Solid Ball of Rock

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.

Solid Ball of Rock
Studio album by Saxon
Released	14 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]

"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