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Track Listings
| 1. Little Sister |
| 2. Go Home, Girl |
| 3. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) |
| 4. I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine |
| 5. Down In Hollywood |
| 6. Look At Granny Run Run |
| 7. Trouble, You Can't Fool Me |
| 8. Don't Mess Up A Good Thing |
| 9. I Can't Win |
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For all the laudatory work he's done in rediscovering a panoply of artists from roots-based musical genres, Cooder's attempt to pay homage to influences closer to home, namely 1950s rock and R&B, on Bop Till You Drop produced spotty results. While Arthur Alexander's "Go Home, Girl" and Cooder's own composition, "Down in Hollywood", are notable exceptions, most of the album suffers from languor stemming from a real lack of drive or direction. Cooder's failed attempt to place Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" in a broader musical context underscores the gap between intent and achievement which plagues the majority of songs on this well-meaning but unsatisfying effort. --Wayne Pernu
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Bop Till You Drop fait partie des meilleurs albums de Ry Cooder. Ce n'est pas l'album festif que son titre pourrait laisser entendre, mais il est tout de même possible de danser sur "Little Sister" matin, midi et soir. Ce disque contient également d'autres chansons entraînantes, comme "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich" et "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me". Sur "Go Home, Girl", on retrouve le jeu de guitares complices de Cooder et de David Lindley, sublime également sur "I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine". Cooder assure ses arrières en ne s'entourant que de musiciens d'exception : Lindley (qui boosta les hits de Jackson Browne), Jim Keltner (le batteur de la plus funky d'Hollywood), la diva funk Chaka Khan et l'expérimenté choriste Bobby King. La musique s'aventure parfois sur les terres de Jimmy Buffett, mais conserve toujours un certain groove. A classer entre Zappa et Little Feat. --Robert Gordon
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This review is from: Bop Till You Drop (Audio CD)
Music trivia here: the first digitally recorded album (1979)
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electic critics .....,
By Che "netchhe" (switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bop Till You Drop (Audio CD)
i don't seem to agree with the music critics and even with ry cooder himself on this one. i read at allmusic.com, that ry disowned this recording.... which i don't understand at all. for me this is one of his standout efforts. eclectic, yes. but unpretentious and at ease with itself. r&b how it could be: funky, bluesy, with a gospel touch here and there. great playingfrom all, specially from fellow guitarist david lindley. great singing from chaka khan and bobby king. i prefer this one many times over ry's much praised efforts as "tourist guide" presenting latin roots music to a greater audience with his buena vista social club efforts. not that i don't like son: i love son, afro american music at it's best, but it does'nt need ry to discover it. and also unfortunately with his putting the spot light on some few cuban musicians - albeit great - many others, specially those not from cuba are left in the dark. with bop till you drop he does not "discover", but "plays" what he knows best.
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A Classic,
By Gerald Blackstock (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bop Till You Drop (Audio CD)
Slide guitar at its best with beautiful harmonies. This is still my favourite Ry Cooder album. Listen to "I Can't Win" and you'll here arguably the second best song Ry Cooder ever worked on (#1 being the Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"). This was the album that got me hooked on Ry Cooder over twenty years ago. And I still listen to it (on the turntable of course) today. Of trivial note (and ironically), this was one of the first digital recordings (onto vinyl of course).
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