Chicken Skin Music

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Chicken Skin Music
Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music.jpg
Studio album by
Released1976
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood; "Yellow Roses" and "Chloe" recorded in Hawaii
Genre
Length39:37
Label Reprise
Producer Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Paradise and Lunch
(1974)
Chicken Skin Music
(1976)
Show Time
(1977)
Singles from Chicken Skin Music
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Bourgeois Blues" Lead Belly 3:22
2."I Got Mine"Traditional; based on Pink Anderson's version4:28
3."Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai" Blind Alfred Reed/Traditional6:01
4."He'll Have to Go" Joe Allison, Audrey Allison5:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(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 Nichols6:11
8."Chlo-e" (instrumental)Gus Kahn, Neil Moret3:00
9."Goodnight, Irene"Lead Belly, John Lomax 4:32

Personnel

Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Musicians

Technical

  • Ry Cooder – producer
  • Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch – production coordination
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mixing
  • Lloyd Cruft – engineer
  • Bobby Hata, John Neal – assistant engineers
  • Chet Himes, John Ingle – engineering
  • Kenny Price – album cover, design and painting
  • Susan Titelman – photography
  • Noel Newbolt – production assistance

Releases

Singles

Charts

Album

YearChartPeak
1976Australian (Kent Music Report)80 [9]
1976Billboard Pop Albums177

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Ry Cooder: Chicken Skin Music. By Andy Childs : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages" . www.rocksbackpages.com.
  4. "Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (LP)". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. Chicken Skin Music, (1976) Reprise Records, CD: 7599-27231-2 - Notes booklet
  6. "Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (CD)". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. "Ry Cooder - He'll Have To Go". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  8. "Ry Cooder - Goodnight Irene". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 73. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.