Coliseum Rock
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Coliseum Rock
| type = studio
| artist = Starz
| cover = Starz coliseum rock.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover painting by Todd Schorr
| released = 1978
| recorded = 1978
| studio = Soundstage, Toronto, Canada
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 39:42
| label = Capitol
| producer = Jack Richardson
| prev_title = Attention Shoppers!
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Live in Action
| next_year = 1989
}}
Coliseum Rock is the fourth and final studio album by the American hard rock band Starz.{{cite news |title=Starz |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=23 Sep 2004 |department=Get Out |page=24}}{{cite news |last1=Lanham |first1=Tom |title=Starz: Band that should have made it makes comeback |work=Oakland Tribune |date=16 Dec 2005 |department=Music |page=1}} The album was released in 1978. Recorded in Toronto, it was produced by Jack Richardson.{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Bruce |title=New Starz album back to basics |work=The Daily Oklahoman |date=12 Nov 1978 |page=33}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/coliseum-rock-mw0000206895| title = Starz Coliseum Rock review | accessdate = 2013-02-24 | last = Henderson | first = Alex | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
|rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev2Score = 6/10{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |author-link1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing |date = October 2003 |location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn = 978-1894959025 |page=254}}
}}
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."{{cite news |last1=Bensoua |first1=Joseph |title=You can Kiss these LPs off |work=Daily Breeze |date=1 Dec 1978 |page=E12}} The Spokane Daily Chronicle panned the "power chords, strained vocals and thudding drums."{{cite news |last1=Wetzel |first1=Carol |title=Discritique |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |date=1 Dec 1978 |page=7}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = So Young, So Bad
| writer1 = Michael Lee Smith
| length1 = 3:27
| title2 = Take Me
| writer2 = Richie Ranno, Smith, Bobby Messano
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = No Regrets
| writer3 = Ranno, Smith, Messano, Orville Davis, Joe X. Dube
| length3 = 4:53
| title4 = My Sweet Child
| writer4 = Smith, Davis
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Don't Stop Now
| writer5 = Ranno, Smith, Davis, Messano
| length5 = 3:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Outfit
| writer6 = Smith, Ranno, Davis
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Last Night I Wrote a Letter
| writer7 = Ranno, Smith
| length7 = 4:59
| title8 = Coliseum Rock
| writer8 = Ranno
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = It's a Riot
| writer9 = Ranno, Smith
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = Where Will It End
| writer10 = Ranno, Smith, Dube
| length10 = 4:25
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 2005 CD edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Vidi O.D.
| writer11 = Ranno, Smith
| length11 = 3:31
| title12 = You Called His Name
| writer12 = Ranno, Smith
| length12 = 4:22
}}
Personnel
;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
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Category:Albums produced by Jack Richardson (record producer)
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