Luxury You Can Afford

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Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1978 on Asylum Records, his only release for that label.

Track listing

1. "Fun Time" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:39
2. "Watching the River Flow" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
3. "Boogie Baby" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:51
4. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 5:27
5. "I Can't Say No" (John Bettis, Daniel Moore) – 2:51
6. "Southern Lady" (Phil Driscoll) – 3:16
7. "I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)" (Barbara George) – 3:08
8. "What Did You Do to Me Last Night" (Bettye Crutcher) – 3:28
9. "Lady Put the Light Out" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 4:46
10. "Wasted Years" (Phil Driscoll) – 4:49
11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 4:29

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – vocals, harmonica
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Donny Hathaway – keyboards
• David Hood – bass
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
• Dr. John – keyboards
• Clydie King – vocals
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Richard Tee – keyboards
• Billy Preston – keyboards
• Cornell Dupree – guitar
• Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Allen Toussaint – keyboards
• George Terry – guitar
• Ronnie Eades – baritone saxophone
• Pete Carr – guitar
• Howard Hersh – bass
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Jimmy Johnson – guitar
• Larry Byrom – guitar
• Ann Lang – vocals
• Joey Murcia – guitar
• Kenneth "Afro" Williams – percussion
• Rick Danko – bass on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
• Charles Rose – horn
• Philip Guilbeau – trumpet
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone on "Boogie Baby"
• Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet
• John Riley – drums
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• Mitch Chakour – guitar, piano
• Felix "Flaco" Falcon – percussion
• Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
• Gary Brown – tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Charles Rose – trombone
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Cliff Goodwin – guitar
• Randy McCormick – Fender Rhodes
• Clyde Kerr – trumpet
• Randy McCormick – keyboards
• Mona Lisa Young – vocals
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums

Production notes

• Produced by Allen Toussaint
• Michael Lang - Executive producer
• Alex Sadkin, Bill Gazecki, Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Skip Godwin, Steve Melton - engineer
• Recorded at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida; Sea-Saint Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama
• Gary Heery - photography

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1978	New Zealand	25
	Netherlands	47
	US Billboard	76