Out of print, 1 copy available!
Michael Fremer Rated 8/10 Music, 8/10 Sonics!
Mastered by Martin Pradler and Pressed at Pallas!
Includes Full CD of Album!
Election Special the album is a wake-up call for the 2012 U.S. fall election season.
Ry Cooder produced the album and wrote all of the songs. (Take Your Hands off It was co-written with Joachim Cooder). He sings and plays mandolin, guitar, and bass on the album, with Joachim on drums. Arnold McCuller sings harmony vocals on Take Your Hands off It.
Ry Cooder joined TIME's Joe Klein on the columnist's road trip across the US. talking to Americans about the state of the nation. It's something to which Cooder is particularly attuned, given the subject of his album, Election Special. "Ry Cooder has provided much of the sound track of my life," writes Klein. "Hes been writing political songs in recent years, and unlike most in that often-too-obvious genre, each is musically exquisite."
"The sonics are decent as long as you don't expect Jazz, because this is strictly a relatively low budget, affair but done with Ry's usual good audio taste... Listen to "Kool-Aid" a song about the people who inexplicably vote against their own self-interestand you'll hear a powerful song that transcends the election time frame. This album stands both as a historical time capsule and just a damn good time... BTW: the packaging is deluxe, the record was pressed at PALLAS and you get the album on a CD. Ry may be singing about the 99 but he's giving you a musical and physical presentation befitting the 1%." - Michael Fremer, www.analogplanet.com, Music 8/10, Sound 8/10!
Features:
Vinyl LP
Includes Full CD
Mastered by Martin Pradler at Wireland Studios, Chatsworth, CA and Drive-By Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Pressed at Pallas
Stoughton direct to board jacket with insert
Musicians:
Ry Cooder, vocals, guitars, mandolin, bass
Joachim Cooder, drums
Arnold McCuller, harmony vocals (9)
Selections:
Side A:
1. Mutt Romney Blues
2. Brother Is Gone
3. The Wall Street Part of Town
4. Guantanamo
5. Cold Cold Feeling
Side B:
1. Going To Tampa
2. Kool-Aid
3. The 90 and the 9
4. Take Your Hands Off It
Michael Fremer Rated 8/10 Music, 8/10 Sonics!
Mastered by Martin Pradler and Pressed at Pallas!
Includes Full CD of Album!
Election Special the album is a wake-up call for the 2012 U.S. fall election season.
Ry Cooder produced the album and wrote all of the songs. (Take Your Hands off It was co-written with Joachim Cooder). He sings and plays mandolin, guitar, and bass on the album, with Joachim on drums. Arnold McCuller sings harmony vocals on Take Your Hands off It.
Ry Cooder joined TIME's Joe Klein on the columnist's road trip across the US. talking to Americans about the state of the nation. It's something to which Cooder is particularly attuned, given the subject of his album, Election Special. "Ry Cooder has provided much of the sound track of my life," writes Klein. "Hes been writing political songs in recent years, and unlike most in that often-too-obvious genre, each is musically exquisite."
"The sonics are decent as long as you don't expect Jazz, because this is strictly a relatively low budget, affair but done with Ry's usual good audio taste... Listen to "Kool-Aid" a song about the people who inexplicably vote against their own self-interestand you'll hear a powerful song that transcends the election time frame. This album stands both as a historical time capsule and just a damn good time... BTW: the packaging is deluxe, the record was pressed at PALLAS and you get the album on a CD. Ry may be singing about the 99 but he's giving you a musical and physical presentation befitting the 1%." - Michael Fremer, www.analogplanet.com, Music 8/10, Sound 8/10!
Features:
Vinyl LP
Includes Full CD
Mastered by Martin Pradler at Wireland Studios, Chatsworth, CA and Drive-By Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Pressed at Pallas
Stoughton direct to board jacket with insert
Musicians:
Ry Cooder, vocals, guitars, mandolin, bass
Joachim Cooder, drums
Arnold McCuller, harmony vocals (9)
Selections:
Side A:
1. Mutt Romney Blues
2. Brother Is Gone
3. The Wall Street Part of Town
4. Guantanamo
5. Cold Cold Feeling
Side B:
1. Going To Tampa
2. Kool-Aid
3. The 90 and the 9
4. Take Your Hands Off It
