Solid Ground (Peter Baldrachi album)

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Solid Ground
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 2006
RecordedFebruary 2003–September 2005
Genre Rock, power pop
Length35:31
Label Prodigal Son
Peter Baldrachi chronology
Solid Ground
(2006)
Tomorrow Never Knows
(2011)

Solid Ground is the first solo album from Peter Baldrachi. The album received favorable reviews from The Big Takeover, Amplifier Magazine, The Noise, Indie Pages, and The Boston Globe,and was named one of the Top Discs of 2007 by Absolute Powerpop. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

In 2008, the track "You're Gonna Miss Me Someday" appeared on Not Lame Recordings' "International Pop Overthrow, Vol. 11. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Baldrachi except “Breakdown.” Words: Baldrachi/Music: Rand

No.TitleLength
1."Solid Ground"4:03
2."A Better Place"2:51
3."Breakdown"3:27
4."You’re Gonna Miss Me"3:17
5."Wait In Vain"3:23
6."Round and Round"3:18
7."Start It Up Again"2:31
8."Making Sense of Nothing"4:05
9."(Are You Sure That) We Belong"3:47
10."What Do You Want From Me"4:44

Personnel

Production notes

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