Icon (Eric Clapton Album)

Icon
Compilation album by Eric Clapton
Publication (s)	April 5, 2011
Label (s)	Polydor Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Rock , pop , blues rock
Title (number)	12 (1-CD); 24 (2-CD)
running time	50:05 (1-CD); 107: 47 (2-CD)
chronology Complete Clapton (2007) Icon Give Me Strength - The '74 / '75 Studio Recordings (2013)

Icon is a compilation album by British rock musician Eric Clapton and was released on April 5, 2011 as Icon 1 (1-CD set) and Icon 2 (2-CD set) on the Polydor Records label .

The album includes both Clapton's works as a solo artist and tracks he recorded with the groups Cream and Derek and the Dominos .

Playlists

Icon 1

No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	I shot the sheriff	Bob Marley	4:24
2.	After midnight	JJ Cale	2:51
3.	Knockin 'on Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan	4:22
4th	Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	3:42
5.	Cocaine	JJ Cale	3:38
6th	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton, George Terry , Marcy Levy	3:52
7th	Bell Bottom Blues (with Derek and the Dominos)	Eric Clapton	5:02
8th.	Promises	Richard Feldman, Roger Linn	3:01
9.	Let it rain	Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett	5:02
10.	Let it grow	Eric Clapton	4:58
11.	I Can't Stand It	Eric Clapton	4:09
12.	Layla (with Derek and the Dominos)	Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon	7:04
Overall length:			50:05

Icon 2

CD 1
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	Sunshine of Your Love (with Cream)	Eric Clapton, Pete Brown , Jack Bruce	4:11
2.	Crossroads (with Cream)	Robert Johnson	4:15
3.	White Room (with Cream)	Pete Brown, Jack Bruce	4:58
4th	Presence of the Lord	Eric Clapton	4:48
5.	Layla (with Derek and the Dominos)	Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon	7:04
6th	Bell Bottom Blues (with Derek and the Dominos)	Eric Clapton	5:02
7th	Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad (with Derek and the Dominos)	Eric Clapton	4:42
8th.	After midnight	JJ Cale	2:51
9.	Let it rain	Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett	5:02
10.	Blues power	Eric Clapton, Leon Russell	3:08
11.	Willie and the Hand Jive	Johnny Otis	3:29
12.	Let it grow	Eric Clapton	4:58

CD 2
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	I shot the sheriff	Bob Marley	4:24
2.	The Sky Is Crying	Elmore James , Morris Levy , Clarence Lewis	3:58
3.	Further on Up the Road (Live)	Don Robey , Joe Veasey	7:32
4th	Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Live)	Billy Myles	7:40
5.	Knockin 'on Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan	4:22
6th	Hello Old Friend	Eric Clapton	3:35
7th	Cocaine	JJ Cale	3:38
8th.	Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	3:42
9.	Promises	Richard Feldman, Roger Linn	3:01
10.	Tulsa Time	Danny Flowers	3:27
11.	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton, George Terry, Marcy Levy	3:52
12.	I Can't Stand It	Eric Clapton	4:09
Overall length:			107: 47

Reception and chart successes

Allmusic critic Steve Leggett finds this compilation to be a very good representation of Clapton's life and musical career. Finally, he awarded 3.5 of the 5 possible rating points for the album. Ryan Book of The Music Times thinks the compilation is too specific and that those who don't want to be lost in Clapton's career in over 50 years should try The Cream of Clapton .

The compilation album was number 114 on the Billboard 200 and remained in the US album charts for a total of two weeks.

Sales figures

Country / Association	Award	Sales	source
United States ( RIAA )	-	119,667+

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Icon (Single Disc Version). Where's Eric !, accessed March 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Icon (Double Disc Version). Where's Eric !, accessed March 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Ryan Book: 'Icon: Eric Clapton' Too Limited to Grasp Slowhand's Scope. The Music Times, August 22, 2014, accessed March 21, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Eric Clapton - Chart history. Billboard , accessed March 21, 2015 . 
5. ^ Eric Clapton :: Charts & Sales History. ukmix.org, accessed March 21, 2015 .