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Joe Cocker - No Ordinary World Audio CD

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Joe Cocker Band: Joe Cocker
Title: No Ordinary World
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Release Date: 2000-08-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: First We Take Manhattan 2: Different Roads 3: My Father's Son 4: While You See a Chance 5: She Believes in Me 6: No Ordinary World 7: Where Would I Be Now 8: Ain't Gonna Cry Again 9: Soul Rising 10: Naked Without You 11: Love to Lean On 12: On Way Home 13: Lied to Me 14: Love Made a Promise

Couldn't be happier!!
I received it quickly. Everything about my purchase was perfect. It was brand new. I gave it as a gift and both he and I couldn't have been happier!! Thank you.


I have not changed my mind?
The problem with online cd reviews is hardcore fans refuse to rate a product honestly. I reviewed this latest Joe Cocker release several months ago[see import version], and I still have not changed my opinion or rating. I am as big a Joe Cocker fan as you can find, but but I am not about to award this cd 5 stars and give it some sort of classic status like some prior reviews have? This cd is lightweight fluff compared to his more energized releases like "Unchain My Heart", "One Night Of Sin","Organic" or any of his late 60's or early 70's output. I have every Joe Cocker album ever made and "No Ordinary World" is without question one of his weakest releases in a recording career that spans over 30 years. I look forward to a little more gusto with his next release.


He sings your life...
Music that strikes you, as COL Kurtz reminds us, "Like a silver bullet. There are certain times when music speaks truth. . . right between the eyes. . . ".

Among those music experiences that mark a life: Jackson Browne "The Pretender"; The Who, "Quadrophenia"; Joe Cocker, "No Ordinary World".

It's a short list, a short life. Buy it and experience the feeling of anxiety, passion and wonderment of why we are here. Joe Cocker, like Bob Seger, expresses love, life, and emotion in a way that is difficult for most men. This is one you'll listen to on `repeat' for days at a time.

Joe has matured to a performer, a man who has powerful observations on his (and your) life ala Sade, "My Father's Son". Reminiscent of the sense of awe we felt hearing CSNY for the first time, to the anthems of Jefferson Starship, "First We Take Manhattan".

You cannot go home again, but you can mature in your reflections upon it.


Great CD!!
Cocker is one of the few musicians whose later CD is just as fabulous as his earlier work. I just love this CD. The more I listen to this CD, the more I love it :).


Heart Over Mind
No Ordinary World is not his greatest work. Even when Joe Cocker is not at his best, he's still a fascinating singer. However, there are a couple of flashes here which Cocker enthusiasts will want to include on your own Joe Cocker compilations. The first cut of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" is a jewel. It rocks and drives home Cohen's great melody. I wish I were a studio wizard and could overlay Jennifer Warnes' version with Joe's and get an "Up Where We Belong" replay of the mixing of these two great voices. The other truly brilliant track is "Lie To Me. " Cocker's voice rides on a great guitar riff, propeled with a blazing organ and strong electric guitar. If you love Cocker, this cut is up there with his best work. I also really like "My Father's Son. " The great "heart over mind" lyric gives a rocking ballad that feels fast and slow at the same time. The problem with much of the rest of the album is the lack of distinctiveness of the material. "Different Roads" sounds like a computer's attempt to write an anthem. "Ain't Gonna Cry Again" has such a forumla construction that it sounds trite. "Soul Rising" has a nice rocking build, but again seems like it was written by Wang. (computers!) "On My Way Home" is a passionate slow ballad with Cocker's empassioned vocals, but the keyboards wash over the mix and drown it. The almost-good material is still interesting. Cocker doesn't add much to Steve Winwood's "While You See A Chance" from Winwood's "Arc of a Diver," but it's a good tune which I'm glad to hear again. "Where Would I Be Now" is a soulful ballad sung with good conviction. The clangy guitars on the title track make it sound like the Byrds if they were raised in Alabama. "Naked Without You" is a big booming ballad with nice piano by Jason Rubello prominently mixed to give the song a classic feel. There are enough good moments here so that a Cocker fan can buy with confidence not to miss the high points, but this is more of an Ordinary World than I'd hoped to hear.


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