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1974 studio album by Ry Cooder
Paradise and Lunch
Studio album by Ry Cooder
ReleasedJune 1974
StudioWarner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA and
The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA
GenreRoots rock, blues, folk, Americana
Length36:51
LabelReprise
ProducerRuss Titelman, Lenny Waronker
Ry Cooder chronology
Boomer's Story
(1972) 		Paradise and Lunch
(1974) 		Chicken Skin Music
(1976)
Music video
Tattler on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record GuideA−
Rolling Stone(favorable)
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
Tom HullB+

Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records. The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios. The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines. It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker. The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.

The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing. It was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt on her 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind and by David Soul on his 1977 album Playing To An Audience of One.

In 1990 the album was released on CD, while a remastered version appeared in 2007. It was newly remastered from the original master tapes for a high-resolution SACD in 2017.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (Traditional) – 3:19
  2. "Tattler" (Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman) – 4:14
  3. "Married Man's a Fool" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:10
  4. "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional) – 4:09
  5. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 4:49

Side Two

  1. "Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) – 4:25
  2. "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:12
  3. "Mexican Divorce" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:51
  4. "Ditty Wah Ditty" (Arthur Blake) – 5:42

Personnel

Technical
  • Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker - production
  • Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch - production coordination
  • Lee Herschberg - engineer, mixing
  • Bobby Hata, John Neal - assistant engineer
  • Susan Titelman (Ry Cooder's wife and Russ Titelman's sister) – cover paintings and photography

Chart positions

Year Chart Peak
1974 Billboard Top LPs & Tape 167

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
  4. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 84/598.
  5. Hull, Tom. "Ry Cooder". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved May 26, 2024 – via tomhull.com.
  6. ^ "Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (original)". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  7. "Ry Cooder Biography". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  8. Allmusic.com review by Brett Hartenbach
  9. Lefsetz, Bob. "Welcome To My World - "Ry Cooder Primer"". rhino.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  10. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1974-06-22). Billboard Magazine (print). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 62. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. "Deep Cuts: Ry Cooder's Funky Fingerstyle". www.premierguitar.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  12. Moon, Tom (2008). "Paradise and Lunch | 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die". www.1000recordings.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  13. "Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (CD release)". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  14. "Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (remaster)". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  15. "Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (Hybrid Super Audio CD release)". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  16. Moon, Tom (August 28, 2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing. ISBN 978-0761-1538-56 – via Google Books.
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