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Joe Cocker: No Ordinary World

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Label: Parlophone Records
Released: 1999.11.23
Time:
 63:58
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jean-Jacques Goldman, Steve Power
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.cocker.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2011
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] First We Take Manhattan (Cohen) - 3:44
[2] Different Roads (Davis/DuBerry) - 5:03
[3] My Father's Son (Lyle/Reeves) - 4:59
[4] While You See a Chance (Jennings/Winwood) - 4:29
[5] She Believes in Me (Adams/Kennedy) - 3:51
[6] No Ordinary World (Anderson/Davis) - 4:44
[7] Where Would I Be Now (McDonald/White) - 3:52
[8] Ain't Gonna Cry Again (Cox/Vettese) - 5:28
[9] Soul Rising (Cox/Gouldman/Vettese) - 4:06
[10] Naked Without You (Nowels/Roachford/Steinberg) - 3:57
[11] Love to Lean On (Diamond/Kirkpatrick) - 4:31
[12] On Way Home (Goldman/Jones) - 4:17
[13] Lied to Me (McCabe/Z.) - 4:13
[14] Love Made a Promise (Brady/Nevin) - 4:01

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Joe Cocker - Lead Vocals

Jean-Jacques Goldman - Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Producer
Billy Lang - Guitar
Steve Mcewan - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Tim Pierce - Guitar
Steve Power - Guitar, Producer, Mixing
Adam Seymour - Guitar
Michael Thompson - Guitar
Patrice Tison - Guitar
Guy Delacroix - Bass
Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
C. J. Vanston - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Strings, Synthesizer Strings
David Clayton - Synthesizer
Spike Edney - Synthesizer
J. Neil Sidwell - Trombone, Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax
Chistopher Deschamps - Drums
Jeremy Stacey - Drums
Andy Duncan - Percussion, Drum Programming
Steve Sidwell - Overdubs

Bryan Adams - Backing Vocals
Tommy Blaize - Backing Vocals
Mary Carewe - Backing Vocals
Lance Ellington - Backing Vocals
Natalie Jackson - Backing Vocals
Mortonette Jenkins - Backing Vocals
Marlena Jeter - Backing Vocals
Katie Kissoon - Backing Vocals
Keith Murrell - Backing Vocals
Gavyn Wright - Conductor

Michael Bigwood - Strings, Engineer
Chris Cameron - String Arrangements
Richard Niles - String Arrangements
Mark Evans - Programming, Engineer
Andy Haller - Engineer
Andy Scott - Engineer
Matt Tait - Engineer
Andy Hasegawa - Assistant Engineer
Greg Gorman - Photography

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1999 CD Red Ink Records 13601

Recorded at Twin Studios, Paris, France; Metropolis, Area 21, and Olympic Studio 1, London, England; Record Plant, Los Angeles, Calfornia.

No Ordinary World is the seventeenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1999. Joe Cocker's appeal, like his voice, can safely be said to be timeless; NO ORDINARY WORLD could arguably have been recorded any time after 1985. Here the craggy, gravel- and phlegm-voiced troubadour tunefully gurgles and croaks his way through various covers, including Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" and Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance," reinterpreting previously established songs in much the same fashion as he's done since the late 1960s. Cocker weathered the years better than many of his contemporaries, due in large part to the fact that he's always sounded as old as he is here. Joe's umpteenth foray into the pop jungle is also sometimes genuinely poignant, as on "Naked Without You," on which he unleashes some of the raw emotion he put into "With A Little Help From My Friends" back in the Neolithic era, to moving effect.



