Hymn for My Soul

Hymn for My Soul is the twentieth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 2007. It was produced by Ethan Johns. Musicians on the album's sessions included Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, drummer Jim Keltner, Mike Finnigan, guitarist Albert Lee, Dave Palmer, Greg Leisz, James Gadson, Bob Babbitt and Johns. The songs include Cocker's covers of George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness", Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells", John Fogerty's "Long As I Can See The Light" and Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'".
The album reached No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Cocker's highest-charting album in the UK along with Have a Little Faith.

Track listing

Joe Cocker – vocals
Mike Finnigan – Hammond B3 organ
Dave Palmer – Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic piano, pipe organ, keyboards
Benmont Tench – acoustic piano
Richard Martinez – clavinet
Ethan Johns – guitars, string arrangements, harmonium, hurdy-gurdy, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, ukulele
Greg Leisz – guitars, steel guitar, mandolin
T Bone Burnett – baritone guitar
Mark Stewart – guitars, rubber bass balls
T-Bone Wolk – guitars, bass
Albert Lee – guitars
Bob Babbitt – bass
James Gadson – drums
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Charley Drayton – drums
Don Heffington – congas, triangle, vibraslap
Tom Scott – saxophones
Greg Adams – trumpet
Chuck Findley – trumpet
David Low – cello
Brian Denbow – viola
Julie Gigante – violin
Phillipe Levy – violin
Tesse Gohl – string arrangements and orchestration
Merry Clayton – backing vocals
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
Julianna Raye – backing vocals
Tata Vega – backing vocals
Julia Waters – backing vocals
Oren Waters – backing vocals
Benjamin Ochieng – backing vocals
Yassmin Alers – backing vocals
Tracy Nicole Chapman – backing vocals
Dana Fuchs – backing vocals
Deidre Goodwin – backing vocals
Orfeh – backing vocals
Antonique Smith – backing vocals