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).
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| Released | June 21, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Record Plant, New York City, 1976 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, power pop | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Douglas | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Detroit Girls" | Richie Ranno, Michael Lee Smith, Piet Sweval | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Live Wire" | Ranno, Smith, Sweval | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Tear It Down" | Sweval | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Boys in Action" | Ranno, Smith, Sweval, Brendan Harkin | 5:37 |
| 5. | "(She's Just a) Fallen Angel" | Ranno, Smith, Sweval, Harkin, Sean Delaney, Joe X. Dube | 3:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Monkey Business" | Harkin, Smith, Sweval, Delaney | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Night Crawler" | Harkin, Ranno, Smith | 4:32 |
| 8. | "Over and Over" | Smith | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Pull the Plug" | Harkin, Ranno, Smith | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Now I Can" | Harkin, Ranno, Smith | 4:11 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 11. | "Sweet Jeremiah" (demo version) | Sweval | 3:15 |
| 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. Dubé (aka Jeff Grob) - drums
- Additional musicians
- Gary Coleman - additional percussion
- Production
- Jack Douglas - producer
- John Jansen, Jay Messina - engineers
- Sam Ginsberg - assistant engineer
References
- Theakston, Rob. "Starz Starz review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
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