Have A Little Faith (1994)
Année : 8 septembre 1994
Label : Capitol Records
Enregistré : Record Plant & A&M Studios (Los Angeles)
1. Let The Healing Begin (Joe Cocker, Chris Difford)
2. Have A Little Faith In Me (John Hiatt)
3. The Simple Things (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
4. Summer In The City (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone)
5. The Great Divide (Richard Page, John Lang)
6. Highway Highway (Marc Benno)
7. Too Cool (Joe Cocker, Chris Difford)
8. Soul Time (Curtis Mayfield)
9. Out Of The Rain (Tony Joe White, Roger Murrah)
10. Angeline (Richard Page, John Lang)
11. Hell And Highwater (Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang)
12. Standing Knee Deep In A River (Don Schlitz, Bucky Jones)
13. Take Me Home (Joe Cocker, Chris Difford)
Basse : Abraham Laboriel Sr.
Batterie : Jack Bruno
Choeurs : Bekka Bramlett, Alexandra Brown, Joey Diggs, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, Steve Kipner, Lamont VanHook, Jeffrey « C.J. » Vanston, The Water Sisters, Fred White
Guitare : Bob Feit, Tim Pierce, Michael Thompson, Tony Joe White
Percussions : Lenny Castro
Piano / Orgue : Chris Stainton
Saxophone : Don Shelton, Ernie Watts
Trombone : Alexander Iles
Trompette : Rick Baptist, Wayne Bergeron
Voix : Joe Cocker
Direction artistique : Norman Moore
Graphiste : Norman Moore
Ingénieurs du son/mixage : Craig Brock, Chris Lord-Alge, Ken Villeneuve, Ben Wallach, Randy Wine
Management : Roger Davies
Masterisé par : Doug Sax
Photographes : Greg Gorman (couverture), Frank Ockenfels
Production (Coordinateur) : Ray Neapolitan
Produit par : Roger Davies, Chris Lord-Alge
Producteur exécutif : Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker has spent his forties calling for spiritual renewal, and never more so than here. Kicking off with Joe South’s pious but tuneful « Let the Feeling Begin, » the air of entreaty barely relents through such heaviosity-lite as « The Simple Things » and Frankie Miller’s better but still tiresomely non-specific « Soul Time. » Best of all in this vein is the title track, and that is because it was written by John Hiatt. Cocker’s co-composition with Tony Joe White, « Angeline, » reveals this album’s real shortcoming. Never exactly a rock rebel, Joe Cocker was born to sing uplifting white soul, and his voice remains a paragon of belief throughout. But, with the exception of Grease Band veteran Chris Stainton and his pounding piano, the band are in that last-dated big-rock style: drums played rigidly to the click track, « tasty » blues guitar filigree, grandstanding solos by the yard. Make that call to Little Feat.
© Mat Snow, source inconnue