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1989 studio album by Richie Kotzen

Richie Kotzen

Studio album by Richie Kotzen

Released

August 11, 1989 (1989-08-11)

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
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10
Rock Hard	5.0/10

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

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

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

^ "Richie Kotzen CD". CD Universe. Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
Hinds, Andy. "Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. 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. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. 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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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) Black Light/White Noise (with Adrian Smith) (2025)
Live albums	Live in São Paulo/Bootlegged in Brazil (2008)
Compilation albums	Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years (2006)
Related articles	Discography Poison Vertú Mr. Big Forty Deuce Mike Varney Richie Zito Greg Howe Pat Torpey The Winery Dogs Smith/Kotzen

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