Joe Cocker (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Joe Cocker
Type = studio
Artist = Joe Cocker

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Released = 1972
Recorded = 1971 - 1972
Genre = Blues-rock, Southern rock
Length = 42:28
Label = A&M
SP 4368
Producer = Denny Cordell and Nigel Thomas
Reviews =
*Allmusic (NR) [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfwxqq0ldhe link]
Last album = "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
(1970)
This album = "Joe Cocker"
(1972)
Next album = "I Can Stand a Little Rain"
(1974)

"Joe Cocker" is an album released by Joe Cocker in 1972. It was issued in the U.S. on A&M Records.

Although A&M (as of 2008) has never made the album available on CD in the U.S., it licensed the recording to UK-imprint Cube Records, which issued the album on CD (with a different cover and titled "Something to Say") in Europe; that CD is currently out-of-print.

The album's main claim to fame might be the fact that one of its tracks, "Woman to Woman", was the basis for Tupac Shakur's successful hit single "California Love".

Track Listing:

All tracks composed by Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton; except where indicated

ide One

# "Pardon Me Sir" 3:37
# "High Time We Went" 4:25
# "She Don't Mind" 3:13
# "Black-Eyed Blues" 4:37
# "Something to Say" 5:00

ide Two

# "Midnight Rider" (Greg Allman) 4:00
# "Do Right Woman" "(live)" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) 7:00
# "Woman to Woman" 4:26
# "St. James Infirmary" "(live)" (Frey Assunto) 6:10

Upon the album's release, the tracks that garnered the most attention at radio were "Black-Eyed Blues", "Woman to Woman", and the cover of Greg Allman's "Midnight Rider", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 27.

Later, in 1996, the horn-and-piano riff from "Woman to Woman" was sampled by Tupac Shakur in his song "California Love"; it was a smash hit for Tupac, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

Joe Cocker: Vocals
*Chris Stainton: Piano and organ
*Allan Spenner: Bass guitar
*Neil Hubbard: Guitar
*Jim Keltner: Drums
*Alan White: Drums
*Felix Falcon: Assorted percussion
*Rick Alphonso: Trumpet
*Fred Scerbo: Saxophone
*Milton Sloane: Saxophone
*Jim Horn: Saxophone on "Do Right Woman"
*Reebop: Congas on "Do Right Woman"
*Gloria Jones: Backing Vocals
*Viola Wills: Backing Vocals. Lead vocal on "Do Right Woman"
*Virginia Ayers: Backing Vocals
*Beverly Gardner: Backing Vocals
*Conrad Isidore: Drums on "Do Right Woman" and "St. James Infirmary"

(A sticker placed on original issue albums read "Featuring the Chris Stainton Band and the Sanctified Sisters")

Producers

She Don't Mind/Pardon Me Sir/Black-Eyed Blues/High Time We Went/Something to Say: Produced by Denny Cordell

Woman to Woman/Do Right Woman: Produced by Nigel Thomas

Midnight Rider/St. James Infirmary: Co-produced by Denny Cordell & Nigel Thomas

Art & Photo Credits

Photography by Peter Smith

Art Direction: Roland Young

Album Design: John Cabalka

Trivia

When A&M placed an advertisement for the album in Creem magazine, the ad copy read: "There is only one man in the world who can release an album named 'Joe Cocker'"

References

All song and personnel information gathered from the liner notes of the album "Joe Cocker" (Copyright © 1972 by A&M Records), as issued by A&M Records in the U.S.