Stingray (album)

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Stingray
JC Stingray.jpg
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
ReleasedApril 1976
GenreRock, reggae
LabelA&M[1]
ProducerRob Fraboni[2]
Joe Cocker chronology
The Best of the Early Joe Cocker
(1976) 		Stingray
(1976) 		Live in L.A.
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2/5 stars[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide3/5 stars[6]

Stingray is a studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1976.[5][7]

Critical reception[]

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that the album "shows signs of renewal, particularly because of the support Cocker gets from the agile pop-soul band, Stuff, and his material, which is better than average."[6]

Track listing[]

Side One
  1. "The Jealous Kind" (Bobby Charles) – 3:51
  2. "I Broke Down" (Matthew Moore) – 3:29
  3. "You Came Along" (Bobby Charles) – 3:50
  4. "Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) – 5:24
  5. "Moon Dew" (Matthew Moore) – 5:53
Side Two
  1. "The Man in Me" (Bob Dylan) – 2:43
  2. "She Is My Lady" (George S. Clinton) – 4:37
  3. "Worrier" (Matthew Moore) – 3:16
  4. "Born Thru Indifference" (Joe Cocker, Richard Tee) – 6:15
  5. "A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 6:25

Personnel[]

Production[]

  • Producer – Rob Fraboni
  • Associate Producers – Mark Aglietti and Richard Tee
  • Engineers – Baker Bigsby, Neil Case and Rob Fraboni
  • Recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios (Kingston, Jamaica)
  • Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
  • Design – Bob Cato at Skybow
  • Cover Photo and Inside Color Photos – S.L.O.P.
  • Back Cover – Lee Jaffe

Chart performance[]

Year Chart Position
1976 US Billboard 70[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 250.
  2. ^ "Waiting in vain for Joe". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Chrispell, James. Stingray at AllMusic
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 444.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 105.
  7. ^ "Joe Cocker Gets By". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Chart History Joe Cocker". Billboard. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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