Solid Ball of Rock

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Solid Ball of Rock
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Studio album by
Saxon
ReleasedJanuary 1991 [1]
Recorded1990
StudioKaro Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Length44:49
Label CBH/Virgin
Producer Kalle Trapp, Saxon
Saxon chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1990)		Solid Ball of Rock
(1991)		 Forever Free
(1992)
Singles from Solid Ball of Rock
  1. "Requiem (We Will Remember) / Altar of the Gods"
    Released: March 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rock Hard 9.5/10 [6]

Solid Ball of Rock is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1991 on Virgin Records. Five of its 11 tracks were written by new bassist Nibbs Carter, who co-wrote another three songs.

Contents

"For our audience – and without an audience there is no band – our focus returned on Solid Ball of Rock…" noted singer Biff Byford. "Since then we've been right on it." [7] Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine referred to the album as "a modicum of celebratory rock 'n' roll chest beating". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Solid Ball of Rock" Bram Tchaikovsky, Micki Broadbent4:35
2."Altar of the Gods"Timothy "Nibbs" Carter3:30
3."Requiem (We Will Remember)" Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Carter, Nigel Glockler5:16
4."Lights in the Sky"Byford, Paul Quinn, Paul Johnson4:03
5."I Just Can't Get Enough"Byford, Oliver, Quinn4:34
6."Baptism of Fire"Carter3:08
7."Ain't Gonna Take It"Byford, Oliver, Carter, Glockler4:47
8."I'm on Fire"Carter4:24
9."Overture in B-Minor / Refugee"Byford, Carter5:42
10."Bavarian Beaver" (Instrumental)Carter1:17
11."Crash Dive"Carter3:07
12."Reeperbahn Stomp" (Japanese only bonus track)Carter3:26

Personnel

Saxon
Production

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 28

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References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 719. ISBN   9780862415419.
  2. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Solid Ball of Rock". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 384. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ↑ Zell, Ray (19 January 1991). "The great rock and ball swindle". Kerrang! . No. 324. p. 25. ISSN   0262-6624 . Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 Sutcliffe, Phil (5 March 1991). "Solid Ball of Rock review". Q . No. 55. p. 76.
  6. ↑ Albrecht, Frank (1990). "Review Album: Saxon – Solid Ball of Rock". Rock Hard (in German). No. 47. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Elliott, Paul (August 2016). "The gospel according to Biff Byford". Classic Rock #226. p. 54.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Solid Ball of Rock" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Saxon – Solid Ball of Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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