Heavy Metal Hippies

Heavy Metal Hippies
Studio album by Loudness
Released	December 21, 1994
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, speed metal
Length	56:45
Label	Warner Music Japan
Producer	Akira Takasaki
Loudness chronology
Once and for All (1993) Heavy Metal Hippies (1994) Loud 'n' Raw (1995)

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Heavy Metal Hippies is the eleventh studio album by Japanese band Loudness. It was recorded and mixed by Chris Tsangarides and released in 1994 only in Japan. After the defection of bassist Taiji Sawada, Akira Takasaki played both the lines of bass and guitar on the album. All songs are credited to Takasaki, Yamada and Stephan Galfas.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Howling Rain" - 6:59
2. "Freedom" - 7:13
3. "222" - 2:37
4. "Eyes of a Child" - 6:34
5. "Electric Kisses" - 4:55
6. "House of Freaks" - 5:03
7. "Paralyzed" - 5:16
8. "Desperation Desecration" - 5:35
9. "Light in the Distance" - 4:56
10. "Broken Jesus" - 7:37

Personnel

Band members

• Masaki Yamada - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars, bass, producer
• Hirotsugu Homma - drums

Production

• Chris Tsangarides - engineer, mixing

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