Return to Zero (RTZ album) explained

Return to Zero
Type:	Album
Artist:	RTZ
Cover:	rtz.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	1991
Genre:	Rock
Length:	48:28
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Chris Lord-Alge
Next Title:	Lost
Next Year:	1998

Return to Zero is the debut album by the American rock band RTZ, released in 1991 by Warner Bros. Records.^[1] The first single was "Face the Music".^[2]

Critical reception

The Calgary Herald opined: "Missing is any hint of power in RTZ's rock, or even foot-tapping, finger-snapping rock. Just lots of boring shooting for Top 40 appeal."

Track listing

All songs written by Delp and Goudreau, except where noted.

1. "Face the Music" (Goudreau, Maes) - 4:01
2. "There's Another Side" - 4:11
3. "All You've Got" - 4:02
4. "This Is My Life" - 5:33
5. "Rain Down on Me" (Goudreau, John Warren, Maes, Stefanelli, Archibald) - 4:15
6. "Every Door Is Open" - 4:27
7. "Devil to Pay" - 4:30
8. "Until Your Love Comes Back Around" (Maes) - 5:56
9. "Livin' for the Rock 'N' Roll" - 3:27
10. "Hard Time (In the Big House)" - 4:06
11. "Return to Zero" (Delp, Goudreau, Maes) - 3:25

Singles

• "Face the Music"
• "All You've Got"
• "Until Your Love Comes Back Around"

Personnel

Band members

• Brad Delp - lead and background vocals
• Barry Goudreau - guitar, background vocals
• Brian Maes - keyboards, harmonica, tambourine, background vocals
• Tim Archibald - bass
• David Stefanelli - drums, background vocals

Guest musicians

• Bob Gay - sax solo on Track 9
• Maxine Waters - background vocals on Track 7
• Julia Waters - background vocals on Track 7

Horns on Track 7

• Jerry Hey - trumpet
• Jay Cable - trumpet
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
• Dan Higgins - sax
• Bill Liston - sax

Producing and recording

• Produced and Engineered and Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
• Recorded at Studios Image Recording (Hollywood, California), Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park, California), Village Recorders (Santa Monica, California), Blue Jay (Carlisle, MA)
• Assistant Engineers: Talley Sherwood, Jason Roberts, Rob Hart & Andy Udoff
• Assistant Engineer at Blue Jay Studios: Mark Tanzer
• Mastered By Bob Ludwig

Notes and References

1. News: Boston's Delp joins guitarist Barry Goodreau . Chicago Tribune . Los Angeles Daily News . June 6, 1991 . Tempo . 12.
2. News: Morse . Steve . Two unsung Boston heroes get their day . The Boston Globe . July 5, 1991.