Have a Little Faith (Joe Cocker album) explained

Have a Little Faith is the fourteenth studio album by 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 Charts.^[1] 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 Bekka Bramlett.

Track listing

Note

• Track 11 not on North American versions of the album.

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead 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 guitar (1, 2, 4–13)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (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 VanHook – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
• Fred White – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
• Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (4)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (4, 11)
• Julie Waters – backing vocals (4, 11)
• Steve Kipner – backing vocals (13)
• Bekka Bramlett – lead vocals (13)

Production

• Joe Cocker – executive producer
• Roger Davies – producer
• Chris Lord-Alge – producer, engineer, mixing
• Craig Brock – engineer
• Ken Villeneuve – engineer
• Ben Wallach – engineer
• Randy Wine – engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Norman Moore – art direction, design
• Greg Gorman – photography
• Frank Ockenfels – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Record Plant, A&M Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2]	30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5]	24

Notes and References

1. Web site: JOE COCKER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
2. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1994. austriancharts.at. 9 November 2020.
3. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1994. dutchcharts.nl. 9 November 2020.
4. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. 9 November 2020.
5. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994. hitparade.ch. 9 November 2020.
6. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. 9 November 2020.