Paradise and Lunch
{{Infobox album
| name = Paradise and Lunch
| type = studio
| artist = Ry Cooder
| cover = ParadiseandLunchalbumcover.png
| alt =
| released = June 1974
| recorded =
| studio = Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA and
The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA
| venue =
| genre = Roots rock, blues, folk, Americana
| length = 36:51
| label = Reprise
| producer = Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker
| prev_title = Boomer's Story
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Chicken Skin Music
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|m2Mx9npkNlI|Tattler}}}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33853|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = Rolling Stone
|rev3score = (favorable){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rycooder/albums/album/109818/review/5945830/paradise_and_lunch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030606/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rycooder/albums/album/109818/review/5945830/paradise_and_lunch|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Rolling Stone review|magazine=Rolling Stone }}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 84/598.
| rev5 = Tom Hull
}}
Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records.{{Cite web|title = Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (original)|url = http://www.discogs.com/Ry-Cooder-Paradise-And-Lunch/release/595865|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2015-11-17}}{{Cite web|title = Ry Cooder Biography|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/ry-cooder/biography|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216213352/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/ry-cooder/biography|url-status = dead|archive-date = February 16, 2012|website = rollingstone.com|publisher = Rolling Stone Magazine|accessdate = 2015-11-17}} 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.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33853|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com review by Brett Hartenbach] It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.{{Cite web|title = Welcome To My World - "Ry Cooder Primer"|url = http://www.rhino.com/article/bob-lefsetz-welcome-to-my-world-ry-cooder-primer|website = rhino.com|accessdate = 2015-11-17|last = Lefsetz|first = Bob}} The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.{{Cite book|title = Billboard Magazine (print)|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YgkEAAAAMBAJ|publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date = 1974-06-22|language = en|first = Nielsen Business Media|last = Inc|page = 62}}
The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing.{{Cite web|title = Deep Cuts: Ry Cooder's Funky Fingerstyle|url = http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/21343-deep-cuts-ry-cooders-funky-fingerstyle|website = www.premierguitar.com|accessdate = 2015-11-17}} 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.{{Cite web|title = Paradise and Lunch {{!}} 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die|url = http://www.1000recordings.com/music/paradise-lunch/|website = www.1000recordings.com |accessdate = 2015-11-17 |first = Tom |last = Moon |author-link=Tom Moon|date = 2008}}
In 1990 the album was released on CD,{{Cite web|title = Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (CD release)|url = http://www.discogs.com/Ry-Cooder-Paradise-And-Lunch/release/2540593|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2015-11-17}} while a remastered version appeared in 2007.{{Cite web|title = Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (remaster)|url = http://www.discogs.com/Ry-Cooder-Paradise-And-Lunch/release/6023318|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2015-11-17}} It was newly remastered from the original master tapes for a high-resolution SACD in 2017.{{Cite web|title = Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (Hybrid Super Audio CD release)|url = https://www.discogs.com/Ry-Cooder-Paradise-And-Lunch/release/10066688|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2018-05-25}}
Track listing
Side One
- "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (Traditional) – 3:19
- "Tattler" (Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman) – 4:14
- "Married Man's a Fool" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:10
- "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional) – 4:09
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 4:49
Side Two
- "Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) – 4:25
- "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:12
- "Mexican Divorce" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:51
- "Ditty Wah Ditty" (Arthur Blake) – 5:42
Personnel
- Ry Cooder – guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Milt Holland – drums, percussion
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Russ Titelman, Chris Ethridge – electric bass
- Ronnie Barron – piano, organ
- Red Callender, John Duke – bass guitar
- Plas Johnson – alto saxophone
- Oscar Brashear – cornet
- Bobby King, Gene Mumford, Bill Johnson, George McCurn, Walter Cook, Richard Jones, Russ Titelman, Karl Russell – voices
- Earl Hines – piano on "Ditty Wah Ditty"{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk0Z0bD2DGcC&pg=PA185 |title=1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die |first=Tom |last=Moon |author-link=Tom Moon |date=August 28, 2008 |publisher=Workman Publishing |via=Google Books|isbn=978-0761-1538-56}}
- George Bohanon – horn arrangement
- Nick DeCaro – string arrangement
;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
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! Year !! Chart !! Peak | ||
1974 | Billboard Top LPs & Tape | 167 |
References
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