Wild Frontier

Wild Frontier is the sixth solo studio album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1987. His first studio effort after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985. The album contains several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The album is dedicated to the memory of Moore's close friend and former Thin Lizzy bandmate Phil Lynott, who died on 4 January 1986, with the words "For Philip" on the rear cover.

Wild Frontier
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	9 March 1987
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	56:09
Label	10/Virgin
Producer	Peter Collins, Pete Smith, James "Jimbo" Barton and Gary Moore
Gary Moore chronology
Run for Cover (1985) Wild Frontier After the War (1989)
Singles from Wild Frontier
"Over the Hills and Far Away" Released: December 1986 "Wild Frontier" Released: February 1987 "Friday on My Mind" Released: 1987 "The Loner" Released: 1987 "Take a Little Time" Released: November 1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10

Wild Frontier contains the hit single "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached No. 20 in the UK, as well as a cover of the Easybeats' song "Friday on My Mind". The Max Middleton-penned "The Loner" which was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his Over the Top album in 1979 (on which Moore performed, but not on Powell's recording of "The Loner"). The track was substantially altered by Moore for his own recording, that is why he is credited as a co-writer.

All drums on Wild Frontier are sequenced with a drum machine, although the programming is uncredited in the liner notes of the album. Future Toto drummer Simon Phillips would appear on the music video for "Over the Hills and Far Away," as well in early promotions for the album. He would be replaced by former Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer for the tour, before leaving shortly afterwards to form Badlands.

"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 by Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing on their album Urkraft. The Spanish band Saurom also recorded a cover of this song with alternative lyrics, titled "La Disolución de la Comunidad".

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
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, originally recorded by Cozy Powell)	5:54

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Friday on My Mind" (The Easybeats cover)	4:11
6.	"Strangers in the Darkness"	4:38
7.	"Thunder Rising"	5:43
8.	"Johnny Boy"	3:15

CD release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Over the Hills and Far Away"	5:20
2.	"Wild Frontier"	4:14
3.	"Take a Little Time"	4:05
4.	"The Loner"	5:54
5.	"Friday on My Mind"	4:11
6.	"Strangers in the Darkness"	4:38
7.	"Thunder Rising"	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

Personnel

• Gary Moore – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals, producer on tracks 5, 7, and 8
• Neil Carter – keyboards, backing vocals
• Bob Daisley – bass

Production

• Peter Collins – producer on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10 and 12
• Pete Smith – producer on tracks 3 and 6
• James "Jimbo" Barton – producer on tracks 5, 7, 8 and 13, engineer on tracks 1 and 2, mixing on tracks 3 and 6
• Chris Porter – engineer on tracks 2 and 4
• Mike Stone – producer on track 11
• Nigel Walker – producer on track 14

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
UK	BPI	1987	Silver (+ 60,000)
Sweden	IFPI Sweden	1987	Platinum (+ 30,000)
Finland	IFPI Finland	1987	Gold (+ 25,000)