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Hard Knocks (2010)
  
Icon (2011)

Release date
  
1 October 2010

Genres
  
Rock music, Blues

Artist
  
Joe Cocker

Producer
  
Matt Serletic

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Released
  
1 October 2010 (Europe) 24 January 2012 (US)

Label
  
Columbia (Europe) Savoy Label Group (USA)

Nominations
  
Porin Award for Best International Album Outside of Classical and Jazz Music

Similar
  
Joe Cocker albums, Rock music albums

Joe cocker unforgiven hard knocks album


Hard Knocks is the twenty-first 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.

Contents

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.

Joe cocker hard knocks


Track listing

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14
  4. "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49
  5. "So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21
  6. "Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27
  7. "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
  8. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
  9. "So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Slater) – 3:56
  10. "I Hope" (Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 4:46
  11. "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track

Limited Live Edition additional tracks

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)
  4. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
  6. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Personnel

  • Lead vocals – Joe Cocker
  • Guitars – Ray Parker, Jr., Tim Pierce, Joel Shearer, Tom Bukovac, Kenny Greenberg
  • Bass – Chris Chaney, Glenn Worf
  • Drums – Josh Freese, Dorian Crozier, Matt Chamberlain, Greg Morrow
  • Keyboards – Jamie Muhoberac, Matt Serletic
  • Programming – Matt Serletic
  • String arrangements - David Campbell (unforgiven)
  • Synthesizer, Wurlitzer – Steve Nathan
  • Trombone – Jeff Babko
  • Saxophones – Cleto Escobedo III
  • Trumpet – Ron King
  • Vocal Production – Sherree Brown, Rich King, Judson Spence
  • Background vocals – Robyn Troup, Sherree Brown, Rich King, Mabvuto Carpenter, Stephanie Bentley, Kim Keys, Ashley Cleveland, Judson Spence
  • Cello, violin, viola – Stevie Blacke
  • Gospel Choir

    • Songs

    1Hard Knocks3:24
    2Get On3:27
    3Unforgiven4:14

    References

    Hard Knocks (album) Wikipedia
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