Gary Moore - Wild Frontier

UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1987 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Loner' (Extended Mix), 'Friday On My Mind' (12 Inch Version), & 'Out In The Fields' (Live). Virgin. 2003. Album Description

Gary's artistic and commercial peak

A great album from start to finish, and IMO Gary's last great hard rock album (After The War is good, but one could sense that his heart wasn't into this genre anymore). Gary was huge in '87, with (at least) 3 big singles in the title track, Over The Hills, and Friday On My Mind. Be sure to check out the Live At Isstadion video as well (not sure if it's out on dvd yet), which includes an amazing (and long!) version of The Loner. August 24, 2007

Sheer brilliance

When GM was with Thin Lizzy, they churned out some amazing music. I saw the "Black Rose" tour with TL at the Apollo Theater in Glasgow (the ULTIMATE venue to see any rock band in the 70s) Moore was simply amazing. This album, for me continues where he left off. The Celtic imagery and nuances that permeate this album define it for what it is. The sort of stuff that TL did brilliantly, songs like Emerald, Black Rose, on this album that style of music is taken to new levels with a passion. GM has taken on the Celtic Rock mantle passed to him bt Phil Lynott.

There is not one bad track on this album Listen to it with the volume at 10, and dont apologise - you are educating your neighbours! Favourite track is the instrumental "The Loner" -there are shades of "Parisienne Walkways" to this track - the guitar playing is something else, it really is in a class of its own. The guitar literally has its neck wrung to get some of these high notes. Buy it, play it, appreciate it. 5 stars dont do it justice. June 22, 2007

Stellar guitar work and songwriting

So, I finally picked up a copy of this classic album. I literally haven't heard it since I owned the cassette version more than 15 years ago. This album is every bit as good as I remember, if not better. The guitar work is simply stellar and the songwriting is top-notch as there is not a bad song on this disc. "Wild Frontier" is a rarity in that the 12" versions are often better than the original album tracks. January 27, 2007

Another Gary Moore Masterpiece

THE WILD FRONTIER is another Gary Moore masterpiece. Many of the songs here have Irish-related themes, which may make them hard to understand, but if you eat enough foods rich in B-vitamins and omega-3 oils, and then listen VERY HARD, you can relate them to universal issues with which all of us can identify. In other words, THE WILD FRONTIER is an album that will give you what you want, if you let it give you what you need. July 7, 2006

Another Gary Moore masterpiece!!!

As Gary throws us another curve ball, he prooves that he can indeed reinvent himself over and over again.

On this outing, Gary shows us he doesn't need a drummer. That's right, nothing but drum machines on this one, but you'd be hard pressed to hear it as such. The drum progamming on this is nothing short of brilliance. I wonder if a drummer did the programming?

While this album does have some leanings toward's his previous album "Run For Cover", it shows us some new direction for Gary. A Celtic/Irish feel permiates most of the album and as usual, Gary's guitar playing does nothing short of amaze and astonish. The man can simply play that guitar second to none. :) May 10, 2006

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