No Ordinary World | ||||
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Released | 8 October 1999 (Europe) 22 August 2000 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1998−99 | |||
Label | Parlophone (Europe) Eagle (US) | |||
Producer | Steve Power, Pete Smith, Peter-John Vettese, Jean-Jacques Goldman | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
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.
Tracks 13 & 14 available only on US edition of the album. In Europe both songs were only released as B-sides to different singles.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Belgium (BEA) [16] | Gold | 25,000* |
France (SNEP) [17] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [18] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [19] | Gold | 25,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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