Night Calls (album)

Night Calls
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released7 October 1991 (1991-10-07) (EU)[1]
23 March 1992 (UK)[2]
Studio
GenreRock
Length54:18 (LP); 69:40 (CD reissue)
LabelCapitol
Producer
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker Live
(1990) 		Night Calls
(1991) 		The Best of Joe Cocker
(1992)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]

Night Calls is the thirteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 7 October 1991.[1] There were three different editions of the album released in 1991 and 1992. Each of them featured different selections of songs, in different orders, and had different works of cover art. In addition, a DTS edition of the album was released in the UK in 1998, also with a different selection of songs.

The title track landed at number 88 on the 1991 year-end chart for the Italian singles chart, published by Musica e Dischi.[4]

Track listing

European version (1991) CDP 7 95898 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is Alive"Gary Wright3:57
2."Little Bit of Love"Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke, Andy Fraser2:28
3."Please No More"Greg Hansen, David Egan5:28
4."There's a Storm Coming"John Hadley, Wally Wilson4:08
5."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"John Lennon, Paul McCartney5:03
6."I Can Hear the River"Don Dixon4:51
7."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"Elton John, Bernie Taupin5:30
8."Night Calls"Jeff Lynne3:28
9."Five Women"Prince5:34
10."Can't Find My Way Home"Steve Winwood3:29
11."Not Too Young to Die of a Broken Heart"Brent Bourgeois4:19
12."Out of the Rain"Tony Joe White4:38
US version (1992)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feels Like Forever"Bryan Adams, Diane Warren4:43
2."I Can Hear the River"Don Dixon3:42
3."Now That the Magic Has Gone"John Miles4:42
4."Can't Find My Way Home"Steve Winwood3:29
5."Night Calls"Jeff Lynne3:28
6."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"Elton John, Bernie Taupin5:30
7."Love Is Alive"Gary Wright3:57
8."Five Women"Prince5:35
9."Please No More"Greg Hansen, David Egan5:28
10."Out of the Rain"Tony Joe White4:38
11."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"John Lennon, Paul McCartney5:03
12."When a Woman Cries"Joshua Kadison4:17
2nd European version (1992) CDP 79 8886 2
No.TitleLength
1."Feels Like Forever" 
2."I Can Hear the River" 
3."Now that the Magic Has Gone" 
4."Unchain My Heart (90s version)" 
5."Night Calls" 
6."There's a Storm Coming" 
7."Can't Find My Way Home" 
8."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 
9."When the Night Comes" 
10."Five Women" 
11."Love is Alive" 
12."Please No More" 
13."Out of the Rain" 
14."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" 
15."When a Woman Cries" 
DTS edition (1998)
No.TitleLength
1."I Can Hear The River" 
2."There's A Storm Coming" 
3."Can't Find My Way Home" 
4."Night Calls" 
5."Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me" 
6."Five Women" 
7."Please No More" 
8."Out of the Rain" 
9."You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" 
10."Little Bit of Love" 

Personnel

Credits according to US release track listing.

Production

  • Roger Davies – executive producer (1, 3, 12), management
  • Chris Lord-Alge – producer (1, 3, 12)
  • David Tickle – producer (2, 4, 6, 8–10)
  • Jeff Lynne – producer (5)
  • Danny Kortchmar – producer (7, 11)
  • Ray Neapolitan – production assistant, personal manager
European album design
  • Tommy Steele – art direction
  • Johnny Lee – design
  • Ana Juan – cover painting
  • Allan Titmuss – photography
US album design
  • Gary Kelley – cover painting
  • Tim Smith – album artwork
  • Herb Ritts – photography

Technical credits

  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – engineer (1, 3, 12), mixing (1, 3, 12)
  • David Tickle – recording (2, 4, 6, 8–10), additional recording (7, 11)
  • Ron Jacobs – mixing (2, 4–11)
  • Shelly Yakus – mixing (2, 4–11)
  • Richard Dodd – recording (5)
  • Marc DeSisto – recording (7, 11)
  • Mark Williams – choir recording (11)
  • Rob Hart – assistant engineer (1, 3, 12)
  • Talley Sherwood – assistant mix engineer (1, 3, 12)
  • Greg Goldman – assistant engineer (2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Rick Plank – assistant engineer (2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Efren Herrera – assistant engineer (7)
  • Brian Schueble – assistant engineer (7)

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[22] Gold 25,000*
Denmark — 35,000[23]
France (SNEP)[24] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[25] Platinum 500,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[26] Gold 7,500^
Spain (Promusicae)[27] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Silver 60,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,000,000[30]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Album info at official site Archived 24 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 21 March 1992. p. 10.
  3. ^ Parisien, Roch. "Night Calls – Joe Cocker". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Racca, Guido. "1991". musica e dischi Top 100 Year-End 1960 - 2018 (in Italian). pp. 89–92. ISBN 9781980329121.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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  8. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  12. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 56 (8). 22 August 1992. ISSN 0033-7064. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  13. ^ "InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel". InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013. Locate Joe COCKER on the drop-down menu and click OK.
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1991. 12. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Charts.nz – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  16. ^ ERROR in "UK2": Invalid date format. Expected: YYYYMMDD or YYYY-MM-DD. "April 1992/7502/ Official Albums Chart on {dateSlash} – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  17. ^ "Joe Cocker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1992". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  21. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1992 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  23. ^ "EMI" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 January 1992. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  24. ^ "French album certifications – Cocker J. – Night Calls" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 19 April 2017. Select COCKER J. and click OK. 
  25. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Joe Cocker; 'Night Calls')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  26. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart – 6 December 1992". NZTOP40. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  27. ^ "Spanish Certifications for 1991-1995" (PDF). PROMUSICAE. p. 931. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  28. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Night Calls')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  29. ^ "British album certifications – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 April 2017. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Night Calls Joe Cocker in the "Search:" field.
  30. ^ "Sales Call". Billboard. 14 November 1992. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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