Have a Little Faith (Joe Cocker album)

Have a Little Faith is the fourteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1994 in North America by 550 Music, a former unit of Sony Music Entertainment, and in the rest of the world by Capitol Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Charts.^[2] Music videos were released for "Let the Healing Begin", "Have a Little Faith in Me", "The Simple Things", "Summer in the City" and "Take Me Home", a duet with Bekka Bramlett.

Have a Little Faith
North American and Australian album cover
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	5 September 1994
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	56:58
Label	550 Music Capitol
Producer	Roger Davies Chris Lord-Alge
Joe Cocker chronology
The Best of Joe Cocker (1992) Have a Little Faith (1994) The Long Voyage Home (1995)
Alternative cover
European and rest of the world album cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let the Healing Begin"	Tony Joe White	5:12
2.	"Have a Little Faith in Me"	John Hiatt	4:40
3.	"The Simple Things"	Rick Neigher Phil Roy John Shanks	4:54
4.	"Summer in the City"	Steve Boone Mark Sebastian John Sebastian	4:10
5.	"The Great Divide"	Dillon O'Brian JD Souther	3:33
6.	"Highway Highway"	Stephen Allen Davis	4:31
7.	"Too Cool"	Kye Fleming Greg Sutton	4:45
8.	"Soul Time"	Will Jennings Frankie Miller	4:35
9.	"Out of the Blue"	Robbie Robertson	3:45
10.	"Angeline"	Joe Cocker Tony Joe White	4:30
11.	"Hell and Highwater"	John Miles Michael Scanlon-Pratt	4:12
12.	"Standing Knee Deep in a River"	Bucky Jones Dickey Lee Bob McDill	4:09
13.	"Take Me Home" (duet with Bekka Bramlett)	John Capek Marc Jordan Steve Kipner	4:21

Note

• Track 11 not on North American versions of the album.

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals
• C. J. Vanston – acoustic piano (1, 8, 9, 13), organ (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), synthesizers (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 12, 13), string arrangements (1, 4, 6), keyboards (3), synth harmonica solo (3), percussion (3), horn arrangements (4, 7), vibraphone (7), synth horns (8, 11)
• Chris Stainton – Wurlitzer electronic piano (1, 4), acoustic piano (2, 5–7, 11, 12), organ (9), Rhodes electric piano (10)
• Tony Joe White – guitars (1, 10)
• Tim Pierce – guitar solo (1, 10), guitars (2–7, 9–12), dobro (11)
• Michael Thompson – guitars (8, 13)
• Bob Feit – bass guitar (1, 2, 4–13)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (3)
• Jack Bruno – drums
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11)
• Don Shelton – saxophone (4, 7)
• Ernie Watts – alto sax solo (5, 13)
• Alexander Iles – trombone (4, 7)
• Rick Baptist – trumpet (4, 7)
• Wayne Bergeron – trumpet (4, 7)
• Dick Marx – orchestrations and conductor (1, 4, 6)
• Israel Baker – concertmaster (1, 4, 6)
• Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Joey Diggs – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
• Lamont VanHook – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
• Fred White – backing vocals (3, 8, 12, 13)
• Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (4)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (4, 11)
• Julie Waters – backing vocals (4, 11)
• Steve Kipner – backing vocals (13)
• Bekka Bramlett – lead vocals (13)

Production

• Joe Cocker – executive producer
• Roger Davies – producer
• Chris Lord-Alge – producer, engineer, mixing
• Craig Brock – engineer
• Ken Villeneuve – engineer
• Ben Wallach – engineer
• Randy Wine – engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Norman Moore – art direction, design
• Greg Gorman – photography
• Frank Ockenfels – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Record Plant, A&M Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 3 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 15 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[10] 9 Chart (1995) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 23

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 30 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 27 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 24 Chart (1995) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 76

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17]	Gold	25,000*
France (SNEP)[18]	2× Gold	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[19]	Platinum	500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[20]	Platinum	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21]	Gold	7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[22]	Gold	50,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23]	Platinum	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Gold	100,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.