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EZO
Studio album by Ezo
Released	6 April 1987
Studio	Record One (Los Angeles)
Genre	Heavy metal, glam metal
Length	35:46
Label	Geffen
Producer	Gene Simmons, Val Garay
Ezo chronology
EZO (1987) Fire Fire (1989)
Singles from EZO
"Here It Comes" Released: 21 March 1987 (Japan only) "Flashback Heart Attack" Released: 21 June 1987 (Japan only)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]

EZO is the American debut album of the Japanese metal band Ezo. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records and co-produced by Gene Simmons of KISS.^[3] Songwriters from the KISS entourage, such as Adam Mitchell and Jaime St. James, contributed heavily to the album's songs. Jody Gray, co-writer of the song "Destroyer", co-wrote and co-produced the band's second album, Fire Fire.

Side one

1. "House of 1,000 Pleasures" (EZO, Jaime St. James) – 5:07
2. "Flashback Heart Attack" (James Christian, Susan Deicicchi) – 4:07
3. "Mr. Midnight" (Shoyo Iida, St. James) – 4:22
4. "Here It Comes" (Taro Takahashi, Adam Mitchell) – 3:14
5. "I Walk Alone" (Takahashi, Mitchell) – 3:36

Side two

6. "Destroyer" (Takahashi, Jody Gray, Mark Brotter, Mitchell) – 4:27
7. "Big Changes" (Brock Walsh) – 3:52
8. "Kiss of Fire" (EZO, Mitchell) – 3:25
9. "Desiree" (Iida, Mitchell) – 3:27

Band members

• Masaki Yamada – vocals
• Shoyo Iida – guitar
• Taro Takahashi – bass
• Hirotsugu Homma – drums

Additional musicians

• Kip Winger - background vocals

Production

• Gene Simmons - producer
• Val Garay - producer, engineer, mixing
• Richard Bosworth, Bob Levy, Cliff Jones - assistant engineers
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering