| Joe Cocker | ||||
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| Studio album by Joe Cocker | ||||
| Released | November 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 - 1972 | |||
| Genre | Blues-rock, Southern rock | |||
| Length | 42:28 | |||
| Label | A&M SP 4368 |
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| Producer | Denny Cordell and Nigel Thomas | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B+) [2] |
Joe Cocker is the third studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1972. It was issued in the U.S. on A&M Records. It contains the hit single "High Time We Went", that was released in the summer of 1971.
Although A&M has so far 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".
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All tracks composed by Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton; except where indicated
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 Gregg 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.
(A sticker placed on original issue albums read "Featuring the Chris Stainton Band and the Sanctified Sisters")
"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
Photography by Peter Smith
Art Direction: Roland Young
Album Design: John Cabalka
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'"
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.
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