Across from Midnight

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Across from Midnight
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Studio album by
Released1997
Genre Rock
Length54:30
Label CMC International
Producer Roger Davies, Chris Lord-Alge, Peter Smith, Bob Thiele
Joe Cocker chronology
Organic
(1996)
Across from Midnight
(1997)
Greatest Hits
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Across from Midnight is the sixteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1997.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tonight" – 4:49 (Max Carl, Greg Sutton)
  2. "Could You Be Loved" – 5:47 (Bob Marley)
  3. "That's All I Need to Know" – 4:05 (Graham Lyle, Eros Ramazzotti, Vladi Tosetto)
  4. "N'Oubliez Jamais" – 4:43 (Jim Cregan, Russ Kunkel)
  5. "What Do I Tell My Heart?" – 5:00 (Rick Neigher, John Shanks)
  6. "Wayward Soul" – 4:16 (Brenda Russell, Mark Cawley)
  7. "Loving You Tonight" – 4:38 (Christopher Difford, Glenn Tilbrook)
  8. "Across from Midnight" – 4:57 (Leann White, Tony Joe White)
  9. "What Do You Say?" – 4:42 (Dean Grakal, Greg Sutton)
  10. "The Last One to Know" – 3:30 (Bob Thiele, Greg Sutton)
  11. "That's the Way Her Love Is" – 2:44 (Stephen Allen Davis)
  12. "Need Your Love So Bad" – 5:19 (Mertis John Jr.) [2]

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [23] Gold25,000*
Belgium (BEA) [24] Platinum50,000*
France (SNEP) [25] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [26] Platinum500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [27] Platinum100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [28] Gold25,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [29] Platinum50,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [30] Platinum1,000,000*

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

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