No Ordinary World

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No Ordinary World
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Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released8 October 1999 (Europe)
22 August 2000 (US)
Recorded1998−99
Label Parlophone (Europe)
Eagle (US)
Producer Steve Power, Pete Smith, Peter-John Vettese, Jean-Jacques Goldman
Joe Cocker chronology
The Anthology
(1999)		No Ordinary World
(1999)		 Respect Yourself
(2002)
Alternative cover
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No Ordinary World is the seventeenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 8 October 1999 [2] in Europe and on 22 August 2000 in USA. The US edition of the album features two bonus tracks and has different cover artwork. Notable songs on the album include a cover of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" and "She Believes in Me" co-written by Bryan Adams, who had also provided backing vocals for the song.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "First We Take Manhattan" – 3:44 (Leonard Cohen)
  2. "Different Roads" – 4:58 (Stephen Allen Davis, Steve DuBerry)
  3. "My Father's Son" – 4:29 (Graham Lyle, Conner Reeves)
  4. "While You See a Chance" – 3:51 (Will Jennings, Steve Winwood)
  5. "She Believes in Me" – 4:44 (Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy)
  6. "No Ordinary World" – 3:52 (Lars Anderson, Stephen Allen Davis)
  7. "Where Would I Be Now" – 5:27 (Michael McDonald, Tony Joe White)
  8. "Ain't Gonna Cry Again" – 4:06 (Peter Cox, Peter-John Vettese)
  9. "Soul Rising" – 3:57 (Peter Cox, Graham Gouldman, Peter-John Vettese)
  10. "Naked Without You" – 4:31 (Rick Nowels, Andrew Roachford, Billy Steinberg)
  11. "Love to Lean On" – 4:17 (Steve Diamond, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
  12. "On My Way Home" – 4:13 (Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones)
  13. "Lie to Me" – 4:01 (J. McCabe, David Z)
  14. "Love Made a Promise" – 5:03 (Paul Brady, Mark Nevin)

Tracks 13 & 14 available only on US edition of the album. In Europe both songs were only released as B-sides to different singles.

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [16] Gold25,000*
France (SNEP) [17] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [18] Platinum500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [19] Gold25,000^

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

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