Ragged Ass Road

Ragged Ass Road
Studio album by Tom Cochrane
Released October 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre Heartland rock
Length 53:53
Label Capitol
Producer Tom Cochrane, John Webster
Tom Cochrane chronology
Mad Mad World
(1991)
Ragged Ass Road
(1995)
Songs of a Circling Spirit
(1997)
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Ragged Ass Road is the second solo album album by former Red Rider frontman Tom Cochrane, released in October of 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" (#5 RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" (#4 RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" (#11 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

All songs written and composed by Tom Cochrane unless otherwise noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "I Wish You Well"   4:24
2. "Wildest Dreams"   4:12
3. "Just Scream"   4:53
4. "Paper Tigers"   3:56
5. "Crawl" (Bill Bell, Cochrane) 4:15
6. "Ragged Ass Road"   4:45
7. "Flowers in the Concrete" (Annette Ducharme) 4:02
8. "Dreamer's Dream"   4:57
9. "Message (Rise Up Again)"   4:33
10. "Best Waste of Time" (Ducharme) 4:36
11. "Will of the Gun" (Ducharme) 4:46
12. "Song Before I Leave""   4:34

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