For most intents and purposes, No Ordinary World is an ordinary latter-day Joe Cocker album, filled with slick but impassioned ballads, moderately paced rockers, and smooth adult contemporary pop songs. The thing is, this is just a cut above average, thanks to uniformly fine performances from Cocker and a strong set of songs. Yes, at 14 songs, there are inevitably a couple of slow patches, but there are not only good covers here ("First We Take Manhattan," "While You See a Chance") but some good professionally crafted tunes like "Different Roads," the title track, and the Michael McDonald/Tony Joe White composition, "Where Would I Be Now." No Ordinary World may not erase memories of the fiery early Cocker albums, nor is it quite as memorable as the best of his latter-day work, but for longtime fans, it's a nice, satisfying listen.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Possessed of one of the most distinctive voices of the rock era, Joe Cocker has largely made his mark by attacking other artists' songs with his shredded vocal grace and oft-inscrutable phrasing. Ironically, Cocker's has sustained his career in the 1980s and '90s largely by taming his throaty, raw power in service of increasingly tame balladry and hired-gun film work. Executive-produced by Cocker and longtime Tina Turner collaborator Roger Davies, this album soldiers on in that slick, perhaps overly professional tradition. The covers here range from pleasantly surprising (Leonard Cohen's dourly dramatic "First We'll Take Manhattan") to the superfluous (Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance"), while the middle-of-the-road dynamics of the originals fare a bit better. Recent Cocker fans should be pleased, since his vocal prowess remains undiminished. It's his soul that seems to have mellowed; one can't help but wonder what Cocker might produce if he returned to the R&B grit of his roots.

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com



Although sometimes pigeonholed as the wildly gyrating soul singer with a voice that's one part honey and two parts gravel, Joe Cocker is actually quite a complex character -- a man with layer upon layer of artistic range. This 14-song disc affords Cocker a better opportunity to show off his range than most of his more recent releases, shedding light on his darker side (on a steely version of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan") and his ability as a shape-shifting stylist (on the Brazilian-jazz flavored "My Father's Son"). There's a subtlety at play here that generally works to Cocker's benefit (notably on a measured version of "Where Would I Be Now"). Occasionally that restraint results in those distinctive vocals playing second fiddle to second-rate arrangements, which mar Cocker's take on Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance." More often than not, however, Cocker navigates the rather smooth sounds on No Ordinary World with a quiet dignity that highlights - rather than extinguishes - the slow fire burning within.

David Sprague - Barnes & Noble
 

 L y r i c s


First We Take Manhattan

They Sentenced Me To Twenty Years Of Boredom
For Trying To Change The System From Within
I'm Coming Now
I'm Coming To Reward Them

First We Take Manhattan
Then We Take Berlin

I'm Guided By A Signal In The Heavens
I'm Guided By The Birthmark On My Skin
I'm Guided By The Beauty Of Our Weapons

First We Take Manhattan
Then We Take Berlin

I'd Really Like To Live Beside You Baby
I Love Your Body And Your Spirit And Your Clothes
But You See That Line That's Moving
Through The Station

I Told You
I Told You
I Told You I Was One Of Those

I Don't Like Your Fashion Business Mister
I Don't Like Those Drugs That Make You Thin
I Don't Like What Happened To My Sister

First We Take Manhattan
Then We Take Berlin


Different Roads

Tonight I Walk These City Streets And
I Think About The Past
When You Where Mine And Our Love Was Forever
I Never Thought That You Would Go
Never Dreamed That You Would Leave
Now The Taste I Have Is Bitter Sweet
I Know You Had To Go And Find That New Horison
Your Star Was Calling Endlessly
In My Heart I Can Only Wish You Well
I Hope You Find Your Every Dream

We Have Taken Different Roads
We Have Gone Our Separate Ways
Though There Maybe Many Miles Between Us
In My Heart The Love Remains
It Will Not Change
Across A Thousand Days
Down A Different Road
Down A Different Road

That Old Rivers Turning
But Is It Going Anywhere
Maybe Like Me It's Trying To Find It's Way Back Home
But All Alone Can My Heart Rest
How Will My Eyes Begin To Trust
I Only Want The Best For The Both Of Us

Maybe Somewhere In A Different Time Or Space
We'll Find A Place Where We Can Stay
I'll Hold That Moment
Forever And For Always
I'll Never Be That Far Away


We Have Taken Different Roads
We Have Gone Our Separate Ways
Though There Maybe Many Miles Between Us
In My Heart The Love Remains
It Will Not Change??.. Across A Thousand Days
Down A Different Road
Down A Different Road

Time Has Been My Only Friend
The Truth Is Like A Knife
It Cuts Right Through You
I Didn't Want To Loose You

We Have Taken Different Roads
We Have Gone Our Separate Ways
Though There Maybe Many Miles Between Us
In My Heart The Love Remains
It Will Not Change??.. Across A Thousand Days
Down A Different Road
Down A Different Road


My Father's Son

Heart Over Mind, Yes I'm
My Father's Son
I Live My Life, Just Like
My Father's Done
If He'd Told Me, One Day
That Somebody'd Have My Heart In Chains
Would I Believe It, No Way
Made Up My Mind I'd Never Fall That Way

