Solid State (Leon Russell album) explained

Solid State
Type:album
Artist:Leon Russell
Cover:SolidStateLeonRusselAlbum.jpg
Released:1984
Recorded:1984
Studio:Paradise Studios
Length:43:26
Label:Paradise
Producer:Leon Russell
Prev Title:Hank Wilson, Vol. II
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Anything Can Happen
Next Year:1994

Solid State is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell released in 1984. It was solely produced by Russell. The album was recorded in Paradise Studios in Burbank, California. The album was re-released on CD in 2011.[1] Most of the songs were written by Russell and Douglas A. Snider, who later write songs for Tom Jones ("From the Vaults", "Love is on the Radio", and "Don't Let Our Dreams Die Young") and B.J. Thomas ("Back Against the Wall").[2]

The songs "Rescue My Heart", and "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" on this album were release as singles in 1984.[3] Jack Wessel played bass and did backing vocals for Solid State. Wessel would continue and be in Leon's band for 35 years.[4] Leon took the album into a US tour in 1984.[5]

Reception

People reviewed the album on November 19, 1984. The magazine wrote of the album: There’s also a nicely mournful version of the Danny O'Keefe country standard Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues. Russell's delivery is honest and plaintive. This is an ideal LP for a slow, dreamy fall evening."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Leon Russell and Douglas A. Snider, excluding A6Side one

  1. "The Rock 'N' Roll Part of My Heart" 2:58
  2. "Lost Love" 4:57
  3. "All The Love Is On The Radio" 3:55
  4. "Deeper" 4:20
  5. "There's No Understanding The Heart" 3:42
  6. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (Danny O'Keefer) 3:19

Side two

  1. "Rescue My Heart" 7:09
  2. "To See You Again" 4:58
  3. "A New Kind of Fire" 3:22
  4. "Like a Thief in the Night" 5:05
  5. "If You Go Away" 4:01

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/solid-state-mw0001883191 Leon Russell - Solid State on AllMusic
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/douglas-a-snider-mn0003035259 Allmusic, Douglas A. Snider
  3. http://www.the-discographer.dk/leon-russell/24-year-1984.pdf discographer, Year 1984 Leon Russell – Solid State – Album and singles
  4. https://indyweek.com/news/archives/rearranging-leon/ Indy Week, Rearranging Leon, Russell returns to Carrboro, by Grant Britt, Feb. 22, 2006
  5. Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Newspaper Archives, Sunday, September 23, 1984 - Page 29
  6. https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-solid-state-vol-22-no-21/ People magazine, Picks and Pans Review: Solid State, People Staff, November 19, 1984

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