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Joe Cocker's appeal, like his voice, can safely be said to be timeless; NO ORDINARY WORLD could arguably have been recorded any time after 1985. Here the craggy, gravel- and phlegm-voiced troubadour tunefully gurgles and croaks his way through various covers, including Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" and Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance," reinterpreting previously established songs in much the same fashion as he's done since the late 1960s.
Cocker weathered the years better than many of his contemporaries, due in large part to the fact that he's always sounded as old as he is here. Joe's umpteenth foray into the pop jungle is also sometimes genuinely poignant, as on "Naked Without You," on which he unleashes some of the raw emotion he put into "With A Little Help From My Friends" back in the Neolithic era, to moving effect.
Recorded at Twin Studios, Paris, France; Metropolis, Area 21, and Olympic Studio 1, London, England; Record Plant, Los Angeles, Calfornia.
Personnel: Patrice Tison, Michael Thompson (guitar); Steve McEwan (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jean-Jacques Goldman (acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Billy Lang, Adam Seymour, Steve Power, Tim Pierce (electric guitar); C.J. Vancston (strings, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, string synthesizer); Michael Bigwood (strings); J. Neil Sidwell (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone); David Clayton , Spike Edney (synthesizer); Chistopher Deschamps, Jeremy Stacey (drums); Andy Duncan (percussion, drum programming); Mark Evans (programming); Tommy Blaize, Natalie Jackson, Keith Murrell, Katie Kissoon, Lance Ellington, Mary Carewe , Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, Bryan Adams (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Steve Power.
Photographer: Greg Gorman.
Personnel includes: Joe Cocker (vocals); Steve McEwan (acoustic & electric guitars); Tim Pierce, Steve Power, Adam Seymour, Billy Lang (electric guitar); Michael Thompson (guitar); Melvyn Duffy (pedal steel); John Savannagh, Chris Elliot (piano); C.J. Vanston (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer); John Savannagh (Hammond B-3 organ); Peter Gardeno (keyboards); Dave Clayton (synthesizer); Mark Smith, Neil Stubenhaus, David Catlin-Birch (bass); Jeremy Stacey, John R. Robinson (drums); Andy Duncan (percussion); Marlena Jeter, Bryan Adams, Mortonette, Jenkins, Natalie Jackson, Mary Carewe, Helen Hampton, Katie Kissoon (background vocals).
Producers: Steve Power, Peter John Vettese, Pete Smith, Jean-Jacques Goldman.
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Joe Cocker No Ordinary World Songs No Ordinary World Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Still vocalizing after all these years
Who would of thought in 1969 that this guy would still be among the living?!?!
But for a guy who once came across as totally fried out and strung out, Joe just keeps stringing out good stuff.
Good listening, good dancing and good for thoughtful moments.
Submitted by a reviewer (Metro Phoenix, AZ, USA) 
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Unfortunately, there are too many tracks on this LP that don't seem to do much justice for Joe Cocker. He still sounds as fine as ever with his amazing gravel-throated growling voice, but the production on this album doesn't fit right with this artist. I like many of his albums and he's never really made any bad ones. However, on this LP, the music sounds way too dated and doesn't suit Joe Cocker's talents very well. I'm not saying this is a bad album, but it's just average and I also consider it fairly good, just not great. However, there are still a few great songs on here and "On My Way Home" is a nice ballad.
Submitted by Ron Haynes, Jr. (Covington/Cornelia, GA, USA)
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 Awesome Cocker
A little more lively but still very romantic Cocker style.
On My Way Home is a fantastic song!
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