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Filmed in Berlin in 1997, this good-looking production finds the aging bluesman mixing his classic covers with more recent material, all for an appreciative audience in a startlingly dramatic venue. Warming up with "Could You Be Loved" and "Feeling Alright," Cocker soon finds his footing and launches into the Scotch whiskey soul of "Have a Little Faith," the kinky comedy of "You Can Leave Your Hat On," and the gospel-flushed agony of "When the Night Comes." A take on Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic" is welcome, while "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" mines the old Animals chestnut for further blues testimony. The crumpled valentine of "You Are So Beautiful" is touchingly familiar and dedicated, on this occasion, to the late Princess Diana. In all, Cocker is in very good, professional form here, a tempered force of nature, perhaps, but an expressive stylist of mature conviction.
--Tom Keogh
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Joe Cocker brings his distinctive stage presence to Germany in an exciting 1997 show spotlighting his greatest hits and selections from some of the world's finest songwriters like Randy Newman, Lennon/McCartney, Ray Charles and Van Morrison. Songs: Could You Be Loved, Feelin' Alright, Have a Little Faith, Up Where We Belong, You Can Leave Your Hat On, When the Night Comes, N'Oubliez Jamais, Summer in the City, You are So Beautiful, Into the Mystic, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Delta Lady, The Letter, Unchain My Heart, With a Little Help from My Friends, Across from Midnight, Cry Me a River.
