Sheffield Steel

{{For|the university newspaper published under the same name|The Steel Press}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sheffield Steel

| type = album

| artist = Joe Cocker

| cover = Sheffield Steel.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1982

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas

| genre = {{hlist|Blues rock|soft rock}}

| length = 38:19

| label = Island

| producer = {{hlist|Chris Blackwell|Alex Sadkin}}

| prev_title = Luxury You Can Afford

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Civilized Man

| next_year = 1984

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{{Album ratings

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sheffield-steel-198355/|title=Sheffield Steel|first=Parke|last=Puterbaugh|website=Rollingstone.com|date=2 September 1982|access-date=19 May 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sheffield-steel-mw0000644514|title=Sheffield Steel - Joe Cocker | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=19 May 2021|website=AllMusic}}

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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.