Mad Mad World by Tom Cochrane

Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane's second solo album, came out in Canada in 1991 and in the United States on February 17, 1992, and it's the former Red Rider frontman hitting the open road at full throttle. Joe Hardy produced it, with sessions in Memphis and at three Ontario spots: Metalworks in Mississauga, Hungry Hollow in Georgetown and Cochrane's own cabin in Oakville.

"Life Is a Highway" is the engine, a rolling, wind-in-your-hair rocker that topped the charts at home in Canada and climbed to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 south of the border. More hits followed: "No Regrets", "Sinking Like a Sunset", "Washed Away", "Bigger Man" and the title track. At home it went diamond and swept 4 Juno Awards, Album of the Year among them, and it went gold in the US. A 25th-anniversary edition in 2016 added the original demo, "Love Is a Highway", and a 1992 Chicago concert.

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