Feature LP

Tuesday, May 14, 2024: 3pm ET: Feature LP: Tom Cochran – Mad Mad World (1991)

Mad Mad World is the second studio album by Canadian rock singer Tom Cochrane, released September 19, 1991. The first single from the album, “Life Is a Highway”, became a hit in late 1991, reaching number one in Canada and number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

The album earned Cochrane four Juno Awards including Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. In addition, Cochrane won two SOCAN Awards and an ASCAP Award. Mad Mad World achieved a Diamond sales award in Canada for selling more than 1 million copies in Cochrane’s native Canada.

The album also included the hits “No Regrets” (No. 3 RPM Charts), “Sinking Like a Sunset” (No. 2 RPM Charts), “Washed Away” (No. 7 RPM Charts), “Bigger Man” and the title track “Mad Mad World”. The album was produced by Joe Hardy and was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and at three different Ontario studios: Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Hungry Hollow Studio in Georgetown and at Cochrane’s cabin in Oakville.

  1. “Life Is a Highway” 4:26
  2. “Mad Mad World” 4:56
  3. “No Regrets” 4:38
  4. “Sinking Like a Sunset” 5:45
  5. “Washed Away” 5:20
  6. “Everything Comes Around” 4:32
  7. “The Secret Is to Know When to Stop” 4:19
  8. “Brave and Crazy” 5:51
  9. “Bigger Man” 4:26
  10. “Friendly Advice” 4:27
  11. “Get Back Up” 4:39
  12. “Emotional Truth” 5:59
  13. “All the King’s Men” 4:33

Tom Cochrane – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, harmonica, percussion, bass, keyboards, slide guitar
John Webster – percussion, piano, organ
Spider Sinnaeve – bass
Mickey Curry – drums
Kim Mitchell – lead guitar on “Brave and Crazy”
Mladen – guitar
Keith Scott – guitar on “Sinking Like a Sunset”
David Gogo – guitar
Joe Hardy – percussion
Dave Harding – viola
Molly Johnson – backing vocals
John Cody – backing vocals
Annette Ducharme – backing vocals
Kathy Cochrane – backing vocals
Joe Hardy – producer (except “All the King’s Men”)
Noel Golden – engineer
Joe Hardy – production, engineering, mixing, percussion
Bob Shindle – engineer
John Bailey – engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Great Southern Memphis Section – horns, horn arrangements
Peter Schenkman – cello