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" ( RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" ( RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" ( 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.
Track listing
Personnel 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
Charts Chart (1995–96) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 167
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