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Borderline (Ry Cooder album)

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Released
  
October 1980

Borderline (1980)
  
The Slide Area (1982)

Release date
  
October 1980

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
43:30

Artist
  
Ry Cooder

Producer
  
Ry Cooder

Genres
  
Rock music, Roots rock

Recorded
  
Warner Bros. Recording Studio, Burbank, CA

Similar
  
Ry Cooder albums, Roots rock albums, Other albums

Borderline is the ninth album by Ry Cooder and was released in 1980 by the Warner Bros.

Contents

Ry cooder across the borderline


Side one

  1. "634-5789" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 2:56
  2. "Speedo" (Esther Navarro) – 3:20
  3. "Why Don't You Try Me" (Billy Young) – 4:54
  4. "Down in the Boondocks" (Joe South) – 3:21
  5. "Johnny Porter" (Bobby Ray Appleberry) – 5:21

Side two

  1. "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" (John Hiatt) – 4:28
  2. "Crazy 'Bout an Automobile" (Billy Emerson) – 5:03
  3. "The Girls from Texas" (Cliff Chambers, Jimmy Holiday, James Lewis) – 4:40
  4. "Borderline" (John Hiatt) – 3:19
  5. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Will Jennings) – 6:08

Personnel

  • Ry Cooder – guitar, vibes, vocals
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • George "Baboo" Pierre – percussion
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • Reggie McBride – bass
  • William D. Smith – piano, organ, vocals
  • John Hiatt – guitar, vocals
  • Jesse Harms – synthesizer
  • Bobby King – vocals
  • Willie Greene, Jr. – vocals
    • Technical
  • Leslie Morris - production assistant
  • Lee Herschberg - recording, mixing

    • Songs

    1634-5789
    2Speedo3:24
    3Why Don't You Try Me4:59

    References

    Borderline (Ry Cooder album) Wikipedia
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