Coliseum Rock

Coliseum Rock
Cover painting by Todd Schorr
Studio album by Starz
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Soundstage, Toronto, Canada
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:42
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jack Richardson
Starz chronology
Attention Shoppers! (1978) Coliseum Rock (1978) Live in Action (1989)

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

Professional ratings

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

Side one

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

Side two

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

2005 CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Vidi O.D."	Ranno, Smith	3:31
12.	"You Called His Name"	Ranno, Smith	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

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.