Starz (Starz album)

Starz
Starz
Studio album by Starz
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
Starz chronology

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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."

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

2004 CD edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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.

External links

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

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