Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks (2012)

Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks (2012)

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Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks

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"Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24

"Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28

"Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14

"The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49

"So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21

"Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27

"Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39

"Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59

"So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56

"I Hope" (Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 4:46

"Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track

Limited Live Edition additional tracks

"Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)

"Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)

"Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)

"Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)

"You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)

"With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Joe Cockers Musicians

Joe Cocker – lead vocals

Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (1-9)

Matt Serletic – keyboards (1-9), programming (1-9)

Steve Nathan – synthesizers (10), Wurlitzer organ (10)

Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1-9)

Tim Pierce – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)

Joel Sherear – guitar (2, 5, 7)

Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (10)

Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (10)

Chris Chaney – bass (1-9)

Glenn Worf – bass (10)

Josh Freese – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)

Matt Chamberlain – drums (4, 9)

Dorian Crozier – drums (6, 8)

Cleto Escobedo III – saxophone (1, 2)

Jeff Babko – trombone (1, 2)

Ron King – trumpet (1, 2)

Stevie Blacke – cello (3, 4), viola (3, 4), violin (3, 4)

Sheree Brown – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)

Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)

Robyn Troup – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)

Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (7)

Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (10)

Kim Keyes – backing vocals (10)

Judson Spence – backing vocals (10)

Choir on "Thankful"

Jennifer Bailey

Mabvuto Carpenter

Kara DioGuardi

Erica Dowd

Dorian Ford

Nomisha Jackson

Renee Jackson

Robyn Troup

Niomisha Wilson

Matt Serletic – producer (1-9)

Tony Brown – producer (10)

Mark Dobson – recording (1-9), Pro Tools editing (1-9)

Doug Trantow – recording (1-9), Pro Tools editing (1-9)

Jeff Balding – engineer (10)

Alex Arias – additional engineer (1-9), assistant engineer (1-9), Pro Tools assistant (1-9)

Mike Leisz – assistant engineer (1-9)

Chris Lord-Alge – mixing

Andrew Schubert – additional mixing

Brad Townsend – additional mixing

Keith Armstrong – mix assistant

Nik Karpen – mix assistant

Bob Ludwig – mastering

Ryan Corey – art direction, design

Jeri Heiden – art direction, design

Olaf Heine – photography

Studios

Tracks 1-9 recorded at Emblem Studios (Calabasas, California).

Track 10 recorded at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).

All songs mixed at Mix LA (Los Angeles, California).

Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).

Hard Knocks is the 21st and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.

The album reached number 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.

A Limited Live Edition (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.