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| cover = JC Stingray.jpg
| cover = JC Stingray.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = April 1976
| released = April 23, 1976
| recorded =
| recorded = 1975
| venue =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio = Dynamic Sound Studios Kingston, Jamaica
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[reggae]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[reggae]]
| length =
| length = 46:25
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<ref name=MH/>
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<ref name=MH/>
| producer = [[Rob Fraboni]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Waiting in vain for Joe |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Waiting-in-vain-for-Joe_18146802 |website=Jamaica Observer |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>
| producer = [[Rob Fraboni]]
| prev_title = The Best of the Early Joe Cocker
| prev_title = The Best of the Early Joe Cocker
| prev_year = 1976
| prev_year = 1976
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| next_year = 1976
| next_year = 1976
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r4241|first=James|last=Chrispell}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r4241|first=James|last=Chrispell}}</ref>
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|rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |location=Volume 2 |page=444}}</ref>
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=444}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=250}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=250}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1983 |publisher=Random House |page=105}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Stingray''''' is a studio album by [[Joe Cocker]], released in 1976.<ref name=CL/>
'''''Stingray''''' is the sixth studio album by [[Joe Cocker]], released in 1976.<ref name=CL/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Joe Cocker Gets By |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/joe-cocker-gets-by-229195/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=14 December 1978 |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> 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.

==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."<ref name=RS/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
;Side One
;Side One
#"The Jealous Kind" ([[Bobby Charles]]) – 3:51
#"The Jealous Kind" ([[Bobby Charles]]) – 3:48
#"I Broke Down" (Matthew Moore) – 3:29
#"I Broke Down" ([[Matthew Moore]]) – 3:26
#"You Came Along" (Bobby Charles) – 3:50
#"You Came Along" (Bobby Charles) – 3:48
#"[[Catfish (Bob Dylan song)|Catfish]]" ([[Bob Dylan]], [[Jacques Levy]]) – 5:24
#"[[Catfish (Bob Dylan song)|Catfish]]" ([[Bob Dylan]], [[Jacques Levy]]) – 5:20
#"Moon Dew" (Matthew Moore) – 5:53
#"Moon Dew" (Matthew Moore) – 5:50
;Side Two
;Side Two
#"[[The Man in Me]]" (Bob Dylan) – 2:43
#"[[The Man in Me]]" (Bob Dylan) – 3:40
#"She Is My Lady" ([[George S. Clinton]]) – 4:37
#"She Is My Lady" ([[George S. Clinton]]) – 4:34
#"Worrier" (Matthew Moore) – 3:16
#"Worrier" (Matthew Moore) – 3:15
#"Born Thru Indifference" (Joe Cocker, [[Richard Tee]]) – 6:15
#"Born Thru Indifference" (Joe Cocker, [[Richard Tee]]) – 6:15
#"A Song for You" ([[Leon Russell]]) – 6:25
#"A Song for You" ([[Leon Russell]]) – 6:29


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==


* Joe Cocker – lead vocals
* Joe Cocker – lead vocals
* [[Richard Tee]] – keyboards, arrangements (1-5, 7-10), organ solo (5)
* [[Richard Tee]] – keyboards, arrangements (1-5, 7–10), organ solo (5)
* [[Cornell Dupree]] – guitar, guitar solo (1)
* [[Cornell Dupree]] – guitar, guitar solo (1)
* [[Albert Lee]] – guitar solo (3)
* [[Albert Lee]] – guitar solo (3)
* [[Eric Gale]] – guitar, guitar solo (4, 7), arrangements (4)
* [[Eric Gale]] – guitar, guitar solo (4, 7), arrangements (4)
* [[Eric Clapton]] – guitar solo (8)
* [[Eric Clapton]] – guitar solo (8)
* Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
* [[Gordon Edwards (bassist)|Gordon Edwards]] – bass
* [[Steve Gadd]] – drums, percussion
* [[Steve Gadd]] – drums, percussion
* Felix "Flaco" Falcon – congas (1, 2)
* Felix "Flaco" Falcon – congas (1, 2)
* [[Sam Rivers]] – soprano sax solo (1)
* [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]] – soprano sax solo (1)
* [[Rob Fraboni]] – arrangements (4, 6)
* [[Rob Fraboni]] – arrangements (4, 6)
* [[Tyrone Downie]] – arrangements (6)
* [[Tyrone Downie]] – arrangements (6)
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* [[Bonnie Bramlett]] – backing vocals (8)
* [[Bonnie Bramlett]] – backing vocals (8)
* [[Gwen Guthrie]] – backing vocals (9)
* [[Gwen Guthrie]] – backing vocals (9)
* Carlton 'Carlie' Barrett- Drums (6)
* [[Carlton Barrett|Carlton 'Carlie' Barrett]] – drums (6)
* Aston 'Familyman' Barrett- Bass guitar (6)
* [[Aston "Family Man" Barrett]] – bass guitar (6)


== Production ==
== Production ==
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* Producer – Rob Fraboni
* Producer – Rob Fraboni
* Associate Producers – Mark Aglietti and Richard Tee
* Associate Producers – Mark Aglietti and Richard Tee
* Engineers – Baker Bigsby, Neil Case and Rob Fraboni.
* Engineers – Baker Bigsby, Neil Case and Rob Fraboni
* Recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios (Kingston, Jamaica).
* Recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios (Kingston, Jamaica)
* Mixed at [[The Village Recorder]] (Los Angeles, CA).
* Mixed at [[The Village Recorder]] (Los Angeles, CA)
* Mastered by [[Bernie Grundman]] at [[A&M Studios]] (Hollywood, CA).
* Mastered by [[Bernie Grundman]] at [[A&M Studios]] (Hollywood, CA)
* Design – Bob Cato at Skybow
* Design – Bob Cato at Skybow
* Cover Photo and Inside Color Photos – S.L.O.P.
* Cover Photo and Inside Color Photos – S.L.O.P.
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|1976
|US Billboard
|US Billboard
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 25 October 2023

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]

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.

Critical reception

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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

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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

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Production

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  • 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

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Year Chart Position
1976 US Billboard 70[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 444.
  6. ^ a b 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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