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  Type Album
  Artist Red Rider
  Cover Red_Rider_As_Far_as_Siamjpg
  Released June 1981
  Recorded 1981 ()
  Genre Rock
  Length 34:52
  Label Capitol Records
  Producer Richard Landis &amp<br> Michael James Jackson
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  Last Album '' Don't Fight It ''<br />(1981)
  This Album '''''As Far as Siam'''''<br />(1981)
  Next Album '' Neruda ''<br />(1983)


''As Far as Siam'' is the second studio album by the Canadian Rock Band Red Rider , which was released in 1981 (see 1981 In Music ). The album was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles .

The album reached #65 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart in 1981. The single "What Have You Got to do (To Get Off Tonight)" peaked at #16 on the Canadian charts.

"Lunatic Fringe", the band's most famous song, is about what composer '', the '' Miami Vice '' episode '' Smuggler's Blues '', and the '' My Name Is Earl '' episode '' Bounty Hunter ''. It is also the inspiration for Kurt Angle 's entrance theme in Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling .


TRACK LISTING

# "Lunatic Fringe" (Cochrane) – 4:20
# "Cowboys in Hong Kong (As Far as Siam)" (Cochrane/Greer/Baker) – 4:06
# "Only Game in Town" (Cochrane) – 3:18
# "Thru the Curtain" (Cochrane/Baker/Jones/Boynton/Greer) – 3:17
# "What Have You Got to do (To Get Off Tonight)" (Cochrane) – 3:18
# "Ships" (Cochrane) – 4:36
# "Caught in the Middle" (Cochrane) – 4:25
# "Don't Let Go of Me" (Cochrane) – 3:56
# "Laughing Man" (Cochrane/Jones) – 3:36


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