Luxury You Can Afford

Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1978 on Asylum Records, his only release for that label.

Luxury You Can Afford
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
ReleasedAugust 1978
StudioCriteria Studios (Miami, Florida); Sea-Saint Studios (New Orleans, Louisiana); Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); Elektra Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, CA)
GenreBlues rock, soft rock, pop rock
LabelAsylum
ProducerAllen Toussaint
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
(1977)		 Luxury You Can Afford
(1978)		 Sheffield Steel
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
High Fidelity(favourable)[3]

Track listing
  1. "Fun Time" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:39
  2. "Watching the River Flow" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
  3. "Boogie Baby" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:51
  4. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 5:27
  5. "I Can't Say No" (John Bettis, Daniel Moore) – 2:51
  6. "Southern Lady" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:16
  7. "I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)" (Barbara George) – 3:08
  8. "What You Did to Me Last Night" (Bettye Crutcher) – 3:28
  9. "Lady Put the Light Out" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 4:46
  10. "Wasted Years" (Phil Driscoll) – 4:49
  11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 4:29

Personnel

Production
  • Producers – Barry Beckett and Allen Toussaint
  • Executive Producer – Michael Lang
  • Engineers – Bill Gazecki, Skip Godwin, Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Steve Melton and Alex Sadkin.
  • Assistant Engineers – Bob Gore, Roberta Grace, Sheila Taylor and David Yates.
  • Recorded at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida); Sea-Saint Studios (New Orleans, Louisiana); Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); Elektra Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Mixing on Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7 & 10 – Barry Beckett
  • Mastered by Terry Dunavan
  • Mixed and Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders.
  • Design – Johnny Lee
  • Photography – Gary Heery

Chart performance
Year Chart Position
1978 Australia 12
New Zealand 25
Netherlands 47
Canada 61
US Billboard 76

References
  1. Leggett, Steve. Luxury You Can Afford at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. "Joe Cocker: Luxury You Can Afford" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 28. High Fidelity Magazine. November 1978. p. 158.
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