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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Un-chained Heart, August 27, 2007
When it comes to artists these days, they are just all about hype, and not even the simple essence of true voice. That is very unfortunate with wannabes like Britney Spears, Ashlee and Jessica Simpson and other who feel like they're #1, but remain worthless on merit. That is what so many people feel about artists from years ago who've maintained there peak years ago. Joe Cocker is one of those forgotten souls. Although his presence was very strong in the 70's and 80's, many people see him today as a forgone conclusion. Yet, a new hits album has just been released that doesn't make new fans seem to come in.
Classic Cocker, Joe Cocker's 2007 greatest hits album, is a single disc that mainly reflects on Joe's 80's era during his reign with Capitol Records, rather than his 70's commercial success with A&M in the 70's. The songs here have all been remastered nicely, but doesn't really maintain to be definitive enough for a single disc greatest hits album. Still, there are a lot of great songs here like his hits You Can eave Your On, Shelter Me, When The Night Comes, the upbeat rendition of Ray Charles' Un-Chain My Heart, and Civilized Man. The album though does include few highlights from A&M. The only constants is his smash standard You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong with Jennifer Warnes from An Officer & A Gentleman.
While the album sounds good, there just undoubtingly leaves a whole lot more to be desired. Although it tries to be definitive from his Capitol work, it really falls short from his 1993 Best Of Joe Cocker, which did a better job of his Capitol era. There are just a lot of great songs that were overlooked here including Don't You Love Me Anymore, Feels Like Forever, Night Calls and his cover of Elton John's Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word which was featured from the Two Rooms tribute record. Also, the album instead relies on lesser-known songs Joe performed including What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted and live versions from Joe Cocker's 1990 live record of A Little help With My Friends, Edge Of A Dream and The Letter.
Although it is a great buy for longtime fans of Joe Cocker, it just really misses out on bringing newcomers to Joe Cocker's music, who seem to more interested in who has to be hot today. Still, Classic Cocker does have some really good songs, but falls short on being definitive as much as previous hits records like the 2004 Ultimate Collection, and 2006's Joe Cocker Gold. I suggest if you're new to his music, you might want to try something else, because it isn't enough when his night comes.
Album Cover: B
Songs: C
Price: C
Remastering: B+
Overall: C 1/2+
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
COCKER CLASSIC, October 21, 2007
To me, It's one more GREAT JOE COCKER "CLASSIC" cd to add to my collection,AND I LOVE IT!!! I love all 19 songs that have been selected to put on this one cd. You Can't go Wrong having this one or ANY COCKER CD FOR THAT MATTER!!! THEY ARE ALL GREAT!! This one gives you a few decades worth of "COCKER" material. A MUST HAVE!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Cocker is unique, April 25, 2009
I have always enjoyed Cocker. This CD at the price I got was an exceptional bargin. I like every song and especially enjoy about 4 of the songs. Cocker's unique voice and the feelings he puts in every song
is always entertaining.
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