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'''Ride On''' is an album by [[folk]] singer [[Christy Moore]], released in [[1984 in music|1984]].

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ride On

| type = Studio

| artist = [[Christy Moore]]

| cover = MooreCRide.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1984

| recorded = March 1984

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]

| length = 40:49

| label = {{hlist|[[Warner Music Group|WEA Ireland]] (Ireland)|[[Green Linnet Records|Green Linnet]] (United States)}}

| producer = [[Dónal Lunny]]

| prev_title = [[The Time Has Come (Christy Moore album)|The Time Has Come]]

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = [[Ordinary Man (Christy Moore album)|Ordinary Man]]

| next_year = 1985

}}

'''''Ride On''''' is an album by Irish [[folk music|folk]] singer [[Christy Moore]], released in 1984. Its title track remains one of his most popular songs. A number of songs relate the actions of those involved in political struggles, or those affected by those struggles; such as "[[Viva la Quinta Brigada (song)|Viva 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 [[History of El Salvador|civil war]] in that country in the 1980s. Other songs deal with [[History of Ireland|Irish history]] – "The City of Chicago", about emigration to America during the Irish famines of the late 1840s; "Back Home in Derry" written by [[Bobby Sands]] about the [[penal transportation|transportation]] to Australia of convicts; and "Lisdoonvarna" celebrating the [[Lisdoonvarna Music Festival]] that took place annually near [[Lisdoonvarna|that town]] until the early 1980s.

====Track list==Reception==

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* "The city of Chicago"

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* "Ride on"

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* "Vive la quinte brigada"

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* "Songs of wandering Aongus"

Since ''Ride On'' is widely accepted as a landmark Moore album, it has been available ever since its original release and is regarded as one of the best possible introductions to the artist. The title track was written by one of Ireland's most famous songwriters, [[Jimmy MacCarthy]], and many other artists have interpreted the song.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.rambles.net/moore_rideon84.html | title=Ride On Review | date=5 June 2004 | access-date=10 May 2009 | publisher=Nicky Rossiter | work=Rambles }}</ref>

* "Mcilhatton"

* "Lisdoonvarna"

* "Among the wicklow hills"

* "Sonny`s dream"

* "The dying soldier"

* "El salvador"

* "Back home in Derry"

* "The least we can do"

==Track listing==

# "The City of Chicago" ([[Luka Bloom|Barry Moore]])

# "Ride On" ([[Jimmy MacCarthy]])

# "[[Viva la Quinta Brigada (song)|Viva la Quinta Brigada]]" (Christy Moore)

# "[[The Song of Wandering Aengus]]" ([[William Butler Yeats]], [[Travis Edmonson]])

# "McIlhatton" ([[Bobby Sands]])

*# "Lisdoonvarna" (Christy Moore)

# "Among The Wicklow Hills" ([[Pierce Turner]])

# "Sonny's Dream" ([[Ron Hynes]])

# "The Dying Soldier" (Ger Costelloe)

# "El Salvador" ([[Johnny Duhan]])

# "Back Home in Derry" ([[Bobby Sands]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]])

# "The Least We Can Do" (Gerry Murray)

==Personnel==

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*Christy Moore – guitar, bodhran, vocals

*[[Declan Sinnott]] – acoustic & Spanish guitar, violin, vocals

*[[Dónal Lunny]] – bouzouki, bodhran, vocals

==Cover versions==

[[Category:Folk albums]]

Due to the success of the version Moore recorded on this album, "Ride On" has been covered by many other artists in subsequent years.

*This song was a hit for Irish jazz singer [[Mary Coughlan (singer)|Mary Coughlan]] in 1987 on her album ''[[Under the Influence (Mary Coughlan album)|Under the Influence]]''.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1592805/a/Under+The+Influence.htm | title=Mary Coughlan – Under The Influence }}</ref>

*In 1991 "Ride On" was released by its writer [[Jimmy MacCarthy]] on his debut solo album ''[[The Song of the Singing Horseman]]''.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://daz.com/artists/Jimmy%20Maccarthy.html | title=Jimmy MacCarthy's History | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202174013/http://daz.com/artists/Jimmy%20MacCarthy.html | archive-date=2 February 2008}}</ref>

*More recently newer Irish band [[Celtic Thunder]] have recorded "Ride On".<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.wliw.org/productions/performance/celtic-thunder/series-overview/64/ | title=Celtic Thunder | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105181749/http://www.wliw.org/productions/performance/celtic-thunder/series-overview/64/ | archive-date=5 November 2009}}</ref>

*Australian band [[Molly Rusher]] has also covered this song.

*Cleatormoor Band The Black Guards (formerly D'Bleedin Blaggards) from West Cumbria UK have also paid homage to Christy with their soulful & lilting rendition of "Ride On" featuring Owen Evans on accordion from Iron Sea Wolf.

*Canadian/Taiwanese recording artist [[Kandy Chen]] also covered this song in 1992.<ref>{{ cite web | url=//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNtEmkCsAKA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/gNtEmkCsAKA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live| title=Kandy Chen's Ride On }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

*Irish Celtic Metal band [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]] released their version with Shane MacGowan as a single in 2001 and on their 2002 album ''[[Folk-Lore]]''.

*Dutch folk band [[Rapalje]] has covered the song in their ''Rakish Paddies'' (2000) album, while also executing a live version of the song.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.rapalje.com/music.html | title=Rapalje's discography }}</ref>

*British band [[Coldplay]] joined Christy Moore for a rendition of "Ride On" to close the [[Oxegen 2011|2011 Oxegen Festival]] in Ireland on Sunday, 10 July 2011

*Russian dark-folk band Neutral covered the song on their live album ''Luisenkirche, Königsberg'' in 2006.

*English band [[Crustation]] has covered the song in their album ''Bloom'' in 1997

*Canadian astronaut [[Chris Hadfield]] performed "Ride On" with NASA astronaut [[Catherine Coleman]] accompanying him on flute at the United Space School's traditional Mexican Night in 2012. They dedicated the song to the late space pioneer [[Sally Ride]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA9dROqvC0k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/mA9dROqvC0k |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Chris Hadfield and Catherine Coleman - Ride On|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

*Americana singer-songwriter Dave Hawkins also performs this song. He also included it in his 2015 release, ''Stripped Down''.

*[[Mairéad Carlin]] and [[Éabha McMahon]] covered this song on Irish music group [[Celtic Woman]]'s 2015 album ''[[Destiny (Celtic Woman album)|Destiny]]'', accompanied by [[Máiréad Nesbitt]] on the fiddle.

==References==

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