Ultimate Collection - Cocker, Joe (CD 2004)

A friend of mine just told me Joe Cocker released a new greatest hits, and I can t get over how good it is. It s titled Ultimate Collection , and it is really Ultimate because it covers 30 years of his career, all of his hits from 1969-1999 are on this album. If you don t know who Joe Cocker is, let me briefly inform you; he is an awesome British rock singer that covers a majority of his songs, you will forget about the originals after listening to his soulful voice take over the songs. The collection starts off with the track, With A Little Help From My Friends , an original Beatles song, but this one is of course cooler, cause its with non other then Jimmy Page!! Other tracks I totally dig are Summer in the City , You Can Leave Your Hat On and a live version of Cry me a River (not the Justin Timberlake song, only the song title he ripped off!) There is this hunger within Cocker s voice that makes me rejoice and really feel the emotion behind his songs.

This album is a must have for fan of music. An album anyone can listen to and enjoy. With so many good songs and a ton of artists such as The Crusaders, Randy Newman, and Jennifer Warnes helping him out on some tracks.