Common Ground (Rhythm Corps album)

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.[2]

Common Ground
Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedThe Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California (Tracks 1,3,5-10)
Pearl Sound, Canton, Michigan (Tracks 2 & 4)
GenreAlternative rock
Length46:13
LabelPasha Records
Epic
Sony
ProducerRandy Bishop/Spencer Proffer (Tracks 1,3,5-10)
Ben Grosse/Randy Sosin (Tracks 2 & 4)
Rhythm Corps chronology
Espirit de Corps
(1985)
Common Ground
(1988)
The Future's Not What It Used to Be
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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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

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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".

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