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Just a few years after "Up Where We Belong" topped the charts, Joe Cocker found himself struggling to earn the attention of the audience he had just regained. It wasn't that he was recording uncommercial material. If anything, it was because he was trying too hard, as 1986's Cocker proves. He works with a variety of producers on the album, yet they all arrive at the same slick, mildly synthesized, vaguely soulful adult contemporary sound. There are some good moments on Cocker that do justice to his still-robust voice -- "Shelter Me" is a reasonably entertaining new effort, and Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" was a good cover choice, as was Randy Newman's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," even if Richie Zito's production on the latter is a little too slick. Cocker winds up being another uneven effort from a talented singer.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Terry Manning, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Carl Marsh, Programmer - Mel Collins, Saxophone - Larry Marshall, Keyboards - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Stuart Barry, AssistantEngineer - Paul Mortimer, AssistantEngineer - Eric Parker, Drums - Patrick Stapley, AssistantEngineer - Nick Distefano, Writer - Vito Sanfilippo, Bass Guitar - Kim Jenkins, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tom Kimmel, Writer - Terry Manning, Producer, Engineer - Carl Marsh, Programmer, Synthesizer - Mel Collins, Saxophone - Howie Hersh, Keyboards - Larry Marshall, Keyboards - Joe Cocker, Vocals, MainArtist - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Stuart Barry, AssistantEngineer - Paul Mortimer, AssistantEngineer - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Eric Parker, Drums - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals - Patrick Stapley, AssistantEngineer - Vito Sanfilippo, Bass Guitar - Kim Jenkins, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Guy Roche, Engineer - Neal Schon, Guitar - Randy Jackson, Bass Guitar - Joe Turano, Backing Vocals - Diane Warren, Producer, Backing Vocals, Writer - Bob Ezrin, Arranger, MixingEngineer - Leslie Smith, Backing Vocals - JEFF LORBER, Keyboards - PAUL LANI, MixingEngineer - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Hammond Jr, Producer, Backing Vocals, Writer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Limited
DANN HUFF, Guitar - MICHAEL BOLTON, Writer - Mike Moran, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - RON NEVISON, Producer, Engineer - Mike Clink, AssistantEngineer - Matt Howe, AssistantEngineer - Joe Cocker, Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Douglas James, Writer - Eric Parker, Drums - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Richard Feldman, Writer - Anton Fig, Drums - Jeff Bova, Keyboards - Eddie Martinez, Guitar - BERNARD EDWARDS, Producer, Bass Guitar - Josh Abbey, Engineer - Jason Corsaro, Engineer - Curtis King, Backing Vocals - Pat Robinson, Writer - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Goldberger, AssistantEngineer - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Richie Zito, Producer, Guitar - Randy Newman, Writer - Joel Peskin, Horn - Steve Madaio, Horn - Michael Baird, Drums - Maxine Waters, Backing Vocals - Brian Reeves, Engineer - Julia Waters, Backing Vocals - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur Barrow, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Dick "Slyde" Hyde, Horn
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Limited
Richie Zito, Producer - DANN HUFF, Guitar - Michael Boddicker, Keyboards - Roger Miller, Writer - Mike Moran, Bass Guitar - RON NEVISON, Producer, Engineer - Mike Clink, AssistantEngineer - Matt Howe, AssistantEngineer - Brian Reeves, Engineer - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Eric Parker, Drums - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals - Billy Aerts, Writer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Manning, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Carl Marsh, Programmer - Mel Collins, Saxophone - Howie Hersh, Piano - Marvin Gaye, Writer - Larry Marshall, Synthesizer - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - James Nyx, Jr., Writer - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Stuart Barry, AssistantEngineer - Paul Mortimer, AssistantEngineer - Eric Parker, Drums - Patrick Stapley, AssistantEngineer - Vito Sanfilippo, Bass Guitar - Kim Jenkins, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Stephen Allen Davis, Writer - Dennis Morgan, Writer - Terry Manning, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Carl Marsh, Programmer - Howie Hersh, Piano - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Stuart Barry, AssistantEngineer - Paul Mortimer, AssistantEngineer - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Eric Parker, Drums - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals - Patrick Stapley, AssistantEngineer - Vito Sanfilippo, Bass Guitar - Kim Jenkins, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Manning, Producer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Carl Marsh, Programmer - Howie Hersh, Piano - Larry Marshall, Synthesizer - Joe Cocker, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Cliff Goodwin, Guitar - Stuart Barry, AssistantEngineer - Paul Mortimer, AssistantEngineer - Maxine Green, Backing Vocals - Eric Parker, Drums - Elisecia Wright, Backing Vocals - Patrick Stapley, AssistantEngineer - Vito Sanfilippo, Bass Guitar - Kim Jenkins, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Just a few years after "Up Where We Belong" topped the charts, Joe Cocker found himself struggling to earn the attention of the audience he had just regained. It wasn't that he was recording uncommercial material. If anything, it was because he was trying too hard, as 1986's Cocker proves. He works with a variety of producers on the album, yet they all arrive at the same slick, mildly synthesized, vaguely soulful adult contemporary sound. There are some good moments on Cocker that do justice to his still-robust voice -- "Shelter Me" is a reasonably entertaining new effort, and Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" was a good cover choice, as was Randy Newman's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," even if Richie Zito's production on the latter is a little too slick. Cocker winds up being another uneven effort from a talented singer.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:16
- Main artists: Joe Cocker
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd
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