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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.
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Released | September 1, 2009 | |||
Recorded | October 2008 | |||
Studio | Village Recorders and Berkeley Street Studios, Santa Monica | |||
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Length | 40:03 | |||
Label | Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast | |||
Producer | John Fogerty | |||
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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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 Gabbard | 2:57 |
7. | "Change in the Weather" (originally recorded on Fogerty's Eye of the Zombie album) | John Fogerty | 4:03 |
8. | "Moody River" | Gary Daniel Bruce | 3:10 |
9. | "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" | Jerry Gillespie | 2:33 |
10. | "Fallin', Fallin', Fallin'" | Bud Deckleman, Joe Guillot, J.D. Miller | 2:30 |
11. | "Haunted House" | Robert L. Geddins | 4:36 |
12. | "When Will I Be Loved" (featuring Bruce Springsteen) | Phil Everly | 2:37 |
Total length: | 40:03 |
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]
The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again was arranged and produced by John Fogerty.[7]
Fogerty's band includes:[5]
A deluxe edition of the album was released that included both the CD and a bonus DVD.
Seq....Subject
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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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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