Sheffield Steel

Sheffield Steel
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	22 May 1982
Recorded	Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre	Blues rock, soft rock
Length	38:19
Label	Island
Producer	Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin
Joe Cocker chronology
Luxury You Can Afford (1978)Luxury You Can Afford1978 Sheffield Steel (1982) Civilized Man (1984)Civilized Man1984

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Sheffield Steel is the eighth studio album by Joe Cocker, produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin, with Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, a.k.a. the Compass Point Allstars, a studio band named after the legendary Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, and released in 1982. This was Cocker's first album for Island Records and followed a four-year break in recording for the singer following his previous album, Luxury You Can Afford. It was re-released in 2002 with several bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. "Look What You've Done" (Leo Nocentelli)
2. "Shocked" (Ira Ingber, Gregg Sutton)
3. "Sweet Little Woman" (Andy Fraser)
4. "Seven Days" (Bob Dylan)
5. "Marie" (Randy Newman)
6. "Ruby Lee" (Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap)
7. "Many Rivers to Cross" (Jimmy Cliff)
8. "So Good, So Right" (Brenda Russell)
9. "Talking Back to the Night" (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings)
10. "Just Like Always" (Jimmy Webb)

Personnel

• Joe Cocker - lead vocals
• Adrian Belew, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung - guitar
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
• Wally Badarou - keyboards
• Sly Dunbar - drums
• Uziah Thompson - percussion
• Robert Palmer, Jimmy Cliff - backing vocals

Technical

• Producers - Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin
• Paul Wexler - production associate
• Alex Sadkin, Benjamin Armbrister - engineer
• Mastering - Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
• David Oxtoby - cover painting

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