Hard Knocks (album)


Hard Knocks is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.
The album reached number 1 on Billboards Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.
A Limited Live Edition version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.

Track listing

  1. "Hard Knocks" – 3:24
  2. "Get On" – 3:28
  3. "Unforgiven" – 4:14
  4. "The Fall" – 3:49
  5. "So It Goes" – 3:21
  6. "Runaway Train" – 3:27
  7. "Stay The Same" – 4:39
  8. "Thankful" – 3:59
  9. "So" – 3:56
  10. "I Hope" – 4:46
  11. "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track
Limited Live Edition additional tracks
  1. "Hard Knocks"
  2. "Get On"
  3. "Unforgiven"
  4. "Thankful"
  5. "You Are So Beautiful"
  6. "With a Little Help from My Friends"

    Charts

Chart Peak
position
Germany Top 100 Albums1
Switzerland Albums Top 1002
Austria Alben Top 754
Polish Charts14
Hungary Albums Chart20
Denmark Album Top 4021
Belgium Ultratop 50 albums 32
France Albums Chart34
Belgium Ultratop 50 albums 41
Netherlands Album Top 10041
US Billboard 48
UK Albums Chart61
Spain Top 100 Albums86

Year-end charts

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