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{{Infobox album
| Name = Hard Knocks
| name = Hard Knocks
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Joe Cocker]]
| artist = [[Joe Cocker]]
| Cover = Hard Knocks.jpg
| cover = Hard Knocks.jpg
| alt =
| Released = 1 October 2010 (Europe)
24 January 2012 (US)
| released = 1 October 2010 (Europe)<br/>24 January 2012 (US)
| recorded = 2009–10
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blues]]
| Length =
| studio =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (Europe)
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blues]]
| length = 39:08
|Savoy Label Group (USA)
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (Europe)<br/>Savoy Label Group (USA)
| Producer = [[Matt Serletic]]
| producer = [[Matt Serletic]]
| Last album = ''[[Hymn for My Soul]]''<br>(2007)
| prev_title = [[Hymn for My Soul]]
| This album = '''''Hard Knocks'''''<br>(2010)
| prev_year = 2007
| Next album = ''[[Icon (Joe Cocker album)|Icon]]''<br>(2011)
| next_title = [[Icon (Joe Cocker album)|Icon]]
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Hard Knocks
| type = studio
| single1 = Unforgiven
| single1date = 19 November 2010
| single2 = Hard Knocks
| single2date = 4 October 2011
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |url={{Allmusic|class=album |id=r2039984 |pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic review |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=24 October 2010 |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-knocks-mw0002036616|title=Hard Knocks – Joe Cocker|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 25, 2020|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staunton |first1=Terry |title=Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/hard-knocks |website=[[Record Collector]] |access-date=June 22, 2020 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis |first=John |date=November 2010 |title=Joe Cocker: ''Hard Knocks'' |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |page=83 |issue=162}}</ref>
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'''''Hard Knocks''''' is the twenty-first studio album by [[Joe Cocker]], released on 1 October 2010 by [[Columbia Records]] in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by [[Matt Serletic]] plus Cocker's version of the [[Dixie Chicks]] number "I Hope", which was produced by [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.


'''''Hard Knocks''''' is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by [[Joe Cocker]], released on 1 October 2010 by [[Columbia Records]] in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by [[Matt Serletic]] plus Cocker's version of the [[Dixie Chicks]] number "I Hope", which was produced by [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.
The album reached number 1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=joe cocker|chart=all}} | title = Hard Knocks – Charts | accessdate = 23 December 2012 | publisher = Billboard.com | quote = }}</ref>

The album reached number 1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=joe cocker|chart=all}} | title = Hard Knocks – Charts | access-date = 23 December 2012 | publisher = Billboard.com }}</ref>


A ''Limited Live Edition'' (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.
A ''Limited Live Edition'' (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "Hard Knocks" ([[Marc Broussard]], Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
# "Hard Knocks" ([[Marc Broussard]], [[Drew Ramsey|Maxwell Aaron Ramsey]]<!-- Correct middle name is Andrew. He was miscredited on the album as Aaron. -->, [[Shannon Sanders]]) – 3:24
# "Get On" ([[Matt Serletic]], Danny Myrick, [[Stephanie Bentley]]) – 3:28
# "Get On" ([[Matt Serletic]], Danny Myrick, [[Stephanie Bentley]]) – 3:28
# "Unforgiven" ([[Mitch Allan]], [[Kara DioGuardi]], [[Nick Lachey]], [[David Hodges|Dave Hodges]]) – 4:14
# "Unforgiven" ([[Mitch Allan]], [[Kara DioGuardi]], [[Nick Lachey]], [[David Hodges|Dave Hodges]]) – 4:14
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# "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
# "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
# "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
# "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
# "So" ([[Chantal Kreviazuk]], Thomas "Tawgs" Slater) – 3:56
# "So" ([[Chantal Kreviazuk]], Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56
# "I Hope" ([[Keb' Mo']], [[Martie Maguire]], [[Natalie Maines]], [[Emily Robison]]) – 4:46
# "I Hope" ([[Keb' Mo']], [[Martie Maguire]], [[Natalie Maines]], [[Emily Robison]]) – 4:46
# "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – ''iTunes bonus track''
# "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – ''iTunes bonus track''
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# "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]])
# "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]])


