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Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down [Digipak]

Ry Cooder
1 disc

1. No Banker Left Behind
2. Corrido De Jesse James, El
3. Quick Sand
4. Dirty Chateau
5. Humpty Dumpty World
6. Christmas Time This Year
7. Baby Joined the Army
8. Lord Tell Me Why
9. I Want My Crown
10. John Lee Hooker For President
11. Dreamer
12. Simple Tools
13. If There's a God
14. No Hard Feelings
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 527407-2
Credits

Producer Ry Cooder
Engineer Martin Pradler
Audio Mixer: Martin Pradler.
Recording information: Drive-By Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Ocean Studios, Burbank, CA; Wireland Studios, Chatsworth, CA.
Photographers: Jacques Demtre; Susan Titelman; Paul Turonet; William Reagh; Vincent Valdez.
Songwriter and guitarist Ry Cooder digs deep into the American psyche with Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down. Inspired by a headline he'd read about the Wall Street bailout, and those who profited most from it, Cooder composed the album's opening track, "No Banker Left Behind," in a style not heard since his earliest recordings. It would have been right at home on his self titled debut or Paradise and Lunch. While not a concept recording, it is an album that reacts to the times topically.Its songs are declarative, sometimes angry, yet display his requisite humor and irony.
Critic Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Cooder's deft grip on American vernacular music infuses what could be a pretty sombre journey with some dazzling jumps in style."
Uncut (magazine) (p.83) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "In the transition from imitator to originator, the old boy has made one of his best albums ever."