"The Prodigal Son" is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder, released May 11th, 2018 on the Fantasy label. The album was produced with his son, Joachim Cooder. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 11 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim". "The Prodigal Son" is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder, released May 11th, 2018 on the Fantasy label. The album was produced with his son, Joachim Cooder. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 11 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim". false 2024-02-27 19:38:56 The Prodigal Son 2018 2018-05-11 2018-05-11 50 Folk Rock 124924 2302466 e8512f59-4136-41cb-9d22-35a34533f3fb a4e2650b-938b-4b72-95bc-6e229cd34601 9a67634d-74d3-45a1-8e55-6887f64ba083 /media/data/media5/Music/Ry Cooder/The Prodigal Son (2018)/folder.jpg Ry Cooder AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/R/Ry Cooder/folder.jpg Ry Cooder Artist /config/metadata/People/R/Ry Cooder/folder.jpg Ry Cooder Ry Cooder 1 Straight Street 04:00 2 Shrinking Man 04:09 3 Gentrification 03:16 4 Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right 03:48 5 The Prodigal Son 04:39 6 Nobody’s Fault But Mine 06:12 7 You Must Unload 05:27 8 I’ll Be Rested When the Roll Is Called 03:13 9 Harbor of Love 05:49 10 Jesus and Woody 05:59 11 In His Care 03:39 Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. Cooder's solo work draws upon many genres. He has played with John Lee Hooker, Captain Beefheart, Taj Mahal, Gordon Lightfoot, Ali Farka Touré, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Linda Ronstadt, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, David Lindley, the Chieftains, Warren Zevon, Manuel Galbán, the Doobie Brothers, and Carla Olson and the Textones (on record and film). He formed the band Little Village, and produced the album Buena Vista Social Club (1997), which became a worldwide hit; Wim Wenders directed the documentary film of the same name (1999), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000. Cooder was ranked at No. 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", while a 2010 list by Gibson Guitar Corporation placed him at No. 32. In 2011, he published a collection of short stories called Los Angeles Stories.