Borderline (Ry Cooder album)

1980 studio album by Ry Cooder

Borderline

Studio album by

Ry Cooder

Released| October 1980
Recorded| Warner Bros. Recording Studio, Burbank, CA
Genre| Roots rock
Length| 43:30
Label| Warner Bros.
Producer| Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
| Bop till You Drop
(1979)  | Borderline
(1980)  | The Slide Area
(1982)

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Borderline is an album by Ry Cooder, released in 1980.[1][2] "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" is a cover of the John Hiatt song.[3]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
Robert Christgau| B−[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [6]

Robert Christgau wrote that "Cooder's current soul/r&b interests inhibit his songfinding."[5] The Globe and Mail wrote that "Borderline" "is a lovely instrumental which features the least slick, most emotional playing by an efficient set of hired guns."[7]

## Track listing

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### Side one

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1. "634–5789" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 2:56
2. "Speedo" (Esther Navarro) – 3:20
3. "Why Don't You Try Me" (E. Young) – 4:54
4. "Down in the Boondocks" (Joe South) – 3:21
5. "Johnny Porter" (Bobby Ray Appleberry, William Cuomo) – 5:21

### Side two

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1. "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" (John Hiatt) – 4:28
2. "Crazy 'Bout an Automobile" (William R. Emerson) – 5:03
3. "The Girls from Texas" (James Lewis, Jimmy Holiday, Cliff Chambers) – 4:40
4. "Borderline" (Ry Cooder) – 3:19
5. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Will Jennings, Nesbert Hooper Jr.) – 6:08

## Charts

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Year | Chart | Peak

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1980 | Australian (Kent Music Report) | 43[8]

## Personnel

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Source: album cover

* Ry Cooder – guitar, vibes, vocals
* Jim Keltner – drums
* George "Baboo" Pierre – percussion
* Tim Drummond – bass
* Reggie McBride – bass
* William D. Smith – piano, organ, vocals
* John Hiatt – guitar, vocals
* Jesse Harms – synthesizer
* Bobby King – vocals
* Willie Greene, Jr. – vocals

### Technical

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* Leslie Morris – production assistant
* Lee Herschberg – recording, mixing
* Carlos Ruano Llopis – artwork[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Plasketes, George (2016). B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present. Taylor & Francis. p. 72.
2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 224.
3. ^ Elliott, Michael (2021). Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story. Chicago Review Press.
4. ^ "Borderline > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
5. ^ a b "Ry Cooder". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 158, 159.
7. ^ McGrath, Paul (24 Jan 1981). "Borderline Ry Cooder". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 73\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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* Ry Cooder (1970)
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* Borderline (1980)
* The Slide Area (1982)
* Get Rhythm (1987)
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* My Name Is Buddy (2007)
* I, Flathead (2008)
* Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)
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