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The Slide Area
Rock · 1982 · 6 tracks

The Slide Area

Ry Cooder

A slick, soulful intersection of 80s studio polish and raw slide guitar. Roots music that trades the desert for the neon glow of a late-night city street.

1982 · Warner Bros. Records

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A muscular and soulful late-night groove that feels both technically precise and emotionally weary.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
02
I Need a Woman
4:34
03
Gypsy Woman
4:20
04
Blue Suede Shoes
5:18
05
Mama, Don’t Treat Your Daughter Mean
5:55
06
I’m Drinking Again
4:34
08
That’s the Way Love Turned Out for Me
5:46
Moments Worth Listening For
The heavy, syncopated groove that transforms Blue Suede Shoes into a swampy blues crawl.
The interplay between the gospel-tinged backing vocals and the crying slide guitar on I Need a Woman.
The weary, whiskey-soaked piano introduction that sets the stage for I'm Drinking Again.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Slide Area sound next to the rest of Ry Cooder's catalogue?

Love Romantic+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

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