Ride On (Christy Moore album)

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Ride On
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Studio album by
Christy Moore
Released1984
RecordedMarch 1984
Genre Folk
Length40:49
Label
Producer Dónal Lunny
Christy Moore chronology
The Time Has Come
(1983)		Ride On
(1984)		 Ordinary Man
(1985)

Ride On is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1984. Its title track remains one of his most popular songs. A number of songs relate the actions of those involved in political struggles, or those affected by those struggles; such as "Viva la Quinte Brigada" which is concerned with the Irish contingent amongst the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War; or "El Salvador" dealing with the civil war in that country in the 1980s. Other songs deal with Irish history – "The City of Chicago", about emigration to America during the Irish famines of the late 1840s; "Back Home in Derry" written by Bobby Sands about the transportation to Australia of convicts; and "Lisdoonvarna" celebrating a music festival that took place annually in that town until the early 1980s.

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Since Ride On is widely accepted as a landmark Moore album, it has been available ever since its original release and is regarded as one of the best possible introductions to the artist. The title track was written by one of Ireland's most famous songwriters, Jimmy MacCarthy, and many other artists have interpreted the song. [2]

Track listing

  1. "The City of Chicago" (Barry Moore)
  2. "Ride On" (Jimmy MacCarthy)
  3. "Viva la Quinta Brigada" (Christy Moore)
  4. "The Song of Wandering Aengus" (William Butler Yeats, Travis Edmonson)
  5. "McIlhatton" (Bobby Sands)
  6. "Lisdoonvarna" (Christy Moore)
  7. "Among The Wicklow Hills" (Pierce Turner)
  8. "Sonny's Dream" (Ron Hynes)
  9. "The Dying Soldier" (Ger Costelloe)
  10. "El Salvador" (Johnny Duhan)
  11. "Back Home in Derry" (Bobby Sands, Gordon Lightfoot)
  12. "The Least We Can Do" (Gerry Murray)

Personnel

Cover versions

Due to the success of the version Moore recorded on this album, "Ride On" has been covered by many other artists in subsequent years.

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Ride On Review". Rambles. Nicky Rossiter. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Mary Coughlan – Under The Influence".
  4. ↑ "Jimmy MacCarthy's History". Archived from the original on 2 February 2008.
  5. ↑ "Celtic Thunder". Archived from the original on 5 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Kandy Chen's Ride On". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rapalje's discography".
  8. ↑ "Chris Hadfield and Catherine Coleman - Ride On". YouTube . Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
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