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Eric Clapton: Journeyman

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Artist: Eric Clapton
Title: Journeyman
Released: 1989.11.07
Label: Reprise Records
Time: 56:53
Producer(s): Russ Titleman
Appears with: The Yardbirds
Category: Blues
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.04.09
Price in €: 9,99
Web address: www.ericclapton.com

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[1] Pretending (Jerry Williams) - 4:48
[2] Anything For Your Love (Jerry Williams) - 4:16
[3] Bad Love (Eric Clapton / Darryl Jones) - 5:11
[4] Running On Faith (Jerry Williams) - 5:27
[5] Hard Times (Ray Charles) - 3:00
[6] Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) - 2:26
[7] No Alibis (Jerry Williams) - 5:32
[8] Run So Far (George Harrison) - 4:06
[9] Old Love (Eric Clapton / Robert Cray) - 6:25
[10] Breaking Point (Grebb / Jerry Williams) - 5:37
[11] Lead Me On (Cecil Womack / Linda Womack) - 5:52
[12] Before You Accuse Me (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:55

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


ERIC CLAPTON - vocals,guitar,design

JERRY WILLIAMS - vocals,guitar
GEORGE HARRISON - guitar, background vocals
ROBERT CRAY - guitar
ROBBIE KONDOR - harmonica, keyboards,vocoder, synthesizer, programming
DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN TENOR - saxophone
HANK CRAWFORD - alto saxophone
RONNIE CUBER - baritone saxophone
JON FADDIS, LOU SOLOF - trumpet
GREG PHILLINGANES - piano, keyboards,synthesizer, background vocals
RICHARD TEE - piano, Fender Rhodes
ALAN CLARK HAMMOND - organ, synthesizer,keyboards, programming
GARY BURTON - vibraphone
NATHAN EAST - bass, background vocals
DARYL JONES - bass
PHIL COLLINS - drums, background vocals
CAROL STEELE - congas,tambourine, percussion
CHAKA KHAN - background vocals

DAVE O'DONNELL - Engineer
MICHAEL O'REILLY - Engineer
JACK JOSEPH PUIG - Engineer
STEVE RINKOFF - Engineer
DAVE WITTMAN - Engineer
LARRY ALEXANDER - Engineer
EUGENE NASTASI - Assistant Engineer
RICHARD ARNOLD - Assistant Engineer
JEFF BOVA - Programming
ALAN CLARK - Sequencing, Synthesizer Strings
ALEXANDRA SARAPASE CONOMOS - Assistant Producer
ARIF MARDIN - Arranger, String Arrangements
BEN FOWLER - Assistant Engineer, Engineer, Mixing Assistant
STEVE "BARNEY" CAHSE - Engineer, Mixing
RUSS TITELMAN - Mixing, Producer
ROB EATON - Mixing
GARY WRIGHT - Mixing
TED JENSEN - Mastering
TERRY O'NEIL - Photography
ROGER FORRESTER - Photography
 

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1989 LP Warner Bros WX 322
1989 CD Warner Bros WX322CD
1989 CD Warner Bros 926074-2

This is a classic Eric Clapton album. Not only does it include a lot good original stuff, but his guitar playing is really exploring his technique and differs from the stuff done previous. The cover of Hound Dog is excellently done! It's a must get if you're a Clapton fan in any shape or form!



For most of the '80s, Eric Clapton seemed rather lost, uncertain of whether he should return to his blues roots or pander to AOR radio. By the mid-'80s, he appeared to have made the decision to revamp himself as a glossy mainstream rocker, working with synthesizers and drum machines. Instead of expanding his audience, it only reduced it. Then came the career retrospective Crossroads, which helped revitalize his career, not only commercially, but also creatively, as Journeyman — the first album he recorded after the success of Crossroads — proved. Although Journeyman still suffers from an overly slick production, Clapton sounds more convincing than he has since the early '70s. Not only is his guitar playing muscular and forceful, his singing is soulful and gritty. Furthermore, the songwriting is consistently strong, alternating between fine mainstream rock originals ("Pretending") and covers ("Before You Accuse Me," "Hound Dog"). Like any of Clapton's best albums, there is no grandstanding to be found on Journeyman — it's simply a laidback and thoroughly engaging display of Clapton's virtuosity. On the whole, it's the best studio album he's released since Slowhand.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide



Journeyman erschien unmittelbar nach dem formvollendeten Box Set Crossroads und zeigt Eric Claptons Schachzug, Zurückhaltung vorzutäuschen und dann für sein aufmerksames Publikum auf einmal den Blues voll anzukurbeln. Die hier mobilisierten Hilfskräfte können sich sehen lassen: George Harrison, Phil Collins, Robert Cray, Chaka Khan und David Sanborn machen aus Journeyman weniger eine Party von Superstars als vielmehr eine mit Augenmaß und Geschmack geplante, gestaltete und produzierte Sammlung. Ab und zu blitzt Claptons Rolle als Lead-Gitarrist durch, aber mit seinen Gesangsbeiträgen hält er sich zurück. Die Version von "Before You Accuse Me" ist tief nachempfunden und wenn Clapton vielleicht an dieser Stelle auch nicht so ganz imstande ist, den runtergekommenen "schmutzigen" Blues aus der Schmuddelkneipe zu liefern, so beseelen seine Finger seine Musik immer noch mit ein wenig Soul.

