Chicken Skin Music
Chicken Skin Music is Ry Cooder's fifth studio album, released in 1976, on the Reprise label.
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood; "Yellow Roses" and "Chloe" recorded in Hawaii | |||
| Genre | Americana, roots rock, blues, country, Tex-Mex | |||
| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
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| Singles from Chicken Skin Music | ||||
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| Song sample | ||||
"Yellow Roses" sample
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Bourgeois Blues" | Lead Belly | 3:22 |
| 2. | "I Got Mine" | Traditional; based on Pink Anderson's version | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai" | Blind Alfred Reed/Traditional | 6:01 |
| 4. | "He'll Have to Go" | Joe Allison, Audrey Allison | 5:07 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Smack Dab in the Middle" | Charles E. Calhoun | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Yellow Roses" | Ken Devine, Sam Nichols | 6:11 |
| 8. | "Chlo-e" (instrumental) | Gus Kahn, Neil Moret | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly, John Lomax | 4:32 |
Personnel
Musicians
- George Bohanon – baritone horn and horn arrangement on "I Got Mine"
- Oscar Brashear – cornet on "I Got Mine"
- Red Callender – upright bass
- Ry Cooder – bajo sexto, mandola, bottleneck guitar, French accordion, electric guitar, slack-key guitar, tiple, Hawaiian guitar, vocals
- Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
- Jimmy Adams - vocals
- Terry Evans – vocals
- Cliff Givens – vocals
- Laurence Fishburne - vocals
- Hugo Gonzales – bajo sexto on "Good Night Irene"
- Milt Holland – percussion, drums
- Atta Isaacs – slack-key and acoustic guitar on "Chloe"
- Fred Jackson Jr. – tenor saxophone on "I Got Mine"
- Flaco Jiménez – accordion on "He'll Have to Go", "Stand By Me" and "Goodnight Irene"
- Herman E. Johnson – vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobby King – vocals
- Henry Ojeda – bass on "Good Night Irene"
- Gabby Pahinui – steel guitar on "Chloe"
- Benny Powell – trombone on "I Got Mine"
- Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone on "He'll Have to Go"
- Russ Titelman – bajo sexto on "Stand By Me"
- Frank Villarreal - alto saxophone on "Good Night Irene"
- Isaac Garcia - drums on "Good Night Irene"
Technical
- Ry Cooder – producer
- Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch - production coordination
- Lee Herschberg - engineer, mixing
- Lloyd Cruft - engineer
- Bobby Hata, John Neal - assistant engineers
- Chet Himes, John Ingle - engineering
- Kenny Price - album cover, design and painting
- Susan Titelman - photography
- Noel Newbolt - production assistance
Releases
- CD Chicken Skin Music Reprise 1988
- Cassette Chicken Skin Music Reprise 1990
- CD Chicken Skin Music Reprise 1990
- CD Chicken Skin Music WEA 2007
- CD Chicken Skin Music Reprise 2008
Singles
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Australian (Kent Music Report) | 80[6] |
| 1976 | Billboard Pop Albums | 177 |
References
- 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.
- "Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Chicken Skin Music, (1976) Reprise Records, CD: 7599-27231-2 - Notes booklet
- "Ry Cooder - He'll Have To Go". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- "Ry Cooder - Goodnight Irene". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- 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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