Ghetto Machine

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

Ghetto Machine
Studio album by
Loudness
ReleasedJuly 7, 1997
RecordedFantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
TML Studios, Hayward, California, USA
February–March 1997
ESP Rehearsal Studio, December 1995 (track 7)
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal, groove metal
Length50:44
LabelRooms
ProducerAkira Takasaki, Masao Nakajima
Loudness chronology
Loud 'n' Raw
(1995)		 Ghetto Machine
(1997)		 Dragon
(1998)

Track listing

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

  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" (instrumental) - 1:14
  8. "Hypnotized" - 4:44
  9. "Dead Man Walking" - 4:45
  10. "Jasmine Sky" - 5:47
  11. "Wonder Man" - 5:54

Personnel
Loudness
Production
  • Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing
  • Steve Fontano, Michael Rosen, Galen T. Berens - engineers
  • George Horn - mastering
  • George Azuma - supervisor
  • Masao Nakajima - executive producer

References
  1. "Loudness:Discography:Ghetto Machine (1997)". Takasaki.net. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  2. "Loudness - Ghetto Machine (1997)". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-03-30.



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