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1	Buena Vista Social Club (1997) more music like this by Buena Vista Social Club This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While bandleader Desi Arnaz became a huge hit in the States, several equally talented musicians never saw success outside their native country, and have had nothing but their music to sustain them during ... see all copies from £6.00! new only from £7.37!
2	My Name Is Buddy (2007) more music like this by Ry Cooder During the present era, as the Iraq war grinds on, Americans are trying belly-button gazing, trying to remember a history where America regarded itself as world citizen, and came to the aid of many nations in trouble and nearing despair. It is true that this is part of our national heritage and America as a whole is, or at least used to be, known ... see all copies from £12.75! new only from £13.94!
3	Chavez Ravine (2005) more music like this by Ry Cooder Three years in the making, Chavez Ravine: A Record by Ry Cooder, is his first "solo" offering since 1987's Get Rhythm. In addition, it is a concept album; but don't be afraid. It documents in mythical style the disappeared Los Angeles neighborhood of Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American district that fought over by real etate developers, urban ... see all copies from £6.83! new only from £9.56!
4	Last Man Standing [Original Soundtrack] (1996) more music like this by Ry Cooder The soundtrack to Last Man Standing features composer Elmer Bernstein's dramatic score to the Bruce Willis crime story directed by Walter Hill and based on Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide see all copies from £27.66! new only from £27.66!
5	Little Village (1992) more music like this by Little Village Sometimes you just can't get lightning to strike in the same place twice, no matter how hard you try, and the sole album from Little Village serves as proof. In 1987, guitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe, and drummer Jim Keltner backed up singer and songwriter John Hiatt on his album Bring the Family; the album was hailed as an instant classic, ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £2.73!
6	Bop Till You Drop (1979) more music like this by Ry Cooder Following his conceptual 1978 release, Jazz, Ry Cooder returned the next year with the R&B/soul-based Bop Till You Drop. The first major-label, digitally recorded album, Bop is a nice set of moderately known to obscure tunes from the '50s and '60s (along with a Cooder/Tim Drummond original) that doesn't always live up to its promise. Cooder and ... see all copies from £4.06! new only from £6.39!
7	Mambo Sinuendo (2003) more music like this by Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán Mambo Sinuendo is a collaboration between Ry Cooder and Buena Vista alum (and formerly of many other groups as well) Manuel Galbán. The album attempts to catch an old style popularized in Cuba by Galbán, and was, surprisingly, never followed up on by anybody after Galbán. It's a guitar-based romp closely based in the pop/jazz crossovers of the ... see all copies from £12.25! new only from £12.25!
8	Chicken Skin Music (1976) more music like this by Ry Cooder Ry Cooder has always believed in the "mutuality in music," and this may be no more evident in his career than with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music (a Hawaiian colloquialism, synonymous with goosebumps). Even more than usual, Cooder refuses to recognize borders -- geographical or musical -- presenting "Stand By Me" as a gospel song with a norte ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £6.75!
9	Borderline (1980) more music like this by Ry Cooder With 1980's Borderline, Ry Cooder followed the foray into R&B and soul of his previous effort, Bop Till You Drop, but this time out with a little shot of the Southwest thrown in. At the same time, he also continues the primarily electric sound of that record. As far as his selection of material goes, Borderline may sometimes lack the surprising, ... see all copies from £5.32! new only from £7.14!
10	The Slide Area (1982) more music like this by Ry Cooder This CD opens with an outrageous and exceedingly funky "UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto," and which seems so out of place with the other material. Yes, it is a rhythm & blues, bordering at times on funk album, and rap is one direction R&B took, but.... Listen to the groove on "Which Came First," and try to keep your body from bobbing to the strong ... see all copies from £4.72! new only from £6.64!
11 view cover	Paris, Texas (1989) more music like this by Ry Cooder Suggestive of both the imagery of Win Wenders' movie Paris, Texas and the desert itself, Ry Cooder's score is a peaceful, poetic journey into the soul of an acoustic guitar. "Paris, Texas," "Brothers," and "Nothing Out There" open the album as meditative blends of guitar twang and scratching ambient effects. The songs move at a pretty, slow place, ... see all copies from £5.26! new only from £7.65!
12 view cover	Into the Purple Valley (1971) more music like this by Ry Cooder Ry Cooder is known as a virtuoso on almost every stringed instrument, and on Into the Purple Valley, he demonstrates this ability on a wide variety of instruments. The main focus of the music here is on the era of the Dust Bowl, and what was happening in America at the time, socially and musically. Songs by Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and a variety ... see all copies from £5.47! new only from £5.47!
13 view cover	Paradise and Lunch (1974) more music like this by Ry Cooder Ry Cooder understands that a great song is a great song, whether it was written before the Depression or last week. Still, at the same time he isn't afraid to explore new avenues and possibilities for the material. Like his three previous records, Paradise and Lunch is filled with treasures which become part of a world where eras and styles ... see all copies from £6.15! new only from £8.20!
