Joe COCKER


The Best Of ...

(1993)



1. Unchain My Heart (90's version) 5'07
(Teddy James / Bobby Sharp)
Produced by: Charlie Midnight
Additional Production & Remix: Chris Lord-Alge
2. You Can Leave Your Hat On 4'16
(Randy Newman)
Produced by: Richie Zito
3. When The Night Comes 3'59
(Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance / Diane Warren)
Produced by: Charlie Midnight
Associate Producer & Engineer: John Rollo
4. Up Where We Belong
duet with Jennifer WARNES 3'54
(Buffy Sante-Marie / Jack Nitzsche / Will Jennings)
Produced by; Stewart Levine (Courtesy of ISLAND RECORDS, Inc.)
5. Now That The Magic Has Gone 4'40
(John Miles)
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by: Chris Lord-Alge
Exective Producer: Roger Davies
6. Don't You Love Me Anymore 4'11
(Diane Warren / Albert Hammond)
Produced by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
7. I Can Hear The River 3'41
(Don Dixon)
Produced by: David Tickle
8. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 4'00
(Elton John / Bernie Taupin)
Produced by: David Tickle
9. Shelter Me 4'23
(Nick Di Stefano)
Produced & Engineered by: Terry Manning for ALPHA SOUNDS, Inc.
10. Feels Like Forever 4'42
(Bryan Adams / Diane Warren)
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by: Chris Lord-Alge
Executive Producer: Roger Davies
11. Night Calls 3'29
(Jeff Lynne)
Produced by: Jeff Lynne (Courtesy of WARNER BROS. RECORDS, Inc.)
12. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 5'32
(Elton John / Bernie Taupin)
Produced by: David Tickle
13. Now That You're Gone 4'19
(Michael Lage / Dehm / Tony Сагеу / Joe Соскег)
Produced by: Tony Carey
14. Civilized Man 3'56
(Richard Feldman / Pat Robinson)
Produced by: Stewart Levine
15. When A Woman Cries 4'11
(Joshua Kadison)
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by: Chris Lord-Alge
Executive Produced by: Roger Davies
16. With A Little Help From My Friends
(live) 9'21
(John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Live Recording Produced by: Michael Lang

Total Time: 73:47


Vocals:

Joe Cocker

Guitar:

Bryan Adams
Louis Shelton
Eddie Martinez
Cliff Goodwin
Mike Campbell
Steve Lukather
Keith Mack
John Miles
Richie Zito
Phil Grande

Keyboards:

Deric Dyer
Chris Stainton
Robbie Bucchanan
Bobby Lyle
Jeff Bova
Larry Marshall
Jeff Levine
John Miles

Piano:

Chris Stainton
Jeff Levine

Hammond Organ:

David Paich

Bass:

Arthur Barrow
T.M. Stevens
Abraham Laboriel
Neal Stubenhaus
Bernard Edwards
Vito Sanfilippo
Nathan East

Saxophone:

Clarence Clemons
Mel Collins
Deric Dyer

Synthesizers:

Arthur Barrow
Greg Phillinganes

Organ:

Chris Stainton
John Miles

Background Vocals:

Tawatha Agee
Veneese Thomas
Benny Diggs
Maxine Sharp
Maxine Waters
Julia Waters Tillman
Curtis King
Elisecia Wright
Cydney Davis
Cissy Houston
Mary Davis
Tuck Orley
Doreen Chanter
Crystal Taliefero

Drums:

David Beal
Michael Baird
Ndugo
Anton Fig
Eric Parker
Jim Keltner
Jeff Porcaro
Steve Holley

Percussion:

Deric Dyer
David Beal
Paulinho da Costa
Starz Vanderlockett

Tambourine:

John Miles

Horns:

The UPTOWN HORNS
Arno Hecht
Crispin Cioe
Robert Funk
Paul Litteral
Steve Madaio
Joel Peskin
Dick "Slide" Hyde

Liner Notes Author:
J.P. Bean

Producer:
Stewart Levine
Albert Hammond
Diane Warren
David Tickle
Michael Lang
Charlie Midnight
Jeff Lynne
Chris Lord-Alge
Terry Manning
Richie Zito

