Hard Knocks (album)

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Hard Knocks
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Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released1 October 2010 (Europe)
24 January 2012 (US)
Recorded2009–10
Genre Rock, blues
Length39:08
Label Columbia (Europe)
Savoy Label Group (USA)
Producer Matt Serletic
Joe Cocker chronology
Hymn for My Soul
(2007)		Hard Knocks
(2010)		 Icon
(2011)
Singles from Hard Knocks
  1. "Unforgiven"
    Released: 19 November 2010
  2. "Hard Knocks"
    Released: 4 October 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Hard Knocks is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.

Contents

The album reached number 1 on Billboard 's Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart. [4]

A Limited Live Edition (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.

Track listing

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14
  4. "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49
  5. "So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21
  6. "Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27
  7. "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
  8. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
  9. "So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56
  10. "I Hope" (Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 4:46
  11. "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track

Limited Live Edition additional tracks

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)
  4. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
  6. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Personnel

Choir on "Thankful"

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart performance for Hard Knocks
Chart (2010–2012)Peak
position
Australian Albums [5] 71
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 41
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [9] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 41
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 1
Greek Albums (IFPI) [13] 42
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [14] 20
Italian Albums (FIMI) [15] 34
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [16] 14
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [17] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [18] 86
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 52
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 61
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] 48

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Position
German Albums Chart [23] 31

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [24] Platinum200,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [25] Gold10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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