Hard Knocks (album)
Hard Knocks | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 October 2010 (Europe) 24 January 2012 (US) | |||
Recorded | 2009-10 | |||
Genre | Rock, blues | |||
Length | 39:08 | |||
Label | Columbia (Europe) Savoy Label Group (USA) | |||
Producer | Matt Serletic | |||
Joe Cocker chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Record Collector | [2] |
Hard Knocks is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by
Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown
. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.
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
- "Hard Knocks" (Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
- "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28
- "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14
- "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49
- "So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21
- "Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27
- "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
- "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
- "So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56
- "I Hope" (Emily Robison) – 4:46
- "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track
Limited Live Edition additional tracks
- "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)
- "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)
- "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)
- "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)
- "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Personnel
- Joe Cocker – lead vocals
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (1-9)
- Matt Serletic – keyboards (1-9), programming (1-9)
- Wurlitzer organ(10)
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars (1-9)
- Tim Pierce – guitars (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
- Joel Sherear – guitars (2, 5, 7)
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (10)
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (10)
- Chris Chaney – bass (1-9)
- Glenn Worf – bass (10)
- Josh Freese – drums (1-3, 5, 7)
- Matt Chamberlain – drums (4, 9)
- Dorian Crozier – drums (6, 8)
- Cleto Escobedo III – saxophones (1, 2)
- Jeff Babko – trombone (1, 2)
- Ron King – trumpet (1, 2)
- Stevie Blacke – cello (3, 4), viola (3, 4), violin (3, 4)
- Sheree Brown – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)
- Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)
- Robyn Troup – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9)
- Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (7)
- Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (10)
- Kim Keyes – backing vocals (10)
- Judson Spence – backing vocals (10)
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 (2010–2012) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums[4] | 71 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 4 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 32 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] | 41 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] | 21 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 41 |
French Albums ( SNEP)[10]
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34 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] | 1 |
Greek Albums (IFPI)[12] | 42 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] | 20 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] | 34 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[15] | 14 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] | 13 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] | 86 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] | 52 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 2 |
UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 61 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21] | 48 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2010) | Position |
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German Albums Chart[22]
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31 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI)[23] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[24] | Gold | 10,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Personnel
- Joe Cocker – vocals
- Ray Parker Jr., Tim Pierce, Joel Shearer, Tom Bukovac, Kenny Greenberg – guitar
- Chris Chaney, Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Josh Freese, Dorian Crozier, Matt Chamberlain, Greg Morrow – drums
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Matt Serletic – keyboards, programming
- Steve Nathan – synthesizer, Hammond organ, piano
- Jeff Babko – trombone
- Cleto Escobedo III – saxophone
- Ron King – trumpet
- Robyn Troup, Sherree Brown, Rich King, Mabvuto Carpenter, Stephanie Bentley, Kim Keys, Ashley Cleveland, Judson Spence – backing vocals
- Stevie Blacke – cello, violin, viola
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