Hard Knocks (album)

Hard Knocks is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.

Hard Knocks
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released1 October 2010 (Europe)
24 January 2012 (US)
Recorded2009-10
GenreRock, blues
Length39:08
LabelColumbia (Europe)
Savoy Label Group (USA)
ProducerMatt Serletic
Joe Cocker chronology
Hymn for My Soul
(2007)		 Hard Knocks
(2010)		 Icon
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Collector[2]

The album reached number 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.[3]

A Limited Live Edition (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.

Track listing
  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14
  4. "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49
  5. "So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21
  6. "Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27
  7. "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
  8. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
  9. "So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56
  10. "I Hope" (Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 4:46
  11. "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track

Limited Live Edition additional tracks

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)
  4. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
  6. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Personnel

Choir on "Thankful"

  • Jennifer Bailey
  • Mabvuto Carpenter
  • Kara DioGuardi
  • Erica Dowd
  • Dorian Ford
  • Nomisha Jackson
  • Renee Jackson
  • Robyn Troup
  • Niomisha Wilson

Production
  • Matt Serletic – producer (1-9)
  • Tony Brown – producer (10)
  • Mark Dobson – recording (1-9), Pro Tools editing (1-9)
  • Doug Trantow – recording (1-9), Pro Tools editing (1-9)
  • Jeff Balding – engineer (10)
  • Alex Arias – additional engineer (1-9), assistant engineer (1-9), Pro Tools assistant (1-9)
  • Mike Leisz – assistant engineer (1-9)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Andrew Schubert – additional mixing
  • Brad Townsend – additional mixing
  • Keith Armstrong – mix assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mix assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Ryan Corey – art direction, design
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
  • Olaf Heine – photography
Studios
  • Tracks 1-9 recorded at Emblem Studios (Calabasas, California).
  • Track 10 recorded at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • All songs mixed at Mix LA (Los Angeles, California).
  • Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Germany Top 100 Albums[4] 1
Switzerland Albums Top 100[5] 2
Austria Alben Top 75[6] 4
Polish Charts 14
Hungary Albums Chart[7] 20
Denmark Album Top 40[8] 21
Belgium Ultratop 50 albums (Flanders)[9] 32
France Albums Chart[10] 34
Belgium Ultratop 50 albums (Wallonia)[9] 41
Netherlands Album Top 100[11] 41
US Billboard (Top Independent Albums) 48
UK Albums Chart[12] 61
Spain Top 100 Albums[13] 86

Year-end charts
Chart (2010) Position
German Albums Chart[14] 31

Certifications
Country Provider Certification
Germany BVMI Platinum[15]
Poland ZPAV Gold[16]

Personnel

References
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  15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Hard Knocks')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  16. "Polish certifications – Hard Knocks" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
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