"wild frontier" contains the hit single "over the hills and far away", which reached no. 20 in the uk, as well as a cover of the easybeats' song "friday on my mind". the max middleton-penned "the loner" which was originally recorded by cozy powell for his "over the top" album in 1979 (on which moore performed, but not on powell's recording of "the loner"). the track was substantially altered by moore for his own recording, that is why he is credited as a co-writer.