Smith/Kotzen (album)

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Smith/Kotzen
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Studio album by
Released26 March 2021
RecordedFebruary 2020
Studio Turks & Caicos Islands
Genre
Length47:18
Label BMG

Smith/Kotzen is the self-titled debut album from rock musicians Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, released on 26 March 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

"Taking My Chances" was released as the first single from the album in December 2020. [3] It was followed by "Scars" in February 2021, [4] and "Running" in March. [5]

Commercial performance

Smith/Kotzen placed at number five on the midweek UK Albums Chart dated 29 March 2021, [6] eventually debuting at number 17 on the final chart dated 2 April 2021. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Taking My Chances"4:46
2."Running"4:19
3."Scars"6:18
4."Some People"4:22
5."Glory Road"4:54
6."Solar Fire"4:29
7."You Don't Know Me"7:14
8."I Wanna Stay"5:13
9."'Til Tomorrow"5:39
Total length:47:18

Personnel

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Louder Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Chart performance for Smith/Kotzen
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 101
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 89
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 41
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 13
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 35
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [20] 41
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 17
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [25] 10
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [26] 9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [28] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [29] 7

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