Just One Night (Eric Clapton album)

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Just One Night
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Live album by
Eric Clapton
Released16 April 1980
Recorded3–4 December 1979
Venue Nippon Budokan (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre Rock, blues
Length89:11
Label RSO
Producer Eric Clapton, Jon Astley
Eric Clapton chronology
Backless
(1978)		Just One Night
(1980)		 Another Ticket
(1981)
Singles from Just One Night
  1. "Tulsa Time"
    Released: June 1980
  2. "Cocaine"
    Released: June 1980
  3. "Blues Power"
    Released: September 1980

Just One Night is a 1980 double album by Eric Clapton, recorded live at the Budokan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, December 1979 when Clapton was touring to support Backless , his latest record at that time. The sleeve contains a Japanese painting by Ken Konno. The album reached No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK, and was certified gold by RIAA.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Critical reaction to the album has been largely positive. At the time of release Robert Christgau said the album contained "AM and FM faves" which were "served hot, raw, or both". [2] "Ultimate Classic Rock" ranked the album in the "Top 100 Live Albums", and suggested that it was superior to the studio albums recorded by Clapton at the time. [3]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Tulsa Time" (Danny Flowers) – 4:00 (1979-12-03)
  2. "Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 7:11 (1979-12-03)
  3. "Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 5:35 (1979-12-04)
  4. "Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 4:42 (1979-12-04)

Side 2

  1. "If I Don't Be There by Morning" (Bob Dylan, Helena Springs) – 4:26 (1979-12-04)
  2. "Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 8:28 (1979-12-04)
  3. "All Our Past Times" (Clapton, Rick Danko) – 5:00 (1979-12-04)
  4. "After Midnight" (J.J. Cale) – 5:38 (1979-12-03)

Side 3

  1. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 8:17 (1979-12-04)
  2. "Setting Me Up" (Mark Knopfler) – 4:35 (1979-12-04)
  3. "Blues Power" (Clapton, Leon Russell) – 7:23 (1979-12-04)

Side 4

  1. "Rambling On My Mind"/"Have You Ever Loved A Woman" (Robert Johnson/Traditional/Billy Myles) – 8:48 (1979-12-04)
  2. "Cocaine" (J.J. Cale) – 7:39 (1979-12-04)
  3. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Veasey, Don Robey) – 7:17 (1979-12-04)

CD and digital issues combine sides 1 and 2 on CD 1 and sides 3 and 4 on CD 2.

Personnel

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Platinum70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [20] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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