Track Listing
1. Dear Landlord
2. Bird on the Wire
3. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
4. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
5. Hitchcock Railway
6. That's Your Business Now
7. Something
8. Delta Lady
9. Hello, Little Friend
10. Darling Be Home Soon
11. She's Good to Me - (bonus track)
12. Let It Be - (bonus track)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge | | Producer: | Denny Cordell, Leon Russell | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Chris Stainton, Leon Russell (guitar, piano, organ); Clarence White, Henry McCullough, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (guitar); Alan Spenner (bass instrument); Paul Humphreys, Bruce Rowland (drums); Milt Holland (percussion); Merry Clayton, Patrice Holloway, Rita Coolidge, Shirley Mathews, Bonnie Bramlett (background vocals).
Recording information: A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA.
Still riding high on the American success of his debut album and show-stopping appearance at the Woodstock festival, Joe Cocker hastily recorded a follow-up with his Grease Band and guest musicians. Remarkably, it sustained the quality of his debut, with Cocker barnstorming his way through Russell's instant classic "Delta Lady," "Hitchcock Railway," and a reworking of songs by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles.
As on WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, it is the more restrained material that revealed most about Cocker's interpretative talents; sensitive readings of Cohen's "Bird On A Wire" and John Sebastian's "Darlin' Be Home Soon" are particularly impressive. But thanks to the dense, chunky production by Leon Russell, the rockers satisfy as well, making JOE COCKER! one of Cocker's best and a precursor to the popular pub rock of the '70s.
Editorial Reviews
Joe Cocker's delightful second album is ample proof that the imagination that transformed a song so fixed in our minds as 'With A Little Help From My Friends' has not run out of things to do, nor fallen into the trap of 'stylization'...
Rolling Stone (02/21/1970)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Just as tasty [as his debut], cementing his US standing....Reappraisal is long overdue. Now remastered, here's the ideal opportunity.
Q (07/01/2000)
4 stars out of 5 -- The set's standouts include a bluesy, raucous cover of The Beatles' 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window' and a powerful, gospel-infused take on George Harrison's ballad, 'Something'...
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