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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelMOFI, Mobile Fidelity
UPC0821797216166
eBay Product ID (ePID)2317091571
Product Key Features
Release Year2018
FormatSuper Audio CD (SACD)
GenreRock
ArtistRy Cooder
Release TitleChicken Skin Music
Dimensions
Item Height0.27 in
Item Weight0.18 lb
Item Length5.37 in
Item Width5.34 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks9
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TracksThe Borgeois Blues 3:24, I Got Mine 4:28, Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai 6:03, He'll Have to Go 5:09, Smack Dab in the Middle 3:19, Stand By Me 3:44, Yellow Roses 6:12, Chloe 3:04, Goodnight Irene 4:32
Number of Discs1
NotesLimited Mobile Fidelity hybrid SACD. Mastered from the original master tapes. The title of Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music - Hawaiian slang for goosebumps - serves as a direct, simple description of the album's emotional appeal. But it barely scratches the surface of a 1976 effort that triggered an interest in 'world music' a decade before the term became commonplace and a genre into and of itself. Part of a series of inimitable mid-1970s records on which Cooder ignored traditional boundaries and instigated lasting cross-cultural communication, Chicken Skin Music blends gospel, Hawaiian, folk, blues, and Tex-Mex styles into a brilliant roots stew distinguished with virtuosic playing and inspired contextual surprises. Mobile Fidelity's SACD of Chicken Skin Music brings the brilliant instrumental textures and lively tonalities to the fore like no prior digital edition. Graced with silent, black backgrounds and generous soundstages, this reissue particularly underscores the depth of Flaco Jimenez's accordion contributions. You'll hear the air flowing through the reeds, pressure resonating from the bellows, and the wide-spanning timbres emanating from the register stops. Equally transfixing are the lifelike manners in which the rich assortment of guitars come alive, with each note occupying it's own space and portraying a character unique to the individual instrument, be it a slack-key, steel, or acoustic guitar. The result is a multi-detailed, organic-sounding musical tapestry that dazzles by way of beautiful interplay, unexpected dialogue, and connective eclecticism that proves music is indeed a common language when executed with a collaborative mindset, innovative exploration, and respectful authenticity - no easy feats, but achievements fully on display on Chicken Skin Music.