Eric Clapton

August

Eric Clapton - August

11/01/1986 | Warner Bros / Wea 

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All Music Guide Review

Eric Clapton adopted a new, tougher, hard R&B approach on August, employing a stripped-down band featuring keyboard player Greg Phillinganes, bassist Nathan East, and drummer/producer Phil Collins, plus, on several tracks, a horn section and, on a couple of tracks, backup vocals by Tina Turner, and performing songs written by old Motown hand Lamont Dozier, among others. The excellent, but incongruous, leadoff track, however, was "It's in the Way That You Use It," which Clapton and Robbie Robertson had written for Robertson's score to the film The Color of Money. Elsewhere, Clapton sang and played fiercely on songs like "Tearing Us Apart," "Run," and "Miss You," all of which earned AOR radio play. That radio support may have helped the album to achieve gold status in less than six months, Clapton's best commercial showing since 1981's Another Ticket, despite the album's failure to generate a hit single. The title commemorates the birth in August 1986 of Clapton's son Conor. [The CD version of the album contains the bonus track "Grand Illusion."] ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

August Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 2
  • Run
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for Run from August


  • 4
  • Bad Influence
  • 5:09
  • Sound Clip for Bad Influence from August


  • 5
  • Walk Away
  • 3:52
  • Sound Clip for Walk Away from August


  • 7
  • Take a Chance
  • 4:54
  • Sound Clip for Take a Chance from August


  • 8
  • Hold On
  • 4:56
  • Sound Clip for Hold On from August


  • 9
  • Miss You
  • 5:06
  • Sound Clip for Miss You from August

  • Lyrics for Miss You from August

  • 10
  • Holy Mother
  • 4:55
  • Sound Clip for Holy Mother from August


  • 11
  • Behind the Mask
  • 4:47
  • Sound Clip for Behind the Mask from August


  • 12
  • Grand Illusion
  • 6:23
  • Sound Clip for Grand Illusion from August


  • Credits of August

    • Phil Collins
    • Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer


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