Run for Cover (Gary Moore album)

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Run For Cover
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Studio album by Gary Moore
Released September 1985
Recorded 1985
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 45:41
Label EMI
Producer Andy Johns, Gary Moore, Peter Collins, Beau Hill, Mike Stone
Gary Moore chronology
We Want Moore
(1984)We Want Moore1984
Run For Cover
(1985)
Wild Frontier
(1987)Wild Frontier1987

Run For Cover is an album by Gary Moore, released in 1985, and is often considered as Gary Moore's breakthrough album.

The album includes a remake of the hit single "Empty Rooms" (UK #23), one of Moore's biggest successes, and top 5 single "Out in the Fields", the album's biggest selling single.

The album features many of Moore's friends including Deep Purple bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, Paul Thompson of Roxy Music and Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy. Lynott and Moore trade vocals on "Out in the Fields", while Lynott sings vocals on "Military Man", an old Grand Slam track, alone. Lynott also provided vocals for a re-recording of the Thin Lizzy classic "Still in Love with You" (on which Moore originally played guitar); the track was initially only issued as a single B-side but is included on later remastered versions of the album. "Out in the Fields" is a song about the turmoil in their native Ireland.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Run for Cover"   Gary Moore Moore 4:13
2. "Reach for the Sky"   Moore Glenn Hughes 4:46
3. "Military Man"   Phil Lynott Lynott 5:40
4. "Empty Rooms"   Moore, Neil Carter Moore 4:17
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Out in the Fields"   Moore Lynott & Moore 4:17
2. "Nothing to Lose"   Moore Hughes 4:41
3. "Once in a Lifetime"   Moore Moore 4:18
4. "All Messed Up"   Moore, Carter Hughes 4:52
5. "Listen to Your Heartbeat"   Moore Moore 4:31
CD release
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Run for Cover"   Moore Moore 4:13
2. "Reach for the Sky"   Moore Hughes 4:46
3. "Military Man"   Lynott Lynott 5:40
4. "Empty Rooms"   Moore, Carter Moore 4:17
5. "Out of My System"   Moore Hughes 4:01
6. "Out in the Fields"   Moore Lynott & Moore 4:17
7. "Nothing to Lose"   Moore Hughes 4:41
8. "Once in a Lifetime"   Moore Moore 4:18
9. "All Messed Up"   Moore, Carter Hughes 4:52
10. "Listen to Your Heartbeat"   Moore Moore 4:31
2002 remastered CD bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
11. "Still in Love with You"   Lynott Lynott 5:59
12. "Murder in the Skies" (Live at the Ulster Hall, December 17, 1984) Moore Moore & Carter 4:09
13. "Stop Messin' Around" (Live at the Ulster Hall, December 17, 1984) Peter Green Moore & Lynott 5:23

Singles

  • "Military Man" (1985)
  • "Empty Rooms" (July 1985)
  • "Run for Cover" (1985) (Released only in South Africa)
  • "Listen to Your Heartbeat" (1985)
  • "Reach for the Sky" (1986) (Rare South African promotional single)

Personnel

On the CD version:

Production

  • Andy Johns ("Run for Cover", "Reach for the Sky" and "All Messed Up")
  • Gary Moore ("Military Man")
  • Peter Collins ("Empty Rooms" and "Out in the Fields")
  • Beau Hill ("Out of My System" and "Nothing to Lose")
  • Mike Stone ("Once in a Lifetime" and "Listen to Your Heartbeat")

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1985 UK 12

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Run for Cover at AllMusic