Luxury You Can Afford

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Luxury You Can Afford
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
ReleasedAugust 1978
Studio
GenreBlues rock, soft rock, pop rock
LabelAsylum
ProducerAllen Toussaint
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
(1977) 		Luxury You Can Afford
(1978) 		Sheffield Steel
(1982)

Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1978 on Asylum Records, his only release for that label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
High Fidelity(favourable)[3]

In 1994, The Independent wrote that Cocker "reveals the self-disgust at ['A Whiter Shade of Pale']'s heart ... his rawness is thrown into stark relief by Allen Toussaint's too-slick production."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Fun Time" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:39
  2. "Watching the River Flow" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
  3. "Boogie Baby" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:51
  4. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 5:27
  5. "I Can't Say No" (John Bettis, Daniel Moore) – 2:51
  6. "Southern Lady" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:16
  7. "I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)" (Barbara George) – 3:08
  8. "What You Did to Me Last Night" (Bettye Crutcher) – 3:28
  9. "Lady Put the Light Out" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 4:46
  10. "Wasted Years" (Phil Driscoll) – 4:49
  11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 4:29

Personnel

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals, harmonica (5)
  • Fender Rhodes (3), Minimoog (3, 4), ARP String Ensemble (3, 4), Hammond organ
    (3)
  • Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 9), Fender Rhodes (10)
  • Allen Toussaint – horn and string arrangements (1, 9), Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 8), Hammond organ (5, 6), clavinet (5)
  • Randy McCormick – Fender Rhodes (4, 7), clavinet (11)
  • Billy Preston – Hammond organ (4, 11)
  • Dr. John – Fender Rhodes (6), Hammond organ (8)
  • Donny Hathaway – Fender Rhodes (8), acoustic piano (10)
  • Mitch Chakour – guitar (1), acoustic piano (3)
  • Cliff Goodwin – guitar (1, 3)
  • Pete Carr – lead guitar (2, 11), slide guitar (2), guitar (3)
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar (2, 5, 6, 8-10)
  • Larry Byrom – lead guitar (4, 7)
  • Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar (4, 7, 11)
  • Joey Murcia – guitar (5, 10)
  • George Terry – guitar (5)
  • Howie Hersh – bass (1, 3)
  • Chuck Rainey – bass (2, 5, 6, 8-10)
  • David Hood – bass (4, 7)
  • Rick Danko – bass (11)
  • John Riley – drums (1, 3)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (2, 5, 8-10)
  • Roger Hawkins – drums (4, 7, 11)
  • Bernard Purdie – drums (6, 8)
  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (1, 8)
  • Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone (1, 8)
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Gary Brown – tenor sax solo (1)
  • David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (1, 9)
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor sax solo (2, 9), tenor saxophone (5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Bobby Keys – tenor sax solo (3)
  • Charles Rose – trombone (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (1, 9)
  • Phillip Guilbeau – trumpet (1, 9)
  • Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet (2, 5, 7, 8, 11), horn arrangements (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Clyde Kerr Jr. – trumpet solo (7)
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Ann Lang – backing vocals
  • Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals

Production

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
1978 Australia 12
New Zealand 25
Netherlands 47
Canada 61
US Billboard 76

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. High Fidelity Magazine
    . November 1978. p. 158.
  4. ^ Butler, Mike (18 September 1994). "Lives of the Great Songs". Sunday Review Page. The Independent.
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