Behind the sun

chronology
Behind the sun
Eric Clapton's studio album
Publication ; (s)	March 11, 1985
admission	1984
Label (s)	Duck , Warner Bros.
Format (s)	LP , CD , download
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	11
running time	49:54
production	Eric Clapton; Lenny Waronker; Phil Collins; Ted Templeman;
1985	Forever Man
1985	See What Love Can Do
1985	She's waiting

Behind the Sun is the ninth studio album by English rock musician Eric Clapton . It was released in March 1985 under the Duck and Warner Bros. Records labels . Phil Collins was a guest musician.

Background and recording

In his biography, Clapton explains how the album title came about: “Tonight in Phil's house I wrote and recorded 'Behind the Sun'. Hard but honest. That song, with me on guitar and vocals and Phil on synthesizer , expressed all my sadness about our breakup [from Pattie Boyd ]. The title comes from a line from Louisiana Blues , one of my favorite Muddy Waters songs [...]. "

Since money and cigarettes had only sold sluggishly, the record company hit singles demanded by Clapton and sent him three pieces of the songwriter Jerry Lynn Williams Forever Man , Something's Happening and See What Love Can Do .

Track list

No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	She's waiting	Eric Clapton, Peter Robinson	4:55
2.	See What Love Can Do	Jerry Lynn Williams	3:58
3.	Same old blues	Eric Clapton	8:15
4th	Knock on Wood	Eddie Floyd , Steve Cropper	3:19
5.	Something's happening	Jerry Lynn Williams	3:23
6th	Forever Man	Jerry Lynn Williams	3:13
7th	It all depends	Eric Clapton	5:05
8th.	Tangled in Love	Marcy Levy , Richard Feldman	4:11
9.	Never Make You Cry	Eric Clapton, Phil Collins	6:06
10.	Just like a prisoner	Eric Clapton	5:29
11.	Behind the sun	Eric Clapton	2:13
Overall length:			49:54

reception

Critic William Ruhlmann of the music website Allmusic described the tracks on the album as not bad, but no hits. As usual, good guitar playing can be found on the album, but Behind the Sun is not one of the better Clapton albums ("Behind the Sun was not one of Clapton's better albums."). Ruhlmann awarded three of the five possible rating units for the album.

The music critic Robert Christgau criticized Collins overproduction of the album and awarded the grade "C-". Deborah Frost from the music magazine Rolling Stone commented positively on the album and awarded it three out of five stars. The British music magazine Kerrang awarded the album four out of five stars.

Chart successes

In Germany, Behind the Sun reached number 15 on the German album charts and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks. In Austria, the album was ranked 30th and stayed in the album charts for two weeks. In the Swiss charts reached Behind the Sun position three and stayed 13 weeks in the charts. In the United States, studio album 34 hit the Billboard 200 . In the United Kingdom, Behind the Sun was able to position itself at number eight on the British album charts.

The single Forever Man reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart, both number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The release See What Love Can Do reached number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 and position 20 on the mainstream rock songs chart. She's Waiting was 11th in the same chart.