Solid Ground (Ronnie Laws album)
Solid Ground is the sixth studio album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1981 by Liberty Records.[2][3][4][5]
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Released | 1981 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Ronnie Laws | |||
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Singles from What Am I Crying For | ||||
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The album reached No. 17 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heavy On Easy" | Ronnie Laws | 4:06 |
2. | "There's A Way" | Dave Boruff, Ronnie Laws | 3:57 |
3. | "Stay Awake" | Ronnie Laws | 4:09 |
4. | "Solid Ground" | Ronnie Laws | 4:34 |
5. | "Your Stuff" | Denzil "Broadway" Miller, Ronnie Laws | 3:38 |
6. | "Just As You Are" | Ronnie Laws | 3:59 |
7. | "Summer Fool" | Ronnie Laws | 4:07 |
8. | "Good Feelings" | Ronnie Laws | 4:21 |
Charts
- Album
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[6] | 51 |
US Billboard Top Black Albums[7] | 17 |
UK Albums[8] | 100 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1981 | "Stay Awake" | US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 60 |
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[10] | 19 | ||
"There's A Way" | US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[11] | 75 | |
References
- "Ronnie Laws: Solid Ground". Allmusic.
- Ronnie Laws: Solid Ground. Liberty Records. 1981.
- Darling, Cary (October 31, 1981). "Ronnie Laws Gambles and Wins". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 93 (43): 82. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
- "Ronnie Laws". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 104 (20–32): 78. 1983. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
- Clarke, Donald; Cackett, Alan; Balmer, Paul (1998). "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Penguin Books. p. 733. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
- "Solid Ground (US 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Solid Ground (US R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Solid Ground (UK)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Stay Awake (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Stay Awake (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "There's A Way". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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