Bop Till You Drop

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Bop Till You Drop
Bop Till You Drop cover
Studio album by Ry Cooder
Released 1979
Genre Blues rock
Length 39:56
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Ry Cooder
Professional reviews
Ry Cooder chronology
Jazz
(1978)
Bop Till You Drop
(1979)
The Long Riders
(1980)

Bop Till You Drop is Ry Cooder's ninth album, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). This was the first major-label digitally recorded album. It was recorded on a 32-track machine built by the 3M Company[citation needed].

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 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" (Robert Lee McCoy, Sylvia McKinney) – 4:43
  5. "Down in Hollywood" (Cooder, Tim Drummond) – 4:14
  6. "Look at Granny Run Run" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 3:09
  7. "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me" (Frederick Knight, Aaron Varnell) – 4:55
  8. "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Oliver Sain) – 4:08
  9. "I Can't Win" (L. Johnson, C. Knight, Richardson) – 4:16

[edit] Personnel

  • Jimmy Adams – vocals, backing vocals
  • David Alexander – photography
  • Ronnie Barron – organ, guitar, keyboards
  • Loyd Clifft – assistant engineer
  • Ry Cooder – bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals, background vocals, producer
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • Vicki Fortson – production coordination
  • Cliff Givens – vocals, backing vocals
  • Rev. Patrick Henderson – organ, keyboards
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer
  • 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
  • Reggie McBride – bass
  • George McFadden – vocals, backing vocals
  • Simon Pico Payne – vocals
  • Greg Prestopino – vocals, backing vocals
  • Penny Ringwood – production coordination
  • Mike Salisbury – design

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Peak
1979 Billboard Pop Albums 62
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