Coliseum Rock
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| Coliseum Rock | ||||
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 Cover painting by Todd Schorr | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Soundstage, Toronto, Canada | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 39:42 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Richardson | |||
| Starz chronology | ||||
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Coliseum Rock is the fourth and final studio album by the American hard rock band Starz.[1][2] The album was released in 1978. Recorded in Toronto, it was produced by Jack Richardson.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[5] |
The Daily Breeze wrote that the album "offers a mixed assortment of hard rock and harsh guitar play," and criticized the band's "lack of imagination."[6] The Spokane Daily Chronicle panned the "power chords, strained vocals and thudding drums."[7]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "So Young, So Bad" | Michael Lee Smith | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Take Me" | Richie Ranno, Smith, Bobby Messano | 3:58 |
| 3. | "No Regrets" | Ranno, Smith, Messano, Orville Davis, Joe X. Dube | 4:53 |
| 4. | "My Sweet Child" | Smith, Davis | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Don't Stop Now" | Ranno, Smith, Davis, Messano | 3:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Outfit" | Smith, Ranno, Davis | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Last Night I Wrote a Letter" | Ranno, Smith | 4:59 |
| 8. | "Coliseum Rock" | Ranno | 3:32 |
| 9. | "It's a Riot" | Ranno, Smith | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Where Will It End" | Ranno, Smith, Dube | 4:25 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Vidi O.D." | Ranno, Smith | 3:31 |
| 12. | "You Called His Name" | Ranno, Smith | 4:22 |
Personnel
[edit]- Starz
- Michael Lee Smith - vocals
- Richie Ranno - guitar
- Bobby Messano - guitar
- Orville Davis - bass
- Joe X. Dube - drums
- Production
- Jack Richardson - producer
- Cub Richardson - engineer, mixing, mastering
- Robert Hrycyna, Mike McCarty - recording technicians
References
[edit]- ^ "Starz". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 23 Sep 2004. p. 24.
- ^ Lanham, Tom (16 Dec 2005). "Starz: Band that should have made it makes comeback". Music. Oakland Tribune. p. 1.
- ^ Westbrook, Bruce (12 Nov 1978). "New Starz album back to basics". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 33.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Starz Coliseum Rock review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- ^ Bensoua, Joseph (1 Dec 1978). "You can Kiss these LPs off". Daily Breeze. p. E12.
- ^ Wetzel, Carol (1 Dec 1978). "Discritique". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 7.
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