Borderline

by Ry Cooder

Borderline cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:30
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ry Cooder's 'Borderline' continues his practice of reframing American roots forms through careful arrangements and understated guitar work. The album moves through Tex-Mex, reggae, R&B, and blues references, showing Cooder's interest in border-crossing popular traditions.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic

Tracklist

  1. 634-5789 (2:56)
  2. Speedo (3:20)
  3. Why Don't You Try Me (4:54)
  4. Down In The Boondocks (3:21)
  5. Johnny Porter (5:21)
  6. The Way We Make A Broken Heart (4:28)
  7. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) (5:03)
  8. The Girls From Texas (4:40)
  9. Borderline (3:19)
  10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon (6:08)

Credits

  • Carlos Ruano Llopis - artwork
  • Reggie McBride - bass
  • Tim Drummond - bass
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • John Hiatt - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • George "Baboo" Pierre - percussion
  • William Smith - piano, organ, vocals
  • Jesse Harms - synthesizer

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