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.
The song "Come Together" written primarily by John Lennon credited to Lennon/McCartney and covered by many.Not too funky perhaps but it's in the spirit of things going on around us this weekend and maybe ol' flattop is just funky enuf.The song's history began with Lennon writing a song for Timothy Leary's failed gubernatorial campaign in California against Ronald Reagan, one which promptly ende...
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Joe came out with this really good album chock full of covers last year, can't pick just one so this is one of many of the highlights, another song with some undertones I guess you could say, my apologies but I'm just in one of "those" moods, maybe it's the weather that's doing it.and the vid is the Marc Broussard version -
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| 1 You Haven't Done Nothin' |
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| 2 One Word (Peace) |
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| 3 Love Is for Me |
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| 4 Don't Give Up on Me |
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| 5 Long as I Can See the Light |
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| 6 Beware of Darkness |
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| 7 Just Pass It On |
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| 8 Rivers Invitation |
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| 9 Ring Them Bells |
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| 10 Hymn 4 My Soul |
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