Engineer:
John Rollo
Chris Lord-Alge
Terry Manning





1. Unchain My Heart

    Unchain my heart, baby let me be
    cause you don't care, help me, set me free

    Unchain my heart, baby let me go
    unchain my heart, cause you don't love me no more
    everytime I call you on the phone
    some fellow tells me that you're not at home
    unchain my heart, set me free

    Unchain my heart, baby let me be
    unchain my heart, cause you don't care about me
    you got me sewed up like a narrow case
    but you let my love go to waste
    unchain my heart, set me free

    I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance, oh yeah
    oh but you know damn well, that I don't stand a chance

    Unchain my heart, let me go my way
    unchain my heart, you were mean that day
    why lead me through a life of misery
    when you don't care a bag of beans for me
    unchain my heart, oh please, let me be

    I'm under your spell, just like a man in a trance, baby
    but you know damn well, that I don't stand a chance

    Please take my heart, let me go my way
    unchain my heart, you were mean that day
    why lead me through a life of misery
    when you don't care a bag of beans for me
    unchain my heart, oh please, set me free

2. You Can Leave Your Hat On

    Baby take off your coat
    real slow
    and take off your shoes
    I'll take your shoes
    Baby take off your dress
    yes yes yes
    You can leave your hat on
    You can leave your hat on
    You can leave your hat on

    Go on over there
    turn on the light
    no all the lights
    Come back here
    stand on this chair
    that's right
    Raise your arms up to the air
    no shake 'em

    You give me a reason to live
    You give me a reason to live
    You give me a reason to live
    You give me a reason to live
    Sweet darling

    You can leave your hat on
    You can leave your hat on
    feeling
    you can leave your hat on
    you can leave your hat on
    you can leave your hat on
    you can leave your hat on

    Suspicious minds a talkin'
    try'n' to tear us apart
    they don't believe
    in this love of mine
    they don't know I love you
    they don't know what love is
    they don't know what love is
    they don't know what love is
    I know what love is
    Sweet darling
    You can leave your hat on
    You can leave your hat on
    Feeling
    You can leave your hat on
    You can leave your hat on

3. When The Night Comes

    Hold on
    I'll be back for you
    It won't be long
    But for now there's something else
    That's calling me
    So take me down a lonesome road
    Point me east and let me go
    That suitcase weighs me down
    With memories

    I just wanna be the one you run to
    I just wanna be the one you come to
    I just wanna be there for someone
    When the night comes
    Let's put all the cares behind us
    And go where they'll never find us
    I just wanna be there beside you
    When the night comes
    When the night comes

    Two spirits in the night
    That can leave before the morning light
    When there's nothing left to lose
    And nothing left to fear
    So meet me on the edge of town
    Won't keep you waiting I'll be 'round
    Then you and I
    We'll just roll right out of here

    I just wanna be the one you run to
    I just wanna be the one you come to
    I just wanna be there for someone
    When the night comes
    Let's put all the cares behind us
    And go where they'll never find us
    I just wanna be there beside you
    When the night comes
    When the night comes

    I know there'll be a time for you and I
    Just take my hand and run away
    Think of all the pieces of the shattered dream
    We're gonna make it out some day
    We'll be coming back
    Coming back to stay
    When the night comes

    I wanna be the one you run to
    When the night comes
    To be the one you'd come to
    I wanna be the one you run to
    Ooh
    I just wanna be the one you run to
    Wanna be the one you come to
    I just wanna be there for someone
    When the night comes
    Let's put all the cares behind us
    And go where they'll never find us
    I just wanna be there beside you
    When the night comes
    When the night comes
    Ah ah when the night comes
    When the night rolls down
    Ah ah when the night comes
    I wanna be with you
    Ah ah when the night comes
    Oh ah when the night comes in
    Ah ah oh
    Ah ah when the night comes
    When the night comes
    Ah ah when the night comes
    I wanna be right by your side
    Ah ah when the night comes
    Yes baby
    Ah ah oh
    Don't do that to me woman
    Ah ah oh
    Ever stayed when the night time gets in here
    Ah ah when the night comes
    I wanna rise and up in the
    When the night comes
    Ah ah when the night comes
    Ah ah oh
    Love me

