CD Details
- Released: February 1, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Entertainment Reviews:
Q - 12/96, p.124
3 Stars (out of 5) - "...a Don Was-produced album that nudges into the unplugged arena--a place that leaves him plenty of room to move....the main news is that Joe Cocker still misuses his larynx to great effect."
Tracks:
- 1.Into The Mystic
- 2.Anybody Seen My Girl
- 3.Delta Lady
- 4.Heart Full Of Rain
- 5.Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- 6.Many Rivers To Cross
- 7.High Lonesome Blue
- 8.Sail Away
- 9.You And I
- 10.Darling Be Home Soon
- 11.Dignity
- 12.You Can Leave Your Hat On
- 13.You Are So Beautiful
- 14.Can't Find My Way Home
Product Description:
Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Dean Parks (acoustic guitar); Johnny Lee Schell (electric guitar); Tony Joe White (electric guitar, harmonica); Greg Leisz (dobro); Sid Page, Peter Kent (violin); Evan Wilson, Denyse Buffum (viola); Rudy Stein (cello); Suzy Katayama (cello, accordion); Randy Newman (piano); Chris Stainton (piano, Wurlitzer piano); Billy Preston (Hammond B-3 organ); Jamie Muhoberac (Hammond B-3, synthesizer); Darryl Jones, James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass); Kenny Aronoff, Jim Keltner (drums, percussion); Joe Porcaro (percussion); Merry Clayton, Portia Griffin, Myrna Smith, Maxine Sharp (background vocals).
Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California.
As the title implies, this album by the veteran British R&B belter forsakes slick, electronic studio sheen in favor of a simpler acoustic approach. Basically we're talking Cocker Unplugged. Squarely aimed at the boomers that are Cocker's prime demographic, ORGANIC features stripped-down versions of some of his biggest hits, including "You Are So Beautiful," "Delta Lady," and "You Can Leave Your Hat On," and new versions of songs by boomer icons like Bob Dylan ("Dignity") and Van Morrison ("Into The Mystic"). It's a marketing man's dream. Don Was, naturally, produced it.
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