Stingray (album)

Stingray
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	April 1976
Genre	Rock, reggae
Label	A&M
Producer	Rob Fraboni
Joe Cocker chronology
Jamaica Say You Will (1975) Stingray (1976) Live in L.A. (1976)

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Stingray is the sixth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

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 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

1976 A&M promotional ad

A new album of such power and beauty it affirms, once again, why Joe Cocker has a special place in American music.

"Stingray" is Joe Cocker's seventh and arguably his best album.

Recorded in Jamaica with the aid of crack producer Rob Fraboni, and a tightly sprung soul band, "Stingray" moves with an understated forcefulness that simultaneously generates both moonlit loveliness and churning dramatic tension.

Cocker's entire range of vocal expression - from his fragile whisper to his desperate scream - comes across with breathtaking urgency.

Joe Cocker has reached another artistic pinnacle with more than a little help from his friends.

Personnel

• Lead vocals - Joe Cocker
• Guitar - Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Albert Lee, Eric Clapton
• Bass - Gordon Edwards
• Drums - Steve Gadd
• Keyboards, organ - Richard Tee
• Saxophone - Sam Rivers
• Percussion, conga - Felix "Flaco" Falcon
• Backing vocals - Patti Austin, Bonnie Bramlett, Lani Groves, Gwen Guthrie, Phyllis Lindsay, Brenda White, Maxine Willard, Deniece Williams
• Arrangements - Tyrone Downey, Peter Tosh, Eric Gale, Richard Tee

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