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" ( RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" ( RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" ( 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
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