Wild Frontier

Wild Frontier
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	9 March 1987
Genre	Hard rock
Length	56:09
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Gary Moore, James "Jimbo" Barton, Pete Smith, Peter Collins
Gary Moore chronology
Run for Cover (1985) Wild Frontier (1987) After the War (1989)

Wild Frontier is a 1987 album by Gary Moore. His first studio album after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985, this album has several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The title track was intended to be sung by Phil Lynott, however Lynott's death in January 1986 prevented that. The album is dedicated to Lynott's memory, with the words "For Philip" on the rear cover. This album contains the hit "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached #20 in the UK as well as a cover of the Australian band The Easybeats' hit of the middle of the 1960s, "Friday on My Mind". Former Kiss/Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer would join Moore on the Wild Frontier tour.

"Over the Hills and Far Away" was covered by the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish on their 2001 EP of the same title, and Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing on their album Urkraft. The Spanish band Saurom also did a cover of this song with alternative lyrics called "La Disolución de la Comunidad".

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Track listing

Tracks 1 - 8 are the original vinyl release, tracks 9 - 11 are the original CD bonus tracks. All songs by Gary Moore except as noted.

1. "Over the Hills and Far Away" – 5:20
2. "Wild Frontier" – 4:14
3. "Take a Little Time" – 4:05
4. "The Loner" (Instrumental) (Max Middleton) – 5:54
5. "Friday on My Mind" (George Young/Harry Vanda) – 4:11
6. "Strangers in the Darkness" (Moore/Neil Carter) – 4:38
7. "Thunder Rising" (Moore/Carter) – 5:43
8. "Johnny Boy" – 3:15
9. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (12" Version) – 7:26
10. "Wild Frontier" (12" Version) – 6:38
11. "Crying in the Shadows" – 5:01

On 28 April 2003 Virgin Records released a remastered version including these additional tracks:

1. "The Loner" (Extended mix/Bonus track) - 7:16
2. "Friday on My Mind" (12" version/Bonus track) (Young/Vanda) - 6:15
3. "Out in the Fields" (Live/Bonus track) - 5:28

Singles

• "Take a Little Time" (November 1987)
• "The Loner"
• "Friday on My Mind"
• "Wild Frontier" (February 1987)
• "Over the Hills and Far Away" (December 1986)

Musicians

• Gary Moore - guitar, vocals
• Neil Carter - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Daisley - bass

The drums are sequenced with a drum machine, but the programming is uncredited in the liner notes of the album.