Common Ground (Rhythm Corps album) explained

Common Ground
Type:studio
Artist:Rhythm Corps
Cover:Rhythmcorps Common.jpg
Released:1988
Recorded:The Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California (Tracks 1,3,5-10)
Pearl Sound, Canton, Michigan (Tracks 2 & 4)
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:46:13
Label:Pasha Records
Epic
Sony
Producer:Randy Bishop/Spencer Proffer (Tracks 1,3,5-10)
Ben Grosse/Randy Sosin (Tracks 2 & 4)
Prev Title:Espirit de Corps
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:The Future's Not What It Used to Be
Next Year:1991

Common Ground is the major label debut and first full-length studio album by the alternative rock band Rhythm Corps. The album reached No. 104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on September 24, 1988.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Rhythm Corps.

  1. "Father's Footsteps" - 4:34
  2. "I Surrender" - 4:12
  3. "Solidarity" - 5:23
  4. "Common Ground" - 4:05
  5. "Streets on Fire" - 5:32
  6. "Cold Wire" - 5:13
  7. "Giants" - 3:39
  8. "Faith and Muscle" - 3:55
  9. "Perfect Treason" - 4:42
  10. "Revolution Man" - 4:52

Single

The title track was released as a single and reached No. 9 on the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1988. A music video for the song was also released. The song's main guitar riff during the verses would be recycled eight years later by Hootie & the Blowfish on their song "Tucker's Town".

Notes and References

  1. Rhythm Corps Chart History