As Far as Siam
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| Studio album by Red Rider | ||
| Released | June 1981 | |
| Recorded | 1981 (?) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 34:52 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Landis & Michael James Jackson |
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| 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "Lunatic Fringe" (Cochrane) – 4:20
- "Cowboys in Hong Kong (As Far as Siam)" (Cochrane/Greer/Baker) – 4:06
- "Only Game in Town" (Cochrane) – 3:18
- "Thru the Curtain" (Cochrane/Baker/Jones/Boynton/Greer) – 3:17
- "What Have You Got to do (To Get Off Tonight)" (Cochrane) – 3:18
- "Ships" (Cochrane) – 4:36
- "Caught in the Middle" (Cochrane) – 4:25
- "Don't Let Go of Me" (Cochrane) – 3:56
- "Laughing Man" (Cochrane/Jones) – 3:36
[edit] Personnel
- Tom Cochrane - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Ken Greer - electric, steel and six string guitars, piano, organ
- Jeff Jones - bass guitar, background vocals
- Peter Boynton - piano, synthesizers, organ, vocals
- Rob Baker - drums, percussion, harmonica
studio musicians:
- Peter Wolf - synthesizers
- Jai Winding - keyboards
- George Doering - acoustic guitar
- Charlie Calello - string arrangements on "Ships"
