In Search of Solid Ground

All tracks are written by Beau Burchell, Cove Reber and Chris Sorenson, except for where noted.

In Search of Solid Ground
Studio album by Saosin
Released	September 8, 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Genre	Post-hardcore alternative rock emo
Length	56:36
Label	Virgin
Producer	Beau Burchell Chris Sorenson John Feldmann Butch Walker Lucas Banker
Saosin chronology
The Grey EP (2008) In Search of Solid Ground (2009) Along the Shadow (2016)
Singles from In Search of Solid Ground
"Is This Real" Released: August 4, 2009 "On My Own" Released: August 4, 2009 "Changing" Released: August 11, 2009 "Deep Down" Released: 2010

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Keep My Secrets Safe"		3:54
2.	"Deep Down"	Burchell, Reber, Sorensen, David Bassett	3:25
3.	"Why Can't You See"		2:39
4.	"Changing"	Sorensen, Lucas Banker, Matt Squire	3:47
5.	"On My Own"		5:18
6.	"The Alarming Sound of a Still Small Voice"		4:42
7.	"Say Goodbye"		5:04
8.	"The Worst of Me"		3:35
9.	"It's All Over Now"		3:47
10.	"What Were We Made For?"	Burchell, Reber, Jeremy Griffith, Butch Walker	3:33
11.	"Is This Real"		3:58
12.	"Nothing Is What It Seems (Without You)"	Burchell, Reber, Sorensen, Griffith	4:25
13.	"Fireflies (Light Messengers)"		8:30

iTunes bonus tracks (Old)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Changing" (acoustic)	Sorensen, Banker, Squire	3:50
15.	"Bury Me"		4:25

iTunes bonus tracks (New)

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Bury Me"	4:25
15.	"The Alarming Sound" (instrumental demo)	4:36
16.	"Brikka Brikka" (instrumental demo)	3:46
17.	"Exfoliator" (instrumental demo)	4:09
18.	"Write Something Heavy and Fast" (instrumental demo)	3:56

Aussie Rules edition

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Fireflies (Light Messengers)" (live from Hurley Studios)	7:53

Japan/Amazon/PacSun bonus track

No.	Title	Length
16.	"You Never Noticed Me"	3:41

B-side

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Move Slow"	3:09

Best Buy deluxe edition "Making Of" DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On My Own" (Behind the Scenes Video)
2.	"Is This Real" (Behind the Scenes Video)
3.	"The Alarming Sound of a Still Small Voice" (Behind the Scenes Video)
4.	"I Keep My Secrets Safe" (Behind the Scenes Video)
5.	"Fireflies" (Behind the Scenes Video)

Personnel

Saosin Cove Reber – lead vocals, keyboards, piano Beau Burchell – rhythm guitar, vocals Justin Shekoski – lead guitar, vocals Chris Sorenson – bass, vocals Alex Rodriguez – drums, percussion Additional musicians John Feldmann – programming, percussion, strings (track 2, 10) Butch Walker – programming, percussion (track 3, 5, 8, 9, 13), additional vocals (track 9) Jeremy S.H. Griffith – additional vocals (track 12) Scott Sorenson – additional vocals (track 12) Chris Sorenson – piano, programming, percussion (track 1, 6, 7, 11, 12), string arrangement (track 12)

Production Beau Burchell – engineering, mixing Chris Sorenson – art direction, concept, mixing, production (track 1, 6, 7, 11, 12) Jarrod Alexander – drum technician Matt "Hippie" Appleton – engineering John Feldmann – engineering, production (track 2, 10) Ken Floyd – guitar technician Logan Mader, Lucas Banker – engineering, production (track 4) Erik Ron – engineering Sean Stiegmeier – photography Butch Walker – production (track 3, 5, 8, 9, 13) Howie Weinberg – mastering Ryan Williams – engineering

Charts

Chart performance for In Search of Solid Ground

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8]	69
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9]	56
US Billboard 200 [10]	19
US Billboard Alternative Albums [10]	4
US Billboard Rock Albums [10]	6

References

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