:44
Label	Rooms
Producer	Akira Takasaki
Loudness chronology
Loud 'n' Raw (1995) Ghetto Machine (1997) Dragon (1998)

Ghetto Machine is the twelfth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 1997 only in Japan and recorded at the famous Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. Only the instrumental "Katmandu Fly" was recorded in 1995 at ESP Guitars rehearsal studio.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Ghetto Machine" - 4:04^[2]
2. "Slave" - 3:17
3. "Evil Ecstasy" - 4:10
4. "San Francisco" - 4:10
5. "Love and Hate" - 6:41
6. "Creatures" - 5:30
7. "Katmandu Fly" - 1:14
8. "Hypnotized" - 4:44
9. "Dead Man Walking" - 4:45
10. "Jasmine Sky" - 5:47
11. "Wonder Man" - 5:54

All music by Akira Takasaki. Lyrics by Masaki Yamada, except songs 1,2,3,6 by Yamada and Stephan Galfas and song 4 by Kayla Ritt and Stephan Galfas

Personnel

Band members

• Masaki Yamada - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars, producer
• Naoto Shibata - bass
• Hirotsugu Homma - drums

Production

• Daniel McClendon - mixing
• George Horn - mastering

References

1. "Loudness:Discography:Ghetto Machine (1997)". Takasaki.net. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
2. "Loudness - Ghetto Machine (1997)". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-03-30.