Wild Frontier (album)
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Studio album by Gary Moore | |||||||||||
Publication |
March 9, 1987 |
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admission |
1986 |
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Label (s) | Virgin Records | ||||||||||
Format (s) |
LP, MC, CD |
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Title (number) |
8/11/14 |
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running time |
56:09 |
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occupation |
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Peter Collins , Pete Smith, James Barton, Gary Moore |
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Studio (s) |
The Townhouse , London |
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Wild Frontier is a music album by Northern Irish hard rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore . It was released on Virgin Records in March 1987 .
history
After a trip back to Belfast , Moore released this album, on which several songs are about Ireland . The music also has Celtic influences. A drum machine was used for the recordings . The title track was originally supposed to be sung by Phil Lynott , which prevented his death in January 1986. The album was dedicated to Lynott with the words "For Philip".
Over the Hills and Far Away became one of Moore's most famous pieces and has been covered several times; an interpretation of Nightwish became particularly well known . The piece peaked at number 20 in the UK . Also included is Friday on My Mind, a cover version of an old song by The Easybeats . The instrumental piece The Loner - a composition by keyboardist Max Middleton - is a new recording of the title that Gary Moore had already contributed as a guest musician on the LP Over The Top by drummer Cozy Powell in 1979. In the style of a rock ballad, it shows the typical solo skills and expressive possibilities of Gary Moore on the electric guitar, especially his very differentiated pulling of the strings ( bending ).
criticism
The Allmusic website criticized the decision to use a drum machine. Nevertheless, it is not a bad record, it is only "slightly disappointing". It gave it a rating of 2 out of 5.
Track list
Tracks 1 - 8 are those of the original vinyl release. All Gary Moore pieces except where noted.
- "Over the Hills and Far Away" - 5:20
- "Wild Frontier" - 4:14
- "Take a Little Time" - 4:05
- "The Loner" (instrumental) ( Max Middleton ) - 5:54
- " Friday on My Mind " ( George Young / Harry Vanda ) - 4:11
- "Strangers in the Darkness" (Moore / Neil Carter) - 4:38
- "Thunder Rising" (Moore / Carter) - 5:43
- "Johnny Boy" - 3:15
Bonus title of the original CD:
- "Over the Hills and Far Away" (12 "version) - 7:26
- "Wild Frontier" (12 "version) - 6:38
- "Crying in the Shadows" - 5:01
Bonus titles for the 2003 remastered version:
- "The Loner" (Extended Mix) - 7:16
- "Friday on My Mind" (12 "version) (Young / Vanda) - 6:15
- " Out in the Fields " (live, with Phil Lynott ) - 5:28
Charts
year | country | space |
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1987 | FIN | 1 |
1987 | NOR | 1 |
1987 | SWE | 2 |
1987 | SWI | 7th |
1987 | UK | 8th |
1987 | DEU | 9 |
1987 | NZ | 11 |
1987 | AUT | 16 |
1987 | OUT | 41 |
1987 | United States | 139 |
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Finland (IFPI) | gold | 42,791 |
Norway (IFPI) | gold | 25,000 |
Sweden (IFPI) | platinum | 100,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver | 60,000 |
All in all |
1 × silver 2 × gold 1 × platinum |
227.791 |
Main article: Gary Moore / Discography # Awards for Music Sales
proof
- ↑ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000190972
- ↑ Gary Moore - Kulta- yes platinalevyt - Musiikkituottajat. Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland , accessed October 6, 2019 (Finnish).
- ↑ European Gold & Platinum Awards 1987 - IFPI Norway - Gold Albums. Music & Media Magazine, December 26, 1987, accessed October 6, 2019 (page 46).
- ↑ Guld & Platina 1987-1998. IFPI Sweden , accessed October 6, 2019 (Swedish).
- ^ BRIT Certified. British Phonographic Industry , accessed October 6, 2019 .
literature
- René Aagaard, Finn K. Jensen, The Gary Moore Bio-Discography 1969-1994 , Søborg: Bidstrup, 1996. ISBN 87-983242-6-8 .