Mad Dogs and Englishmen (album)

This article is about an album by Joe Cocker. For the Noel Coward song, see Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song).

Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Live album by Joe Cocker
Released	August 1970
Recorded	March 27–28, 1970 at Fillmore East, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	78:44
Label	A&M
Producer	Denny Cordell and Leon Russell
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker! (1969) Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970) Joe Cocker (1972)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is Joe Cocker's 1970 live album, featuring a fusion of rock and soul. The album title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Mostly Cocker's album is made up of covers, drawing equally from rock (The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, The Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is an enormous choir, a two-piece horn section and several drummers. According to the liner notes: "All elements of the Truth" are included here. The album was originally issued as a deluxe 2-Record Set.

In 2005, Mad Dogs and Englishmen was released as a two-disc CD deluxe edition through Universal Records to commemorate the album's thirty-fifth anniversary.

In 2006, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" was released as a six-disc CD set under the title, "The Complete Fillmore East Concerts" by Hip-O Select. Both early and late shows from March 27 and March 28, 1970 were released in their entirety.

Reception

Critical reception of the album has been fairly positive, the initial Rolling Stone review not withstanding. A more recent review of the box set in the magazine was more positive.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	B+
Rolling Stone

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 0:44
2. "Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:47
3. "Introduction" – 0:17
4. "Sticks and Stones" (Titus Turner, Henry Glover) – 2:37
5. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:00
6. "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 6:37
7. "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 5:47
8. "Superstar" (Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 5:02 (lead vocal by Rita Coolidge)
9. "Introduction" – 0:16
10. "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, Joseph Armstead) – 7:30
11. "Blue Medley" – 12:46
    1. a. "I'll Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
    2. b. "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
    3. c. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Otis Redding, Jerry Butler)
12. "Introduction" – 0:21
13. "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan) – 2:32
14. "Give Peace a Chance" (Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 4:14
15. "Introduction" – 0:41
16. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:01
17. "Space Captain" (Matthew Moore) – 5:15
18. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 4:46
19. "Delta Lady" (Leon Russell) – 5:40

Personnel

• Vocals: Joe Cocker, Don Preston, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Donna Washburn, Claudia Lennear, Denny Cordell, Daniel Moore, Pamela Polland, Matthew Moore, Nicole Barclay, Bobby Jones.

• Guitars: Don Preston, Leon Russell.

• Bass guitar: Carl Radle.

• Hammond organ, keyboards, piano: Leon Russell, Chris Stainton.

• Drums, percussion: Jim Gordon, Chuck Blackwell, Jim Keltner, Sandy Konikoff.

• Saxophones: Bobby Keys.

• Trumpets: Jim Price.

• Jim McCrary: album cover photography
• Andee Cohen: tour photographer
• Linda Wolf: tour photographer
• "The Ladies":