Blues (Eric Clapton album)

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blues
Compilation album by Eric Clapton

Publication
(s)

July 27, 1999

Label (s) PolyGram

Format (s)

CD , digital

Genre (s)

Rock , blues rock

Title (number)

29

running time

86:08

chronology
Pilgrim
(1998) 		blues Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
(1999)

Blues is a compilation album by British rock musician Eric Clapton . It was released in July 1999 under the PolyGram label and contains material from Clapton's 1970s albums on RSO Records . It also includes previously unreleased tracks from the same era. CD 2 contains live recordings.

reception

Professional reviews
source rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

The music website Allmusic awarded four out of five possible stars, as did Rolling Stone . The album reached number 1 on the top blues albums chart in 1999.

Track list

CD 1

  1. Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself) ( Ellas McDaniel ) - 4:39
  2. Mean Old World ( Walter Jacobs ) - 3:50
  3. Ain't That Lovin 'You ( Jimmy Reed ) - 5:26
  4. The Sky Is Crying ( Elmore James ) - 3:58
  5. Cryin ' (Eric Clapton) - 2:52
  6. Have You Ever Loved a Woman ( Billy Myles ) - 6:51
  7. Alberta (Traditional) - 2:40
  8. Early in the Morning (Traditional) - 7:55
  9. Give Me Strength (Clapton) - 2:51
  10. Meet Me (Down at the Bottom) ( Willie Dixon ) - 7:04
  11. County Jail Blues (Alfred Fields) - 3:56
  12. Floating Bridge ( Sleepy John Estes ) - 6:33
  13. Blow Wind Blow ( Muddy Waters ) - 2:59
  14. To Make Somebody Happy (Clapton) - 5:11
  15. Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself) (McDaniel) - 4:39

CD 2

  1. Stormy Monday ( T-Bone Walker ) - 12:49
  2. Worried Life Blues ( Big Maceo Merriweather ) - 5:57
  3. Early in the Morning (Traditional) - 7:11
  4. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Billy Myles) - 7:47
  5. Wonderful Tonight (Clapton) - 6:23
  6. Child Hearted Woman ( Robert Johnson ) - 5:11
  7. Double Trouble ( Otis Rush ) - 8:02
  8. Driftin 'Blues (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) - 6:57
  9. Crossroads ( Robert Johnson ) - 5:49
  10. Further on Up the Road (Joe Medwich Veasey, Don Robey ) - 8:38

Bonus CD

  1. Blues in A (Clapton) - 10:25
  2. Eric After Hours Blues (Clapton) - 4:20
  3. B Minor Jam (Clapton) - 7:10
  4. Blues (Clapton) - 2:59

Sales

Country / Association Award Sales source
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand ( RMNZ ) gold 7,500+
United StatesUnited States United States ( RIAA ) gold 500,000 +
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom ( BPI ) silver 60,000+
Total sales 576,500 +

Chart placements

Chart (1999) placement
Billboard 200 52

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blues Releases Allmusic
  2. ↑ a b c information, criticism Allmusic
  3. ^ Album review ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Rolling Stone
  4. ↑ a b Charts, Awards Allmusic
  5. ↑ NZ Top 40 Albums Chart (03 October 1999). Recorded Music NZ , accessed April 21, 2017 .
  6. ^ Gold & Platinum Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed April 21, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Certified Awards. British Phonographic Industry , accessed April 21, 2017 .
Eric Clapton
Studio albums

Eric Clapton • 461 Ocean Boulevard • There's One in Every Crowd • No Reason to Cry • Slowhand • Backless • Another Ticket • Money and Cigarettes • Behind the Sun • August • Journeyman • From the Cradle • Pilgrim • Reptile • Me and Mr. Johnson • Back Home • Clapton • Old Sock • I Still Thu • Happy Xmas

Collaboration albums

Retail Therapy • Riding with the King • The Road to Escondido • The Breeze - An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Extended plays

It Hurts Me Too • Sessions for Robert J.

Live albums

Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert • EC Was Here • Just One Night • 24 Nights • Unplugged • One More Car, One More Rider • Live 1986 • Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 • Live from Madison Square Garden • Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center

Soundtracks

Edge of Darkness • Homeboy - Original Score Performed by Eric Clapton • Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack RUSH

Compilation albums

The History of Eric Clapton • Eric Clapton at His Best • Clapton • Steppin 'Out • Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton • Time Pieces Vol. II Live in the Seventies • Backtrackin' • The Cream of Eric Clapton • Crossroads • Eric Clapton Story 1967-1980 • Stages • The Cream of Clapton • Strictly the Blues • Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies • The Blues Years • Blues • Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton • Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Eric Clapton • Ballads • 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton • Complete Clapton • Icon • Give Me Strength - The '74 / '75 Studio Recordings • Forever Man

Video albums

Live 1986 • The Cream of Eric Clapton • Unplugged • Live in Hyde Park • 24 Nights • Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton • In Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Center at Antigua • One More Car, One More Rider • Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 • Sessions for Robert J • Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 • Live at Montreux 1986 • Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 • Live from Madison Square Garden • Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 • Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center • Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 • Planes, Trains and Eric

