Gary Moore - Run for Cover

UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1985 album, that's unavailable domestically, includes three bonus tracks, 'Still In Love With You', 'Stop Messin' Around' (Live), & 'Murder In The Skies' (Live). Virgin. 2003. Album Description

Gary Mixes it Up

Gary tried some new sounds and different musicians on this, his most commercially ambitious album. Most of it works, some doesn't.

For me, Out In The Fields is Gary's best song of all time. Other standout tracks are Run For Cover, Out Of My System, and Once In A Lifetime.

The sound of some songs is very 80s and dated. Empty Rooms is a bit of a misfire, the original version on Victims of the Future is much better.

Overall a worthwhile if inconsistent album. I think it is a good companion piece to previous album Victims of the Future, which was a much more straight-forward rock album. November 12, 2007

Missing 80's Hard Rock Classic

There was a LOT of 80's Hard Rock/Semi-Metal Garbage that sold a bunch more copies and got bunch more airplay circa-1986 than this, and that was a shame. Gary Moore refers to music from this period as his "Billy Idol" phase and if you don't look at photos, it's not a totally inaccurate comparison. Gary got a bit more contemporary, refined his songwrighting, and still kept the guitar chops as sharp as ever. A little disjointed due to the lack of a solid band. Too bad the Gary Moore/Glenn Hughes partnership couldn't work out as it appeared to have much potential, and it is REALLY too bad we never again got to hear Gary work with the dear, departed Phil Lynott.

Bonus points if Amazon gives you an offer to buy this one and Gary's follow-up disc Wild Frontier at a special price. Do it now. April 10, 2007

This one's for you, Markie!

While I am by no means an expert in Gary Moore's music, IMHO this is definitely the best of his rock albums. It certainly outshines "Victims of the Future" and "Corridors of Power," both of which are also good. I have had the cassette tape since 1986--it's a road trip staple of mine--and when it finally died I replaced it with this CD, which has some extra tracks. August 14, 2006

One of my favorite 80s album

I used to have this album on tape but lost it and totally forgot about it. I still have Gary Moore's album (as a record) "Wild Frontier" which is also an excellent album. But I think "Run for Cover" is even better. As other reviewers noticed "Out Of My System" was not on the orignal record (it was at least not on my tape). I could probably also live without the bonus tracks. The song "Listen To Your Heartbeat" on the other hand was on my compilation and I do like the song. I'm definitally going to buy this CD for good old times sake. I'm probably also going to buy the "Wild Frontier" as CD. The track "Empty Rooms" is one of my favorites, but then again, I like actually all songs on the original album. April 15, 2006

G.M.

Wish Gary was still rockin like he use to do,even though some of the blues is cool.He can Jam with the best Hard Rockers.Rock on G.M.! July 22, 2005

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