Have a Little Faith (Joe Cocker album)

Have a Little Faith

North American and Australian album cover

Studio album by

Joe Cocker

Released

5 September 1994

Studio

A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
Record Plant and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)

Genre

Rock, pop

Length

56:58

Label

Producer

Joe Cocker chronology

The Best of Joe Cocker
(1992)

Have a Little Faith
(1994)

The Long Voyage Home
(1995)

Alternative cover

European and rest of the world album cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Have a Little Faith is the fourteenth studio album by English singer 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 Chart.^[2] 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 American singer Bekka Bramlett.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let the Healing Begin"	Tony Joe White	5:12
2.	"Have a Little Faith in Me"	John Hiatt	4:40
3.	"The Simple Things"	Rick Neigher Phil Roy John Shanks	4:54
4.	"Summer in the City"	Steve Boone Mark Sebastian John Sebastian	4:10
5.	"The Great Divide"	Dillon O'Brian JD Souther	3:33
6.	"Highway Highway"	Stephen Allen Davis	4:31
7.	"Too Cool"	Kye Fleming Greg Sutton	4:45
8.	"Soul Time"	Will Jennings Frankie Miller	4:35
9.	"Out of the Blue"	Robbie Robertson	3:45
10.	"Angeline"	Joe Cocker Tony Joe White	4:30
11.	"Hell and Highwater"	John Miles Michael Scanlon-Pratt	4:12
12.	"Standing Knee Deep in a River"	Bucky Jones Dickey Lee Bob McDill	4:09
13.	"Take Me Home" (duet with Bekka Bramlett)	John Capek Marc Jordan Steve Kipner	4:21

Note

Track 11 not on North American versions of the album.

Personnel

Joe Cocker – 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 (1, 2, 4–13)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (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 Van Hook – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
Fred White – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (4)
Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (4, 11)
Julie Tillman Waters – backing vocals (4, 11)
Steve Kipner – backing vocals (13)
Bekka Bramlett – vocals (13)

Production

Joe Cocker – executive producer
Roger Davies – producer, management
Chris Lord-Alge – producer, recording, mixing
Craig Brock – engineer
Ken Villeneuve – engineer
Ben Wallach – engineer
Randy Wine – engineer
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Ray Neapolitan – production coordinator
Norman Moore – art direction, design
Greg Gorman – cover photography
Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – inlay photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[6]	15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[7]	11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	2
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	9

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[11]	23

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[12]	30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	24

Chart (1995)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[16]	76

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[17]	Gold	25,000^*
France (SNEP)^[18]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[19]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)^[20]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[21]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Poland (ZPAV)^[22]	Gold	50,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[23]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[24]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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