The Slide Area
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| The Slide Area | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, country rock, roots rock[1] | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros.[2] | |||
| Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
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The Slide Area is the tenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It was released in 1982 and peaked at No. 105 on the Billboard 200.[3][4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Bob Gottlieb said:
Yes, it is a rhythm & blues, bordering at times on funk album, and rap is one direction R&B took, but... The two gems on this are the phenomenal treatments of both 'Blue Suede Shoes' and Bob Dylan's 'I Need a Woman'. Two songs as different in the original forms as pigs and gerbils are converted to R&B hit status. Both contain some memorable slide guitar work, but isn't that what we expect from this master of the guitar family. The album is very good but those two songs make it a gem.[1]
