This 1984 album found Joe Cocker working with a pop-rock production team, yielding a sound that was a departure from his earlier raw, blue-eyed soul work. While the album charted moderately, it's best remembered for its title track, a more polished effort that demonstrated Cocker's enduring vocal power.
- The album was produced by Terry Knight, who had previously worked with Cocker on his 1969 debut.
- "Civilized Man" reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and number 87 on the US Billboard 200.
- The title track was co-written by Cocker himself, alongside musical director and keyboardist Danny Kootch.
Joe Cocker was a British singer, known for his raw, gravelly voice and his interpretations of songs by other artists. "Civilized Man" arrived in the mid-1980s, a period when Cocker was navigating a more mainstream, pop-oriented phase of his career.
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