Rob O'Connor, Amazon.de



Ehe Xlapton für Unplugged ausstöpselte, lieferte er als Journeyman perfekte Reisemusik: frische Rocksongs mit Drive, passend zur nächstlichen City-Tour wie fürs Dahinschnurren auf der Autobahn.

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Um ein spektakuläres Album zu machen, genügt es oft schon, einen großen Namen zu tragen und alle paar Jahre mit der Hilfe ausgebuffter Sudioprofis (Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee, Nathan East, Jim Keltner) und prominenter Freunde (George Harrison, Phil Collins, Daryl Hall, Robert Cray) ein paar Oldies sowie eine Handvoll Originalsongs unter der Regie eines namhaften Produzenten (Russ Titelman) aufzunehmen. Voraussetzung für den Erfolg ist allerdings immer noch, daß die neuen Kompositionen etwas taugen und attraktive Neuinterpretationen der Oldies gelingen. Eric Claptons neue Platte erfüllt keine dieser Bedingungen ganz. Am schlechtesten war er sicher beraten, gleich fünf Songs des Lohnschreibers Jerry Williams zu akzeptieren: Denen helfen weder Clapton Interpretation noch die ausgefeilten Arrangements aus ihrer Belanglosigkeit. George Harrison hat in jüngster Zeit unter eigenem Namen attraktivere Songs veröffentlicht als das hier vorgestellte "Run So Far". Und Womack & Womacks Ballade "Lead Me On" überzeugt, wenn überhaupt, mehr durch Arrangement als melodische Finesse. Über die Rock 'n' Roll-Nummern "Hound Dog" und "Before You Accuse Me" sei besser geschwiegen - Claptons Metier ist der Blues, den er routi- niert in Ray Charles' "Hard Times" und dem zusammen mit Robert Cray geschriebenen "Old Love" zelebriert. Bleibt unterm Strich ein einziger überragender Song: "Bad Love", Claptons Versuch, (mit Hilfe von Mick Jones) "Layla" noch einmal zu schreiben. Dieser Song hat die Qualitäten, die man von einem Musiker wie ihm erwartet. ** Interpret.: 06-08

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 L y r i c s


PRETENDING

How many times must we tell the tale?
How many times must we fall?
Living in lost memory
You just recalled

Working on the sound of the band
Trying to get the music right
Two go out working
Three stay home at night

  That's when she said she was pretending
  Like she knew the plan
  That's when I knew she was pretending
  Pretending to understand

  Pretending, pretending
  Pretending, pretending

Satisfied but lost in love
Situations change
You're never who you used to think you are
How strange

  Chorus

I get lost in alibis
Sadness can't prevail
Everybody knows strong love
Can't fail

Don't be pretending about how you feel
Don't be pretending that your love is real
Don't be pretending about how you feel
Don't be pretending that your love is real

Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending


ANYTHING FOR YOUR LOVE

God's got a plan, he's making it clear
Sweet little love song in your ear
Like hearts made of diamond, love will prevail
Put a little wind in your sail

  I'd do anything, anything you can dream of
  I'd do anything, anything for your love
  For your love
  For your love

Listen now baby, I'll tell you true
Just how much that I love you
I got a sweet feelin' I know is real
This kind of love you can't conceal

  Chorus

  Chorus


BAD LOVE

Oh what a feeling I get when I'm with you
You take my heart into everything you do
And it makes me sad for the lonely people
I walked that road for so long
Now I know that I'm one of the lucky people
Your love is making me strong

  I've had enough bad love
  I need something I can be proud of
  I've had enough bad love
  No more bad love

And now I see that my life has been so blue
With all the heartaches I had till I met you
But I'm glad to say now that's all behind me
With you here by my side
And there's no more memories to remind me
Your love will keep me alive

  Chorus

  Chorus

  Chorus


RUNNING ON FAITH

Lately I've been running on faith
What else can a poor boy do?
But my world will be right
When love comes over you

Lately I've been talking in my sleep
I can't imagine what I'd have to say
Except my world will be right
When love comes back your way

  I've always been
  One to take each and every day
  Seems like by now
  I'd find a love who cares just for me

Then we'd go running on faith
All of our dreams would come true
And our world will be right
When love comes over me and you

  Chorus

Then we'd go running on faith
All of our dreams would come true
And our world will be right
When love comes over me and you
When love comes over you


HARD TIMES

My mother told me
'Fore she passed away
Said son when I'm gone
Don't forget to pray

'Cause there'll be hard times
Lord those hard times
Who knows better than I?

Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent

Talkin' 'bout hard times
Lord those hard times
Who knows better than I?

I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down

Talkin' 'bout hard times
Hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

Lord, one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow
When I pass away

And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows


HOUND DOG

You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' round my door
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gonna feed you no more

You told me you was high class
I could see through that
You told me you was high class
I could see through that
And baby I know
You ain't no real cool cat

  First Verse

You made me feel so blue
You made me weep and moan
You made me feel so blue
You made me weep and moan
'Cause I'm looking for a woman
All your lookin' for is a home

  First Verse


NO ALIBIS

I beg your pardon, hello darlin'
This is me you're talkin' to
Sit down and tell me about it
You don't have to shout it at me
Tell me what you really want to do

  Don't give me no alibis
  No untrue stories you're trying to justify
  Don't want no alibis
  Just another reason for another lie

Mountain gets steeper
The hole you dig gets deeper
You better stop and climb out
'Cause I'm trying to give it all to you
Baby I can see right through you
Sometimes you lose what it's all about

Don't give me no alibis
Can't go through life trying to justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie

  Chorus

Mountain gets steeper
The hole you dig is getting deeper
Better reach out and pull yourself out
Nobody ever gonna love you the way that I love you
And I never want to see you doin' without

  Chorus

  Chorus


RUN SO FAR

You fly
Out as your smile wears thin
I sigh
Knowing the mess you're in
And you know that you can't get away
And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Lonely days, heavy heart
No escape, can only run so far

I know
Something I ought to say
Stuck here
Trying to find a way
And you know that you can't get away
And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Lonely nights, blue guitar
No way out, can only run so far

Lonesome tears, at the bar
One way street, can only run so far

I pray
That you might make it through
Those teardrops
Now seems a part of you
And you know that you can't get away
And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Fallin' down, under par
Can't get out, can only run so far

Lonely days, heavy heart
No escape, can only run so far

Lonesome tears, at the bar
One way street, can only run so far


OLD LOVE

I can feel your body
When I'm lying in bed
There's too much confusion
Going around through my head

And it makes me so angry
To know that the flame still burns
Why can't I get over?
When will I ever learn?

  Old love, leave me alone
  Old love, go on home

I can see your face
But I know that it's not real
It's just an illusion
Caused by how I used to feel

And it makes me so angry
To know that the flame will always burn
I'll never get over
I know now that I'll never learn

  Chorus


BREAKING POINT

Well I just don't get it
Can't make the pieces fit
I might just as well forget it
But my heart won't let me quit

You say it's only a part of love
That's right
But I get a little worried sometimes
When I start to lose
Tired of holding it together
When I know I'm going to blow another fuse

  I'm at my breaking point
  My breaking point
  I'm at my breaking point
  My breaking point

Well you're never gonna get it
If you don't get up and try
Try and spread those wings around me
Honey let me see you fly

You say it's only a part of love
That's right
But I get a little worried sometimes
When I start to lose
Tired of holding it together
When I know I'm going to blow another fuse

  Chorus

Maybe someday you'll recover
I can see it in your eyes
One more thing that you'll discover
That you'll finally realize


LEAD ME ON

Tell me anything you think I wanna hear
Just to keep me standin' here
To secure your shaky fears

Tell me you love me, but in your heart you know you don't
So you lie 'cause you think I want
To make believe you love when you don't

  Lead me on, lead me on
  Lead me on, lead me on
  I'll play along and along and along
  Baby lead me on
  Lead me on

Pretend it's rainin' when the tears flow from my eyes
And you're warm when you're cold as ice
And everything's gonna be alright

And it's a shame, little Johnn wears my name
And you know I'm not the one
Still you say he is my son

  Chorus

And when I leave to go work for you
You cry you're lonely too
To make me feel your love is true

But in your dreams you slip and tell it all
I hear you calling out his name
You say you love him loud and plain

  Chorus


BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spending my money on other women
You've been taking money from someone else

I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
Well your mother said "Son"
"Don't call my daughter no more"

  First Verse

Come back home baby, try my love one more time
Come back home baby, try my love one more time
If I don't go on and quit you
I'm gonna lose my mind

  First Verse
 

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