Unchain My Heart (album)
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
- "Unchain My Heart" – 5:04
- "Two Wrongs" – 4:03
- "I Stand in Wonder" – 4:22
- "The River's Rising" – 4:10
- "Isolation" – 3:51
- "All Our Tomorrows" – 4:24
- "A Woman Loves a Man" – 4:16
- "Trust in Me" – 4:14
- "The One" – 4:37
- "Satisfied" – 3:24
Personnel
- Joe Cocker – lead vocals
- Phil Grande – guitar, guitar solo
- Jeff Levine – keyboards, Hammond organ, grand piano
- Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards, handclaps
- Greg Johnson – grand piano, organ
- T. M. Stevens – bass guitar
- David Beal – drums
- Sammy Figueroa – percussion
- Glenn Ellison – handclaps
- Charlie Midnight – handclaps
- Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo
- The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements
- * Crispin Cioe – saxophone
- * Arno Hecht – saxophone
- * Robert Funk – trombone
- * "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
- Lawrence Feldman – saxophone
- Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Benny Diggs – backing vocals
- Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals
- Dan Hartman – backing vocals, additional percussion, tambourine, handclaps, additional guitar, guitar, keyboards
- B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
- Renee Geyer – guest vocals
- Phoebe Snow – guest vocals
- Maxine Green – backing vocals
- Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals
- Janice Singleton – backing vocals
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 ; Santa Barbara Sound Design ; O’Henry Sound Studios ; Greene Street Recording ; Bearsville Studios.
- Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios.
- Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk.
- Art Direction – Roy Kohara
- Design – Roland Young
- Photography – Abe Frajndilich
- Management – Michael Lang
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