''Solid Ball of Rock'' is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band

Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...

released in 1991 on

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...

. 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 Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford (born 15 January 1951) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Early life Byford was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, the youngest of four children to Ernest Cha ...

. "Since then we've been right on it." Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine referred to the album as "a modicum of celebratory rock 'n' roll chest beating".

Track listing

Personnel

;Saxon *

– vocals,

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*Graham Oliver – guitar *Paul Quinn – guitar *Nibbs Carter – bass guitar *

Nigel Glockler Nigel Glockler (born 24 January 1953) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer for the heavy metal band Saxon, which he first joined in 1981. Career Glockler began his musical career in 1978 as the drummer for the British band ...

– drums ;Production *

Kalle Trapp Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Trapp is a German former music engineer and producer, and owner of the Karo Studio in Münster. The federal state North Rhine-Westphalia became breeding ground for most German metal bands in the 1980s, with Trapp being referred ...

– producer,

Charts

References

{{Authority control Saxon (band) albums 1991 albums Virgin Records albums