Solid Ball of Rock

1991 studio album by Saxon

Solid Ball of Rock

Studio album by

Saxon

Released

January 1991^[1]

Recorded

1990

Studio

Karo Studios, Hamburg, Germany

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

44:49

Label

CBH/Virgin

Producer

Kalle Trapp, Saxon

Saxon chronology

Greatest Hits Live
(1990)

Solid Ball of Rock
(1991)

Forever Free
(1992)

Singles from Solid Ball of Rock

"Requiem (We Will Remember) / Altar of the Gods"
Released: March 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[3]
Kerrang!	^[4]
Q	^[5]
Rock Hard	9.5/10^[6]

Solid Ball of Rock is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1991 on Virgin Records. Five of its 11 tracks were written by new bassist Nibbs Carter, who co-wrote another three songs.

"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."^[7] Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine referred to the album as "a modicum of celebratory rock 'n' roll chest beating".^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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" (Instrumental)	Carter	1:17
11.	"Crash Dive"	Carter	3:07
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

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	28

References

^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 719. ISBN 9780862415419.
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Solid Ball of Rock". AllMusic. 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.
^ Zell, Ray (19 January 1991). "The great rock and ball swindle". Kerrang!. No. 324. p. 25. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Sutcliffe, Phil (5 March 1991). "Solid Ball of Rock review". Q. No. 55. p. 76.
^ 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.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Solid Ball of Rock" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Saxon – Solid Ball of Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.