Ragged Ass Road

Ragged Ass Road is the third solo studio album by Red Rider frontman Tom Cochrane, released in October 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" (No. 5 RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" (No. 4 RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" (No. 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.

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Cochrane unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	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

Personnel

• Tom Cochrane - guitars, harmonica, mandolin, vocals
• John Webster - keyboards, engineer
• Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass
• Alex Lifeson - guitar
• Bill Bell - guitars (acoustic & electric)
• Annette Ducharme - guitar (acoustic), backing vocals
• Dick Smith - percussion
• Gregor Beresford - percussion, drums
• Evanne Cochrane - vocals
• Molly Johnson - backing vocals
• Saffron Henderson - backing vocals

References

1. Ragged Ass Road at AllMusic