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

1. Side one

2. "House of 1,000 Pleasures" (EZO, Jaime St. James) – 5:07

3. "Flashback Heart Attack" (James Christian, Susan Deicicchi) – 4:07

4. "Mr. Midnight" (Shoyo Iida, St. James) – 4:22

5. "Here It Comes" (Taro Takahashi, Adam Mitchell) – 3:14

6. "I Walk Alone" (Takahashi, Mitchell) – 3:36

7. Side two

8. "Destroyer" (Takahashi, Jody Gray, Mark Brotter, Mitchell) – 4:27

9. "Big Changes" (Brock Walsh) – 3:52

10. "Kiss of Fire" (EZO, Mitchell) – 3:25

11. "Desiree" (Iida, Mitchell) – 3:27

Personnel

1. Band members

2. Masaki Yamada – vocals

3. Shoyo Iida – guitar

4. Taro Takahashi – bass

5. Hirotsugu Homma – drums

6. Additional musicians

7. Kip Winger - background vocals

8. Production

9. Gene Simmons - producer

10. Val Garay - producer, engineer, mixing

11. Richard Bosworth, Bob Levy, Cliff Jones - assistant engineers

12. Stephen Marcussen - mastering

Charts

References