Artist: Joe Cocker Rating: Release Date: August 17, 1999Total Time: 152:40Type: Compilation (best of)Genre: Rock
Review A&M 's double-disc Anthology may be too much for casual fans that just want the hits, but anyone else will find this exhaustive 37-track chronicle of
Joe Cocker 's prime years definitive. The first disc concentrates on his first three albums, buttressed by a rare 1964 single of
the Beatles ' "I'll Cry Instead" and his 1970 non-LP single "The Letter"/"Space Captain." Disc two features highlights of all the albums he recorded between 1972 and 1982, selecting not only hits, but key album tracks. The end result is a collection that is concise and definitive. It may be missing such latter day hits as "When the Night Comes" and doesn't cover as much ground as the box set Long Voyage Home, but anyone looking for a comprehensive collection of Cocker's classic recordings will be satisfied by Anthology. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks
CD 1
I'll Cry Instead
John Lennon , Paul McCartney Joe Cocker (1:43)
Marjorine
Joe Cocker , Chris Stainton , Frank Myles , Tom Rattigan Joe Cocker (2:41)
Bye Bye Blackbird
Ray Henderson , Mort Dixon Joe Cocker (3:30)
Just Like a Woman
Bob Dylan Joe Cocker (5:20)
Feelin' Alright
Dave Mason Joe Cocker (4:11)
Do I Still Figure in Your Life
Pete Dello Joe Cocker (4:01)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Bennie Benjamin , Sol Marcus , Gloria Caldwell Joe Cocker (4:43)
With a Little Help from My Friends
John Lennon , Paul McCartney Joe Cocker (5:13)
Delta Lady
Leon Russell Joe Cocker (2:52)
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
John Lennon , Paul McCartney Joe Cocker (2:40)
Hitchcock Railway
Don Dunn , Tony McCashen Joe Cocker (4:40)
Something
George Harrison Joe Cocker (3:35)
Dear Landlord
Bob Dylan Joe Cocker (3:25)
Darling Be Home Soon
John Sebastian Joe Cocker (4:43)
The Letter
Wayne Carson Thompson Joe Cocker (4:10)
Space Captain [Live]
Matthew Moore Joe Cocker (4:11)
Honky Tonk Women [Live]
Mick Jagger , Keith Richards Joe Cocker (4:30)
Cry Me a River [Live]
Arthur Hamilton Joe Cocker (3:57)
Let's Go Get Stoned [Live]
Nickolas Ashford , Valerie Simpson , Joseph Armstead Joe Cocker (7:34)
CD 2
Pardon Me Sir
Joe Cocker , Chris Stainton Joe Cocker (3:19)
High Time We Went
Joe Cocker , Chris Stainton Joe Cocker (4:30)
Black-Eyed Blues
Joe Cocker , Chris Stainton Joe Cocker (4:38)
Something to Say
Joe Cocker , Peter Nichols Joe Cocker (5:25)
Put Out the Light
Daniel Moore Joe Cocker (4:13)
I Can Stand a Little Rain
Jim Price Joe Cocker (3:33)
You Are So Beautiful
Billy Preston , Bruce Fisher Joe Cocker (2:45)
I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Randy Newman Joe Cocker (4:01)
Jamaica, Say You Will
Jackson Browne Joe Cocker (4:17)
The Jealous Kind
Bobby Charles Joe Cocker (3:50)
Catfish
Bob Dylan , Jacques Levy Joe Cocker (5:24)
A Song for You
Leon Russell Joe Cocker (6:27)
Fun Time
Allen Toussaint Joe Cocker (2:40)
I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today [With the Crusaders]
Joe Sample , Will Jennings Joe Cocker , The Crusaders (5:06)
Sweet Little Woman
Andy Fraser Joe Cocker (4:02)
Many Rivers to Cross
Jimmy Cliff Joe Cocker (3:45)
Talking Back to the Night
Steve Winwood , Will Jennings Joe Cocker (4:49)
Up Where We Belong [With Jennifer Warnes]
Buffy Sainte-Marie , Jack Nitzsche , Will Jennings Joe Cocker , Jennifer Warnes (3:52)
Credits Clarence White (Guitar), Wally Badarou (Keyboards) , Jimmy Cliff (Vocals) , Adrian Belew (Guitar) , Joe Cocker (Main Performer) , Rita Coolidge (Vocals) , Rita Coolidge (Vocals (Background)) , Rita Coolidge (Choir, Chorus) , Albert Lee (Guitar) , Jimmy Page (Guitar) , Jimmy Page (Soloist) , Leon Russell (Organ) , Leon Russell (Guitar) , Leon Russell (Piano) , Leon Russell (Arranger) , Leon Russell (Producer) , Jennifer Warnes (Performer) , Steve Winwood (Organ) , Marcus Belgrave (Trumpet) , Hank Crawford (Sax (Alto)) , Sam Rivers (Sax (Soprano)) , Sam Rivers (Soloist) , Joe Sample (Keyboards) , Joe Sample (Producer) , Chuck Rainey (Bass) , Bonnie Bramlett (Vocals (Background)) , The Grease Band (Arranger) , The Grease Band (Performer) , Nickey Barclay (Vocals (Background)) , Nickey Barclay (Choir, Chorus) , Madeline Bell (Vocals (Background)) , Matthew Fisher (Organ) , Nicky Hopkins (Piano) , Clydie