The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again

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The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
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Studio album by
John Fogerty
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2009
RecordedOctober 2008
Studio Village Recorders and Berkeley Street Studios, Santa Monica
Genre
Length40:03
Label Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast
Producer John Fogerty
John Fogerty chronology
Revival
(2007)		The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
(2009)		 Wrote a Song for Everyone
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again is the eighth solo studio album by American roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist John Fogerty, first released on September 1, 2009, on Fogerty's own label, Fortunate Son Records and distributed by Verve Forecast Records. The apparent grammatical error in the title of the album (the verb should be conjugated 'ride,' not 'rides') is a play on the fact that the original Blue Ridge Rangers (on the 1973 album The Blue Ridge Rangers ) consisted entirely of Fogerty singing all the vocals and playing all the instruments by himself.

Contents

Recording

Originally announced in December 2008, the album was then titled The Return of the Blue Ridge Rangers and was slated for release by Fantasy Records, the label Fogerty recorded for with Creedence Clearwater Revival and his 2007 "comeback" album Revival . [4] The album shares similarities in style with Fogerty's first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers and included a remake of a song from the Eye of the Zombie album.[ citation needed ]

The album was recorded at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, California, in a 10-day session. Included in the group were Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz, Dennis Crouch, Jay Bellerose and Kenny Aronoff. It was recorded mostly at Berkeley Street Studios in Santa Monica, California. Beginning tracks started in October 2008 at Village Recorders in Santa Monica with Mike Piersante (Engineer). Additional sessions occurred with special guests, Bruce Springsteen and The Eagles' Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Paradise" John Prine 3:50
2."Never Ending Song of Love" Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett 3:02
3."Garden Party" (featuring Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit) Ricky Nelson 3:51
4."I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" Buck Owens 2:27
5."Back Home Again" John Denver 4:27
6."I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard2:57
7."Change in the Weather" (originally recorded on Fogerty's Eye of the Zombie album)John Fogerty4:03
8."Moody River"Gary Daniel Bruce3:10
9."Heaven's Just a Sin Away" Jerry Gillespie 2:33
10."Fallin', Fallin', Fallin'"Bud Deckleman, Joe Guillot, J.D. Miller2:30
11."Haunted House"Robert L. Geddins4:36
12."When Will I Be Loved" (featuring Bruce Springsteen) Phil Everly 2:37
Total length:40:03

Tracks not included

There were 15 songs recorded from a long list of songs that Fogerty, T-Bone Burnett and Lenny Waronker put together. Fogerty did not release the specific titles, but a Merle Haggard song was revealed to be among the three unreleased songs. [4] [6]

Production

The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again was arranged and produced by John Fogerty. [7]

Production group

Backing band

Fogerty's band includes: [5]

Deluxe Edition

A deluxe edition of the album was released that included both the CD and a bonus DVD.

DVD track listing

Source: BRR DVD [8]

Seq....Subject

  1. Making of The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again album
  2. In-studio rehearsal: Change in the Weather
  3. In-studio rehearsal: Heaven's Just A Sin Away
  4. Preview of the new DVD Come Down the Road, the triumphant return to Albert Hall ... LISTEN

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 83
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 65
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [14] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 25
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 25
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 133
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 32
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [20] 38
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 76
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 29
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 98
US Billboard 200 [26] 24

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  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  3. ↑ The Music Box review
  4. 1 2 Fogerty Revisits 'Blue Ridge' On New Album, accessed October 3, 2009.
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  8. ↑ Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again – Bonus DVD, 2009, Verve Music Group, division of UMC Recordings, production no. B0013286-00.
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