Solas (album)

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Solas
Studio album by
Released28 October 2016
Recorded2016 at Studio A, London
Length49:21
Label Napalm Records
Producer Andy Bradfield, Avril Mackintosh
The Answer chronology
Raise a Little Hell
(2015)
Solas
(2016)

Solas is the sixth studio album from Northern Ireland band The Answer, released on 28 October 2016 on Napalm Records.

The Answer (band) band

The Answer are a Northern Irish hard rock band from Newcastle and Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. They have achieved success with their debut album Rise selling in excess of 30,000 copies in the UK & Europe, 10,000 on day one in Japan and 100,000 worldwide.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by The Answer (Cormac Neeson, Paul Mahon, James Heatley and Micky Waters) except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Solas" 4:36
2."Beautiful World"Neil Davidge, The Answer4:19
3."Battle Cry" 6:13
4."Untrue Colour" 4:09
5."In This Land" 3:46
6."Thief of Light" 4:06
7."Being Begotten" 4:39
8."Left Me Standing" 4:21
9."Demon Driven Man" 3:28
10."Real Life Dreamers" 4:38
11."Tunnel" 5:03
Total length:49:21

Personnel

The Answer

Studio Personnel

Produced By: Avril Mackintosh & Andy Bradfield

Engineered By: Avril Mackintosh, Andy Bradfield, Paul Mahon

Programming: Andy Bradfield, Avril Mackintosh

Mixed By: Andy Bradfield

Additional personnel

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