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After his one-album stint at Asylum Records with Luxury You Can Afford in 1978, Joe Cocker was without a record label until 1981, when he signed to Island Records. Island head Chris Blackwell took him to the Compass Point studios in the Bahamas, where he recorded a 12" single, "Sweet Little Woman"/"Look What You've Done," released in May 1981, then continued working on a full-length album. When that album, Sheffield Steel, appeared a year later, listeners could be forgiven for imagining, during the instrumental portions, that they were hearing not a Joe Cocker disc, but rather a Robert Palmer record. The instrumentalists were the Compass Point All-Stars, led by drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, and including keyboard player Wally Badarou and guitarist Barry Reynolds, and they maintained a steady tropical groove on most tracks that strongly recalled their work on Palmer's series of albums. Typically, however, Cocker made his own a group of high-quality songs from major songwriters. Bob Dylan's "Seven Days" was an obscure tune only previously heard in a 1979 recording by Ron Wood. Cocker succeeded with Randy Newman's "Marie" as he would again four years later with the songwriter's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by singing it without any of the irony Newman's version contained. Cocker got a jump on what would be the title track to Steve Winwood's next album, "Talking Back to the Night," and he approached Jimmy Webb's "Just Like Always" with delicacy. The result was an effective album, if, once again, a one-off effort since Cocker, his career rejuvenated by the success of the movie theme "Up Where We Belong," quickly decamped for Capitol.
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Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Nocentelli, ComposerLyricist - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gregg Sutton, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Ira Ingber, ComposerLyricist - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cliff, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Belew, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Melvin Carl Dunlap, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Withers, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cliff, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BRENDA RUSSELL, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Robert Palmer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Nocentelli, ComposerLyricist - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Dees, ComposerLyricist - Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Reynolds, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sticky Thompson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Benji Armbrister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
After his one-album stint at Asylum Records with Luxury You Can Afford in 1978, Joe Cocker was without a record label until 1981, when he signed to Island Records. Island head Chris Blackwell took him to the Compass Point studios in the Bahamas, where he recorded a 12" single, "Sweet Little Woman"/"Look What You've Done," released in May 1981, then continued working on a full-length album. When that album, Sheffield Steel, appeared a year later, listeners could be forgiven for imagining, during the instrumental portions, that they were hearing not a Joe Cocker disc, but rather a Robert Palmer record. The instrumentalists were the Compass Point All-Stars, led by drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, and including keyboard player Wally Badarou and guitarist Barry Reynolds, and they maintained a steady tropical groove on most tracks that strongly recalled their work on Palmer's series of albums. Typically, however, Cocker made his own a group of high-quality songs from major songwriters. Bob Dylan's "Seven Days" was an obscure tune only previously heard in a 1979 recording by Ron Wood. Cocker succeeded with Randy Newman's "Marie" as he would again four years later with the songwriter's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by singing it without any of the irony Newman's version contained. Cocker got a jump on what would be the title track to Steve Winwood's next album, "Talking Back to the Night," and he approached Jimmy Webb's "Just Like Always" with delicacy. The result was an effective album, if, once again, a one-off effort since Cocker, his career rejuvenated by the success of the movie theme "Up Where We Belong," quickly decamped for Capitol.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:52
- Main artists: Joe Cocker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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