As Far as Siam

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As Far as Siam
As Far as Siam cover
Studio album by Red Rider
Released June 1981
Genre Rock
Length 34:52
Label Capitol
Producer Richard Landis &
Michael James Jackson
Professional reviews
Red Rider chronology
Don't Fight It
(1981)		 As Far as Siam
(1981)		 Neruda
(1983)

As Far as Siam is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Red Rider, which was released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles.

The album reached #65 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart in 1981. The single "What Have You Got to do (To Get Off Tonight)" peaked at #16 on the Canadian charts.

"Lunatic Fringe", the band's most famous song, is about what composer Tom Cochrane saw as an alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was inspired by a book he read about Raoul Wallenberg. [1] The song is featured in the 1985 high-school wrestling movie Vision Quest, the Miami Vice episode Smuggler's Blues, and the My Name is Earl episode Bounty Hunter. It is also the inspiration for Kurt Angle's entrance theme in Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling. American guitarist Gary Hoey covered "Lunatic Fringe" on his 2006 album American Made.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Lunatic Fringe" (Cochrane) – 4:20
  2. "Cowboys in Hong Kong (As Far as Siam)" (Cochrane/Greer/Baker) – 4:06
  3. "Only Game in Town" (Cochrane) – 3:18
  4. "Thru the Curtain" (Cochrane/Baker/Jones/Boynton/Greer) – 3:17
  5. "What Have You Got to do (To Get Off Tonight)" (Cochrane) – 3:18
  6. "Ships" (Cochrane) – 4:36
  7. "Caught in the Middle" (Cochrane) – 4:25
  8. "Don't Let Go of Me" (Cochrane) – 3:56
  9. "Laughing Man" (Cochrane/Jones) – 3:36

[edit] Personnel

studio musicians:

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