Joe Cocker - Jamaica Say You Will

Title: Jamaica Say You Will Artist: Joe Cocker Release Date: 1988 Re-Released On: 8/19/2003 Label: A&M Records, Castle Music Ltd. Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 082839452922, 5017615623727, 0082839452922, 821838160724 Genre: Rock Styles: Blues-Rock, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Organic, Exuberant, Poignant, Rousing, Yearning, Earthy, Passionate, Sentimental, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. (That's What I Like) In My Woman
2. Where Am I Now
3. I Think It's Going to Rain Today
4. Forgive Me Now
5. Oh Mama
6. Lucinda
7. If I Love You
8. Jamaica, Say You Will
9. It's All Over But the Shoutin'
10. Jack-A-Diamonds

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD A&M Records 3945292 1998 CD A&M Records 394529 1992 CD Castle Music Ltd. CLA237

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The comeback that Joe Cocker had achieved with 1974's I Can Stand A Little Rain and its hit single, "You Are So Beautiful" was not sustained by the follow-up, Jamaica Say You Will. The reason was simple: It was that bane of the interpretive singer, a lack of strong material. Jim Price, who arranged and produced, put together a band of studio pros and placed Cocker's craggy voice front and center, often supported by gospel-like female vocals. But the songs Cocker sang were not memorable. When there were exceptions, they tended not to be handled well. Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going To Rain Today," potentially a perfect vehicle for a torn and tender reading in the manner of "You Are So Beautiful," was sped up and overarranged. It was the title track that seemed intended as the "Beautiful" follow-up, however, and though the Jackson Browne song was a strong piece of material, it worked originally because of its restraint, not in the overwrought way Cocker treated it. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Allen Zentz Mastering Ben Benay Guitar, Harmonica Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Drums Bobby Keys Sax (Tenor) Buzz Clifford Vocals Carlton Lee Engineer Carol Stallings Vocals Chris Stewart Bass Chrissy Stewart Bass Chuck Beeson Design Chuck Rainey Bass Clydie King Vocals, Bass Cornell Dupree Guitar Cynthia Barclay Vocals Dan Sawyer Guitar Daniel Moore Guitar, Choir Arrangement, Vocals, Foot Percussion Dave McDaniel Bass David McDaniels Bass Don Poncher Percussion Ed Lever Engineer Gail Mezey Sleeve Photo Henry McCullough Guitar Jean Roussel Organ Jim Horn Sax (Alto), Soloist, Saxophone Jim Karstein Drums Jim Price Vocals, Horn, Keyboards Joanne Bell Vocals Joe Cocker Vocals Joe Correro Drums Joe Tuzen Engineer, Mixing Ken Klinger Engineer Marco Aglietti Engineer Matthew Moore Vocals Nat Jeffrey Engineer Nicky Hopkins Piano Peggy Sandvig Orchestration Richard Tee Arranger, Piano, Keyboards, Organ Rob Fraboni Engineer, Mixing Roland Young Art Direction Sherlie Matthews Vocals Sid Sharp Strings Steve Madaio Trumpet Terry Becker Engineer Tim Kramer Engineer Trevor Lawrence Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Venetta Fields Vocals Zak Zenor Engineer, Mixing