Детали релиза : Joe Cocker - Hymn For My Soul (2007) [FLAC (image + .cue)]

Label: EMI Music Distribution
Catalog: 390373
Format: CD, Album

Personnel:
Vocals - Joe Cocker
Art Direction, Design - Ryan Corey, Jeri Heiden
Backing Vocals - Merry Clayton, Jim Gilstrap, Benjamin Ochieng, Julianna Raye, Tata Vega, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Ethan Johns
Bass - Bob Babbitt
Cello - David Low
Conga, Vibraslap, Triangle - Don Heffington
Drums - James Gadson, Jim Keltner
Percussion - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Albert Lee, Ethan Johns
Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele, Harmonium, Hurdy Gurdy, Producer, String Arrangements, Mixing, Engineer - Ethan Johns
Guitar, Steel Guitar, Mandolin - Greg Leisz
Hammond Organ - Mike Finnigan
Piano - Benmont Tench, Dave Palmer
Keyboards, Wurlitzer, Pipe Organ - Dave Palmer
Saxophone - Tom Scott
Trumpet - Greg Adams, Chuck Findley
Viola - Brian Denbow
Violin - Julie Gigante, Phillipe Levy
Mixing Assistant - Neil Comber, Dan Porter
Mastering - Tim Young
Assistant Engineer - Billy Mims
Photography - Jennifer Johns, Andrew Mcpherson

Notes:
«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’».

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine :
The very title of Joe Cocker's «Hymn for My Soul» suggests that this, his 2007 studio album, is a gospel affair, or at least something inspired by faith - something that isn't true to the letter, yet there is something true about the spirit of this sentiment, for these are songs that serve as a tonic to Cocker's soul. He’s pulled songs from several familiar sources - Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Bob Dylan - and found other newer songs that share a similar sentiment, offering reassuring thoughts in troubled times. While nobody could ever claim that this album - produced by Ethan Johns, son of Glyn - has any grit, it nevertheless is warmer than recent Cocker discs, boasting a soulful heart (even if it has been polished and cleaned until it sparkles). If this isn't enough to bring long-straying Cocker fans back into the fold, it nevertheless is his best record in recent memory, and will satisfy those who have been looking for nothing more than a good, solid album from him, which this surely is.