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1987 studio album by Joe Cocker
Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by
Joe Cocker , released in 1987.
Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the
Miller Lite truck.
Track listing
"
Unchain My Heart " (Bobby Sharp,
Teddy Powell ) – 5:02
"Two Wrongs" (
Eddie Schwartz ,
David Bendeth ) – 4:02
"I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
"The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
"
Isolation " (
John Lennon ) – 3:51
"All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
"A Woman Loves a Man" (
Dan Hartman ,
Charlie Midnight ) – 4:14
"Trust in Me" (
Francesca Beghe , Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
"The One" (Tom Kimmel,
Jay Joyce ) – 4:35
"Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22
Personnel
Joe Cocker – lead vocals
Jeff Levine – keyboards (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9),
Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
Greg Johnson – grand piano (8),
organ (10)
Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
T. M. Stevens – bass
David Beal – drums
Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5-8)
Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
Crispin Cioe – saxophones
Arno Hecht – saxophones
Robert Funk – trombone
"Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)
Production
Producer – Charlie Midnight
Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
Engineer – John Rollo
Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
Mixed by
Chris Lord-Alge at
Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
Mastered by
Bob Ludwig at
Masterdisk (New York, NY).
Art Direction – Roy Kohara
Design – Roland Young
Photography – Abe Frajndilich
Management – Michael Lang
Charts
Certifications
Accolades
Company
Country
Accolade
Year
Rank
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Australia
Top 50 Albums
1988
48
References
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