- folk, rock
- 39 min
- 9 tracks
- Nonesuch
Election Special is the 15th studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder. It was released on August 16, 2012, by Perro Verde and Nonesuch Records. Cooder recorded and produced the album mostly at Drive-By Studios in North Hollywood, performing all of the instrumentation, including bass, guitar, and mandolin, with the exception of drums, which were played by his son Joachim.
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Spare, cool, classical in form and open-ended.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1Mutt Romney Blues3:45
- 2Brother Is Gone5:03
- 3The Wall Street Part of Town3:43
- 4Guantanamo3:29
- 5Cold Cold Feelings5:26
- 6Going to Tampa3:58
- 7Kool-Aid4:10
- 8The 90 and the 95:16
- 9Take Your Hands Off It3:48
9 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ry Cooder
- Label
- Nonesuch
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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