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2015 compilation album by Eric Clapton
Forever Man
Released 28 April 2015 Recorded 1982–2014
Genre
Rock ,
pop ,
blues Length 224 :59 (3-CD/Digital download version)145 :09 (2-CD version)77 :28 (2-LP Vinyl edition)
Label
Reprise
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
Allmusic
[1]
Forever Man is a
compilation album by the British
rock musician
Eric Clapton and was released through
Reprise Records .
Release
The pre-order for the compilation album started on March 17, 2015.
[2] People had the chance to pre-order the album through the official Eric Clapton website. When ordering the 3-CD and LP-version of the release, you could get a T-shirt with the album's cover, a cup and an 18″ × 24″ lithograph.
[3] On the first day of the album announcement more than 37,000 copies were pre-ordered. With the total pre-order sales being added up, Forever Man reached position ten on the American pre-order chart. Until the actual release in the
United States of the album on 28 April 2015, the compilation was pre-ordered more than 151,000 times. In Venezuela the album has been available since April 28, and has sold more than 5,000 copies, becoming a gold record in the first two days.
[4] The same release day was set for the United States, Canada and Mexico.
[5] In Germany the album was released on May 8.
[6] In Italy and Malaysia Forever Man was released one day after the German release date. In the southeastern state,[
clarification needed ] the album quickly sold 7,500 copies in week one becoming a gold record. For the rest of the world the album was made available on May 11.
[7]
Track listings
Double and triple CD/Digital download versions
Disc 1 – Studio Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 1. "Gotta Get Over" (featuring
Chaka Khan )
Doyle Bramhall II ,
Justin Stanley ,
Nikka Costa
Old Sock , 20134:36 2. "
I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart " Tony Seals,
Troy Seals , Steve Diamond, Eddie Setser
Money and Cigarettes , 19833:14 3. "Run Back to Your Side" Bramhall,
Eric Clapton
Clapton , 20105:16 4. "
Tears in Heaven " Clapton,
Will Jennings
Rush
soundtrack , 19924:32 5. "
Call Me the Breeze "
J.J. Cale
The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale , 20143:04 6. "
Forever Man "
Jerry Lynn Williams
Behind the Sun , 19853:12 7. "Believe in Life" Clapton
Reptile , 20015:05 8. "
Bad Love " Clapton,
Mick Jones
Journeyman , 19895:09 9. "
My Father's Eyes " Clapton
Pilgrim , 19985:23 10. "Anyway the Wind Blows" (with
J.J. Cale ) Cale
The Road to Escondido , 20063:56 11. "Travelin' Alone"
Lil' Son Jackson Clapton 3:55 12. "
Change the World "
Tommy Sims ,
Gordon Kennedy ,
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Phenomenon soundtrack, 19963:54 13. "Behind the Mask"
Ryuichi Sakamoto ,
Chris Mosdell ,
Michael Jackson (albeit uncredited)
August , 19864:47 14. "
It's in the Way That You Use It " Clapton,
Robbie Robertson August 4:12 15. "
Pretending " Williams Journeyman 4:42 16. "Riding with the King" (with
B.B. King )
John Hiatt
Riding with the King , 20004:23 17. "Circus" Clapton Pilgrim 4:09 18. "Revolution" Clapton,
Simon Climie
Back Home , 20054:00
Disc 2 – Live Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 1. "
Badge " (originally by
Cream ) Clapton,
George Harrison
24 Nights , 1991; originally from
Goodbye , 19696:53 2. "
Sunshine of Your Love " (originally by Cream)
Jack Bruce ,
Pete Brown , Clapton 24 Nights ; originally from
Disraeli Gears , 19678:51 3. "
White Room " (originally by Cream) Bruce, Brown 24 Nights ; originally from
Wheels of Fire , 19686:06 4. "
Wonderful Tonight " Clapton 24 Nights ; originally from
Slowhand , 19778:59 5. "
Worried Life Blues "
Big Maceo Merriweather 24 Nights 5:17 6. "
Cocaine " Cale 24 Nights Bootleg as exclusive track 1991; originally from Slowhand 5:05 7. "
Layla " (
Unplugged ; originally by
Derek and the Dominos ) Clapton,
Jim Gordon
Unplugged , 1992; originally from
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs , 19704:29 8. "
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out " (Unplugged)
Jimmy Cox Unplugged 3:50 9. "Walkin’ Blues" (Unplugged)
Robert Johnson Unplugged 3:43 10. "Them Changes" (with
Steve Winwood )
Buddy Miles
Live from Madison Square Garden , 20094:58 11. "Presence of the Lord" (with Steve Winwood; originally by
Blind Faith ) Clapton Live from Madison Square Garden ; originally from
Blind Faith , 19695:11 12. "
Hoochie Coochie Man "
Willie Dixon One More Car, One More Rider ; originally from
From the Cradle , 19944:34 13. "
Goin' Down Slow "
St. Louis Jimmy Oden One More Car, One More Rider 5:41 14. "
Over the Rainbow "
Harold Arlen ,
E.Y. Harburg One More Car, One More Rider 5:13
Double LP version
Side one Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 1. "Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) Bramhall, Stanley, Costa Old Sock 4:36 2. "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" Seals, Diamond, Setser Money and Cigarettes 3:14 3. "Anyway the Wind Blows" (with J.J. Cale) Cale The Road to Escondido 3:56 4. "My Father's Eyes" Clapton Pilgrim 5:23 5. "Motherless Child" Hicks From the Cradle 2:56
Side two Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 6. "
Pretending " Williams Journeyman 4:42 7. "Little Queen of Spades" Johnson Me and Mr. Johnson 4:58 8. "Bad Love" Clapton, Jones Journeyman 5:09 9. "Behind the Mask" Sakamoto, Mosdell, Jackson (albeit uncredited) August 4:47
Side three Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 10. "Tears in Heaven" Clapton, Jennings Rush soundtrack4:32 11. "Change the World" Sims, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick Phenomenon soundtrack3:54 12. "Call Me the Breeze" Cale The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale 3:04 13. "Forever Man" Williams Behind the Sun 3:12 14. "Riding with the King" (with B.B. King) Hiatt Riding with the King 4:23
Side four Title Writer(s) Place of Origin 15. "It's in the Way That You Use It" Clapton, Robertson August 4:12 16. "Circus" Clapton Pilgrim 4:09 17. "Got You on My Mind" Thomas, Briggs Reptile 4:30 18. "Travelin' Alone" Jackson Clapton 3:55 19. "Revolution" Clapton, Climie Back Home 4:00
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[8]
German music expert Günter Schneidewind recalls the compilation as "abundant piece of work" and thinks that the album shows "Clapton's life-long work pretty well".
[9]
AllMusic called this Clapton compilation the "by far the most extensive". They critique the track listings of the album saying they "make sense on paper but they're a little odd in practice, with the Studio selections hopscotching between eras and the live heavy on new millennial selections". Going on by recalling it "hardly a botched collection", they round their review up positively recalling that the album "delivers a lot of bang for the buck".
[8]
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
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