King (Vocals) , Clydie King (Vocals (Background)) , Henry McCullough (Guitar) , Pamela Polland (Vocals (Background)) , Pamela Polland (Choir, Chorus) , Jim Price (Trumpet) , Big Jim Sullivan (Guitar) , Viola Wills (Vocals (Background)) , Barry Reynolds (Guitar) , Jim Keltner (Drums) , Mike Leander (Producer) , Jim Gordon (Drums) , Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Guitar) , Marco Aglietti (Associate Producer) , Benji Armbrister (Engineer) , Virginia Ayers (Vocals (Background)) , Barry Beckett (Piano) , Barry Beckett (Clavinet) , Barry Beckett (Mixing) , Ben Benay (Guitar) , Baker Bigsby (Engineer) , Chris Blackwell (Producer) , Chuck Blackwell (Percussion) , Chuck Blackwell (Drums) , Stewart Blumberg (Trumpet) , Artie Butler (Piano) , Clem Cattini (Drums) , Mitch Chakour (Guitar) , Mikey Chung (Guitar) , Merry Clayton (Vocals (Background)) , David Cohen (Guitar) , Leroy Cooper (Sax (Baritone)) , Denny Cordell (Producer) , Joe Correro (Drums) , Cornell Dupree (Guitar) , Cornell Dupree (Soloist) , Sly Dunbar (Drums) , Gordon Edwards (Bass) , Tommy Eyre (Organ) , Tommy Eyre (Piano) , Wilton Felder (Saxophone) , Wilton Felder (Producer) , Venetta Fields (Vocals) , Rob Fraboni (Arranger) , Rob Fraboni (Producer) , Rob Fraboni (Engineer) , Steve Gadd (Percussion) , Steve Gadd (Drums) , Eric Gale (Guitar) , Eric Gale (Arranger) , Eric Gale (Soloist) , Beverley Gardner (Vocals (Background)) , Glyn Johns (Remixing) , Glyn Johns (Mastering) , Glyn Johns (Mix Down) , Cliff Goodwin (Guitar) , Jay Graydon (Guitar) , Philip Guilbeau (Trumpet) , Patrice Holloway (Vocals (Background)) , Ralph Hammer (Guitar) , Howard Hersh (Bass) , Rosetta Hightower (Vocals (Background)) , Milt Holland (Percussion) , Brenda Holloway (Vocals (Background)) , Stix Hooper (Drums) , Stix Hooper (Producer) , Jim Horn (Sax (Alto)) , Neil Hubbard (Guitar) , Brian Ingoldsby (Engineer) , Carol Kaye (Bass) , Bobby Keys (Sax (Tenor)) , Sanford Konikoff (Percussion) , Eddie Kramer (Engineer) , Ann Lang (Vocals (Background)) , Trevor Lawrence (Sax (Tenor)) , Bill Levenson (Compilation Producer) , Stewart Levine (Producer) , Henry Lewy (Engineer) , Steve Madaio (Trumpet) , Daniel Moore (Vocals) , Daniel Moore (Vocals (Background)) , Daniel Moore (Choir, Chorus) , Matthew Moore (Vocals) , Matthew Moore (Vocals (Background)) , Matthew Moore (Choir, Chorus) , David "Fathead" Newman (Sax (Tenor)) , David Paich (Piano) , Jeff Porcaro (Drums) , Don Preston (Guitar (Rhythm)) , Don Preston (Choir, Chorus) , Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (Drums) , Carl Radle (Bass) , John Riley (Drums) , Bruce Rowland (Drums) , Alex Sadkin (Producer) , Alex Sadkin (Engineer) , Peggy Sandvig (Piano) , Peggy Sandvig (Orchestration) , Dan Sawyer (Guitar) , Robbie Shakespeare (Bass) , Robbie Shakespeare (Vocals) , Sid Sharp (Strings) , Kenny Slade (Drums) , Alan Spenner (Bass) , Chris Stainton (Organ) , Chris Stainton (Bass) , Chris Stainton (Guitar) , Chris Stainton (Piano) , Chris Stainton (Arranger) , Richard Tee (Organ) , Richard Tee (Piano) , Richard Tee (Arranger) , Richard Tee (Keyboards) , Richard Tee (Associate Producer) , Mayo Tiana (Trombone) , Bobby Torres (Conga) , Allen Toussaint (Producer) , Tony Visconti (Guitar) , Tony Visconti (Mixing) , Donna Washburn (Vocals (Background)) , Donna Washburn (Choir, Chorus) , Donna Weiss (Vocals (Background)) , Donna Weiss (Choir, Chorus) , B.J. Wilson (Drums) , Monalisa Young (Vocals (Background)) , Flaco (Conga) , Paul Humphries (Drums) , Claudia Linnear (Vocals (Background)) , Claudia Linnear (Choir, Chorus) , Dave McDaniel (Bass) , Ollie Brown (Drums) , The Ivy League (Vocals (Background)) , Bobby Lee Jones (Vocals (Background)) , Bobby Lee Jones (Choir, Chorus) , Suha Gur (Mastering) , Mike Kellie (Drums) , David Bennett Cohen (Guitar) , Neil Case (Engineer) , Jim McCrary (Photography) , Suzanne Ayres (Photography) , Tony Esparza (Photography) , Tony Friedkin (Photography) , Sticky Thompson (Percussion) , Theresa Malham (Mastering) , Mike Holland (Percussion) , Beth Stempel (Project Coordinator) , Sunny Weetman (Vocals (Background)) , Randy Alpert (Photography) , The Shelter People (Performer) , J.P Bean (Essay) , Gary Brown (Sax (Tenor)) , Gary Brown (Soloist) , Sherlie Matthews (Vocals) , Sherlie Matthews (Vocals (Background))
