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]

Coliseum Rock
Cover painting by Todd Schorr
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1978
StudioSoundstage, Toronto, Canada
GenreHard rock
Length39:42
LabelCapitol
ProducerJack Richardson
Starz chronology
Attention Shoppers!
(1978)
Coliseum Rock
(1978)
Live in Action
(1989)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So Young, So Bad"Michael Lee Smith3:27
2."Take Me"Richie Ranno, Smith, Bobby Messano3:58
3."No Regrets"Ranno, Smith, Messano, Orville Davis, Joe X. Dube4:53
4."My Sweet Child"Smith, Davis3:58
5."Don't Stop Now"Ranno, Smith, Davis, Messano3:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Outfit"Smith, Ranno, Davis3:17
7."Last Night I Wrote a Letter"Ranno, Smith4:59
8."Coliseum Rock"Ranno3:32
9."It's a Riot"Ranno, Smith3:33
10."Where Will It End"Ranno, Smith, Dube4:25
2005 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Vidi O.D."Ranno, Smith3:31
12."You Called His Name"Ranno, Smith4:22

Personnel

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Starz
Production
  • Jack Richardson - producer
  • Cub Richardson - engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Robert Hrycyna, Mike McCarty - recording technicians

References

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  1. ^ "Starz". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 23 Sep 2004. p. 24.
  2. ^ Lanham, Tom (16 Dec 2005). "Starz: Band that should have made it makes comeback". Music. Oakland Tribune. p. 1.
  3. ^ Westbrook, Bruce (12 Nov 1978). "New Starz album back to basics". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 33.
  4. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Starz Coliseum Rock review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Bensoua, Joseph (1 Dec 1978). "You can Kiss these LPs off". Daily Breeze. p. E12.
  7. ^ Wetzel, Carol (1 Dec 1978). "Discritique". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 7.