2002 studio album by Joe Cocker

Respect Yourself is the eighteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 2002.

Track listing

1. "You Can`t Have My Heart" (John Shanks, Tonio K, C. J. Vanston) – 4:01
2. "Love Not War" (Barbara Griffin, Tom Snow) – 4:00
3. "You Took It So Hard" (Shanks, Tonio K, Vanston) – 4:27
4. "Never Tear Us Apart" (Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence) – 4:03
5. "This Is Your Life" (Shelly Peiken, Shanks) – 4:34
6. "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram, Mark Rice) – 5:14
7. "I`m Listening Now" (Shanks, Tonio K) – 5:01
8. "Leave a Light On" (Peiken, Shanks, Vanston) – 4:34
9. "It`s Only Love" (Peiken, Shanks) – 3:55
10. "Every Time It Rains" (Randy Newman) – 3:34
11. "Midnight Without You" (Chris Botti, Paul Buchanan, Paul Joseph Moore) – 5:08

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac – acoustic piano (1, 3–8, 10, 11), keyboards (2), Wurlitzer electric piano (6, 7), synthesizers (6, 11), Hammond B3 organ (8, 9)
• C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ (1, 5), horn arrangements (1, 5, 11), acoustic piano (3)
• Patrick Warren – keyboards (1, 10, 11), acoustic piano (2, 9), Chamberlin (3, 4, 8), synth strings (4, 5), Hammond B3 organ (6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (8), synthesizers (8), string arrangements (10, 11)
• John Shanks – guitars, backing vocals (4, 5, 9)
• Tim Pierce – guitars (1, 7, 9)
• Rusty Anderson – guitars (10)
• Paul Bushnell – bass
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Lenny Castro – percussion (2–6, 8, 11)
• Bruce Eskovitz – saxophones (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Nick Lane – trombone (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Bill Churchville – trumpet (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Chris Tedesco – trumpet (1, 5, 6, 11), trumpet solo (11)
• Julia Waters – backing vocals (1, 3)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (1, 3)
• Fred White – backing vocals (1, 3)
• C.C. White – backing vocals (2, 6, 8, 11)
• Lucy Woodward – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• John Shanks – producer
• Marc DeSisto – engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11), mixing
• Trina Shoemaker – engineer (1, 3, 7, 9, 10)
• Mark Valentine – second engineer
• Bret Patrick – third engineer
• Bryan Cook – mix assistant
• Daniel Chase – digital editing
• Robert Hadley – mastering
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
• John Heiden – art direction, design
• James Minchin – photography

Studios

• Recorded and Mixed at Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

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