Unchain My Heart (album) explained

Unchain My Heart
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joe Cocker
Cover:	Joe Cocker-Unchain My Heart (album cover).jpg
Released:	9 October 1987
Recorded:	1986–1987
Studio:	House of Music, West Orange, NJ
Genre:	Rock, blue-eyed soul
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Charlie Midnight, Dan Hartman
Prev Title:	Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	One Night of Sin
Next Year:	1989

Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.

Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.

Track listing

1. "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
2. "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
3. "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
4. "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
5. "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
6. "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
7. "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
8. "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
9. "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
10. "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals
• Jeff Levine – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
• Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
• Greg Johnson – grand piano (8), organ (10)
• Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
• T. M. Stevens – bass
• David Beal – drums
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5–8)
• Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
• Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
• Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
• The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Robert Funk – trombone
  • "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
• Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
• Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
• Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
• B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
• Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
• Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
• Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
• Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
• Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producer – Charlie Midnight
• Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
• Engineer – John Rollo
• Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
• Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
• Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
• Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
• Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Roy Kohara
• Design – Roland Young
• Photography – Abe Frajndilich
• Management – Michael Lang

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[2]	40
French Albums (SNEP)^[3]	21

Notes and References

1. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Joe Cocker. 50. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. fi.
2. 12 March 1988 . 100 Albums . RPM . 47 . 21 . 0033-7064 . 23 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817071242/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0946&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 . 17 August 2016 .
3. Web site: InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel . InfoDisc . fr . 23 February 2013. Locate Joe COCKER on the drop-down menu and click OK.