Solid Ground

Released

1981

Studio

Indigo Ranch Studio (Malibu, California)

Every Generation
(1980)

Solid Ground
(1981)

Mr. Nice Guy
(1983)

Singles from What Am I Crying For

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Solid Ground is the sixth studio album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1981 by Liberty Records.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The album reached No. 17 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel

Ronnie Laws – acoustic piano (1, 6), soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4-7), tenor saxophone (1), lead vocals (2, 3, 5, 7), backing vocals (3), alto saxophone (3, 8), alto flute (4), sopranino saxophone (5)
Larry Dunn – Minimoog (1, 3, 4, 6, 7), Moog bass (1)
Barnaby Finch – acoustic piano (1-4, 8)
Denzil "Broadway" Miller – acoustic piano (5), Minimoog (5), Oberheim OB-X (5), Fender Rhodes (6)
Roland Bautista – guitars (1, 4)
Pat Kelly – guitars (2, 3, 7, 8)
Leon Johnson – bass (1-4, 6-8)
William Bryant – drums (1-5, 7, 8)
Raymond Pounds – drums (6)
Munyungo Jackson – percussion (1)
Hubert Laws – flute (5)
Frank Kavelin – string arrangements (8)
Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 8)
Gwenche Machu – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
Debra Laws – backing vocals (7)
Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (8)
Eloise Laws – backing vocals (8)

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	51
US Billboard Top Black Albums^[7]	17
UK Albums^[8]	100

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Stay Awake"	US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	60
	"Stay Awake"	US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[10]	19
	"There's A Way"	US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[11]	75

^ "Ronnie Laws: Solid Ground". Allmusic.
^ Ronnie Laws: Solid Ground. Liberty Records. 1981.
^ Darling, Cary (October 31, 1981). "Ronnie Laws Gambles and Wins". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media. p. 82. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Ronnie Laws". The Illustrated Weekly of India. 104 (20–32). Bennett, Coleman & Company: 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. ISBN 9780140513707. 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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Albums	Pressure Sensitive (1975) Fever (1976) Friends & Strangers (1977) Flame (1978) Every Generation (1980) Solid Ground (1981) Mr. Nice Guy (1983) Classic Masters (1984) Deep Soul (1992)
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