Solid is the eleventh studio album recorded by American vocal duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1984 on the Capitol label. The album features the song "Solid", which became the songwriting duo's biggest hit as performers. Commercial performance The album peaked at No. 1 on the US R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200. The album's title track peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Black Singles chart, No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "Outta the World" and "Babies". Track listing Personnel Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson – vocals Sid McGinnis – guitar Francisco Centeno – bass Valerie Simpson – synthesizer, piano, bass Ed Walsh, Joseph Joubert – synthesizer James Newton Howard – keyboards, drum programming Chris Parker, Brian Brake – drums Jimmy Simpson, Sammy Figueroa, Ralph MacDonald – percussion Tim Cox – Linn drums, recording engineer Vinny Della Rocca, Michael Brecker – saxophone Joe Mosello – trumpet Sephra Herman - strings Ashford & Simpson, Ray Simpson, Ullanda McCullough, Vivian Cherry – backing vocals Charts Singles See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1985 (U.S.) References External links 1984 albums Ashford & Simpson albums Albums produced by Ashford & Simpson Capitol Records albums