Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
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Tom Cochrane & Red Rider is the fifth studio album
by the Canadian
rock
band Red Rider
, released on May 7, 1986 (see 1986 in music
). A remastered CD was released by EMI
in 2004. The album earned Cochrane two Juno Awards
for Composer of the Year and Group of the Year.
The album reached #116 on Billboard's 200 chart in 1986. In Canada "Boy Inside the Man" reached #27, "The Untouchable One" hit #70, "One More Time (Some Old Habits)" hit #85, and "Ocean Blues (Emotion Blue)" made #88.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Red Rider
Red Rider
Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
, released on May 7, 1986 (see 1986 in music
1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-January-June:*January 23 – The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
). A remastered CD was released by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in 2004. The album earned Cochrane two Juno Awards
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for Composer of the Year and Group of the Year.
The album reached #116 on Billboard's 200 chart in 1986. In Canada "Boy Inside the Man" reached #27, "The Untouchable One" hit #70, "One More Time (Some Old Habits)" hit #85, and "Ocean Blues (Emotion Blue)" made #88.
Track listing
Personnel
- Tom CochraneTom CochraneTom Cochrane, OC Canadian musician and humanitarian, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "Human Race" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards...
- lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, - Ken GreerKen GreerKen Greer is a Canadian guitarist and keyboardist. He was one of the founding members of the Canadian rock band Red Rider. He is the pedal steel guitarist whose soaring, searing lines give Red Rider its distinctive sound.-Biography:...
- guitars, keyboards, backing vocals - Ken SinnaeveKen SinnaeveKen "Spider" Sinnaeve is a Canadian musician, best known for playing bass with Tom Cochrane and Cochrane's earlier band Red Rider.He was a founding member of the band Streetheart prior to playing with Cochrane, making amongst others a live cover of "Under my Thumb"...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - John WebsterJohn Webster (musician)John Webster is a musician, engineer and producer who primarily plays keyboards. He was a member of Tom Cochrane's Red Rider from 1984 until they disbanded in 1989...
- keyboards - Graham Broad - drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Jorn Anderson - drums on "The Loading" and "One More Time"
- Paul Martinea - bass on "Love Under Fire"
- John Johnson - saxophone
- Wendy Davis - backing vocals
- Billy Pilgrim - backing vocals
- Mission Singers - backing vocals