4. Up Where We Belong

    Who knows what tomorrow brings
    In a world, few hearts survive
    All I know is the way i feel
    When it's real, I keep it alive

    The road is long, there are mountains in your way
    But we climb a step every day

    Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
    On a mountain high
    Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
    We know, up where the clear wind blow

    Some hang on to used to be
    Live their lives, loking behind

    All we have is here and now
    All our life, out there to find

    The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
    But we climb them a step ev'ry day

    Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
    On a mountain high
    Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
    We know, up where the clear winds blow

    Time goes by, no time to cry, life's you and I
    A live today

    Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
    On a mountain high
    Love lift us up where we belong, far from the wolrd
    We know, where the clear winds blow

5. Now That The Magic Has Gone

    In my life
    I've seen sorrow
    Heartache and pain
    I've been burned by the sunshine
    And drowned in pouring rain
    Had too many lovers
    And enough love
    I've been trialed and convicted
    For things I'm not guilty of
    I was locked in a prison
    Till you came and set me free
    So how can you say
    You're no good for me

    Now that the magic has gone
    You just wanna walk away
    Nothing left to say, anyway
    Now that the magic has gone
    There's no sense in holding on
    Baby now, now that the magic is gone

    You know love can be tender
    Love can be cruel
    It can smile like an angel
    While it treats you just like a fool
    it captures and haunts you
    Until you give in
    And it stats the dice against you
    in a game you never can win
    Just when I was thinking
    Maybe luck was here with me
    You're telling me it's over
    Say it's time for breaking free

    Now that the magic has gone
    You just wanna walk away
    Nothing left to say
    Anyway baby
    Now that magic has gone
    There's no sense in holding on
    Baby now
    Now that the magic has gone

    I won't try to hold you down
    My mind tells me let go
    But my heart keeps asking how
    There's no prices for the loser
    Only the winner takes the purse
    Some say that love is a blessing
    But to me it's just a curse

    Now that the magic has gone
    You just wanna walk away
    Nothing left to say
    Ain't it babe
    Now that the magic has gone
    There's no sense in holding on
    Baby, now that the magic has gone
    Now that the magic has gone
    You just wanna walk away
    Nothing left to say

6. Don't You Love Me Anymore

    Oh oh
    I thought I'd see you smile
    When I walked in the door
    Thought those arms of yours would be open wide
    The way they were before
    Why do you look at me
    Like I'm some stranger now?
    Why do you pull away
    When you used to hold me so tight?

    Don't you love me anymore?
    Have your learned to live your life without me?
    Don't you love me, anymore?
    When did the fire go out?
    Where did the feeling go?
    Did it slip away when I wasn't there?
    Baby now I've come home
    I thought you'd want me babe
    I was so sure you'd ask me to to stay
    I thought you'd need this too
    Guess it didn't work out that way

    Don't you love me anymore?
    Have you learned to live your life without me?
    Don't you love me anymore?
    Darling
    When did the fire go out?
    Where did the feeling go?
    Why do you pull away
    When you used to hold me so close baby?
    Don't you love me anymore?
    Have your learned to live your life without me?
    Don't you love me anymore?
    Don't you love me anymore?
    Have your learned to live your life without me ?

7. I Can Hear The River

    It's so cold on this balancing beam
    I lose my breath each time I scream
    All the time that it takes on this cliff
    I simply wish that you were here
    I must be in love with you
    Be in love with you
    Be in love with you
    I must be in love with you
    I think you're the reason
    I can see the water
    I don't feel so lonely
    That I hear the river
    On a night like tonight in the park
    I sit alone out in the dark
    On the days I'm waiting for you
    It seems that
    Water must break through
    I must be in love with you
    Yes be in love with you
    I can hear the river
    I can see the water
    I must be in love with you
    When I'm near the river
    I see the bridges
    I can feel the morning
    I can almost touch you
    When I'm near the river
    Be in love with you
    I can hear the river
    Can see the water
    I don't feel so lonely
    When I'm near the river
    I hear the river tide
    Now that I feel the morning
    I don't feel so lonely
    When I'm near the river
    Hear the tide

8. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

    What have I got to do to make you love me
    What have I got to do to make you care
    What do I do when lightning strikes me
    And I wake to find that you're not there

    What do I do to make you want me
    What have I got to do to be heard
    What do I say when it's all over
    And sorry seems to be the hardest word

    It's sad, so sad
    It's a sad, sad situation
    And it's getting more and more absurd
    It's sad, so sad
    Why can't we talk it over
    Oh it seems to me
    That sorry seems to be the hardest word

    What do I do to make you love me
    What have I got to do to be heard
    What do I do when lightning strikes me
    What have I got to do
    What have I got to do
    When sorry seems to be the hardest word

9. Shelter Me

    This ain't no place for losers
    Or the innocent of mind
    It's a full time job
    For anyone, to stay alive
    The streets have shallow boundaries
    For the war that's everyone
    What a wasteland for
    Broken dreams and hired guns
    Shelter me, baby shelter me
    When I'm sitting like I'm losing ground
    Shelter me
    I've gone to sleep
    But when I open
    The other goes my tears
    In the darkness
    I can I can hide my heart
    But non of my fears
    In the morning
    Like a soldier
    I look closed up battleground
    Another day
    Another part of me
    And the world goes round
    Shelter me
    Won't you shelter me
    When I'm sitting like I'm losing ground
    Shelter me
    Won't you shelter me
    Oh, shelter me
    When I lose control
    Of my own home
    Shelter me
    Everytime time I tumble down
    I want to pack it up and leave this town
    But when I finally get the nerve
    Get cleared out of the shoes
    I'm thanking you
    I'm thanking you
    Baby shelter me
    Please shelter me
    When I'm sitting down, and losing ground
    Shelter me
    Won't you shelter me
    When I lose control
    Am I alone
    Shelter me
    Won't you shelter me
    Oh, shelter me
    Baby please
    Oh, shelter me
    Stay back and shelter me
    Come on and shelter me
    When I lose control
    Am I alone
    Shelter me

10. Feels Like Forever

    I saw you
    That was all I had to see
    Wanted you
    Had to have you next to me
    >From that moment
    I knew that you'd be all I'd ever need
    And there's a place inside my heart
    Nobody's touched before
    And when I found you
    I found all that I'd been searching for
    You turned my world around

    All I know
    Is that it feels like forever
    All I know
    Yes I love the way it feels
    All I see
    Is how good we are together
    And I never wanna see it slip away
    I'll never let you go
    Is all I know

    Hold me
    Love is here for us to make
    Stay with me
    Let's put our hearts in the hands of fate
    Time will tell us
    If what we've got was worth the wait
    And there's a fire that's been burning deep inside of me
    And I don't need nobody else
    'Cause now you're here with me
    You've turned my world around

    All I know
    That it feels like forever
    All I know
    Is I love the way it feels
    All I see
    Is how good we are together
    And I never want to see it slip away
    I'll never let you go
    Is all I know

    I might have never met you
    At another time or place
    Never I never could forget you
    I could never walk away
    That's all I know
    'Cause there's a place inside my heart
    Nobody's touched before
    And when I found you
    I found all that I'd been searching for
    You've turned my world around

    All I know
    Is it feels like forever
    All I know
    Is I love the way it feels
    All I see
    is how good we are together
    And I never want to see it slip away
    I'll never let you go

    All I know
    Is it feels like forever
    All I know
    Is I love the way it feels
    All I see
    Is how good we are together
    And I never want to see it slip away
    I'll never let you go
    It's all I know
    Is it feels like forever
    All I know
    Is I love the way it feels
    All I see
    Is how good we are together

11. Night Calls

    The night gang started working
    With a mile of southern road
    As I watched
    I got to thinking
    You ain't never coming home
    I looked out of nowhere
    There was nobody at all
    To get me help
    To get through to you

    I'm here making night calls
    Night calls
    Making night calls
    Night calls
    Making night calls
    I gave

    I tried too hard to reach you
    But you must be moving fast
    All my hopes about the future
    Will just live on
    Into the past
    You know that it ain't easy
    And the twilight starts to fade
    Shouldn't you
    The chill of the morning
    Thinking of the plans we made

12. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    I can't light no more of your darkness
    All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
    I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
    Frozen here on the ladder of my life

    Too late to save myself from falling
    I took a chance and changed your way of life
    But you misread my meaning when I met you
    Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

    Don't let the sun go down on me
    Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
    I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
    But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

    I can't find the right romantic line
    But see me once and see the way I feel
    Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm
    But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal

13. Now That You're Gone

    Are you still that little girl
    Who used to talk to me
    Just look how far we've come in this world
    Where did you think we'd be
    You think the world wakes up in the morning
    You left it all behind
    You hear the music
    You lost the tune
    All melodies are hard to find

    Why did you go away
    Leave me alone
    There's nothing left to say
    Now that you're gone
    Now that you're gone

    In the eyes of the woman I see
    You are just a child
    Not the one who's walking the streets
    Not the one who's running wild
    Say your life hasn't changed that much
    You don't want to know
    All the love we shared in this world
    Not so long ago

    Why did you go away
    Leave me alone
    There's nothing left to say
    Now that you're gone

    Why did you go away
    Leaving me alone
    There's nothing left to say
    Oh now that you're gone
    Now that you're gone
    Now that you're gone
    Now that you're gone

14. Civilized Man

    You made me need you
    Need you so bad
    Would you believe
    And never so mad, oh yeah
    Double cross me once, and never cross me again
    Now you're running 'round looking for some sympathy
    Well you know as well as I that we're history

    You're lucky, I'm a civlized man
    You're lucky, I'm a civilized man
    Oh yeah, a civilized man

    A poison arrow, right from the start
    Right down to zero, you went for my heart
    Oh yeah
    You've been hoo doo, voodoo
    Start the fire again
    Now you ask me to forget all you've brought me to
    When you know as well as I you've got it coming to you

    You're lucky, I'm a civlized man
    You're lucky, I'm a civilized man
    Oh yeah, a civilized man

    You've been hoo doo, voodoo
    Start the fire again
    Now you're running 'round looking for some sympathy
    Well you know as well as I that we're history

    You're lucky, I'm a civlized man
    You're lucky, I'm a civilized man
    Oh you're so lucky baby
    For I'm a civilized boy
    Oh yeah
    That's what I am, oh

15.When A Woman Cries

    When a woman cries
    When a woman cries
    She can wash your world away
    When stars fill her eyes
    When stars fill her eyes
    You'll never know just what to say
    Don't say a word
    Don't say anything
    She don't need your truth or lies
    Just hold her close and love her
    When the woman cries
    When a woman cries
    When a woman cries
    There is no sadder song
    So you apologize
    You apologize
    Even if you don't know that you've done wrong
    But if you really want to make her happy
    To stop her sobbing and her sound
    Just hold her close and love
    When the woman cries
    Just don't waste your time thinking
    Of the right thing to say
    Just put your arms around her
    Till the clouds are all away
    When a woman cries
    When a woman cries
    She can tear your world apart
    When stars fill her eyes
    When stars fill her eyes
    It can break a poor man's soul
    And if you find that you are crying too
    Don't let it come as no surprise
    Just hold her close and love her
    When your woman cries
    When the woman cries
    When the woman cries
    She can tear your world apart
    When stars fill her eyes
    When stars fill her eyes
    It can break a poor man's heart
    When that woman
    When that woman cries
    That girl can wash your world away

16. With A Little Help From My Friends

    What would you think if I sang out of tune,
    Would you stand up and walk out on me ?
    Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
    And I'll try not to sing out of key.

    Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
    Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
    Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

    What do I do when my love is away
    (Does it worry you to be alone ?)
    How do I feel by the end of the day,
    (Are you sad because you're on your own ?)

    No, I get by with a little help from my friends
    Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
    Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

    Do you need anybody
    I need somebody to love
    Could it be anybody
    I want somebody to love.

    Would you believe in a love at first sight
    Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time
    What do you see when you turn out the light
    I can't tell you but I know it's mine,

    Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
    Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
    Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

    Do you need anybody
    I just need someone to love
    Could it be anybody
    I want somebody to love.

    Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
    with a little help from my friends.