Richie Kotzen (album)

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

Richie Kotzen
Studio album by Richie Kotzen
Released	August 11, 1989[1]
Recorded	Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	40:12
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Jason Becker, Mike Varney
Richie Kotzen chronology
Richie Kotzen (1989) Fever Dream (1990)

Professional ratings

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

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

1. "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.
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.
4. 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