''Ghetto Machine'' is the twelfth studio

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by the Japanese heavy metal band

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

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in Berkeley, California. This was the first album to feature bassist Naoto Shibata. Only the instrumental "Katmandu Fly" was recorded in 1995 at

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rehearsal studio.

Track listing

All music by

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. Lyrics by Masaki Yamada, except songs 1,2,3,6 by Yamada and

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and song 4 by Kayla Ritt and Stephan Galfas #"Ghetto Machine" - 4:04 #"Slave" - 3:17 #"Evil Ecstasy" - 4:10 #"San Francisco" - 4:10 #"Love and Hate" - 6:41 #"Creatures" - 5:30 #"Katmandu Fly" (instrumental) - 1:14 #"Hypnotized" - 4:44 #"Dead Man Walking" - 4:45 #"Jasmine Sky" - 5:47 #"Wonder Man" - 5:54

Personnel

;Loudness * Masaki Yamada - vocals *

- 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

1997 albums Loudness (band) albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub