Solid Ball of Rock: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 44:54Tracklist
- 1Solid Ball of RockMick Broadbent and Bram Tchaikovsky4:40
- 2Altar of the Gods3:42
- 3Requiem (We Will Remember)5:18
- 4Lights in the Sky4:07
- 5I Just Can't Get Enough4:38
- 6Baptism of Fire3:13
- 7Ain't Gonna Take It4:52
- 8I'm on Fire4:23
- 9Overture in B-Minor / Refugee5:38
- 10Bavarian Rhapsody1:15
- 11Crash Dive3:07
- Produced by
- Kalle Trapp, Saxon
- Recorded at
- Karo Studios, Hamburg, Germany
- Recorded
- 1990
- Label
- CBH/Virgin
- Length
- 44:54
Singles
- “Requiem (We Will Remember) / Altar of the Gods” · March 1991
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 1991 | 23 |
| Swiss Albums · 1991 | 28 |
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1990, 1991)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 14 January 1991 | |
| Wikidata | 1991 | |
| US release | 30 April 1991 | earliest US date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | GB | — | original | |
| 1990 | XE | Virgin | 5012981114411 | original |
| 1990 | DE | Virgin Schallplatten GmbH | 5012981114428 | original |
| 21 April 1991 | JP | Metal Mania | 4988004030307 | other |
| 30 April 1991 | US | Charisma Records America, Inc. | 075679167224 | other |
| 6 May 2002 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723740829 | other |
| 2013 | GB | Edsel Records | 740155501730 | other |
| 1 September 2023 | XE | BMG | 4050538934151 | other |
Cover art sources
itunes · native: native 2000x2000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| itunes ✓ | 2000×2000 | native: native 2000x2000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |