Rock Bands & Pop Stars
Joe Cocker Pictures
Artist:
Joe Cocker
Origin:
United Kingdom, Sheffield - YorkshireUnited Kingdom
Born date:
May 20, 1944
Death date:
December 22, 2014
Joe Cocker Album: «Cocker»
Joe Cocker Album: «Cocker»
    Album information
  • Title:Cocker
  • Release date:
  • Type:Unknown
  • Genre:Rock, Soft Pop, Classic Rock
  • Label:
  • Explicit lyrics:Yes
  • UPC:724381982525
Review - AMG
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, All Music Guide
Review
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, All Music Guide