Bop till You Drop

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Bop Till You Drop
Ry Cooder, Bop till You Drop (1979).png
Studio album by
Ry Cooder
ReleasedJuly 1979[1]
RecordedWarner Brothers Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Genre
Length39:56
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRy Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Jazz
(1978) 		Bop Till You Drop
(1979) 		Borderline
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Sister"
3:49
2."Go Home, Girl"Arthur Alexander5:10
3."The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)"Sidney Bailey5:32
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 Sain4:08
9."I Can't Win"
  • Lester Johnson
  • Clifton Knight
  • Dave Richardson
4:16

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

  • Jimmy Adams – backing vocals (3, 7)
  • Ronnie Barron – organ (5), guitar (8)
  • Ry Cooder – guitars, mandolin, lead vocals, backing vocals, producer
  • Tim Drummond – bass guitar
  • Cliff Givens – backing vocals (3)
  • Rev. Patrick Henderson – organ (2)
  • Milt Holland – percussion, drums
  • Bill Johnson – backing vocals (3)
  • Herman Johnson – backing vocals (1, 9)
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Chaka Khan – vocals (5, 8)
  • Bobby King – vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7)
  • David Lindley – guitar, mandolin
  • Randy Lorenzo – backing vocals (2)
  • George "Biggie" McFadden – backing vocals (7)
  • Simon Pico Payne – backing vocals (3)
  • Greg Prestopino – backing vocals (3)

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[]

Year Chart Peak
1979 Australian (Kent Music Report) 7[7]
1979 Billboard Pop Albums 62

References[]

  1. ^ "Bop Till You Drop by Ry Cooder". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ Roger Nichols. "I Can't Keep Up With All The Formats II". Archived from the original on 2002-10-20. The Ry Cooder Bop Till You Drop album was the first digitally recorded pop album
  6. ^ "1978 3M Digital Audio Mastering System". NewBay Media, LLC. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. ^ 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.



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