Sam Pleasants

unbelievably good album. starts off great with the hit single. in my opinion begins to tail off ever so slightly with tracks 9 - 11 but is then bought back up to legendary status with Bar Italia. Of course the 2 most popular songs are masterpieces but from Es and Wizz to live bed show this album is almost all amazing. Cocker is a master songwriter, somehow churning out great listening music, but the social commentary is unmatched by the majority of other songwriters. God I wish I could have been there when this came out. The deluxe edition is amazing too - the b sides hit differently, they genuinely compete with most other albums by themselves. Ansaphone is SO… More