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Bop Till You Drop | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1979[1] | |||
Recorded | Warner Brothers Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 39:56 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
Ry Cooder chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[4] |
Bop Till You Drop is Ry Cooder's eighth album, released in 1979. The album was the first digitally recorded major-label album in popular music. Bop Till You Drop was recorded on a digital 32-track machine built by 3M.[5][6]
The album consists almost entirely of covers of earlier rhythm and blues and rock and roll classics, including Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" and the 1965 Fontella Bass-Bobby McClure hit "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing", on which Cooder duetted with soul star Chaka Khan. Khan also performed on the only original track on the album, "Down in Hollywood".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Little Sister" | 3:49 | |
2. | "Go Home, Girl" | Arthur Alexander | 5:10 |
3. | "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)" | Sidney Bailey | 5:32 |
4. | "I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine" |
| 4:43 |
5. | "Down in Hollywood" |
| 4:14 |
6. | "Look at Granny Run Run" |
| 3:09 |
7. | "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me" |
| |
8. | "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" | Oliver Sain | 4:08 |
9. | "I Can't Win" |
| 4:16 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Adams – vocals, backing vocals
- Ronnie Barron – organ, guitar, keyboards
- Ry Cooder – guitars, mandolin, vocals, background vocals, producer
- Tim Drummond – bass guitar
- Cliff Givens – vocals, backing vocals
- Rev. Patrick Henderson – organ, keyboards
- Milt Holland – percussion, drums
- Bill Johnson – backing vocals
- Herman E. Johnson – vocals, backing vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Chaka Khan – vocals
- Bobby King – vocals, backing vocals
- David Lindley – guitar, mandolin
- Randy Lorenzo – vocals, backing vocals
- George "Biggie" McFadden – vocals, backing vocals
- Simon Pico Payne – vocals
- Greg Prestopino – vocals, backing vocals
Technical
- Loyd Clifft – assistant engineer
- David Alexander – photography
- Vicki Fortson – production coordination
- Lee Herschberg – engineer
- David Kraai - Technical support
- Penny Ringwood – production coordination
- Mike Salisbury – design
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Peak |
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1979 | Billboard Pop Albums | 62 |
References
- ^ "Bop Till You Drop by Ry Cooder". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Roger Nichols I Can’t Keep Up With All The Formats II "The Ry Cooder Bop Till You Drop album was the first digitally recorded pop album"
- ^ "1978 3M Digital Audio Mastering System". NewBay Media, LLC. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2017.