==Charts==
== Personnel ==
* Joe Cocker – lead vocals
* [[Jamie Muhoberac]] – keyboards (1–9)
* [[Matt Serletic]] – keyboards (1–9), programming (1–9)
* [[Steve Nathan]] – synthesizers (10), [[Wurlitzer organ]] (10)
* [[Ray Parker Jr.]] – guitars (1–9)
* [[Tim Pierce]] – guitars (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
* Joel Sherear – guitars (2, 5, 7)
* [[Tom Bukovac]] – electric guitar (10)
* [[Kenny Greenberg]] – electric guitar (10)
* [[Chris Chaney]] – bass (1–9)
* [[Glenn Worf]] – bass (10)
* [[Josh Freese]] – drums (1–3, 5, 7)
* [[Matt Chamberlain]] – drums (4, 9)
* Dorian Crozier – drums (6, 8)
* Cleto Escobedo III – saxophones (1, 2)
* Jeff Babko – trombone (1, 2)
* Ron King – trumpet (1, 2)
* Stevie Blacke – cello (3, 4), viola (3, 4), violin (3, 4)
* Sheree Brown – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9)
* Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9)
* Robyn Troup – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9)
* [[Stephanie Bentley]] – backing vocals (7)
* [[Ashley Cleveland]] – backing vocals (10)
* Kim Keyes – backing vocals (10)
* [[Judson Spence]] – backing vocals (10)


'''Choir on "Thankful"'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
* Jennifer Bailey
* Mabvuto Carpenter
* [[Kara DioGuardi]]
* Erica Dowd
* Dorian Ford
* Nomisha Jackson
* Renee Jackson
* Robyn Troup
* Niomisha Wilson

== Production ==
* Matt Serletic – producer (1–9)
* Tony Brown – producer (10)
* Mark Dobson – recording (1–9), [[Pro Tools|Pro Tools editing]] (1–9)
* Doug Trantow – recording (1–9), Pro Tools editing (1–9)
* Jeff Balding – engineer (10)
* Alex Arias – additional engineer (1–9), assistant engineer (1–9), Pro Tools assistant (1–9)
* Mike Leisz – assistant engineer (1–9)
* [[Chris Lord-Alge]] – mixing
* Andrew Schubert – additional mixing
* Brad Townsend – additional mixing
* Keith Armstrong – mix assistant
* Nik Karpen – mix assistant
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering
* Ryan Corey – art direction, design
* Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
* Olaf Heine – photography

'''Studios'''
* Tracks 1–9 recorded at Emblem Studios (Calabasas, California).
* Track 10 recorded at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
* All songs mixed at Mix LA (Los Angeles, California).
* Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Hard Knocks''
! scope="col"| Chart (2010–2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=61}}</ref>
!scope="col"|Chart (2010)
| 71
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Germany [[Media Control Charts|Top 100 Albums]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/COCKER%2C+JOE/Hard+Knocks/longplay |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche |publisher=musicline.de |date= |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref>
|1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|32|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Switzerland [[Swiss Music Charts|Albums Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks - swisscharts.com |work=swisscharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|41|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Austria Alben Top 75<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks – austriancharts.at|work=austriancharts.at |publisher=Hung Medien |language=German |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 4
|-
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|21|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Polish Charts
| 14
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|41|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Hungary [[Mahasz|Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2010&het=43&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége |publisher=mahasz.hu |date= |accessdate=3 November 2010}}</ref>
|20
|-
|-
{{album chart|France|34|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Denmark [[Tracklisten|Album Top 40]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=danishcharts.com – Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |work=danishcharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 21
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|1|id=138710|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Belgium [[Ultratop|Ultratop 50 albums (Flanders)]]<ref name="Hung-BE">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=ultratop.be – Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |work=www.ultratop.be |publisher=ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 32
|-
|-
{{album chart|Greece|42|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |France [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=lescharts.com – Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |work=lescharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |language=French |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 34
|-
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|20|artist=Joe Cocker|year=2010|week=43|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Belgium [[Ultratop|Ultratop 50 albums (Wallonia)]]<ref name="Hung-BE" />
| 41
|-
|-
{{album chart|Italy|34|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |Netherlands [[Dutch Albums Chart|Album Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=dutchcharts.nl – Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |work=dutchcharts.nl |publisher=Hung Medien / hitparade.ch |accessdate=6 November 2011 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
| 41
|-
|-
{{album chart|Poland|14|artist=Joe Cocker|id=617|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
!scope="row" |US Billboard (Top Independent Albums)
| 48
|-
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|13|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}

