The Symphony Sessions

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The Symphony Sessions
Live album by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
Released	1989
Recorded	March 17-18, 1989 Edmonton, Alberta
Genre	Rock
Length	??:??
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	Tom Cochrane & Ken Greer
Tom Cochrane and Red Rider chronology
Victory Day (1988)	The Symphony Sessions (1989)	Ashes to Diamonds (1993)

The Symphony Sessions was a live album released in 1989 by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. It was the band's 7th and final album.

The album was recorded with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

Following this album, Tom Cochrane pursued a solo career, releasing Mad Mad World in 1991.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Light in the Tunnel" (instrumental)
2. "Can't Look Back"
3. "Human Race"
4. "Napoleon Sheds His Skin"
5. "White Hot"
6. "Big League" +
7. "Calling America" +
8. "Avenue 'A'"
9. "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen)
10. "Lunatic Fringe"
11. "Boy Inside the Man"
12. "Good Times" +
13. "The Next Life"

Note: Those tracks listed with a '+' next to them were only available on the CD and Cassette versions, and were not on the LP version.

[edit] Personnel

• George Blondheim: Arranged; Conductor
• Steve Rinkoff: Produced "The Next Life", Mixer
• Hugh Cooper: Additional Engineering
• Red Rider (Tom Cochrane, Ken Greer, John Webster, Ken Sinnaeve, Randall Coryell, Peter Mueller): Guitars, Vocals, Percussion
• Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Music