Mad Dogs & Englishmen
by Joe Cocker

Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker
(Live album)
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 7,319th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 91 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1970 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,100th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,319th)

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Joe Cocker bestography

Mad Dogs & Englishmen is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Joe Cocker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joe Cocker is With A Little Help From My Friends which is ranked number 2455 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 651.

Joe Cocker album bestography « Higher ranked (2,455th)
With A Little Help From My Friends
This album (7,319th)
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
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Mad Dogs & Englishmen track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,319th | 1970s rank: 1,100th | 1970 rank: 116th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 91 votes)
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01/23/2026 10:41 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,60483/100
 
70/100
 
01/06/2026 11:22 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41270/100
 
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12/10/2025 02:04 MaxStorm98  Ratings distribution  3,79889/100
 
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09/11/2025 01:22 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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11/25/2024 22:55 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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75/100
From 11/14/2020 23:00 | #260830
Joe Cocker’s voice is an institution, there’s no doubting that. Where this album falls down is the arrangements. The dirge of Bird On The Wire falls way short of the twinkling piece that was originally conceived. A couple of tracks would work fine were they shorter (several minutes shorter in places), but as it is, they drag somewhat. Long running times are not a problem where the track is lively or delicate, but sadly what’s on offer here is, for the most part, neither. Where the album works best are the points where the tempo is raised and we really get down to some upbeat bluesy rock music. This is an album to listen to more than once - but have something else on the go whilst you’re doing it.
High Points: Honky Tonk Woman; The Letter; Sticks And Stones
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From 02/15/2018 19:22 | #208326
Disco dove Joe piega il materiale altrui ( siano i Beatles, gli Stones, Cohen, Redding o chiunque altro ) a suo piacimento tanto da farlo diventare suo. Uno dei più bei live di sempre, con la ciliegina sulla torta rappresentata da una "Superstar" resa eterna da Rita Coolidge.
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From 02/14/2016 21:30 | #159739
A great live record. I wish someone would clean up the mix and re-master it the way it deserves to be.
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From 05/20/2010 19:48 | #11931
I always really liked Joe Cocker. The thing about him was that he always picked good songs and surrounded himself with great musicians.
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