The Slide Area Explained

The Slide Area
Type:studio
Artist:Ry Cooder
Cover:The Slide Area.jpg
Released:1982
Studio:Ocean Way, Hollywood
Genre:Blues rock, country rock, roots rock
Label:Warner Bros.[1]
Producer:Ry Cooder
Prev Title:Borderline
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Get Rhythm
Next Year:1987

The Slide Area is the tenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It was released in 1982 and peaked at No. 105 on the Billboard 200.[2] [3]

Reception

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Bob Gottlieb said:

Yes, it is a rhythm & blues, bordering at times on funk album, and rap is one direction R&B took, but..... The two gems on this are the phenomenal treatments of both "Blue Suede Shoes" and Bob Dylan's "I Need a Woman." Two songs as different in the original forms as pigs and gerbils are converted to R&B hit status. Both contain some memorable slide guitar work, but isn't that what we expect from this master of the guitar family. The album is very good but those two songs make it a gem.[4]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto" (Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner)
  2. "I Need a Woman" (Bob Dylan)
  3. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield)
  4. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins)

Side B

  1. "Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean" (Ry Cooder)
  2. "I'm Drinking Again" (Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner)
  3. "Which Came First" (Ry Cooder, Willie Dixon)
  4. "That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me" (Quinton Claunch, Ry Cooder, Dave Hall)

Personnel

Musicians [5]

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. September 30, 2013. Random House. 9781448132744. Google Books.
  2. Book: Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Pete. Prown. Harvey P.. Newquist. December 31, 1997. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780793540426. Google Books.
  3. Ry Cooder The Slide Area Chart History. Billboard.
  4. Web site: The Slide Area – Ry Cooder – Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. 23 February 2019.
  5. Liner notes from Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3651, 1982 LP