''Ragged Ass Road'' is the third solo studio album by

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frontman

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, released in October 1995. The album was named for

Ragged Ass Road Ragged Ass Road may refer to: * ''Ragged Ass Road'' (album), a Tom Cochrane album * Ragged Ass Road (Yellowknife), a street in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada {{disambiguation ...

, a street in

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, Northwest Territories. Songs from the album include " I Wish You Well", which became the first Canadian song to debut at #1 on the

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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

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and Ragged Ass Road Studios.

Track listing

Personnel

- guitars, harmonica, mandolin, vocals *

- keyboards, engineer * Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass *

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- guitar * Bill Bell - guitars (acoustic & electric) *

Annette Ducharme Annette Ducharme, also known as Anet (born February 23 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She is best known as a songwriter for other performers, including Tom Cochrane and Lawrence Gowan, but has also recorded several a ...

- guitar (acoustic), backing vocals * Dick Smith - percussion * Gregor Beresford - percussion, drums * Evanne Cochrane - vocals *

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- backing vocals * Saffron Henderson - backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Tom Cochrane albums Capitol Records albums Albums recorded at Metalworks Studios