Hymn for My Soul

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Hymn for My Soul
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Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released26 March 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Rock, blues
Length37:22
Label EMI
Producer Ethan Johns
Joe Cocker chronology
Mad Dogs & Englishmen: The Complete Fillmore East Concerts
(2006)		Hymn for My Soul
(2007)		 Hard Knocks
(2010)
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Hymn for My Soul is the twentieth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 2007. It was produced by Ethan Johns. Musicians on these special sessions included Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, legendary drummer Jim Keltner, Mike Finnigan, ace guitarist Albert Lee, Dave Palmer, Greg Leisz, James Gadson, Bob Babbitt and Johns. The songs include Cocker's signatures on George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness", Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells", John Fogerty's "Long As I Can See The Light" and Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'".

Contents

The album reached No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Cocker's highest-charting album in the UK along with Have a Little Faith (1994).

Track listing

  1. "You Haven't Done Nothin'" – 3:50 (Stevie Wonder)
  2. "One Word (Peace)" – 2:49 (John Magnie, Tommy Malone)
  3. "Love Is For Me" – 4:05 (Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr.)
  4. "Don't Give Up on Me" – 4:05 (Hoy Lindsey, Dan Penn, Carson Whitsett)
  5. "Long as I Can See the Light" – 3:34 (John Fogerty)
  6. "Beware of Darkness" – 3:51 (George Harrison)
  7. "Just Pass It On" – 4:39 (Daniel Moore)
  8. "Rivers Invitation" – 3:31 (Percy Mayfield)
  9. "Ring Them Bells" – 3:04 (Bob Dylan)
  10. "Hymn for My Soul" – 3:54 (Andy Fairweather Low)
  11. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:25 – US edition bonus track
  12. "Hymn for My Soul" (instrumental) – 3:54 (Andy Fairweather Low) – Single B side

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF) [17] Gold10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [18] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver60,000^

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

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