Unchain My Heart (album)
1987 studio album by Joe Cocker
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Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by English singer Joe Cocker, released in 1987.
Released9 October 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Studios
- House of Music (West Orange, New Jersey)[1]
Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, California)
O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California)
Greene Street Recording (New York City, New York)
Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York)
GenresRock, blue-eyed soul
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| Released | 9 October 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
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| Genres | Rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| New Musical Express | 5/10[2] |
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.
The song "Trust in Me" was re-recorded in 1992 for the soundtrack of the movie The Bodyguard. This version was recorded as a duet with Canadian singer Sass Jordan.
Track listing
- "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
- "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
- "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
- "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
- "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
- "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
- "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
- "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
- "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
- "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22
Personnel
Musicians
- Joe Cocker – vocals
- Jeff Levine – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
- Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9)
- 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)
- Dan Hartman – additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
- Clarence Clemons – tenor saxophone solo (1)
- Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
- Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements on "Unchain My Heart"
- Crispin Cioe – saxophones
- Arno Hecht – saxophones
- Bob Funk – trombone
- "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
Handclaps on "The River's Rising"
- Glenn Ellison
- Robbie Kilgore
- Dan Hartman
- Charlie Midnight
Background vocals
- 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)
- B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
- Renée Geyer – vocals (8)
- Phoebe Snow – vocals (9)
- Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
- Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
- Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)
Production
- Dan Hartman – executive producer
- Charlie Midnight – producer
- John Rollo – engineer
- Joel Soyffer – additional engineer
- Danny Grigsby – assistant engineer
- Thom Chadley – assistant engineer
- Mark Gaide – assistant engineer
- Dave Mendenhall – assistant engineer
- Nelson Ayers – additional assistant engineer
- Paul Higgins – additional assistant engineer
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY)
- Steve Entebbe – mix assistant
- Matt Hathaway – mix assistant
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Roy Kohara – art direction
- Roland Young – design
- Abe Frajndilich – photography
- Michael Lang – management
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] | 14 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] | 20 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] | 17 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 15 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 89 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[16] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[17] | 3× Gold | 750,000^ |
| Italy (FIMI)[18] | Gold | 100,000[18] |
| Spain (Promusicae)[19] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[20] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
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Accolades
| Company | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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| Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | Australia | Top 50 Albums | 1988 | 48 |