Richie Kotzen (album)

Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen
Studio album by Richie Kotzen
Released	August 11, 1989
Recorded	Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	40:12
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Jason Becker, Mike Varney
Richie Kotzen chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[3]
Rock Hard	5.0/10^[4]

Richie Kotzen is the self-titled first studio album by the American guitarist Richie Kotzen, released on August 11, 1989 through Shrapnel Records.^[1]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Richie Kotzen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Squeeze Play"	4:38
2.	"Strut It"	4:10
3.	"Unsafe at Any Speed"	3:15
4.	"Rat Trap"	4:31
5.	"Cryptic Script"	3:57
6.	"Plaid Plesiosaur"	4:16
7.	"Spider Legs"	5:50
8.	"Jocose Jenny"	4:31
9.	"Noblesse Oblige"	5:04
Total length:		40:12

Personnel[]

Musicians

Richie Kotzen – guitar, keyboards
Stuart Hamm – bass
Steve Smith – drums

Production

Jason Becker, Mike Varney – producers
Tori Swenson – engineer, mixing
Joe Marquez, Marc Reyburn - assistant engineers
Mark Rennick – mixing assistant
George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Richie Kotzen CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
^ Hinds, Andy. "Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Schäfer, Wolfgang (1989). "Review Album: Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen". Rock Hard (in German). No. 34. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

External links[]

Richie Kotzen at richiekotzen.com
In Review: Richie Kotzen "Richie Kotzen" at Guitar Nine Records

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[cduniverse-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Richie Kotzen CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

[2] Hinds, Andy. "Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[rock_hard-4] Schäfer, Wolfgang (1989). "Review Album: Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen". Rock Hard (in German). No. 34. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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Studio albums	Richie Kotzen (1989) Fever Dream (1990) Electric Joy (1991) Mother Head's Family Reunion (1994) The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience (1995) Something to Say (1997) What Is... (1998) Bi-Polar Blues (1999) Break It All Down (1999) Slow (2001) Change (2003) Acoustic Cuts (2003) Get Up (2004) Ai Senshi Z×R (2006) Into the Black (2006) Go Faster/Return of the Mother Head's Family Reunion (2007) Peace Sign (2009) 24 Hours (2011) Cannibals (2015) Salting Earth (2017)
Collaboration albums	Tilt (with Greg Howe) (1995) Project (with Greg Howe) (1997) Smith/Kotzen (with Adrian Smith) (2021)
Live albums	Live in São Paulo/Bootlegged in Brazil (2008)
Compilation albums	Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years (2006)
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