Dear Landlord/Bird On The Wire/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/Hitchcock Railway/That’s Your Business/Something/Delta Lady/Hello Little Friend/Darling Be Home Soon
A quick follow up album from blues rocker Joe Cocker which, like his first, is heavily reliant on covers. Joe Cocker! includes the UK No. 10 hit single Delta Lady. (US:11)
“I find this to be a very thorough album although he might have played it a bit too safe. I would like to see more deviation from the standard down south, blues rock sound which was then overly present in popular music. Still the main factor in separating this album, and artist, from a slew of unmotivated, hackneyed blues rock bands is the strong, ruffled, weathered voice of Cocker. When he opens his mouth, something deeply strong is emitted.”
“I fell in love with every track - the rockers are great, but so are the mid-tempo and slow songs. No one else has the ability to interpret like Joe Cocker does.” “Hot studio team and great song selection make this a good disk. Joe screams his head off like a white Ray Charles on acid. Take a stroll down memory lane and play this loud.”
“Joe Cocker has a really beautiful voice that admittedly not one everyone can get into. One can instantly feel the driving power of his voice in his absolute prime. The album also has a soul and gospel feel that is unmatched by any white classic rocker of that generation.”
“Cocker's singing is the main attraction of course, along with his raucous gospel/ R & B sensibilities. These are used to great effect throughout, on both his original material and the covers. To begin with, Cocker has always been the master of cover songs, and there are some gems on this album. The best is George Harrison's Something, and he wisely capitalizes on the great chorus to make this a truly great track. His rendition of Darling Be Home Soon is also quite nice with a great organ solo. The biggest highlights are Hitchcock Railway and Delta Lady. Hitchcock Railway is a seriously awesome and a much underrated tune, Leon Russell's Delta Lady is a little more well known, and is probably the best song on the album. It combines several musical styles, R & B, gospel, classical, and some rock, to create some of the most satisfying songs he's ever recorded.”
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