14 view cover	Ry Cooder (1970) more music like this by Ry Cooder Already a seasoned music business veteran at the age of 22, Ry Cooder stepped out from behind the shadows of the likes of Jackie DeShannon, Taj Mahal, the Rolling Stones, and Captain Beefheart, signing his own deal with Warner Brothers records in 1969. Released the following year, Cooder's eponymous debut creates an intriguing fusion of blues, ... see all copies from £6.32! new only from £7.25!
15 view cover	Crossroads (1986) more music like this by Ry Cooder The ersatz blues story of the film gives Ry Cooder leeway to turn in an impressive blues-derived soundtrack featuring Sonny Terry along with his usual collaborators Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Nathan East, and others. But it's Cooder's guitar playing that highlights the album. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide see all copies from £4.78! new only from £6.83!
16 view cover	Music by Ry Cooder (1995) more music like this by Ry Cooder Since he's a limited vocalist with erratic songwriting skills, one could justifiably argue that the soundtrack medium is the best vehicle for Ry Cooder's talents, allowing him to construct eclectic, chiefly instrumental pieces drawing upon all sorts of roots music and ethnic flavors (often, but not always, employing his excellent blues and slide ... see all copies from £8.88! new only from £11.72!
17 view cover	Jazz (1978) more music like this by Ry Cooder Beginning with his self-titled debut in 1970, Ry Cooder's records seemed to be as much history lesson as they were entertainment. Not because Cooder was trying to club you over the head with this stuff; he simply gravitated to great songs, no matter what the era or genre. Released in 1978, Jazz seems to be his first conscious attempt at a concept ... see all copies from £5.06! new only from £6.75!
18 view cover	A Meeting by the River (1993) more music like this by Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt A Meeting by the River can best be described as a spontaneous outpouring of music, unhindered by convention or form, brought into being by musicians so supremely capable that the music is never labored, the technique of their craft always subservient to the final product. Cooder and Bhatt are genuine masters of the guitar and mohan vina, ... see all copies from £6.74! new only from £10.25!
19 view cover	No Nukes (1980) more music like this by Various Artists The No Nukes protest concert in 1979 was one of the defining '70s events for aging '60s hippies, a way to prove that they held political and social power. The concert was top-loaded with folk-rockers and laid-back California pop stars: Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Poco, Nicolette Larson, and Jesse Colin Young, who had all reached their ... see all copies from £8.20! new only from £23.78!
20 view cover	Boomer's Story (1972) more music like this by Ry Cooder Boomer's Story, Ry Cooder's third record, continues his archeological dig through music's familiar and forgotten past. As was the case with his previous recordings, he not only looks to the masters -- including blues legend Sleepy John Estes, songwriter Dan Penn (both of whom appear here) and the great Skip James -- for material, but to lost and ... see all copies from £7.03! new only from £7.03!
21 view cover	The Border/Alamo Bay [Original Soundtracks] (2006) more music like this by Ry Cooder The folks at Raven Records in Australia must have a blast assembling projects. This pairing of two 1980s Ry Cooder soundtracks is a case in point. The Border, composed and released in 1982, was the soundtrack to Tony Richardson's film The Border, and 1985's Alamo Bay was directed by Louis Malle. The interesting thing about these soundtracks is ... see all copies from £8.20! new only from £14.88!
22 view cover	Hollow Bamboo (2000) more music like this by Jon Hassell/Ry Cooder/Ronu Majumbar The world music bin at the record store is a depository for all non-Western sounding musics. From field recordings of Australian aborigines spinning bull-roarers in a ritual context to studio-produced fusion musics that use an occasional tabla sample for the sake of added exoticism, the world music category catches them all. On Hollow Bamboo, ... see all copies from £12.85! new only from £13.45!
23 view cover	Guitar Music for Small Rooms, Vol. 2 (2001) more music like this by Various Artists This Warner Canada collection picks up where the first volume left off, gathering smooth acoustic and electric guitar instrumentals from a variety of genres for an ultra-mellow listen. The mild bossa nova phrasing of Eric Clapton's "Reptile" kicks things lightly off, followed by some typically talented stuff from well-known axemen like Santana, ... see all copies from £11.64! new only from £21.17!
24 view cover	Get Rhythm (1987) more music like this by Ry Cooder "The Musician's Musician." "The Master of the Eclectic." There are probably a dozen more titles by which this "guitar player" is known. To even refer to him as a guitar player is probably a gross mislabeling of this musician. He defies any sort of categorization; this is his greatest strength and for some his weakness. The theme for these nine ... see all copies from £4.06! new only from £6.83!
25 view cover	Trespass (1992) more music like this by Ry Cooder Cooder's underscore for Trespass, performed with the help of drummer Jim Keltner and trumpeter Jon Hassell, is a moody, dark piece of work quite a bit removed from Cooder's usual territory -- Cooder has taken experimental jazz as a main influence here, mixing that with tones available from modern instruments and studio processing. The result is ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.10!

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