Paradise and Lunch

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[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]
Tom HullB+[5]

Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records.[6][7] The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios.[6] The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines.[8] It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.[9] The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.[10]

The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing.[11] 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.[12]

In 1990 the album was released on CD,[13] while a remastered version appeared in 2007.[14] It was newly remastered from the original master tapes for a high-resolution SACD in 2017.[15]

  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. ^ a b "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.