7 Deadly Zens is a solo album from Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw. It was released in 1998 by CMC International Records.

Track listing

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

References

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