Starz (Starz album) explained

Starz
Type:studio
Artist:Starz
Cover:Starz - Starz (1976) Front.jpg
Released:June 21, 1976
Recorded:1976
Studio:Record Plant, New York City
Genre:Hard rock, arena rock, power pop
Length:39:11
Label:Capitol
Producer:Jack Douglas
Next Title:Violation
Next Year:1977

Starz is the debut studio album by the American hard rock band Starz. The album was released on June 21, 1976 on Capitol Records and produced by Jack Douglas (best known for his work with the American hard rock band Aerosmith).

The song "Pull the Plug" caused some controversy, because it is about a man disconnecting his comatose wife's life support.

Reception

AllMusic's Rob Theakston described Starz as "a simple, catchy, riff-driven album from start to finish", which failed in promoting the band to the level of arena rock stars like Aerosmith and Kiss; he judged the album "a mediocre debut, to be sure, and definitely not the release for casual fans to introduce themselves to the group." Canadian journalist Martin Popoff commented on the lack of success of Starz, writing that it "was perceived as a happy collection of harmless, corporate-vetted, summertime rock 'n' roll, marketed heavily and unfairly as state-of-the-art American hard rock", but concluded that the album aged quite well and is a good representation of "rock 'n' roll's friendlier, more relaxed, more optimistic eras."

Personnel

Starz
Additional musicians
Production

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