COCKER, JOE

Personnel includes: Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes (vocals); Bryan Adams, Richie Zito, Eddie Martinez, Mike Campbell, Steve Lukather (guitar); Mel Collins, Clarence Clemons (saxophone); Chris Stainton (piano, organ, keyboards); David Paitch (Hammond organ); Jeff Levine (keyboards, piano); Robbie Bucchanan, Bobby Lyle, Jeff Bova (keyboards); Greg Phillinganes (synthesizer); T.M. Stevens, Abraham Laboriel, Neal Stubenhaus, Bernard Edwards, Nathan East (bass); David Beal (drums, percussion); Ndugo, Anton Fig, Eric Parker, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Tawatha Agee, Maxine Waters, Julia Waters Tillman, Curtis King, Cissy Houston, Mary Davis, Crystal Taliefero (background vocals); Jeff Lynne. The Memphis Horns: Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, Gary Gazaway. The Uptown Horns: Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, Robert Funk, Paul Litteral, Steve Madaio (horns). Producers include: Richie Zito, Albert Hammond, Diane Warren, Terry Manning, Jeff Lynne. Engineers: Chris Lord-Alge, Terry Manning, John Rollo. Includes liner notes by J.P. Bean. This is a well-chosen little collection of Cocker's post-comeback work, with stylistic nods to several mini-genres of the '80s and '90s. There's a little synth pop ("Shelter Me"), a couple of power ballads ("Feels Like Forever," "Don't You Love Me Anymore") and even an idiosyncratic, couldn't-be-by-anybody-else Jeff Lynne production. There's also a nod to Joe's R&B roots with a new version of Ray Charles' '50s hit "Unchain My Heart," and a '90s live version of "With a Little Help From My Friends" that sounds almost exactly like the more famous 1969 version from the Woodstock soundtrack.

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