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
Released	July 7, 1997
Recorded	Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California TML Studios, Hayward, California, USA February–March 1997 ESP Rehearsal Studio, December 1995 (track 7)
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal, groove metal
Length	50:44
Label	Rooms
Producer	Akira 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

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

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.