| Bearings | ||||
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| Released | April 1999 | |||
| Genre | Instrumental rock, acoustic music | |||
| Length | 55:14 | |||
| Label | RoMoCo | |||
| Producer | Ronnie Montrose | |||
| Ronnie Montrose chronology | ||||
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Bearings is an album of acoustic instrumental rock music by Ronnie Montrose and the last solo album released in his lifetime before his death in 2012.
All tracks are written by Ronnie Montrose
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Aboard" | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Breathe Deep" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Solid Ground" | 3:52 |
| 4. | "The Map is Not the Road" | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Morning" | 4:49 |
| 6. | "The Whole Truth" | 4:55 |
| 7. | "Lunarization" | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Forever is Now" | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Three Wishes" | 3:20 |
| 10. | "She's Watching" | 5:12 |
| 11. | "This is Only a Test" | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Line of Reason" | 4:40 |
| 13. | "Lighthouse" | 2:45 |
| 14. | "Soul Repair" | 3:37 |
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