| Chicken Skin Music | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood; "Yellow Roses" and "Chloe" recorded in Hawaii | |||
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| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
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| Singles from Chicken Skin Music | ||||
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"Yellow Roses" sample | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) link |
Chicken Skin Music is Ry Cooder's fifth studio album,released in 1976,on the Reprise label.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic,Brett Hartenbach said:"Even more than usual,Cooder refuses to recognize borders –geographical or musical –presenting "Stand By Me" as a gospel song with a norteño arrangement,or giving the Jim Reeves country-pop classic,"He'll Have to Go," a bolero rhythm,featuring the interplay of Flaco Jimenez's accordion and Pat Rizzo's alto sax. [...] This is not merely eclecticism for its own sake. Chicken Skin Music is probably Ry Cooder's most eccentric record since his first,but it's also one of his most entertaining." [2]
Writing for ZigZag magazine in November 1976,Andy Childs said:"Apart from the obvious quality of his music,there's something about his total detachment from the very formalised and generally uninspiring rock'n'roll circus that I find very appealing. ... There's so much music here,so much fascinating and enlightening music. How many so-called artists can really claim to make albums that are truly both educational and so immensely enjoyable?" Time magazine once said that "Ry Cooder makes America come together in its music...well,now he's stretching his musical horizons to other shores,and the results,even though he's probably just begun,are just as cohesive...a pure joy –a work of art even." [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Bourgeois Blues" | Lead Belly | 3:22 |
| 2. | "I Got Mine" | Traditional; based on Pink Anderson's version | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai" | Blind Alfred Reed/Traditional | 6:01 |
| 4. | "He'll Have to Go" | Joe Allison, Audrey Allison | 5:07 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Smack Dab in the Middle" | Charles E. Calhoun | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Yellow Roses" | Ken Devine, Sam Nichols | 6:11 |
| 8. | "Chlo-e" (instrumental) | Gus Kahn, Neil Moret | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly, John Lomax | 4:32 |
| Year | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Australian (Kent Music Report) | 80 [8] |
| 1976 | Billboard Pop Albums | 177 |
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