Name: Cocker
Brand: EMI Music Distribution
SKU: 830512
Price: 21.77 USD
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Neil Schon, Cliff Goodwin, Dann Huff, Eddie Martinez, Ritchie Zito (guitar); Mel Collins, Andrew Love (saxophone); Steve Madaio, Joel Peskin, Dick "Slide" Hyde (horns); Howie Hersh (piano, keyboards); Larry Marshall (organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Mike Moran (keyboards, bass); Jeff Lorber, Jeff Bova, Michael Boddicker (keyboards); Carl Marsh (Fairlight synthesizer); Arthur Barrow (synthesizer, bass); Bernard Edwards, Vito Sanfilippo, Randy Jackson (bass); Eric Parker, Michael Baird (drums); Curtis King, Maxine Green, Elisecia Wright, Julia Waters Tillman, Joe Turano, Leslie Smith, Albert Hammond, Diane Warren (background vocals).
Producers include: Albert Hammond, Diane Warren, Ron Nevison, Bernard Edwards, Richie Zito.
Engineers include: Terry Manning, Brian Reeves, Ron Nevison.
Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Dann Huff, Eddie Martinez, Neal Schon, Richie Zito, Cliff Goodwin (guitar); Mel Collins, Andrew Love (saxophone); Dick Hyde, Joel Peskin, Steve Madaio (horns); Howard Hersh (piano, keyboards); Larry Marshall (organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Jeff Bova, Jeff Lorber, Michael Boddicker, Mike Moran (keyboards); Arthur Barrow (synthesizer); Michael Baird , Anton Fig, Eric Parker (drums); Maxine Green, Curtis King, Joe Turano, Elesecia Wright, Julia Tillman Waters, Leslie Smith, Albert Hammond, Maxine Willard Waters, Diane Warren (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Paul Lani; Terry Manning; Bob Ezrin.
Recording information: Abbey Road Stud; Air Studios, London, England; Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Criterion, Hollwood, CA; Oasis Recording Studios, Universal City, CA; Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA; Power Station, NY; Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Pete Ashworth.
Unknown Contributor Role: Andrew Love.
Arranger: Bob Ezrin.
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

Album: Cocker
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Shelter Me
2)	A to Z
3)	Don't You Love Me Anymore
4)	Living Without Your Love
5)	Don't Drink the Water
6)	You Can Leave Your Hat On
7)	Heart of the Matter
8)	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
9)	Love Is on a Fade
10)	Heaven

Album: Cocker
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Shelter Me
2)	A to Z
3)	Don't You Love Me Anymore
4)	Living Without Your Love
5)	Don't Drink the Water
6)	You Can Leave Your Hat On
7)	Heart of the Matter
8)	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
9)	Love Is on a Fade
10)	Heaven