Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records.

[6][7] The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios.

[10] The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing.

[12] In 1990 the album was released on CD,[13] while a remastered version appeared in 2007.

[14] It was newly remastered from the original master tapes for a high-resolution SACD in 2017.