Fire It Up (Joe Cocker album)

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Fire It Up
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Released6 November 2012
StudioEmblem Studios (Calabasas, California)
Genre Rock, blues
Length42:32
Label Columbia (Europe)
Producer Matt Serletic
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Fire It Up is the twenty-second and final studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 6 November 2012 by Sony/Columbia in Europe. It was recorded at Emblem Studios Calabasas, California and like Cocker's previous album, Hard Knocks, it was produced by Matt Serletic. The album was released as a regular jewel case edition as well as a premium edition with additional DVD.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Fire It Up" (Alan Frew, Johnny Reid, Marty Dodson) - 3:53
  2. "I'll Be Your Doctor" (Jeff Trott, Victoria Horn, Steven McMorran) - 3:32
  3. "You Love Me Back" (Steve Diamond, Stephanie Bentley, Dennis Matkosky) - 3:55
  4. "I Come in Peace" (Rick Brewster, Ross Wilson) - 4:20
  5. "You Don't Need a Million Dollars" (Rob Giles) - 3:56
  6. "Eye on the Prize" (Marc Broussard, Courtlan Clement, Chad Gilmore, De Marco Johnson, Jamie Kenney, Calvin Turner) - 4:09
  7. "Younger" (Gary Burr) - 4:13
  8. "You Don't Know What You're Doing to Me" (Tyler Hilton, Wayne Kirkpatrick) - 3:52
  9. "The Letting Go" (Charlie Evans, Joss Stone, Graham Lyle) - 3:30
  10. "I'll Walk in the Sunshine Again" (Keith Urban) - 3:14
  11. "Weight of the World" (Kevin Bowe, Joe Stark) - 3:59
  12. "The Last Road" (Matt Serletic, Aimée Proal, Dave Katz, Sam Hollander) - 4:04 [Premium edition bonus track]
  13. "Walk Through the World with Me" (Marc Cohn, John Leventhal) - 4:20 [Premium edition bonus track]
  14. "Let Love Decide" (Gary Barlow, Jeffrey Steele) - 2:50 (bonus track) [iTunes bonus track]

Premium edition DVD (Directed by Cole Walliser and filmed in Los Angeles, Sept 2012)

  1. "Fire It Up" (Alan Frew, Johnny Reid, Marty Dodson)
  2. "I'll Be Your Doctor" (Jeff Trott, Victoria Horn, Steve McMorran)
  3. "You Love Me Back" (Steve Diamond, Stephanie Bentley, Dennis Matkosky)
  4. "Eye on the Prize" (Marc Broussard, Courtlan Clement, Chad Gilmore, De Marco Johnson, Jamie Kenney, Calvin Turner)
  5. "I Come in Peace" (Rick Brewster, Ross Wilson)
  6. "You Don't Need a Million Dollars" (Rob Giles)
Line-up: Joe Cocker – lead vocals; Nick Milo and Steve Grove – keyboards; Gene Black – guitars; Oneida James-Rebeccu – bass; Jack Bruno – drums; Nikki Tillman and Kara Britz – backing vocals

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart performance for Fire It Up
Chart (2012–13)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [2] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 63
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 59
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 32
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 128
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [10] 3× Gold300,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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