★★★★★
Tom Cochrane's hit, "Life Isa Highway," doesn't let you in on his dirty little secret: It's ahighway measured in kilometers. A lifelong Canadian who sells likegangbusters in the tundra, Cochrane has spent most of his careerbeing described in the U.S. as "the Canadian X" ? where X equals BobSeger, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, or any other heartlandyapper whose name you'd recognize. It must drive him crazy, eh...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Taking the best from Bob Seger and John Mellencamp and melding it into something all his own, Tom Cochrane comes up shining as he takes you for a trip down Ragged Ass Road. Short, concise stories about life, love, loss, and the hope of renewal and redemption fill up this set. Some of the best include "I Wish You Well," and the Dylanesque "Crawl," and the title track. All in all, a solid set.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
In the U.S.,Red Rider never matched the level of success they had achieved in their native Canada. They had several AOR hits, including the brooding, now-staple "Lunatic Fringe," but mainstream attention eluded them. Lead singer Tom Cochrane broke through in a major way with "Life Is a Highway" from his solo debut, Mad Mad World. The song was a driving rocker with an insistent hook...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Tom Cochrane is perhaps not the most well-known entity, but in his own country, he has a stature akin to John Mellencamp, Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. There's a reason for that: the man is a gritty, solid songwriter, who captures slices of everyday life and portrays them as they are; what passes before our own eyes or happens in the experiences of workaday life are profound, even if only to us. Cochrane has always celebrated those moments without tagging anything else onto them...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
The three-CD box set Ashes To Diamonds at least closes the chapter neatly on the heartland rocker's Red Rider period. The set includes one track from Cochrane's obscure 1974 solo release, then chronicles the various Red Rider albums, from 1980's Don't Fight It to 1988's Victory Day. Only one track (the hit "Life Is A Highway") appears from his current Mad Mad World solo phase...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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