TDF

TDF (full Totally Dysfunctional Family ) was a British pop music - duo consisting of Eric Clapton and Simon Climie . 1997 their album was Retail Therapy ( Engl. Published Retail therapy or frustration Hoppen).

History of origin

When Clapton was writing songs for a new album, he was preoccupied with building his rehabilitation center, an unhappy relationship with a woman named Francesca, and his appearance on Luciano Pavarotti's Pavarotti & Friends for War Child . Under these circumstances, according to Clapton in his biography, he could not complete the songs. To deal with this, Clapton turned to Simon Climie, whom he knew from Olympic Studios . In his biography, Clapton described him as a “good songwriter” and “just the right person” to produce a new album. Clapton visited Climie's home and began his work. "Most of the time we did it with Pro Tools on the computer, jamming on the guitar or writing melodies," said Clapton. In order to present the works, Clapton persuaded Giorgio Armani to use the music for his fashion show. These songs were released on the Retail Therapy album in March 1997. Clapton tried to work anonymously to see if the music alone would be believable. However, the album went completely unnoticed. Even when fans found out that Clapton was represented as a contributor on the album, the work was not well received. Clapton later referred to the album as "a warm-up exercise for pilgrim ."

Retail Therapy

reception

Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the music website Allmusic awarded 1.5 of the five possible rating units and described the album as "misleading and only sometimes captivating [...]". He also described the atmosphere of the work as "[...] strange and trite". It would also appear that the two musicians were jamming and recording whatever came into their heads. He thought it was a "bland and colorless path into the dead end of electronic music by two musicians who don't understand anything about it."

The album was number seven on Billboard's top contemporary jazz album chart in 1997 .

literature

• My life. (Autobiography). Kiepenheuer & Witsch Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03934-4 . P. 275f.

Web links

• TDF at Discogs (English)
• TDF at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Retail Therapy , accessed February 8, 2015, whereseric.com
2. ↑ Retail Therapy - TDF | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic , accessed February 8, 2015, allmusic.com
3. ↑ Retail Therapy - TDF | Awards | AllMusic , accessed February 8, 2015, allmusic.com