Solid Ball of Rock
Solid Ball of Rock is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1991. Five of its 11 tracks were written by new bassist Nibbs Carter, who cowrote another three songs.
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| Released | 4 February 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Karo Studios, Hamburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:49 | |||
| Label | CBH/Virgin | |||
| Producer | Kalle Trapp, Saxon | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[3] |
"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."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Solid Ball of Rock" | Bram Tchaikovsky, Micki Broadbent | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Altar of the Gods" | Timothy "Nibbs" Carter | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Requiem (We Will Remember)" | Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Carter, Nigel Glockler | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Lights in the Sky" | Byford, Paul Quinn, Paul Johnson | 4:03 |
| 5. | "I Just Can't Get Enough" | Byford, Oliver, Quinn | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Baptism of Fire" | Carter | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Ain't Gonna Take It" | Byford, Oliver, Carter, Glockler | 4:47 |
| 8. | "I'm on Fire" | Carter | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Overture in B-Minor / Refugee" | Byford, Carter | 5:42 |
| 10. | "Bavarian Beaver" | Carter | 1:17 |
| 11. | "Crash Dive" | Carter | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Reeperbahn Stomp" (Japanese only bonus track) | Carter | 3:26 |
Personnel
- Saxon
- Biff Byford – vocals, engineer
- Graham Oliver – guitar
- Paul Quinn – guitar
- Nibbs Carter – bass guitar
- Nigel Glockler – drums
- Production
- Kalle Trapp — producer, engineer
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Solid Ball of Rock". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- 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.
- Albrecht, Frank (1990). "Review Album: Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock". Rock Hard (in German). No. 47. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- Elliott, Paul (August 2016). "The gospel according to Biff Byford". Classic Rock #226. p. 54.
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