Civilized Man is the ninth studio album by the British artist Joe Cocker, released in May 1984, his first on Capitol label. It includes a cover of the 1981 Squeeze hit “Tempted”, as well as “There Goes My Baby”, a 1959 hit single from The Drifters.

Songs for the album were recorded at two different sessions. Side “A”, recorded at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, was produced by Gary Katz and features as a backing band the core of the then current group Toto (Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro and David Paich), whereas side “B”, recorded in Nashville, was produced by Stewart Levine, and features Music City stalwarts (David Briggs, Reggie Young, Larrie Londin and David Hungate). The album also features an appearance by Joe Cocker’s former bandmate Jim Keltner (on “Long Drag Off A Cigarette”).

Civilized Man, along with its predecessor Sheffield Steel, marked the beginning of a new era of Joe Cocker albums, giving way to a much fuller style of production and taking more advantage of technology to experiment to produce more contemporary sounding music. Civilized Man expanded on the success of his previous album, selling well in Europe.

Tracks
1 Civilized Man (Richard Feldman, Pat Robinson) 3:55
2  There Goes My Baby (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson) 3:47
3  Come On In (Bob Telson) 3:49
4  Tempted (Chris Difford, Glenn Tillbrook) 4:15
5  Long Drag Off A Cigarette (Larry John McNally) 2:35
6  I Love The Night (Troy Seals, Michael Reid) 3:48
7  Crazy In Love (Randy McCormick, Even Stevens) 3:52
8  A Girl Like You (Troy Seals, Will Jennings) 3:09
9  Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) 3:41
10  Even A Fool Would Let Go (Tom Snow, Kerry Chater) 3:53

Musicians

1 Civilized Man
Bass - Nathan East
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Steve Lukather
Keyboards - Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer - Starz Vanderlockett
Background Vocals - Cissy Houston
Background Vocals - Mary Davis
Background Vocals - Deirdre Tuck Corley

2 There Goes My Baby
Bass - Nathan East
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Steve Lukather
Guitar - Domenic Troiano
Piano - Rob Mounsey
Synthesizer - Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer - Bob Telson
Percussion - Starz Vanderlockett
Background Vocals - Bobbie Butler
Background Vocals - Sam Butler
Background Vocals - James Carter

3 Come On In
Bass - Nathan East
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Steve Lukather
Guitar - Domenic Troiano
Organ - Bob Telson
Piano - Greg Phillinganes
Piano - Rob Mounsey
Synthesizer - Bob Telson
Background Vocals - Bobbie Butler
Background Vocals - Frank Floyd
Background Vocals - James Carter
Background Vocals - Sam Butler
Background Vocals - Zack Sanders

4 Tempted
Bass - Nathan East
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Steve Lukather
Organ - David Paich
Keyboards - Greg Phillinganes
Sax - Dave Tofani
Trombone - Dave Bargeron
Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Percussion - Starz Vanderlockett
Background Vocals - Cissy Houston
Background Vocals - Deirdre Tuck Corley
Background Vocals - Mary Davis

5 Long Drag Off A Cigarette
Bass - Nathan East
Drums - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Larry John McNally
Piano - Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer - Rob Mounsey
Background Vocals - Frank Floyd
Background Vocals - Zack Sanders

6 I Love The Night
Bass - Bob Wray
Drums - Larrie Londin
Guitar - Jon Goin
Guitar - Reggie Young
Keyboards - David Briggs
Synthesizer - Shane Keister
Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa

7 Crazy In Love
Bass - David Hungate
Drums - James Stroud
Guitar - Dann Huff
Guitar - Pete Bordonali
Fender Rhodes - Randy McCormick
Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa

8 A Girl Like You
Bass - Bob Wray
Drums - Larrie Londin
Guitar - Jon Goin
Guitar - Reggie Young
Piano - David Briggs
Synthesizer - Shane Keister
Sax - Jim Horn
Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa

9 Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)
Bass - David Hungate
Drums - James Stroud
Guitar - Dann Huff
Guitar - Dean Parks
Guitar - Pete Bordonali
Keyboards - David Briggs
Background Vocals - Julia Tillman Waters
Background Vocals - Luther Waters
Background Vocals - Maxine Willard Waters
Background Vocals - Oren Waters

10 Even A Fool Would Let Go
Bass - David Hungate
Drums - James Stroud
Guitar - Dann Huff
Guitar - Dean Parks
Guitar - Jon Goin
Keyboards - David Briggs
Synthesizer - Shane Keister

Liner Notes

Producer – Gary Katz (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Producer – Gary Katz Stewart Levine (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Arranged By (Horns) – Bob Telson (Tracks 4)
Engineer – Daniel Lazerus (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Engineer – Lynn Peterzell (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Daniel Lazerus (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Art Direction – Roy Kohara
Design – John O’Brien
Photography – Richard Avedon
Mastered At Masterdisk
Mixed At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Soundworks, New York
Recorded At House of David
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Phonographic Copyright Capitol Records Inc
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