Run For Cover is an album

Album

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 by Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

, released in 1985, and is often considered as Gary Moore's breakthrough album.

The album includes a remake of the hit single "Empty Rooms" (UK #20), one of Moore's biggest successes and top 5 single "Out in the Fields

Out in the Fields (song)

"Out in the Fields" is a single by former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore and Phil Lynott, released in 1985. The song is about the religious turmoil in their native Ireland....

" the album's biggest selling single.

The album features many of Moore's friends including Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

 bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson (musician)

Paul Thompson is the drummer for Roxy Music from 1971 to 1980 and from 2001 onwards.In between those stints with Roxy Music, he was drummer in the Oi! band, Angelic Upstarts and the American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde...

 of Roxy Music

Roxy Music

Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...

 and Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott

Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....

 from Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

. Lynott and Moore trade vocals on "Out in the Fields", while Lynott sings vocals on "Military Man", an old Grand Slam track, alone. "Out in the Fields" is a song about the religious turmoil in their native Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

.

Side one

1. "Run for Cover" – 4:13
2. "Reach for the Sky" – 4:46
3. "Military Man" (Phil Lynott
   Phil Lynott
   Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
   
   ) – 5:40
4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Neil Carter) – 4:17

Side two

1. "Out in the Fields
   Out in the Fields (song)
   "Out in the Fields" is a single by former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore and Phil Lynott, released in 1985. The song is about the religious turmoil in their native Ireland....
   
   " – 4:17
2. "Nothing to Lose" – 4:41
3. "Once in a Lifetime" – 4:18
4. "All Messed Up" (Moore/Carter) – 4:52
5. "Listen to Your Heartbeat" – 4:31

CD issue

1. "Run for Cover" – 4:13
2. "Reach for the Sky" – 4:46
3. "Military Man" (Lynott) – 5:40
4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 4:17
5. "Out of My System" – 4:01
6. "Out in the Fields
   Out in the Fields (song)
   "Out in the Fields" is a single by former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore and Phil Lynott, released in 1985. The song is about the religious turmoil in their native Ireland....
   
   " – 4:17
7. "Nothing to Lose" – 4:41
8. "Once in a Lifetime" – 4:18
9. "All Messed Up" (Moore/Carter) – 4:52
10. "Listen to Your Heartbeat" – 4:31

Remastered edition of this album also includes three bonus tracks:

1. "Still in Love with You" (1985 version)
2. "Murder in the Skies" (Live in Ulster Hall, Belfast December 17, 1984)
3. "Stop Messin' Around" (Live in Ulster Hall, Belfast December 17, 1984)

Singles

• "Military Man" (1985)
• "Empty Rooms" (July 1985)
• "Run for Cover" (1985) (Released only in South Africa)
• "Listen to Your Heartbeat" (1985)
• "Reach for the Sky" (1986) (Rare South African promotional single)

Personnel

• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore
  Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals (all songs)
• Gary Ferguson
  Gary Ferguson
  Professor Gary Ferguson is a specialist of French Renaissance literature and culture at the University of Delaware in the USA. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham University, receiving a BA with first-class honours in 1985 and a Ph.D...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   ("Run for Cover", "Once in a Lifetime" and "All Messed Up")
• Glenn Hughes - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   ("Run for Cover", "Reach for the Sky", "Out of My System", "Nothing to Lose", and "All Messed Up"), vocals ("Reach for the Sky", "All Messed Up", "Nothing to Lose", and "Out of My System")
• Andy Richards - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   (All except "Nothing to Lose" and "All Messed Up")
• Neil Carter
  Neil Carter (musician)
  Neil Carter is a musician who has worked in diverse genres throughout his 35 year career. Classically trained, he became a professional rock musician at the age of 17 and initally had his first 'mainstream' experience with singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. He subsequently played guitar and...
  
   - backing vocals ("Run for Cover", "Empty Rooms", "Nothing to Lose", "Once in a Lifetime", and "Listen to Your Heartbeat"), keyboards ("Out of My System", "Nothing to Lose", "Once in a Lifetime", and "Listen to Your Heartbeat")
• Charlie Morgan
  Charlie Morgan
  Charlie Morgan is an English drummer and percussionist.In 1985 his drumming work with Nik Kershaw attracted the attention of Elton John, who booked him to play on his Ice on Fire album. Later that year John invited him to play with his band at Live Aid...
  
   - drums ("Reach for the Sky", "Military Man" and "Out in the Fields")
• Phil Lynott
  Phil Lynott
  Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
  
   - bass guitar, vocals ("Military Man" and "Out in the Fields")
• Don Airey
  Don Airey
  Donald Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord...
  
   - keyboards ("Military Man" and "Out in the Fields")
• James (Jimbo) Barton - drums (sampled) ("Empty Rooms")
• Paul Thompson
  Paul Thompson (musician)
  Paul Thompson is the drummer for Roxy Music from 1971 to 1980 and from 2001 onwards.In between those stints with Roxy Music, he was drummer in the Oi! band, Angelic Upstarts and the American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde...
  
   - drums ("Out of My System" and "Nothing to Lose")
• Bob Daisley
  Bob Daisley
  Robert John "Bob" Daisley is an Australian musician, bassist and lyricist who has performed in genres of rock, blues, R&B, hard rock and metal.-Early career:...
  
   - bass guitar ("Once in a Lifetime")

Production

• Andy Johns
  Andy Johns
  Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
  
   ("Run for Cover", "Reach for the Sky" and "All Messed Up")
• Gary Moore ("Military Man")
• Peter Collins
  Peter Collins (record producer)
  Peter Collins is a record producer, born January 15, 1951, in London.In 1976 Collins was signed to Magnet Records and formed a group called Madison, along with Ziggy, Peter Spooner and Page 3 girl Cherri Gilham, to perform his pop song "Let It Ring"...
  
   ("Empty Rooms" and "Out in the Fields")
• Beau Hill
  Beau Hill
  Beau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe and Ratt....
  
   ("Out of My System" and "Nothing to Lose")
• Mike Stone ("Once in a Lifetime" and "Listen to Your Heartbeat")

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1985	UK	12