Paradise And Lunch
by Ry Cooder
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Ry Cooder bestography
Paradise And Lunch is ranked 5th best out of 38 albums by Ry Cooder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ry Cooder is Paris, Texas which is ranked number 6380 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 209.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Paradise And Lunch track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Paradise And Lunch rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | joathome | Top 36 Music Albums of 1974 | 26/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1974 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sounds End Of Year List 1974 | 13/21 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 27/97 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1974 by Acclaimed Music | 18/62 | - |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | amirmishali | Top 80 Music Albums of 1974 | 62/80 | 1 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 56/68 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 115 | |||
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Paradise And Lunch ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 10:06 | Budden03 | 7 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 08:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,600 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2025 21:45 | jnmayles | 2,302 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Droophus 01/04/2020 05:49 | #246400
The tightest, toe tappinest example of that great Ry Cooder easy breezy jangle.
rockinsteve 05/19/2018 01:17 | #215171
Probably my favorite album by Ry. It's probably his BEST album, as well. It's just a great mix of songs new AND old. The musicianship is just fantastic and Ry showcases some of his best guitar playing on this one. If you're a fan of Mr. Cooder's music, pick this one up IMMEDIATELY if you haven't already done so!
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 22:45 | #207754
Probabilmente il miglior album di Ry Cooder, anche se io gli ho sempre preferito "Into the purple valley"; sicuramente quello ( o uno dei due: l'altro è "Chicken skin music" ) in cui il tocco di Cooder raggiunge l'apoteosi. Che sia all'acustica ( doppio assolo sovrainciso in "Jesus on the meanline" ), all'elettrica ( "Fool for cigarettes" ) o al mandolino ( "Mexican divorce" ), il chitarrista regala emozioni ad ogni passaggio, dimostrando come il saper suonare non è direttamente proporzionale al numero di note che si suonano.
A solid early album by Ry Cooder.
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