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. Songs for the album were recorded at two different sessions. Side "A", recorded at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, was produced by

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and features as a backing band the core of the then current group Toto ( Steve Lukather,

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, and David Paich), whereas side "B", recorded in Nashville, was produced by

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, and features Music City stalwarts ( David Briggs, Reggie Young and

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). The album also features an appearance by Joe Cocker's former bandmate

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(on "Long Drag Off a Cigarette"). ''Civilized Man'', along with its predecessor ''Sheffield Steel'', marked the beginning of a new era of Joe Cocker albums, giving way to a much fuller style of production and taking more advantage of technology to experiment to produce more contemporary sounding music. ''Civilized Man'' expanded on the success of his previous album, selling well in Europe.

Track listing

# "Civilized Man" (Richard Feldman, Pat Robinson) – 3:55 # " There Goes My Baby" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, George Treadwell, Lover Patterson,

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) – 3:47 # "Come On In" ( Bob Telson) – 3:48 # " Tempted" (

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) – 4:16 # "Long Drag Off a Cigarette" (Larry John McNally) – 2:35 # "I Love the Night" (

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, Michael Reid) – 3:47 # "

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" (Randy McCormick, Even Stevens) – 3:51 # "A Girl Like You" (Troy Seals,

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) – 3:09 # "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" (

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) – 3:41 # " Even a Fool Would Let Go" (

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, Kerry Chater) – 3:54

Personnel

* Joe Cocker – lead vocals * David Paich – Hammond organ (1, 4) *

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– Yamaha GS1 (1),

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(2), acoustic piano (3-5) *

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– acoustic piano (2), electric piano (3),

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(5) * Bob Telson –

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(2, 3), Hammond organ (3), horn arrangements (4) * David Briggs – keyboards (6, 8-10), string arrangements (7, 10) *

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– synthesizers (6, 8-10) * Randy McCormick – Fender Rhodes (7) * Steve Lukather – guitar (1), electric guitar (2-4) * Domenic Troiano – lead guitar (2), rhythm guitar (2), electric guitar (3) * Larry John McNally – acoustic guitar (5) * Jon Goin – guitar (6, 8, 10) * Reggie Young – lead guitar (6), guitar (8) * Pete Bordonali – guitar (7, 9) *

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– guitar (7, 9), guitar solo (10) *

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– guitar (9, 10) * Nathan East – bass (1-5) * Bob Wray – bass (6, 8) * David Hungate – bass (7, 9, 10) *

– drums (1-4) *

– drums (5) *

– drums (6, 8) *

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– drums (7, 9, 10) * Starz Vanderlocket – percussion (1, 2, 4) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6-8) *

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– tenor saxophone (4) *

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– alto saxophone (8) * Dave Bargeron – trombone (4) *

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– trumpet (4) * Sid Sharp – strings (7, 10) * Mary Davis – backing vocals (1, 4) * Cissy Houston – backing vocals (1, 4) * Deirdre Tuck Corley – backing vocals (1, 4) * Bobbie Butler – backing vocals (2, 3) * Sam Butler, Jr. – backing vocals (2, 3) * James W. Carter – backing vocals (2, 3) * Frank Floyd – backing vocals (3, 5) * Zach Sanders – backing vocals (3, 5) *Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (9) * Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (9) * Luther Waters – backing vocals (9) *

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– backing vocals (9)

Production

* Producers – Gary Katz (Tracks 1-5); Stewart Levine (Tracks 6-10). * Additional Production on Tracks 1-5 – Daniel Lazerus * Engineers and Mixing – Daniel Lazerus (Tracks 1-5); Rik Pekkonen (Tracks 6-10). * Assistant Engineers – Robin Lane and Phil Wagner (Tracks 1-5); Mark Ettel and Lynn Peterzell (Tracks 6-10). * Additional Engineer on Tracks 6-10 – Mark Ettel * Mix Assistant on Tracks 1-5 – Wayne Yurgelon * Recorded at

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(Los Angeles, CA);

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(Hollywood, CA); House of David (Nashville, TN); Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Studios (New York, NY). * Digital Maintenance – Mike Morongell * Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY). * Art Direction – Roy Kohara * Design – John O’Brien * Photography – Richard Avedon

Chart performance

Sales accomplishments

References

{{Authority control Joe Cocker albums 1984 albums Albums produced by Gary Katz Albums produced by Stewart Levine Capitol Records albums