R&B, jazz, blues, gospel, reggae & country all snowballing(merging) down hill at a steady pace is a great description of Paradise And Lunch. Although it’s a vague explanation of the record and possibly even confuses readers – wondering how one could infuse so many styles into just 37 minutes – it’s accurate. As listeners, collectors, players & artists in general are becoming more accustomed to blending sounds & genres throughout an album, this could be considered the cornerstone of it all.
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“Paradise and Lunch is a key work for what was called Americana, and if there is an album that can be described as such, it is this one, a musical journey in which Ry Cooder takes us from blues to jazz, passing through gospel, country, R&B, Tex-Mex music and light touches of reggae, and in which all these influences are perfectly integrated in a sound as pure as the one he achieves here. It is the soundtrack of a country that, perhaps, only exists in the musical reconstruction that Ry Cooder makes of it”
– @guitars_exchange
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“To say they don't make records like this anymore may rank among the greatest understatements ever. It's an amazing collection of songs and performances. And the cherry on top is that the great Jim Keltner is the drummer through it all. This boundless treasury, inexhaustible vein, the everlasting spark from which Americana as a musical genre sprung, Paradise and Lunch is truly a masterpiece”
– @stereophile
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“Paradise and Lunch is filled with treasures which become part of a world where eras and styles converge without ever sounding forced or contrived”
– The Fat Angel ?
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