But Tell Me Why
Everytime I Try, To Tell You It's Goodbye
I Can't Seem To Let Go
In My Heart I Know I Want To Stay
What I'm Trying To Say

Heart Over Mind
Yes I'm My Father's Son
Yes I'm Inclined To Do
As My Father's Done

My Father's son
And I Need My Life
As My Father's Done

Here I Am With You
And I Know That It's True
Despite All The Feelings
Your Putting Me Through
I Try To Walk Away, Something Makes Me Stay

Heart Over Mind, Yes I'm
My Father's Son
I Live My Life, Just Like
My Father's Done

But Tell Me Why
Everytime I Try, To Tell You It's Goodbye
I Just Can't Seem To Let Go
In My Heart, I Know I Want To Stay, Never Run Away

My Father's Son
I Live My Life, As My Father's Done
If He'd Told Me, One Day
That Somebody Would Have My Heart In
Chains Would I Believe It, No Way
Made Up My Mind, I'd Never Fall That Way
But It's Heart Over Mind, Yes I'm My Father's Son


While You See A Chance

Stand up in a clear blue morning
until you see what can be
alone in a cold day dawning,
are you still free, can you be
when some cold tomorrow finds you
when some sad old dream reminds you
how the endless road unwinds you
when there's no one left to leave
you even you don't quite believe you
and that old grey wind is blowing
and there's nothing left worth knowing
while you see a chance take it
find romance, fake it
because it's all on you


She Believes In Me

I'm tossing and turning and I can't get to sleep
Got something on my mind I just can't release
Then she whispers so softly that she believes in me

If I let her down and tried to disguise it
She always see's through it always replies that
No matter what I do she believes in me

All the times I failed gone slightly off the rails
She's there to remind me she believes in me
When it all goes wrong and I feel I'm on my own
She's there to remind me she believes in me

Don't get me wrong I'm not some kind of fool
I'd give her my world if she asked me to
Cuz here's no denying she believes in me

But I'm only human I'm just a guy
That sometimes makes mistakes and I can't explain why
Some say she's crazy but she believes in me

All the times I failed gone slightly off the rails
She's there to remind me she believes in me
When it all goes wrong and I feel I'm on my own
She's there to remind me she believes in me

She believes in me in what I do
She believes in me I need her too
She believes in God above
She believes when we make love

All the times I failed gone slightly off the rails
She's there to remind me she believes in me
When it all goes wrong and I feel I'm on my own
She's there to remind me she believes in me
Ya she's there to remind me she believes in me
Ya she's there to remind me she believes in me
Ya she's there to remind me she believes in me


No Ordinary World

My Day Starts Off The Same
It Looks Like It Might Rain
But I Will Not Complain
Cause I Can See The Sun

I Say My Little Prayers
Running Down The Stairs
The Streets Are Going Nowhere
But I Don't Care

Cause This Day Is Beautiful
Nothing's Gonna Get Me Down

It's No Ordinary World
When You're Here With Me
I Take The Time To Smile
I Have The Space To Breathe

It's No Ordinary World
When You Walk With Me
I See Inside My Dreams
Every Diamond Every Pearl
It's No Ordinary World

Everybody's Got A Dream
Every Thought And Every Scheme
And All The Spaces In Between
To See The Clouds

But I Won't Give It Too Much Time
To Get Inside My Mind
Cause All That Really Matters
Is Here And Now

When Your Laying Close To Me
(When Your Bodies Close To Me)
Your All The Joy I Need

Your Hand In Mine No
Reason To Take Our Time
Surrender To Love Like Good Religion


Where Would I Be Now

Verse 1
Something deep inside
Keeps me hanging on
Don't believe I've ever seen
A night so long
Guess I tried to fly
High above the clouds
But landed here in the morning rain
At your door

Chorus
I know I let you down again
But right now, you know I need a friend
I don't know why
I guess I just loose my way
Your eyes
Don't believe a word I say
I can't imagine without your love
Where would I be now

Verse 2
Did you ever know
I always looked up to you
and after all this time
It remains true
There's no compromise
No turning back for me
But through the veil of my pride
Sometimes it's hard to see

