No Ordinary World

No Ordinary World is the seventeenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 9 September 1999 in Europe and on 22 August 2000 in USA. The US edition of the album features two bonus tracks and has different cover artwork. Notable songs on the album include a cover of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" and "She Believes in Me" co-written by Bryan Adams, who had also provided backing vocals for the song.

Track listing
"First We Take Manhattan" – 3:44 (Leonard Cohen)
"Different Roads" – 4:58 (Stephen Allen Davis, Steve DuBerry)
"My Father's Son" – 4:29 (Graham Lyle, Conner Reeves)
"While You See a Chance" – 3:51 (Will Jennings, Steve Winwood)
"She Believes in Me" – 4:44 (Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy)
"No Ordinary World" – 3:52 (Lars Anderson, Stephen Allen Davis)
"Where Would I Be Now" – 5:27 (Michael McDonald, Tony Joe White)
"Ain't Gonna Cry Again" – 4:06 (Peter Cox, Peter-John Vettese)
"Soul Rising" – 3:57 (Peter Cox, Graham Gouldman, Peter-John Vettese)
"Naked Without You" – 4:31 (Rick Nowels, Andrew Roachford, Billy Steinberg)
"Love to Lean On" – 4:17 (Steve Diamond, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
"On My Way Home" – 4:13 (Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones)
"Lie to Me" – 4:01 (J. McCabe, David Z)
"Love Made a Promise" – 5:03 (Paul Brady, Mark Nevin)

''Tracks 13–14 available only on US edition of the album. In Europe both songs were only released as B'sides to different singles.

Personnel
 Joe Cocker – lead vocals
 Jean-Jacques Goldman – acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
 Billy Lang – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Steve McEwan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Bob Mann - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
 Michael Thompson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Steve Power – electric guitar
 Adam Seymour – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Patrice Tison – electric guitar
 Robbie McIntosh – electric guitar, keyboards
 Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
 Guy Delacroix – bass guitar
 Bob Glaub - bass guitar
 Dave Catlin-Birch – bass guitar
 Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
 Neil Harland – bass guitar
 C. J. Vanston – keyboards, clavinet, Hammond organ, percussion, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
 Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, piano, Hammond organ, melodica, programming
 Peter Gordeno – keyboards
 Jason Rebello – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes
 Chris Elliot – piano, Fender Rhodes
 John Savannah – Hammond organ
 David Clayton – synthesizer
 Spike Edney – synthesizer
 Neil Sidwell – trombone
 Chris White – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
 Chistopher Deschamps – drums
 Jeremy Stacey – drums
 Andy Duncan – percussion, programming
 Steve Sidwell – trumpet
 Bryan Adams – backing vocals
 Tommy Blaize – backing vocals
 Mary Carewe – backing vocals
 Lance Ellington – backing vocals
 Natalie Jackson – backing vocals
 Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals
 Marlena Jeter – backing vocals
 Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
 Keith Murrell – backing vocals
 Mark Evans – programming

Production notes
Tracks 1–3, 6–7, 10, 13–14 recorded at Metropolis Studio, London and produced by Steve Power
Tracks 4, 8–9 recorded at Area21/Brittania Row/Olympic Studio 1, London and produced by Peter John Vettese
Tracks 5, 11 recorded at Record Plant, Los Angeles and produced by Pete Smith
Track 12 recorded at Twin Studio, Paris and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman

Certifications

References

Category:1999 albums
Category:Joe Cocker albums
Category:Parlophone albums