7 Deadly Zens

7 Deadly Zens
Studio album by Tommy Shaw
Released	June 30, 1998
Genre	Rock
Length	60:06
Label	CMC International
Producer	Tommy Shaw Eddie Ashworth
Tommy Shaw chronology
Ambition (1987)Ambition1987 7 Deadly Zens (1998) The Great Divide (2011)The Great Divide2011

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7 Deadly Zens is a solo studio album by Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw. It was released in 1998 by CMC International Records. The album is in a hard rock style.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tommy Shaw, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ocean"		3:33
2.	"Stop Knockin'"	Tommy Shaw, Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg	5:17
3.	"All in How You Say It"	Tommy Shaw, Gerry Goffin	4:47
4.	"What Do You Want From Life"		4:37
5.	"In This Night"		3:55
6.	"Half a Mind"		3:58
7.	"Straight Down the Line"	Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades	5:01
8.	"Diamond"		4:24
9.	"Inspiration"		5:55
10.	"Who I Am"		7:08
11.	"Down on the Ground"		5:53
12.	"A Place to Call My Own"		5:40
13.	"It Doesn't Show (Hidden Track)"
14.	"How Should I Feel" (Japanese Bonus Track)"		4:55

Personnel

• Tommy Shaw: all guitars, mandolins, baritone guitars
• Ted Nugent: lead guitar on tracks 1 & 12
• Jeffery "C.J." Vanston: Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer & Fender-Rhodes electric pianos on tracks 2, 3, 8 & 10
• Kirk Helle: extremely noisy guitars & things on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 & 11; string arrangements
• Jack Blades: bass guitar
• John Pierce: bass guitar
• Marco Mendoza: bass guitar
• Todd Sucherman: drums
• Michael Cartellone: additional drums
• Umfante': all percussion; all background vocals except on track 10
• Maxine, Julia & Oren Waters: background vocals on track 10
• Jerry Goodman: terrifying violin solo on track 2
• The 7 Deadly Zens Quartet: David Lowe, Jerry Goodman, Vivian, Oscar: strings
• Murmuring Tommyncale Choir: choral group
• Kevin Cronin: duet vocal on track 7
• Alison Krauss: duet vocal on track 6
• Ed Roland: middle eight vocal on track 1
• Asfoon Kia: castanets on track 11
• Keith Marks: additional engineering (guitar solos & keyboards)
• Ted Nugent, Marina Sirtis, Angie Dickinson, Umfante': spoken words

Enhanced CD

Enhanced CD features include:

• QuickTime videos on the making of the album, with studio footage and clips with Kevin Cronin, Alison Kraus and Ted Nugent
• photos
• song lyrics
• web links