|-
!scope="row" |[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=49613 |title=Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |publisher=Chart Stats |accessdate=6 November 2011|archiveurl=http://archive.is/XQ7u|archivedate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
{{album chart|Spain|86|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
| 61
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|52|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|UK2|61|date=20101010|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 March 2019}}
!scope="row" |Spain [[Productores de Música de España|Top 100 Albums]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Cocker&titel=Hard+Knocks&cat=a |title=spanishcharts.com – Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks |work=spanishcharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=6 November 2011}}</ref>
| 86
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|48|artist=Joe Cocker|album=Hard Knocks|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 March 2023}}
|}
|}


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!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|[[German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ |title=VIVA Album Top 50 – Alle Musikvideos – Chart |publisher=VIVA.tv |date= |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>
!scope="row"|[[German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ |title=VIVA Album Top 50 – Alle Musikvideos – Chart |publisher=VIVA.tv |access-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108131925/http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ |archive-date=8 January 2011 }}</ref>
|31
|31
|}
|}


===Certifications===
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Hard Knocks|artist=Joe Cocker|type=album|relyear=2010|region=Germany|award=Platinum|certyear=2011}}
|-
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Hard Knocks|artist=Joe Cocker|type=album|relyear=2010|region=Poland|award=Gold|certyear=2010}}
!scope="col"|Country
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
!scope="col"|Provider
!scope="col"|[[List of music recording certifications|Certification]]
|-
!scope="row"|Germany
|[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie|BVMI]]
|Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=Hard Knocks}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Poland
|ZPAV
|Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=Poland|title=Hard Knocks}}</ref>
|}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Joe Cocker – vocals
Lead vocals – Joe Cocker<br>
Guitars – [[Ray Parker, Jr.]], Tim Pierce, Joel Shearer, [[Tom Bukovac]], Kenny Greenberg<br>
*[[Ray Parker Jr.]], [[Tim Pierce]], Joel Shearer, [[Tom Bukovac]], [[Kenny Greenberg]] – guitar
Bass – [[Chris Chaney]], [[Glenn Worf]]<br>
*[[Chris Chaney]], [[Glenn Worf]] – bass guitar
Drums – [[Josh Freese]], [[Dorian Crozier]], [[Matt Chamberlain]], Greg Morrow<br>
*[[Josh Freese]], [[Dorian Crozier]], [[Matt Chamberlain]], [[Greg Morrow]] – drums
Keyboards – [[Jamie Muhoberac]], [[Matt Serletic]]<br>
*[[Jamie Muhoberac]] – keyboards
*[[Matt Serletic]] – keyboards, programming
Programming – Matt Serletic<br>
*[[Steve Nathan]] – synthesizer, [[Hammond organ]], piano
String arrangements - [[David Campbell (arranger/composer)|David Campbell]] (unforgiven)<br>
*Jeff Babko – trombone
Synthesizer, Wurlitzer – Steve Nathan<br>
*Cleto Escobedo III – saxophone
Trombone – Jeff Babko<br>
*Ron King – trumpet
Saxophones – Cleto Escobedo III <br>
*[[Robyn Troup]], Sherree Brown, Rich King, Mabvuto Carpenter, [[Stephanie Bentley]], Kim Keys, [[Ashley Cleveland]], Judson Spence – backing vocals
Trumpet – Ron King<br>
*Stevie Blacke – cello, violin, viola
Vocal Production – Sherree Brown, Rich King, [[Judson Spence]]<br>
Background vocals – [[Robyn Troup]], Sherree Brown, Rich King, Mabvuto Carpenter, [[Stephanie Bentley]], Kim Keys, [[Ashley Cleveland]], [[Judson Spence]]<br>
Cello, violin, viola – Stevie Blacke<br>
Gospel Choir


