Have a Little Faith is the fourteenth studio album by English singer Joe Cocker, released in 1994 in North America by 550 Music, a former unit of Sony Music Entertainment, and in the rest of the world by Capitol Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. Music videos were released for "Let the Healing Begin", "Have a Little Faith in Me", "The Simple Things", "Summer in the City" and "Take Me Home", a duet with American singer Bekka Bramlett.
Track listing
Note Track 11 not on North American versions of the album.
Personnel
Joe Cocker – vocals C. J. Vanston – acoustic piano (1, 8, 9, 13), organ (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), synthesizers (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 12, 13), string arrangements (1, 4, 6), keyboards (3), synth harmonica solo (3), percussion (3), horn arrangements (4, 7), vibraphone (7), synth horns (8, 11) Chris Stainton – Wurlitzer electronic piano (1, 4), acoustic piano (2, 5–7, 11, 12), organ (9), Rhodes electric piano (10) Tony Joe White – guitars (1, 10) Tim Pierce – guitar solo (1, 10), guitars (2–7, 9–12), dobro (11) Michael Thompson – guitars (8, 13) Bob Feit – bass (1, 2, 4–13) Abraham Laboriel – bass (3) Jack Bruno – drums Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11) Don Shelton – saxophone (4, 7) Ernie Watts – alto sax solo (5, 13) Alexander Iles – trombone (4, 7) Rick Baptist – trumpet (4, 7) Wayne Bergeron – trumpet (4, 7) Dick Marx – orchestrations and conductor (1, 4, 6) Israel Baker – concertmaster (1, 4, 6) Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (1, 2) Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals (1, 2) Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (1, 2) Joey Diggs – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13) Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13) Fred White – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13) Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (4) Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (4, 11) Julie Tillman Waters – backing vocals (4, 11) Steve Kipner – backing vocals (13) Bekka Bramlett – vocals (13)
Production Joe Cocker – executive producer Roger Davies – producer, management Chris Lord-Alge – producer, recording, mixing Craig Brock – engineer Ken Villeneuve – engineer Ben Wallach – engineer Randy Wine – engineer Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Ray Neapolitan – production coordinator Norman Moore – art direction, design Greg Gorman – cover photography Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – inlay photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1994)Peakposition Chart (1995)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1994)PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)30Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)27German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)30Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)24 Chart (1995)PositionGerman Albums (Offizielle Top 100)76
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