Night Calls (album)

Night Calls
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	7 October 1991[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	54:18
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jeff Lynne, Chris Lord-Alge, David Tickle
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker Live (1990) Night Calls (1991) The Best of Joe Cocker (1992) Alternative cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Night Calls is the thirteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 7 October 1991.^[1] There were three different editions of the album released in 1991 and 1992. All of them featured different selection of songs, also in different order and cover artwork was also different for each of them. In addition a DTS edition of the album was released in the UK in 1998, also with different selection of songs.

Track listing

European version (1991)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Alive"	Gary Wright	3:57
2.	"Little Bit of Love"	Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke, Andy Fraser	2:28
3.	"Please No More"	Greg Hansen, David Egan	5:28
4.	"There's a Storm Coming"	John Hadley, Wally Wilson	4:08
5.	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:03
6.	"I Can Hear the River"	Don Dixon	4:51
7.	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	5:30
8.	"Night Calls"	Jeff Lynne	3:28
9.	"Five Women"	Prince	5:34
10.	"Can't Find My Way Home"	Steve Winwood	3:29
11.	"Not Too Young to Die of a Broken Heart"	Brent Bourgeois	4:19
12.	"Out of the Rain"	Tony Joe White	4:38

US version (1992)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feels Like Forever"	Bryan Adams, Diane Warren	4:43
2.	"I Can Hear the River"	Don Dixon	3:42
3.	"Now That the Magic Has Gone"	John Miles	4:42
4.	"Can't Find My Way Home"	Steve Winwood	3:29
5.	"Night Calls"	Jeff Lynne	3:28
6.	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	5:30
7.	"Love Is Alive"	Gary Wright	3:57
8.	"Five Women"	Prince	5:35
9.	"Please No More"	Greg Hansen, David Egan	5:28
10.	"Out of the Rain"	Tony Joe White	4:38
11.	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:03
12.	"When a Woman Cries"	Joshua Kadison	4:17

DTS edition (1998)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Can Hear The River"
2.	"There's A Storm Coming"
3.	"Can't Find My Way Home"
4.	"Night Calls"
5.	"Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me"
6.	"Five Women"
7.	"Please No More"
8.	"Out of the Rain"
9.	"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
10.	"Little Bit of Love"

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals
• Jeff Lynne – multi instruments, production
• Mike Campbell – guitar
• Phil Grande – guitar
• Danny Kortchmar – guitar, production
• T.M. Stevens – bass
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass
• Rory Kaplan – keyboards
• Ian McLagan – Hammond organ
• John Miles – Hammond organ, tambourine, backing vocals
• David Paich – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
• Chris Stainton – piano
• Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
• Deric Dyer – saxophone
• Michael Baird – drums
• Steve Holley – drums, tambourine
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Alex Acuña – percussion
• Jim Brock – timbales
• Sydney Davis – backing vocals
• Marti Jones – backing vocals
• New Life Community Choir – backing vocals
• Maxine Sharp – backing vocals
• The Water Sisters – backing vocals
• Chris Lord-Alge – production, engineering
• David Tickle – production, engineering
• Marc DeSisto – engineering
• Richard Dodd – engineering

• 'Girls Talk' (Debra Lewis-Brown, Michelle Cross & Geraldine Reid) - backing vocals
• CYDNEY DAVIS - Backing Vocals on "Night Calls"
• Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3]	4
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[4]	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	5

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	23
Canadian Albums (RPM)[10]	60
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	25
US Billboard 200[14]	111

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[15]	Gold	25,000^x
France (SNEP)[16]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[17]	Platinum	500,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18]	Gold	25,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Silver	60,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Album info at official site
2. Allmusic review
3. "Austriancharts.at – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
5. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
6. "Norwegiancharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
9. "Australiancharts.com – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
10. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM 56 (8). 22 August 1992. ISSN 0033-7064. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
11. "InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2013. Locate Joe COCKER on the drop-down menu and click OK.
12. "Charts.org.nz – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
13. April 1992 "11 April 1992 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
14. "Joe Cocker – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Joe Cocker. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
15. "Austrian album certifications – Joe Cocker – Night Calls" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 23 February 2013. Enter Joe Cocker in the field Interpret. Enter Night Calls in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
16. "French album certifications – Cocker J. – Night Calls" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 23 February 2013. Select COCKER J. and click OK
17. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Joe Cocker; 'Night Calls')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
18. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Joe Cocker; 'Night Calls')". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
19. "British album certifications – Joe Cocker – Night Calls". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 February 2013. Enter Night Calls in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search