Sheffield Steel

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Sheffield Steel
Sheffield Steel.jpg
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
ReleasedMay 1982
Studio Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre
Length38:19
Label Island
Producer
Joe Cocker chronology
Luxury You Can Afford
(1978)		Sheffield Steel
(1982)		 Civilized Man
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Sheffield Steel is the eighth studio album by Joe Cocker, produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin, with Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, a.k.a. the Compass Point Allstars, a studio band named after the legendary Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, and released in 1982. This was Cocker's first album for Island Records and followed a four-year break in recording for the singer following his previous album, Luxury You Can Afford. It was re-released in 2002 with several bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Look What You've Done" (Leo Nocentelli) - 4:14
  2. "Shocked" (Ira Ingber, Gregg Sutton) - 3:13
  3. "Sweet Little Woman" (Andy Fraser) - 4:01
  4. "Seven Days" (Bob Dylan) - 5:23
  5. "Marie" (Randy Newman) - 2:34
  6. "Ruby Lee" (Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap) - 4:24
  7. "Many Rivers to Cross" (Jimmy Cliff) - 3:43
  8. "So Good, So Right" (Brenda Russell) - 2:33
  9. "Talking Back to the Night" (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings) - 4:49
  10. "Just Like Always" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:25

Bonus tracks

  1. "Sweet Little Woman" (Andy Fraser) [12" mix] - 5:59
  2. "Look What You've Done" (Leo Nocentelli) [12" mix] - 8:40
  3. "Right in the Middle (Of Falling in Love)" (Sam Dees) - 3:48
  4. "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.) - 5:20

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1982Norway9
Australia14
New Zealand14
Denmark15
Canada21
Germany46
U.S. Billboard105

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [3] Gold100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Sheffield Steel - Joe Cocker | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (2 September 1982). "Sheffield Steel". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "French album certifications – Joe Cocker – Sheffield Steel" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 19 April 2017.Select JOE COCKER and click OK. 
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