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Encyclopedia > Ride On
Ride On
Album cover
Album by Christy Moore
Released 1984
Recorded ?
Genre Folk
Length ?? min ? s
Label Roadrunner
Producer(s) ?
Professional reviews
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 and is widely regarded as one of his best. It contains one of his most popular songs, the title track. A number of songs - powerful and evocative - celebrate and remember the actions of those involved in political struggles, or the effects of those struggles; such as "Vive 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 El Salvador in the 1980s and 1990s. Other songs deal with Irish history - "The City of Chicago", about emigration to America during the Irish famines of the late 1870s; "Back Home in Derry" about the transportation to Australia of convicts; and, more modern, "Lisdoonvarna" celebrating a music festival that took place annually in that town until the early 1980s. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (701x697, 106 KB)Album Cover of Ride On by Christine Moore File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Image:Cm. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Music video still from the single The End. Roadrunner Records is a record label, concentrating on heavy metal music. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image:Cm. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... This article is about the year. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Simon Le Bon lead singer of Duran Duran in concert, 2003. ... Image:Cm. ... See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - singer Michael Jacksons hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. ... Blason of the International Brigades The International Brigade was the name given to the band of volunteers and mercenaries who travelled to Spain to fight against the Nationalist forces led by General Franco and helped by Nazi German and Mussolini Italian forces, and defend the legitimate Spanish Republic government in... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History The Spanish Civil... Before the Spanish conquest, the area that is now El Salvador was made up of two large indigenous states and several principalities. ... The History of Ireland is the story of a large island at the north-west of Europe. ... Lisdoonvarna (Irish: Lios Dúin Bhearna) is a spa town in county Clare in the Republic of Ireland, famous for its music and festivals. ...


Track List

  1. "The City of Chicago"
  2. "Ride On"
  3. "Vive la Quinte Brigada"
  4. "Song of Wandering Aengus"
  5. "McIlhatton"
  6. "Lisdoonvarna"
  7. "Among the Wicklow Hills"
  8. "Sonny`s Dream"
  9. "The Dying Soldier"
  10. "El Salvador"
  11. "Back Home in Derry"
  12. "The Least We Can Do"

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