Into the Black (album)

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Into the Black
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 2006
RecordedHeadroom – Inc. & The House
Genre Hard rock, Soul, Blues Rock
Length44:36
Label Headroom – Inc.
The House
Producer Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen chronology
Ai Senshi Z×R
(2006)
Into the Black
(2006)
Go Faster
(2007)
Into the Black
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Into the Black is the fourteenth solo album by guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen. [3] [4] The album has a parental advisory sticker on the front due to the song You Can't Save Me, [2] making it the only Kotzen record to have one.[ citation needed ]You Can't Save Me was the first song he wrote for the album. [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."You Can't Save Me"4:17
2."Misunderstood"4:11
3."Fear"4:47
4."The Shadow"4:37
5."Doin' What The Devil Says To Do"5:17
6."Till You Put Me Down"5:22
7."Sacred Ground"4:09
8."Your Lies"3:42
9."Livin' In Bliss"4:12
10."My Angel"4:03

Personnel

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References

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