EZO

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. 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.

Track listing

 * 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
 * 1) "Destroyer"  (Takahashi, Jody Gray, Mark Brotter, Mitchell)  – 4:27
 * 2) "Big Changes"  (Brock Walsh)  – 3:52
 * 3) "Kiss of Fire"  (EZO, Mitchell)  – 3:25
 * 4) "Desiree"  (Iida, Mitchell)  – 3:27

Personnel

 * 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