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Unchain My Heart (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Unchain My Heart

| type = studio

| artist = Joe Cocker

| cover = Joe Cocker-Unchain My Heart (album cover).jpg

| alt =

| released = 9 October 1987

| recorded = 1986–1987

| venue =

| studio = House of Music (West Orange, NJ)
Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA)
O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA)
Greene Street Recording (New York, NY)
Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).

| genre = Rock, blue-eyed soul

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=05}}

| label = Capitol

| producer = Charlie Midnight, Dan Hartman

| prev_title = Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = One Night of Sin

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/unchain-my-heart-mw0000194032|title=Unchain My Heart – Joe Cocker|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=25 April 2020|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = New Musical Express

| rev2score = 5/10{{cite magazine|title=Joe Cocker: Unchain My Heart |last=Minkoff |first=Myrna |date=12 December 1987 |magazine=NME |page=36}}

}}

Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.

Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.

The song Trust in Me was re-recorded in 1992 for the soundtrack of the movie The Bodyguard. This version was recorded as a duet with Sass Jordan.

Track listing

  1. "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
  2. "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
  3. "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
  4. "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
  5. "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
  6. "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
  7. "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
  8. "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
  9. "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
  10. "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

Personnel

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Jeff Levine – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
  • Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
  • Greg Johnson – grand piano (8), organ (10)
  • Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
  • T. M. Stevens – bass
  • David Beal – drums
  • Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5–8)
  • Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
  • Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
  • Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
  • The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Robert Funk – trombone
  • "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
  • Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
  • Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
  • Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
  • Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
  • Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
  • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
  • Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
  • Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
  • Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
  • Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)

Production

  • Producer – Charlie Midnight
  • Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
  • Engineer – John Rollo
  • Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
  • Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
  • Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
  • Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
  • Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
  • Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
  • Art Direction – Roy Kohara
  • Design – Roland Young
  • Photography – Abe Frajndilich
  • Management – Michael Lang

Charts

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scope="col"|Chart (1987)

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{{album chart|Netherlands|14|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=50|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Joe Cocker|page=50|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|language=fi}}

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{{album chart|Germany4|2|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|year=1987|date=19871116|id=631|accessdate=29 November 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|17|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
{{album chart|Sweden|15|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|89|artist=Joe Cocker|id=304799|access-date=23 February 2013}}

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scope="col"|Chart (1988)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|24|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
{{album chart|Austria|5|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}
Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite journal |date=12 March 1988 |title=100 Albums |magazine=RPM |volume=47 |issue=21 |issn=0033-7064 |access-date=23 February 2013 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0946&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817071242/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0946&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}

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French Albums (SNEP){{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php |title=InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel |work=InfoDisc |language=fr |access-date=23 February 2013}} Locate Joe COCKER on the drop-down menu and click OK.

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{{album chart|New Zealand|32|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Unchain My Heart|access-date=23 February 2013}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Unchain My Heart|artist=Joe Cocker|award=Gold|relyear=1987|access-date=19 April 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Unchain My Heart|artist=Cocker J.|award=Gold|certyear=1988|source=infodisc|access-date=19 April 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Unchain My Heart|artist=Joe Cocker|award=Gold|number=3|relyear=1987|access-date=19 April 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|title=Unchain My Heart|artist=Joe Cocker|award=Gold|salesamount=100,000|relyear=1987|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-05-21.pdf|title=Unchained Sales|publisher=Music & Media|date=21 May 1988|access-date=8 October 2019}}|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1987|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/x263f6daopkswo8/Spanish+certifications+for+1979-1990.pdf|title=Spanish certifications for 1979-1990|work=PROMUSICAE|page=924|access-date=19 April 2017}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Unchain My Heart|artist=Joe Cocker|award=Platinum|relyear=1987|access-date=19 April 2017}}

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Accolades

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Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)

| Australia

| Top 50 Albums

| 1988

| 48

References

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Category:1987 albums

Category:Joe Cocker albums

Category:Albums produced by Dan Hartman

Category:Capitol Records albums