Chorus
And I know your love is all I need
So for now don't stop believing me
Cause your love is what's helping me survive
Your faith in me is what keeps my hope alive
Without your love
Where would I be now

Chorus
Cause I know your love
Is worth fighting for
And if it takes forever
I will wait at your door
Cause your love is what's helping me survive
Your faith in me is what keeps my hope alive
Without your love
Where would I be now


I Ain't Gonna Cry Again

You're A Mystery To Me
You Make Your Own Reality
And I Wonder Who You Are Beneath Your Skin
Guess I'll Never Know For Sure
But I Was Safe Behind My Door
Can't Think How I Let You Talk Your Way Back In
Should Have Known Better Then
But I Know Better Now

You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
I'm Not The Fool I Was Before
I Ain't Gonna Cry Again
I Don't Believe The Lies You Tell
So Take Your Heart And Go To Hell
Cause I Aint Gonna Cry Again

You Think I Need You But I Don't
You Think I'll Break Down But I Won't
You've Had Everything You're Gonna Get From Me
Saw Your Pleasure In My Pain
And It Released Me From My Chains
And I Woke Up To My Own Insanity
Waiting For Changes That Were
Never Gonna Come

You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
I'm Not The Fool I Was Before
I Ain't Gonna Cry Again
I Don't Believe The Lies You Tell
So Take Your Heart And Go To Hell
Cause I Aint Gonna Cry Again
I Ain't Gonna Cry Again

Now That I See You're Twisted
I Don't Know How I Missed It Before
Maybe That's What Drew Me To You
But This Is Now And That Was Then
You'll Never Make Me Cry Again

Should Have Known Better Then
But I Know Better Now

You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
I'm Not The Fool I Was Before
I Ain't Gonna Cry Again
I Don't Believe The Lies You Tell
So Take Your Heart And Go To Hell
Cause I Aint Gonna Cry Again


Soul Rising

Yesterday, I Was Out In The Rain
Wondering When I'd See The Sun Again
Lonely Hearts, Baby, I Wrote The Book
Since She Walked Away Without A Second Look

Oh.. But Now I Feel Good
Cos' You Look At Me
The Way A Woman Should

I Feel My Soul Rising To A New Love
No Blues I Can't Rise Above
I Feel My Soul Rising When I'm Close To You
When Your With Me Girl
There's Nothing I Can't Do

Yesterday I Was Falling Apart
Picking Up Pieces Of My Broken Heart
Yeah??. But One Touch Of Your Healing Hand
24 Hours Later I'm A Whole New Man

Yeah, And I'm Stronger Now
Cos' You Make The World A Better Place Some How

I Feel My Soul Rising To A New Love
No Blues I Can't Rise Above
I Feel My Soul Rising When I'm Close To You
When Your With Me Girl
There's Nothing I Can't Do

I Got Sunshine On A Brand New Day
And The Grey Clouds Have All Drifted Away
And There's Nobody That I Can't Be
If It's You And Me


Naked Without You

What have I done I've broke your heart
Now there's no sun just cold and dark
Without your smile I can't laugh
Without you baby I'm just a half
I didn't know what I had
I didn't know I'd feel this sad
But I feel

Naked without you
I feel naked without you
I feel naked without you

What have I done I've broke a vow
But I'm the one who's crying now
Without your touch I can feel
Without your forgiveness I can't heal
No body else can take your place
and if I don't see your angel face

Girl I feel naked without you
I'm still crazy about you
I feel naked without you

I hurt the one that really loved me
Don't look at me I feel ugly
Naked without you

I'm so tired that I can't sleep
I threw away a love so deep

I feel naked without you
I feel naked without you
Naked without you
I feel naked without you in my head
I feel naked without you in my bed
Naked without you hey baby
Naked without you and I feel
Naked without you
While You See A Chance
(Winwood/Jennings)

Stand up in a clear blue morning
until you see what can be
alone in a cold day dawning,
are you still free, can you be
when some cold tomorrow finds you
when some sad old dream reminds you
how the endless road unwinds you
when there's no one left to leave you
even you don't quite believe you
and that old grey wind is blowing
and there's nothing left worth knowing
while you see a chance take it
find romance, fake it
because it's all on you


Love To Lean On

You Can Make Your Point
Ican Disagree
But It Will Not Change
What You Mean To Me
Did It Go Too Far
Are We To The Edge
Is There Some Way I Can
Talk You Down From The Ledge
We Can Turn Away From Each Other
Or We Can Turn It Back Around

