Artist: Joe Cocker
Title Of Album: Ultimate Collection
Year Of Release: January 13, 2004
Label: Hip-O Records
Genre: Rock, Blues
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / HQ VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz / Joint Stereo
Total Time: 69:53 min
Total Size: 123,8 mb
WebSite: http://www.cocker.com/

Hip-O Records presents "Ultimate Collection-Joe Cocker", featuring an anthology from 1969 through 2000 with a masterpiece within each cue ~ some signature tunes appear making this a not to be missed album that will fit nicely on the shelf of anyone's collection.

TRACKLIST
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1. With A Little Help From My Friends
2. Feelin' Alright
3. Delta Lady
4. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
5. The Letter (Live)
6. Cry Me A River (Live)
7. You Are So Beautiful
8. I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today (w/The Crusaders)
9. Sweet Little Woman
10. Many Rivers To Cross
11. Up Where We Belong (Duet w/Jennifer Warnes)
12. Shelter Me
13. You Can Leave Your Hat On
14. Unchain My Heart (90s Version)
15. When The Night Comes
16. Now That The Magic Has Gone
17. Summer In The City
18. Have A Little Faith In Me
19. Sail Away
20. First We Take Manhattan

Personnel includes: Joe Cocker (vocals); Jimmy Page, Brenda Holloway, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Bonnie Bramlett, Jimmy Cliff, Adrian Belew, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Clarence Clemons, Billy Preston, Bryan Adams, Randy Newman.

Producers include: Denny Cordell, Leon Russell, Jim Price, Wilton Felder, Chris Brackwell.

Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.

Recorded between 1974 & 2000. Includes liner notes by JP Bean.

This anthology does as fine a job of covering the peaks of Joe Cocker's career as any single disc possibly could. Things kick off with Cocker's studio version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends," which helped make him a star via his Woodstock performance. Thereafter, Cocker made his name as a gritty, soulful interpreter of material from the pop/rock world. With the guidance of then-bandleader Leon Russell, the Boxtops' "The Letter," the Fab Four's "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window," and others were transformed into sweaty, soul-drenched wonders.

In the 1980s, hard-living Cocker cleaned up his act both personally and musically, scoring a hit with the romantic pop ballad "Up Where We Belong," a duet with Jennifer Warnes that was the theme for the film AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. He hadn't lost his tawdry touch, though, as proven by his popular '86 version of the randy Randy Newman tune "You Can Leave Your Hat On," also featured in another successful '80s film (9 1/2 WEEKS). ULTIMATE COLLECTION closes with a 2000 version of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan," proof that over 30 years down the road, Cocker hadn't lost his knack for picking great material.