Ghetto Machine Explained

Ghetto Machine
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loudness
Cover:	Loudness ghetto machine.jpg
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, groove metal
Length:	50:44
Label:	Rooms
Producer:	Akira Takasaki, Masao Nakajima
Prev Title:	Loud 'n' Raw
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Dragon
Next Year:	1998

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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loudness:Discography:Ghetto Machine (1997) . 2010-03-30 . Takasaki.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902073556/http://www.takasaki.net/Loudness/disco/Ghetto/ . 2009-09-02 . dead .
2. Web site: Loudness - Ghetto Machine (1997) . 2010-03-30 . Metal-Archives.com .