Behind the Sun (Eric Clapton album)

Behind the Sun is a 1985 album by the legendary English guitarist Eric Clapton. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Ted Templeman (born October 24, 1944, in Santa Cruz California) is an influential American Record producer. Lenny Waronker is a well known Record producer for Warner Bros Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Money and Cigarettes is an Eric Clapton album released in 1983 August is an album by Blues rocker Eric Clapton released in 1986. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer He named the album like this because of a line in Albert King's "Louisiana Blues". Albert King ( April 25 1923 &ndash December 21 1992) was an American Blues Guitarist and Singer It is also his first collaborative project with Phil Collins. Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Often referred to as Clapton’s “Comeback album”, it was received very well in both the UK and the US. After nearly a decade of Clapton’s guitar taking a backseat to his singing/songwriting, this album was looked upon for some of his best guitar playing since the Cream era in the 1960s. For the 1993 hip-hop single by the Wu-Tang Clan see CREAM CREAM is an acronym for Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method a Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The single “Forever Man” features Eric playing a scorching guitar solo at full force. The video for “Forever Man” became an MTV favorite, featuring an accident where one of the cameras falls off the dolly. The album is also dressed up with synthesizers played by Peter Robinson & Chris Stainton (Clapton played guitar synthesizers on the 9th track, "Never Make You Cry"). Christopher 'Chris' Stainton (born 22 March 1944, in Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a keyboard This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar. Booker T. & the MG’s bassist, Donald Duck Dunn also played on the sessions. Donald "Duck" Dunn (born November 24 1941) is an American Bass guitarist Record producer, and Songwriter

In his autobiography, Clapton remembers the 1984 session pleasantly: “The whole thing is going so great, I hope it never stops. ” However, his troubled marriage with Pattie Boyd became the subject matter for most of his original material: “She’s Waiting”, “Same Old Blues” and “Just Like a Prisoner”, all containing screaming guitar solos by Clapton. Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944 was the first wife of George Harrison of The Beatles, after whom she married Eric Clapton It was during this period that Pattie left him “and it was eventually decided that we should have a trial separation. ” Clapton assuaged his pain by writing the song “Behind the Sun” featuring only Clapton’s guitar & vocals and Phil Collins’ synthesizer, which became the ending title song to the album.

This was also Slowhand’s first collaboration with songwriter Jerry Lynn Williams. Slowhand is an album by Eric Clapton, released in 1977. It contained three of his most popular singles the bluesy "Cocaine" the ballad "Wonderful In response to Van Morrison being dropped from Warner Bros. Records, Eric wanted the album to have more hit single material: “They sent me three songs by a Texas songwriter – “Forever Man”, “Something’s Happening” and “See What Love can Do” – and they were good. George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ” The sessions featured Toto guitarist Steve Lukather and drummer Jeff Porcaro, as well as Clapton's long-time collaborators, bassist Nathan East and keyboardist Greg Phillinganes. Steve "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American Grammy Award winning Guitarist, Singer, Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro ( April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Nathan Harrell East (born December 8 1955, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a Jazz, R&B and rock bass player Greg Phillinganes (born Gregory Arthur Phillinganes on May 12, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an active session keyboardist in Los Angeles

The BEHIND THE SUN tour was also featured at the first Live Aid concert in 1985 where “She’s Waiting” was performed along with “White Room” and “Layla. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia " White Room " written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, is a single by Cream from their 1968 Album Wheels " Layla " is the title track on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in December 1970 ”

Track listing

"She's Waiting" – 4:55 (Clapton - Robinson)
"See What Love Can Do" – 3:58 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
"Same Old Blues" – 8:15 (Clapton)
"Knock On Wood" – 3:19 (Floyd - Cropper)
"Something's Happening" – 3:23 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
"Forever Man" – 3:13 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
"It All Depends" – 5:05 (Clapton)
"Tangled In Love" – 4:11 (Levy - Feldman)
"Never Make You Cry" – 6:06 (Clapton)
"Just Like A Prisoner" – 5:29 (Clapton)
"Behind The Sun" – 2:13 (Clapton)

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1985	The Billboard 200	34

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	"Forever Man"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1985	"Forever Man"	Billboard Hot 100	26
1985	"See What Love Can Do"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	20
1985	"See What Love Can Do"	Billboard Hot 100	89
1985	"She's Waiting"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	11

See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry

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