==References==
==References==
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Hard Knocks
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released1 October 2010 (Europe)
24 January 2012 (US)
Recorded2009–10
GenreRock, blues
Length39:08
LabelColumbia (Europe)
Savoy Label Group (USA)
ProducerMatt Serletic
Joe Cocker chronology
Hymn for My Soul
(2007) 		Hard Knocks
(2010) 		Icon
(2011)
Singles from Hard Knocks
  1. "Unforgiven"
    Released: 19 November 2010
  2. "Hard Knocks"
    Released: 4 October 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Collector[2]
Uncut[3]


Hard Knocks is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl.

The album reached number 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart.[4]

A Limited Live Edition (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010.

Track listing

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  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14
  4. "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49
  5. "So It Goes" (Matt Serletic, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick) – 3:21
  6. "Runaway Train" (Ollie Marland) – 3:27
  7. "Stay The Same" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 4:39
  8. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:59
  9. "So" (Chantal Kreviazuk, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter) – 3:56
  10. "I Hope" (Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 4:46
  11. "Forever Changed" – 3:51 – iTunes bonus track

Limited Live Edition additional tracks

  1. "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders)
  2. "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley)
  3. "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges)
  4. "Thankful" (Matt Serletic, Kara DioGuardi)
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
  6. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Personnel

[edit]

Choir on "Thankful"

  • Jennifer Bailey
  • Mabvuto Carpenter
  • Kara DioGuardi
  • Erica Dowd
  • Dorian Ford
  • Nomisha Jackson
  • Renee Jackson
  • Robyn Troup
  • Niomisha Wilson

Production

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  • Matt Serletic – producer (1–9)
  • Tony Brown – producer (10)
  • Mark Dobson – recording (1–9), Pro Tools editing (1–9)
  • Doug Trantow – recording (1–9), Pro Tools editing (1–9)
  • Jeff Balding – engineer (10)
  • Alex Arias – additional engineer (1–9), assistant engineer (1–9), Pro Tools assistant (1–9)
  • Mike Leisz – assistant engineer (1–9)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Andrew Schubert – additional mixing
  • Brad Townsend – additional mixing
  • Keith Armstrong – mix assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mix assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Ryan Corey – art direction, design
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
  • Olaf Heine – photography

Studios

  • Tracks 1–9 recorded at Emblem Studios (Calabasas, California).
  • Track 10 recorded at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • All songs mixed at Mix LA (Los Angeles, California).
  • Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).

Charts

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Chart performance for Hard Knocks
Chart (2010–2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums[5] 71
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 41
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 41
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 1
Greek Albums (IFPI)[13] 42
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 20
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 34
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[16] 14
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[17] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 86
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 52
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 61
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 48

Year-end charts

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Chart (2010) Position
German Albums Chart[23] 31

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[24] Platinum 200,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[25] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hard Knocks – Joe Cocker". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Staunton, Terry. "Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks". Record Collector. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ^ Lewis, John (November 2010). "Joe Cocker: Hard Knocks". Uncut. No. 162. p. 83.
  4. ^ "Hard Knocks – Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 61.
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