Singles
NoDISPLAY
Eric Clapton
After Midnight / Easy Now (1970) • Blues Power / Bottle of Red Wine (1970) • Let It Rain / Easy Now (1972)
461 Ocean Boulevard
I Shot the Sheriff / Give Me Strength (1974) • Willie and the Hand Jive / Mainline Florida (1974)
There's One In Every Crowd
Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Pretty Blue Eyes (1975)
No reason to cry
Hello Old Friend / All Our Past Times (1976) • Carnival / "Hungry" (1977)
Slowhand
Lay Down Sally / Cocaine (1977) • Wonderful Tonight / Peaches and Diesel (1977)
Backless
If I Don't Be There By Morning / Tulsa Time (1978) • Promises / Watch Out for Lucy (1978) • Watch Out for Lucy (1979)
Just one night
Cocaine / Tulsa Time (1979) • Blues Power / Early in the Morning (1980) • Tulsa Time / Cocaine (1980)
Another ticket
I Can't Stand It / Black Rose (1981) • Another Ticket / Rita Mae (1981)
Money and Cigarettes
I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart / Man in Love (1983) • Slow Down Linda / The Shape You're In (1983) • The Shape You're In / Crosscut Saw (1983)
Behind the sun
Forever Man / Too Bad (1985) • See What Love Can Do / She's Waiting (1985) • She's Waiting / Jailbait (1985)
Edge of Darkness OST
Edge of Darkness / Shoot Out (1985)
August
Holy Mother / Tangled in Love (1986) • It's in the Way That You Use It / Grand Illusion (1986) • Behind the Mask / Grand Illusion (1987) • Tearing Us Apart / Hold On (1987)
Journeyman
Pretending / Before You Accuse Me (1989) • Running on Faith (Radio Edit) / Hound Dog (1989) • Bad Love / Before You Accuse Me (1990) • No Alibis / Running on Faith (1990)
24 nights
Wonderful Tonight (Live) / Edge of Darkness (1991)
Rush OST
Tears in Heaven / White Room (Live) (1992)
Unplugged
Layla (Acoustic) / Tears in Heaven (Acoustic) (1992) • Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (1992)
From the cradle
Motherless Child / Driftin ' / County Jail (Live) / 32-20 (Live) (1994)
Phenomenon OST
Change the World / Danny Boy (1996)
Pilgrim
Born in Time (Album Version) / Born in Time (Remix Edit) / Wonderful Tonight (Live) / Tears in Heaven (1998) • Circus (Album Version) / Wonderful Tonight / Tears in Heaven / Edge of Darkness (1998) • My Father's Eyes / Inside of Me (Instrumental Remix) (1998) • Pilgrim (Mick Guzauski Remix Edit) / Pilgrim (Album Version) (1998)
Runaway Bride OST
Blue Eyes Blue (Album Version) / Circus (Album Version) / Wonderful Tonight (Live) / Blue Eyes Blue (Edit) (1999)
The Story of Us OST
(I) Get Lost / Main Title (1999)
Riding with the King
Come Rain or Come Shine / Ten Long Years (2000) • Marry You / Three O'Clock Blues (2000) • Riding with the King / Key to the Highway (2000) • Worried Life Blues / Days of Old (2000)
Reptiles
I Ain't Gonna Stand for It / Losing Hand / Johnny Guitar (2001)
Old sock
Every Little Thing (Steppers Mix) / Every Little Thing (One Drop Mix) / Every Little Thing (Album Version) / No Sympathy (2013)
I Still Thu
Can't Let You Do It (2016) • Stones in My Passway (2016) • Catch the Blues (2016)
Non-album singles
Knockin 'on Heaven's Door / Someone Like You (1975)
As a guest musician
Comin 'Home - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (1969) • Wonderful World - Zucchero (1991) • Runaway Train - Elton John (1992) • It's Probably Me - Sting (1992) • Love Can Build a Bridge - Cher , Chrissie Hynde , Neneh Cherry (1995) • Forever Man (How Many Times?) - Beatchuggers (2000)
Tours

Money and Cigarettes Tour (1983-84) • Behind the Sun World Tour (1985) • Clapton and Friends Tour (1986-87) • Clapton-Knopfler Tour (1988) • Journeyman World Tour (1989-91) • Clapton-Harrison -Tour (1991) • Eric Clapton World Tour (1992) • From the Cradle World Tour (1993–96) • Pilgrim World Tour (1997–99) • Reptile World Tour (2001) • Just for You Japan Tour (2003) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2004) • Doyle & Derek World Tour (2006-07) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2008) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2009) • Clapton World Tour (2010-11) • 50th Anniversary World Tour (2013 ) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2014) • 70th Birthday Celebration (2015) • Japan Residency Tour (2016) • A Celebration of 50 Years of Music (2017) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2018) • Eric Clapton World Tour (2019) • Summer European Tour (2021)