Ghetto Machine is the twelfth studio album

Album

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 by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Loudness

Loudness (band)

is a Japan-based heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese heavy metal act signed to a major label in the United States, releasing twenty-three studio albums...

. It was released in 1997 only in Japan and recorded at the famous Fantasy Studios

Fantasy Studios

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 in Berkeley, California. Only the instrumental "Katmandu Fly" was recorded in 1995 at ESP Guitars

ESP Guitars

, located in North Hollywood, California, is an American-based, Japanese-owned manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.- History :In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained a reputation...

 rehearsal studio.

Track listing

1. "Ghetto Machine" - 4:04
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

Stephan Galfas

Stephan Galfas is a music producer, currently CEO of International Talent Organization, Inc. and Miss Molly Records.-Biography:Galfas is a producer, manager, promoter, mixer and recording engineer who has worked with many acts including Cher, The Allman Brothers Band, Meat Loaf, Stryper, Saxon, Dr...

 and song 4 by Kayla Ritt and Stephan Galfas

Band members

• Masaki Yamada - vocals
• Akira Takasaki
  Akira Takasaki
  is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.-Career:He started his career as a guitarist, winning a TV contest for young music talents at the age of 14. He was rapidly put under contract to be part of the pop-rock band Lazy, of which drummer Munetaka Higuchi...
  
  - guitars , producer
• Naoto Shibata - bass
• Hirotsugu Homma - drums