The Cream of Eric Clapton (Album)

chronology
The Cream of Eric Clapton
Compilation album by Eric Clapton
Publication ; (s)	September 1987
Label (s)	Polydor
Format (s)	CD · LP · MC · Download
Genre (s)	Rock , blues rock
Title (number)	17th
running time	74:40

The Cream of Eric Clapton is a compilation album released in September 1987 by British rock musician Eric Clapton . It contains his most popular solo artist titles to date, as well as songs from his bands Cream and Derek and the Dominos . The album achieved gold and platinum status in numerous regions and sold more than 3.1 million copies worldwide.

publication

The compilation was first released in September 1987 in Europe , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Asia and Brazil . Due to high demand, the album was later re-released in the UK , Japan , Canada, Brazil and Australia. It was released on record , compact disc and music cassette . On later releases of The Cream of Eric Clapton , such as in Japan, Clapton was single release of the track After Midnight added from the year 1988th

Track list

The Cream of Eric Clapton - standard version
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	Layla (with Derek and the Dominos )	Eric Clapton · Jim Gordon	7:10
2.	Badge (with Cream )	Eric Clapton · George Harrison	2:43
3.	I Feel Free (with Cream)	Pete Brown · Jack Bruce	2:55
4th	Sunshine of Your Love (with Cream)	Eric Clapton · Pete Brown · Jack Bruce	4:10
5.	Crossroads (with Cream)	Robert Johnson	4:14
6th	Strange Brew (with Cream)	Eric Clapton Gail Collins Felix Pappalardi	2:46
7th	White Room (with Cream)	Pete Brown Jack Bruce	4:58
8th.	Cocaine	JJ Cale	3:38
9.	I shot the sheriff	Bob Marley	4:30
10.	Behind the mask	Chris J. Mosdell Ryūichi Sakamoto	3:38
11.	Forever Man	Jerry Lynn Williams	3:12
12.	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton · Marcy Levy · George Terry	3:52
13.	Knockin 'on Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan	4:23
14th	Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	3:41
15th	Let it grow	Eric Clapton	4:56
16.	Promises	Richard Feldman · Roger Linn	3:00
17th	I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart	Steve Diamond · Tony Seals · Troy Seals · Eddie Setser	3:13

The Cream of Eric Clapton - Re-Release Version
No.	title	Songwriter	length
18th	After Midnight (1988 Version)	JJ Cale	4:05
Overall length:			74:40

reception

Reviews

Professional reviews
source	rating
Allmusic
Billboard

The US-American music magazine Billboard named the album in its August 1, 1987 issue as “the most anticipated compilation album of the year” and rated demo releases of the album with five out of five possible stars. The Allmusic critic Richard Gilliam describes the compilation as a "solid collection, an excellent overview of one of the best rock musicians" provides. He also praised the historical component of the album. Overall, Gilliam awarded four of the five possible rating units for the album.

Chart placements

The album was number 3 on the British album charts and stayed 104 in the hit parade. In November 1987 the album was awarded a platinum record in Great Britain for more than 300,000 units sold, and in January 1991 it achieved a triple platinum award for more than 900,000 units sold. In the Netherlands , the album reached number 78 in the Dutch Charts and was awarded a gold record in France and Switzerland. In Canada, the album was unable to secure a placement in the music charts, but was nevertheless awarded gold in July 1987 for 50,000 units sold. In Australia, The Cream of Eric Clapton reached number 12 on the ARIA charts and was awarded a platinum record. By 1988, more than 1.2 million copies of the compilation album had been sold worldwide, according to Billboard .

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	6 × platinum	90,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold 12 × platinum	3,235,000