| Paradise and Lunch | ||||
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| Released | June 1974 | |||
| Studio | Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA and The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, blues, folk, Americana | |||
| Length | 36:51 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A− [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Record Guide | [4] |
| Tom Hull | B+ [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]
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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]
