Ragged Ass Road (album)

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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" (Template:Numero RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" (Template:Numero RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" (Template:Numero 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.

Personnel

• Tom Cochrane – guitars, harmonica, mandolin, vocals
• John Webster – keyboards, engineer
• Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve – bass
• Alex Lifeson – guitar
• Bill Bell – guitars (acoustic and 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

Charts

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Chart (1995–96)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>	167