Paradise and Lunch

Infobox Album
Name = Paradise and Lunch
Type = studio
Artist = Ry Cooder


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Released = May 1974
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Genre = Rock
Length = 36:51
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker
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*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jtkbikx6bb39~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rycooder/albums/album/109818/review/5945830/paradise_and_lunch link]
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Last album = "Boomer's Story"
(1972)
This album = "Paradise and Lunch"
(1974)
Next album = "Chicken Skin Music"
(1976)

"Paradise and Lunch" is the fourth album by roots rock legend Ry Cooder, released in 1974. The album contains a mix of jazz, blues and roots music led by Cooder's guitar and is considered by many the crowning achievement of Ry Cooder's career. The final track, "Diddy Wah Diddy," showcases a memorable duet between Cooder and legendary jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines.

Track listing

#"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
#"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

*Milt Holland – drums, percussion
*Jim Keltner – drums
*Russ Titelman, Chris Etheridge – electric bass
*Ronnie Barron – piano, organ
*Red Callender, John Duke – bass
*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"
*George Bohanon - horn arrangement
*Nick DeCaro - string arrangement
*Susan Titleman (Ry Cooder's wife) – cover paintings and photography

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