''Return to Zero'' is the debut album of the band RTZ. It was released in 1991 by Giant Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Delp and Goudreau, except where noted. # "Face the Music" (Goudreau, Maes) - 4:01 # "There's Another Side" - 4:11 # "All You've Got" - 4:02 # "This Is My Life" - 5:33 # "Rain Down on Me" (Goudreau, John Warren, Maes, Stefanelli, Archibald) - 4:15 # "Every Door Is Open" - 4:27 # "Devil to Pay" - 4:30 # "Until Your Love Comes Back Around" (Maes) - 5:56 # "Livin' for the Rock 'N' Roll" - 3:27 # "Hard Time (In the Big House)" - 4:06 # "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 Bradley Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Boston. He joined Boston in 1970 and performed on the band's first three albums. Early life ...

- lead and background vocals *

Barry Goudreau Barry Goudreau (born November 29, 1951) is an American musician. He was one of two original guitarists for the Rock music, rock band Boston (band), Boston alongside founder Tom Scholz; both Scholz and Goudreau shared lead and rhythm guitar parts ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, background vocals *

Brian Maes Brian Maes (born August 8, 1956 in Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American musician. He graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1974 and from Berklee College of Music in 1979. Biography Early days Maes' music studies began at the age of eight ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

, background vocals * Tim Archibald - bass * David Stefanelli -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, 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 Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Jay Cable -

Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

* Dan Higgins - sax * Bill Liston - sax

Producing and recording

* Produced and Engineered and Mixed by

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play wel ...

* Recorded at Studios Image Recording (

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Rumbo Recorders Rumbo Recorders was a recording studio in the Canoga Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille, the husband and wife team widely known as Captain & Tennille, began building the studio at 20215 S ...

(

Canoga Park, California Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and the ...

), Village Recorders (

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), 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 Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

Notes

{{Authority control 1991 debut albums Albums produced by Chris Lord-Alge Giant Records (Warner) albums