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.

Solid Ball of Rock
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 4, 1990
Recorded1989
StudioKaro Studios, Hamburg, Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length44:49
LabelCBH/Virgin
ProducerKalle Trapp, Saxon
Saxon chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1990)
Solid Ball of Rock
(1990)
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 [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[2]
Rock Hard9.5/10[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.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"Carter1:17
11."Crash Dive"Carter4:21
12."Reeperbahn Stomp" (Japanese only bonus track)Carter3:26

Personnel

Saxon
Production

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Solid Ball of Rock". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. Albrecht, Frank (1990). "Review Album: Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock". Rock Hard (in German). No. 47. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. Elliott, Paul (August 2016). "The gospel according to Biff Byford". Classic Rock #226. p. 54.



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