Bop Till You Drop

Bop Till You Drop
Studio album by Ry Cooder
Released	1979
Genre	Blues rock
Length	39:56
Label	Reprise
Producer	Ry Cooder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Ry Cooder chronology
Jazz (1978) Bop Till You Drop (1979) The Long Riders (1980)

Bop Till You Drop is Ry Cooder's ninth album, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). This was the first digitally recorded rock album. It was recorded on a 32 track machine built by the 3M Company^{[citation needed]}.

Track listing

1. "Little Sister" (Pomus, Shuman) – 3:49
2. "Go Home, Girl" (Arthur Alexander) – 5:10
3. "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)" (Bailey) – 5:32
4. "I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine" (McCoy, McKinney) – 4:43
5. "Down in Hollywood" (Cooder, Drummond) – 4:14
6. "Look at Granny Run Run" (Ragovoy, Shuman) – 3:09
7. "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me" (Knight, Varnell) – 4:55
8. "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Sain) – 4:08
9. "I Can't Win" (Johnson, Knight, Richardson) – 4:16

Personnel

• Jimmy Adams – vocals, backing vocals
• David Alexander – photography
• Ronnie Barron – organ, guitar, keyboards
• Loyd Clifft – assistant engineer
• Ry Cooder – bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals, background vocals, producer
• Tim Drummond – bass
• Vicki Fortson – production coordination
• Cliff Givens – vocals, backing vocals
• Rev. Patrick Henderson – organ, keyboards
• Lee Herschberg – engineer
• Milt Holland – percussion, drums
• Bill Johnson – backing vocals
• Herman E. Johnson – vocals, backing vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Chaka Khan – vocals
• Bobby King – vocals, backing vocals
• David Lindley – guitar, mandolin
• Randy Lorenzo – vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie McBride – bass
• George McFadden – vocals, backing vocals
• Simon Pico Payne – vocals
• Greg Prestopino – vocals, backing vocals
• Penny Ringwood – production coordination
• Mike Salisbury – design

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