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1978 studio album by Joe Cocker

Luxury You Can Afford

Studio album by

Joe Cocker

Released| August 1978
Studio|

* Criteria, Miami, Florida
* Sea-Saint, New Orleans, Louisiana
* Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Alabama
* Elektra, Los Angeles, California

Genre| Blues rock, soft rock, pop rock
Label| Asylum
Producer| Allen Toussaint
Joe Cocker chronology
| Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
(1977)  | Luxury You Can Afford
(1978)  | Sheffield Steel
(1982)

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Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1978 on Asylum Records, his only release for that label.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| C+[2]
High Fidelity| (favourable)[3]

In 1994, The Independent wrote that Cocker "reveals the self-disgust at ['A Whiter Shade of Pale']'s heart ... his rawness is thrown into stark relief by Allen Toussaint's too-slick production."[4]

## Track listing

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1. "Fun Time" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:39
2. "Watching the River Flow" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
3. "Boogie Baby" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:51
4. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 5:27
5. "I Can't Say No" (John Bettis, Daniel Moore) – 2:51
6. "Southern Lady" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:16
7. "I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)" (Barbara George) – 3:08
8. "What You Did to Me Last Night" (Bettye Crutcher) – 3:28
9. "Lady Put the Light Out" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 4:46
10. "Wasted Years" (Phil Driscoll) – 4:49
11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 4:29

## Personnel

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* Joe Cocker – lead vocals, harmonica (5)
* Barry Beckett – acoustic piano (1, 4, 7, 11), clavinet (1), Fender Rhodes (3), Minimoog (3, 4), ARP String Ensemble (3, 4), Hammond organ (3)
* Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 9), Fender Rhodes (10)
* Allen Toussaint – horn and string arrangements (1, 9), Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 8), Hammond organ (5, 6), clavinet (5)
* Randy McCormick – Fender Rhodes (4, 7), clavinet (11)
* Billy Preston – Hammond organ (4, 11)
* Dr. John – Fender Rhodes (6), Hammond organ (8)
* Donny Hathaway – Fender Rhodes (8), acoustic piano (10)
* Mitch Chakour – guitar (1), acoustic piano (3)
* Cliff Goodwin – guitar (1, 3)
* Pete Carr – lead guitar (2, 11), slide guitar (2), guitar (3)
* Cornell Dupree – guitar (2, 5, 6, 8-10)
* Larry Byrom – lead guitar (4, 7)
* Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar (4, 7, 11)
* Joey Murcia – guitar (5, 10)
* George Terry – guitar (5)
* Howie Hersh – bass (1, 3)
* Chuck Rainey – bass (2, 5, 6, 8-10)
* David Hood – bass (4, 7)
* Rick Danko – bass (11)
* John Riley – drums (1, 3)
* Steve Gadd – drums (2, 5, 8-10)
* Roger Hawkins – drums (4, 7, 11)
* Bernard Purdie – drums (6, 8)
* Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (1, 8)
* Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone (1, 8)
* Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
* Gary Brown – tenor sax solo (1)
* David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (1, 9)
* Harvey Thompson – tenor sax solo (2, 9), tenor saxophone (5, 7, 8, 11)
* Bobby Keys – tenor sax solo (3)
* Charles Rose – trombone (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
* Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (1, 9)
* Phillip Guilbeau – trumpet (1, 9)
* Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet (2, 5, 7, 8, 11), horn arrangements (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
* Wayne Jackson – trumpet (2, 5, 7, 8, 11)
* Clyde Kerr Jr. – trumpet solo (7)
* Clydie King – backing vocals
* Ann Lang – backing vocals
* Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals

## Production

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* Producers – Barry Beckett and Allen Toussaint
* Engineers – Bill Gazecki, Skip Godwin, Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Steve Melton and Alex Sadkin.
* Assistant Engineers – Bob Gore, Roberta Grace, Sheila Taylor and David Yates.
* Recorded at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida); Sea-Saint Studios (New Orleans, Louisiana); Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); Elektra Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, CA).
* Mixing on Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7 & 10 – Barry Beckett
* Mastered by Terry Dunavan
* Mixed and Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders.
* Design – Johnny Lee
* Photography – Gary Heery

## Chart performance

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Year  | Chart  | Position

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1978  | Australia  | 12
New Zealand  | 25
Netherlands  | 47
Canada  | 61
US Billboard  | 76

## References

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1. ^ Leggett, Steve. Luxury You Can Afford at AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
3. ^ "Joe Cocker: Luxury You Can Afford" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 28\. High Fidelity Magazine. November 1978. p. 158.
4. ^ Butler, Mike (18 September 1994). "Lives of the Great Songs". Sunday Review Page. The Independent.

* v
* t
* e

Joe Cocker

* Discography

Studio albums|

* With a Little Help from My Friends
* Joe Cocker!
* Joe Cocker
* I Can Stand a Little Rain
* Jamaica Say You Will
* Stingray
* Luxury You Can Afford
* Sheffield Steel
* Civilized Man
* Cocker
* Unchain My Heart
* One Night of Sin
* Night Calls
* Have a Little Faith
* Organic
* Across from Midnight
* No Ordinary World
* Respect Yourself
* Heart & Soul
* Hymn for My Soul
* Hard Knocks
* Fire It Up

Live albums|

* Mad Dogs & Englishmen
* Live in New York
* Joe Cocker Live
* Mad Dogs & Englishmen: The Complete Fillmore East Concerts
* Live at Woodstock
* Vance Arnold & The Avengers

Songs|

* "With a Little Help from My Friends"
* "Feeling Alright"
* "The Letter"
* "Woman to Woman"
* "You Are So Beautiful"
* "Up Where We Belong"
* "Crazy in Love"
* "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
* "Could You Be Loved"

Compilations|

* Cocker Happy
* Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
* The Best of Joe Cocker (1983)
* Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4
* The Legend
* The Best of Joe Cocker (1992)
* The Long Voyage Home
* Greatest Hits
* The Anthology
* Greatest Love Songs
* The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003
* Ultimate Collection
* Gold
* Icon

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