Stingray (album)

Stingray is the sixth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1976.[5][7] It follows Cocker's pattern of recording mainly cover versions containing just one original song, "Born Thru Indifference". Bob Dylan remained a favourite artist for Cocker to cover with two Dylan songs on this release. Dylan's version of "The Man In Me" appeared on New Morning but "Catfish" would not be released until 1991 on the first volume of The Bootleg Series.

Stingray
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
ReleasedApril 23, 1976
Recorded1975
StudioDynamic Sound Studios Kingston, Jamaica
GenreRock, reggae
Length46:25
LabelA&M[1]
ProducerRob Fraboni[2]
Joe Cocker chronology
The Best of the Early Joe Cocker
(1976)		 Stingray
(1976)		 Live in L.A.
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[6]

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that the album "shows signs of renewal, particularly because of the support Cocker gets from the agile pop-soul band, Stuff, and his material, which is better than average."[6]

Track listing
Side One
  1. "The Jealous Kind" (Bobby Charles) – 3:48
  2. "I Broke Down" (Matthew Moore) – 3:26
  3. "You Came Along" (Bobby Charles) – 3:48
  4. "Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) – 5:20
  5. "Moon Dew" (Matthew Moore) – 5:50
Side Two
  1. "The Man in Me" (Bob Dylan) – 3:40
  2. "She Is My Lady" (George S. Clinton) – 4:34
  3. "Worrier" (Matthew Moore) – 3:15
  4. "Born Thru Indifference" (Joe Cocker, Richard Tee) – 6:15
  5. "A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 6:29

Personnel

Production
  • Producer – Rob Fraboni
  • Associate Producers – Mark Aglietti and Richard Tee
  • Engineers – Baker Bigsby, Neil Case and Rob Fraboni
  • Recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios (Kingston, Jamaica)
  • Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
  • Design – Bob Cato at Skybow
  • Cover Photo and Inside Color Photos – S.L.O.P.
  • Back Cover – Lee Jaffe

Chart performance
Year Chart Position
1976 US Billboard 70[8]

References
  1. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 250.
  2. "Waiting in vain for Joe". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. Chrispell, James. Stingray at AllMusic
  4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 444.
  6. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 105.
  7. "Joe Cocker Gets By". Rolling Stone. 14 December 1978. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. "Chart History Joe Cocker". Billboard. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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