Solid Ground (Gugun Blues Shelter album)

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Solid Ground
GugunPowerTrioSolidGround.jpg
Studio album by
Gugun Blues Shelter a.k.a. Gugun Power Trio
ReleasedOctober 28, 2011
Genre Blues rock
Length62:54 Minutes
Label Grooveyard Records
Gugun Blues Shelter a.k.a. Gugun Power Trio chronology
Satu Untuk Berbagi
(2011)
Solid Ground
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Musik Review(12/15) [1]
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Rock TimesFavorable [3]
Hooked on MusicRespectable [4]

Solid Ground is the fifth studio album by Indonesian-based blues rock band Gugun Blues Shelter. The album also the second released under Grooveyard Records and band name Gugun Power Trio. All recording material was recorded in their studio in Cibubur Jakarta, mixing and mastering process was taken by Don Moore in New York City. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All song written and composed by Gugun Power Trio.

No.TitleLength
1."Solid Ground"3:31
2."One Heavy Night"4:05
3."Soul On Fire"4:18
4."Vixen Eyes"4:16
5."Mission"5:54
6."Trampled Rose"7:46
7."Silent Rider"4:36
8."I'm Juicy"5:28
9."Funky Chicken"6:10
10."Marching Strut" (Dedicated to Tommy Bolin)8:16
11."Hidden Bonus Track" 

Personnel

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References

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