Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years

Compilation album by Richie Kotzen

Released

June, 2006

Recorded

1989-2003

Genre

Instrumental rock

Length

51:10

Label

Shrapnel Records

Producer

Jason Becker, Mike Varney, Richie Kotzen

Richie Kotzen chronology

Ai Senshi Z×R (2005)

Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years (2006)

Into The Black (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years is a compilation album by guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen, including instrumental songs from several albums through his career.

Track listing

All songs written by Richie Kotzen

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Squeeze Play"	4:38
2.	"Strut It"	4:10
3.	"Unsafe At Any Speed"	3:14
4.	"Cryptic Script"	3:55
5.	"B Funk"	4:19
6.	"Acid Lips"	4:45
7.	"Hot Rails"	3:35
8.	"Slow Blues"	4:21
9.	"Pulse"	6:20
10.	"Dose"	5:58
11.	"The Answer"	1:19
12.	"Conflicted"	2:11
13.	"Unity (Jazz Bee Bop Instrumental)"	2:43

Personnel

Richie Kotzen – electric guitar, wurlitzer piano, bass guitar, keyboards
Steve Smith – drums (on "Squeeze Play", "Strut It", "Unsafe At Any Speed", "Cryptic Script")
Stuart Hamm – bass (on "Squeeze Play", "Strut It", "Unsafe At Any Speed", "Cryptic Script")
Danny Thompson – bass (on "B Funk", "Acid Lips", "Hot Rails", "Slow Blues")
Atma Anur – drums (on "B Funk", "Acid Lips", "Hot Rails", "Slow Blues")
Jeff Berlin – bass (on "Pulse" & "Dose")
Gregg Bissonette – drums (on "Pulse" & "Dose")

References

↑ Theakston, Rob. "Instrumental Collections: The Shrapnel Years - Richi Kotzen". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-24.

Richie Kotzen

Studio albums	Richie Kotzen (1989) Fever Dream (1990) Electric Joy (1991) Mother Head's Family Reunion (1994) The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience (1995) Wave of Emotion (1996) 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)

Collaboration albums	Tilt (with Greg Howe) (1995) Project (with Greg Howe) (1997)

Live albums	Live in São Paulo/Bootlegged in Brazil (2008)

Compilation albums	The Best of Richie Kotzen (2004) 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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/24/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.