Joe Cocker- HEART & SOUL- CD- 12.10.2004- EMI Records Ltd.- 724386640123- 400 grn
While Rod Stewart was busy chasing American Songbook classics up the charts in Cole Porter drag, 60s Brit-soul colleague Joe Cocker pursued a more contemporary and compelling set of standards. The material here stretches from the soulful American r&b hits that first inspired the gritty-voiced singer to their modern progeny, emotive ballads like REMs "Everybody Hurts" and the compelling studio/live takes of U2s "One" that bookend the album. Cocker revisits old inspirations Lennon ("Jealous Guy" recast as warm, Caribbean-rhythmed r&b) and McCartney (a grand, if less inspired "Maybe Im Amazed"), but its on more vintage material like "Chain of Fools" and Lieber-Stollers "I Keep Forgetting" and "I (Who Have Nothing)" that Cocker truly invests his considerable interpretative instincts. Jeff Beck solos with tasteful, typically elastic lyricism on the latter, while fellow ax icon ERIC CLAPTON torches "I Put A Spell On You" with his own bluesy fire. But as brilliant as Cocker and his session cohorts (who also include Steve Lukather and Dean Parks) often are, their efforts sometimes skid on C.J. Vanstons way-too-slick production; aiming for the middle of the road, Vanston instead drives material like James Taylors "Dont Let Me Be Lonely" and Cockers otherwise lovely read of "Everybody Hurts" towards a ditch.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Six Page Foldout Inlay.
On CD: Made In The EU; On Back Cover: Printed In The EU.
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