Red Rider - Breaking Curfew (1984)

Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40.

In 1978, Tom Cochrane joined up with Rob Baker on drums, Jeff Jones on bass, Peter Boynton on keyboards and Ken Greer to form Red Rider. They were signed to Capitol Records and released their first album Don't Fight It in 1980. With the singles "White Hot" and "Don't Fight It", the album quickly reached gold status. Their second album As Far as Siam was released in 1981 and featured the hit "Lunatic Fringe" which was used in the 1985 movie Vision Quest and which is now a mainstay on American classic rock radio. The song also saw high rotation on the United States cable network MTV. Boynton was replaced by keyboardist Steve Sexton on Red Rider's third album Neruda, released in 1983. The track "Napoleon Sheds His Skin" would become one of the more popular songs from the album. For their 1984 album "Breaking Curfew", John Webster replaced Sexton on keyboards.  The album was recorded and mixed at Metalworks Studios and E.S.P. Studio in Toronto, Ontario and Startling Studios in England. It did not sell as well as "Neruda" and a dispute with Capitol Records over the future direction of the band resulted in Red Rider being dropped from the record label later in 1984.

 

01.  "Whipping Boy"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 3:12
02.  "Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 3:32
03.  "One Way Out"  (Cochrane, Goldenberg, Greer)  - 3:53
04.  "Among the Ruins (I'll Be Here)"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 4:34
05.  "Breaking Curfew"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 3:43
06.  "Someone's Watching"  (Tom Cochrane)   - 4:00
07.  "Shake Monster"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 4:45
08.  "Beacon Hill"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 4:51
09.  "Hold Tight"  (Tom Cochrane)  - 4:38

Credits
Tom Cochrane - lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
Ken Greer - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Rob Baker - drums, percussion
Jeff Jones - bass guitar, backing vocals
John Webster - keyboards
Steve Sexton - keyboards
Earle Seymour - saxophone
Rough Maids - backing vocals
Norman Moore - art direction and design
Beverly Parker - photography
Producer -  Tom Cochrane & Ken Greer

Notes
Recorded at:  Metalworks Studios and E.S.P. Studio in Toronto, Ontario and Startling Studios in England
Genre:  Rock
Length:  37:18

© 1984 Capitol Records