Ragged Ass Road is the third solo studio album by Red Rider frontman Tom Cochrane, released in October 1995. The album was named for Ragged Ass Road, a street in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Songs from the album include "I Wish You Well", which became the first Canadian song to debut at #1 on the RPM Canadian Singles Charts, as well as three other Top 20 hits in Canada: "Wildest Dreams" (No. 5 RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" (No. 4 RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" (No. 11 RPM Canadian Charts). Ragged Ass Road earned two Juno award nominations and achieved Platinum sales status in Canada. The album was produced by Cochrane and John Webster at Metalworks Studios and Ragged Ass Road Studios.
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| Released | October 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Heartland rock | |||
| Length | 53:53 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Cochrane, John Webster | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Tom Cochrane unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wish You Well" | 4:24 | |
| 2. | "Wildest Dreams" | 4:12 | |
| 3. | "Just Scream" | 4:53 | |
| 4. | "Paper Tigers" | 3:56 | |
| 5. | "Crawl" | Bill Bell, Cochrane | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Ragged Ass Road" | 4:45 | |
| 7. | "Flowers in the Concrete" | Annette Ducharme | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Dreamer's Dream" | 4:57 | |
| 9. | "Message (Rise Up Again)" | 4:33 | |
| 10. | "Best Waste of Time" | Ducharme | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Will of the Gun" | Ducharme | 4:46 |
| 12. | "Song Before I Leave" | 4:34 |
Personnel
edit- Tom Cochrane – guitars, harmonica, mandolin, vocals
- John Webster – keyboards, engineer
- Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve – bass
- Alex Lifeson – guitar
- Bill Bell – guitars (acoustic and electric)
- Annette Ducharme – guitar (acoustic), backing vocals
- Dick Smith – percussion
- Gregor Beresford – percussion, drums
- Evanne Cochrane – vocals
- Molly Johnson – backing vocals
- Saffron Henderson – backing vocals