Heart & Soul [US Bonus Track] by Joe Cocker (CD, Feb-2005, New Door Records)
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Track Listing 1. One 2. I Who Have Nothing 3. What's Going On 4. Chain of Fools 5. Maybe I'm Amazed 6. I Keep Forgetting 7. I Put a Spell on You 8. Every Kind of People 9. Love Don't Live Here Any More 10. Don't Let Me Be Lonely 11. Jealous Guy 12. Everybody Hurts 13. One - (live)
Album Notes Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Vinnie Colaiuta (guitar, drums); Dean Parks, Gene Black, Michael Hart Thompson , Laurie Wisefield, Michael Landau, Shane Fontayne (guitar); Bruce Gaitsch (acoustic guitar); Jerry Goodman (violin); Bruce Eskovitz (saxophone); Chris Botti, Chris Tedesco , Bill Churchville (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone); Nick Milo (piano); Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston, John Miles (keyboards); Lee Sklar, C.J. Vancston (bass guitar); Trevor Murrell (drums); Liv CanAelst, Marjolein Cneut, Jille Bemelmans, Terry Dexter, Bernie Barlow, C.C. White (background vocals); Eric Clapton, Jeff Baxter, Jeff Beck, Steve Lukather (guitar); Ray Brinker (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion).Audio Mixers: Greg Ladanyi; Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston; Bob Clearmountain.Recording information: Capitol Studios B (10/30/2004); Night Of The Proms 2004, Antwerp, Belgium (10/30/2004); Royaltone Studios (10/30/2004); The Treehouse (10/30/2004).Photographer: Kevin Westenberg.Arrangers: Franck van der Heijden; Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston.Since his soulful, slowed-down version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" put him on the pop-music map, Joe Cocker has been particularly savvy in choosing outstanding material. HEART & SOUL (2005) proves Cocker's uncanny knack for picking listener favorites--and ones that suit his distinctively rugged, raspy voice, no less--hasn't diminished over time. Contemporary rock-radio classics take the lion's share of the set here, with an exception made for Leiber & Stoller (Cocker's stirring rendition of "I [Who Have Nothing]" is particularly notable).The emotional depth and pathos inherent in U2's "One" and R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" are perfect vehicles for the singer's impassioned approach and sandpaper pipes, and Cocker makes every pause and melodic nuance count with his gut-wrenching delivery. John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" and Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed"--two post-Beatles classics--are dusted off and given fine readings here. His versions of "What's Going On" and "Chain of Fools" effectively go toe-to-toe with the definitive versions by Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, respectively. Cocker holds up admirably, and, in the end, turns in one of his most satisfying releases in years. |
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