The Slide Area
Album by Ry Cooder
The Slide Area is a studio album by American guitarist Ry Cooder, released in 1982. The album emphasises Cooder's slide-guitar techniques and draws on roots rock, blues and R&B with a mix of electric and acoustic textures, and it occupies a place in his early-1980s output focused on American roots forms prior to his later explorations of broader international sounds.
First released: 1982

Tracklist
- 1.UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto5:03
- 2.I Need a Woman4:37
- 3.Gypsy Woman4:04
- 4.Blue Suede Shoes5:21
- 5.Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean5:59
- 6.I'm Drinking Again4:38
- 7.Which Came First3:46
- 8.That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me5:47