Maybe I'm Wrong
Maybe Your're Right
Baby Don't Let This Wounded Pride
Drive A Wedge Between Us
Wherever We Go
Whatever We Do
I Know We'll Never Make It Through
If We Try To Stand Alone
We Need Love To Lean On

We Can Make Some Changes
We Can Make This Work
We Can Fix What's Broken
We Can Heal The Hurt
Take A New Direction
Now It's Up To Us
What We Do In Anger We Can Do In Love
'cause Anything That's Worth The Having
Is Worth Fighting For

Maybe I'm Wrong
Maybe Your're Right
Baby Don't Let This Wounded Pride
Drive A Wedge Between Us
Wherever We Go
Whatever We Do
I Know We'll Never Make It Through
If We Try To Stand Alone
We Need Love To Lean On
Love To Lean On
On And On And On
Love To Keep Us Strong


On My Way Home

I'm on my way home
That's where I belong
Now the time has come, it's time we must go
Cos now the tides have changed, we're moving on

I'm on my way home
Life must carry on
So after all the pain and what we've been through
To give up now would be oh so wrong
Come what may, we're being counted on
It's our day, this is our song

(Do you know what's waiting there for you)
nothing holds me here
(If nothing's left there to go back to)
Believe me anything is better than what we have now
(turn around, turn around the hands of time)
Can't be any worse, I've got time to spare

(Do you think it's worth all the bother)
someone has to do it
(Nothing works out right anyhow)
So all that we can do is try and try, try more everyday
(turn around, turn around the hands of time)
If there's a will, there'll be a way

I'm on my way home
There's no turning back
After all that has been done and has been shed
It's our last chance, to keep on track

I'm on my way home
Though the road may be long
There's no river we can't cross, or mountain we can't climb
Because our faith is, much to strong

(Do you know what's waiting there for you)
Lord I don't know
(Nothing's left there to go back to)
Believe me anything is better than what we have now
(Turn around, turn around the hands of time)
Can't be any worse, I've got time to spare

(Do you think it's worth all the bother)
Someone has to do it
(Nothing works out right anyhow)
So all that we can do is try and try, try more everyday
(Turn around, turn around the hands of time)
If there's a will, there'll be a way

(Do you know what's waiting there for you)
Lord I don't know
(Nothing's left there to go back to)
Believe me nothing can compare what we've seen,
time and time again

(Turn around, turn around the hands of time)
We've had thunder, I can stand the rain
(Do you think it's worth all the bother)
Someone has to do it (Nothing works out right anyhow)
Cos if the cause is right, it's always worth, all the trouble spent
(Turn around, turn around the hands of time)
Even in battles lost, the good win in the end

(Do you think it's worth all the bother)
Someone has to do it
(Nothing works out right anyhow)
Cos there's no river too deep, no mountain too high
(Turn around, turn around the hands of time)
There's nothing stopping us, we shall get by


Love Made A Promise

Beached By The Same Tide When We Met
Caught In A Storm When We Came Together
I Never Needed Someone Like I Needed You Back Then
I Swear I Believed It
I Never Lied To You
When I Said What I Said

I Think You Know It's The End Of The Story
You've Been Crying In Your Sleep
Time Is The Judge, Tears Are The Jury
We've Got To Make That Bitter Leap
Love Made A Promise
Love Made A Promise
Time Couldn't Keep

We Run From The Truth
But We End Up Nowhere
And Everyone Knows You Can't Run Forever
It Seems That Just Wanting Something
Don't Mean It's Gonna Be
We Played By The Rules
But Times Made Liers Of You And Me

I Think You Know It's The End Of The Story
You've Been Crying In Your Sleep
Time Is The Judge, Tears Are The Jury
We've Got To Make That Bitter Leap
Love Made A Promise
Love Made A Promise
Love Made A Promise
Time Couldn't Keep

So We Find Another Way
To Get Through Another Night
And We Spend The Whole Night Dreaming
Another Day Will Find A Way To Make It Alright

Time Is The Judge, Tears Are The Jury
We've Got To Make That Bitter Leap
Love Made A Promise
Love Made A Promise (I Said)
Love Made A Promise
Love Made A Promise (I Said)

Love Made A Promise
 

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