Starz (album)

Starz is the debut studio album by the American hard rock band Starz. The album was released on June 21, 1976 on Capitol Records and produced by Jack Douglas (best known for his work with the American hard rock band Aerosmith).

Starz
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1976
RecordedRecord Plant, New York City, 1976
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, power pop
Length39:11
LabelCapitol
ProducerJack Douglas
Starz chronology
Starz
(1976)
Violation
(1977)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Allmusic's Rob Theakston gave the album 3 stars, calling it "formulaic" and "predictably safe arena rock"; "a mediocre debut, to be sure, and definitely not the release for casual fans to introduce themselves to the group."

One track on the album did cause some controversy. "Pull The Plug" was about a man disconnecting his comatose wife's life support.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Detroit Girls"Richie Ranno, Michael Lee Smith, Piet Sweval4:05
2."Live Wire"Ranno, Smith, Sweval3:23
3."Tear It Down"Sweval3:13
4."Boys in Action"Ranno, Smith, Sweval, Brendan Harkin5:37
5."(She's Just a) Fallen Angel"Ranno, Smith, Sweval, Harkin, Sean Delaney, Joe X. Dube3:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Monkey Business"Harkin, Smith, Sweval, Delaney2:52
7."Night Crawler"Harkin, Ranno, Smith4:32
8."Over and Over"Smith3:17
9."Pull the Plug"Harkin, Ranno, Smith4:43
10."Now I Can"Harkin, Ranno, Smith4:11
2004 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Sweet Jeremiah" (demo version)Sweval3:15
12."Fallen Angel" (demo version) 3:25
13."Detroit Girls" (demo version) 4:02
14."Live Wire" (demo version) 3:57

Personnel

Band members
  • Michael Lee Smith - vocals
  • Richie Ranno - guitar
  • Brendan Harkin - guitar
  • Pieter "Pete" Sweval - bass
  • Joe X. DubĂ© (aka Jeff Grob) - drums
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. Theakston, Rob. "Starz Starz review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-22.


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