Across from Midnight

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Across from Midnight

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  • Artist: Joe Cocker
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1997
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Joe Cocker's brief association with 550 Music failed to generate any interest, so when he moved to CMC International -- the home of all aging artists with slowly decreasing audiences -- he didn't try to make himself current, but settled into the mature adult contemporary demographic. The diminished expectations and goals actually suit Cocker well. Granted, the songs themselves aren't all terrific, but his performances are nice and understated. Ultimately, Across from Midnight is an album that will satisfy dedicated followers and few other listeners, but that's not a bad thing at all. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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Across from Midnight

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Across from Midnight
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released 1997
Genre Rock
Label CMC International
Producer Roger Davies, Chris Lord-Alge, Peter Smith, Bob Thiele
Joe Cocker chronology
Organic
(1996)
Across from Midnight
(1997)
Greatest Hits
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Across from Midnight is the sixteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).

Track listing

  1. "Tonight" – 4:49 (Max Carl, Greg Sutton)
  2. "Could You Be Loved" – 5:47 (Bob Marley)
  3. "That's All I Need to Know" – 4:05 (Graham Lyle, Eros Ramazzotti, Vladi Tosetto)
  4. "N'Oubliez Jamais" – 4:43 (Jim Cregan, Russ Kunkel)
  5. "What Do I Tell My Heart?" – 5:00 (Rick Neigher, John Shanks)
  6. "Wayward Soul" – 4:16 (Brenda Russell, Mark Cawley)
  7. "Loving You Tonight" – 4:38 (Christopher Difford, Glenn Tilbrook)
  8. "Across from Midnight" – 4:57 (Leann White, Tony Joe White)
  9. "What Do You Say?" – 4:42 (Dean Grakal, Greg Sutton)
  10. "The Last One to Know" – 3:30 (Bob Thiele, Greg Sutton)
  11. "That's the Way Her Love Is" – 2:44 (Stephen Allen Davis)
  12. "Need Your Love So Bad" – 5:19 (Mertis John Jr.)[2]

Personnel

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals, executive producer
  • Matt Backer – guitar
  • Ronnie Johnson – guitar
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Graham Lyle – acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 String guitar, wah wah guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • Tim Renwick – guitar
  • Nigel Spennywin – guitar
  • Glenn Tilbrook – guitar, backing vocals
  • James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass
  • Phil Spalding – bass, backing vocals
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • Garry Hughes – synthesizer, synthesizer strings
  • Steve Pigott – keyboards
  • Chris Stainton – piano, Fender Rhodes
  • C. J. Vanston – synthesizer, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, string arrangements
  • Dan Higgins – saxophone
  • Jamie Talbot – saxophone
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet
  • Mark Feltham – harmonica
  • Kenny Aronoff – drums
  • Geoff Dunn – drums
  • John "J.R." Robinson – drums
  • Miles Bould – percussion
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Rafael Padilla – percussion
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
  • Chris Difford – backing vocals
  • Joey Diggs – backing vocals
  • Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
  • Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals
  • Marlena Jeter – backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Juliet Roberts – backing vocals
  • Lamont VanHook – backing vocals
  • Fred White – backing vocals
  • Roger Davies – producer, executive producer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – producer
  • Peter Smith – producer, backing vocals
  • Bob Thiele – producer
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Dick Marx – horn arrangements
  • Andy Baker – engineer
  • Dave Harman – engineer
  • Matt Howe – engineer
  • Martin Dutasta – assistant engineer
  • Mike Dy – assistant engineer
  • A. Mixdorf – assistant engineer
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Lee Phillips – mixing assistant
  • Norman Moore – art direction, design
  • Greg Gorman – photography
  • Michael Owens – photography

Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Widely credited to Little Willie John, but in fact written by his brother Mertis.

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