Mad Mad World


Mad Mad World is the second studio album by Canadian rock singer Tom Cochrane, originally released in 1991. The first single from the album, "Life Is a Highway", became a hit in late 1991, reaching #1 in Canada and #6 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", "Sinking Like a Sunset", "Washed Away", "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.
Upon the album’s initial releases in the U.S. and Canada, the album featured two different album covers. The original album cover was on the initial Canadian release in 1991, while the alternate album cover was on the U.S. release for the album in 1992. The alternate cover is now the main album cover for the album.
In October 2016, Cochrane announced an expanded 25th-anniversary edition of the album would be released October 28. Included in the expanded album would be Love is a Highway, the original version of the album's first single, and a second disc featuring a concert recorded May 14, 1992, on the Mad Mad World Tour in Chicago, IL.

Track listing for 25th anniversary edition

Personnel