| Forever Man | ||||
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| Released | 28 April 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–2014 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, blues | |||
| Length | 224:59 (3-CD/Digital download version) 145:09 (2-CD version) 77:28 (2-LP Vinyl edition) | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Eric Clapton chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Forever Man is a compilation album by the British rock musician Eric Clapton and was released through Reprise Records.
The pre-order for the compilation album started on March 17, 2015, [2] through the official Eric Clapton website. When ordering the 3-CD and LP-version of the release, a T-shirt with the album's cover, a cup and an 18″ × 24″ lithograph was also available for purchase. [3] On the first day of the album announcement more than 37,000 copies were pre-ordered. With the total pre-order sales being added up, Forever Man reached position ten on the American pre-order chart. Until the actual release in the United States of the album on 28 April 2015, the compilation was pre-ordered more than 151,000 times. In Venezuela the album has been available since April 28, and has sold more than 5,000 copies, becoming a gold record in the first two days. [4] The same release day was set for the United States, Canada and Mexico. [5] In Germany the album was released on May 8. [6] In Italy and Malaysia Forever Man was released one day after the German release date. In the southeastern state,[ clarification needed ] the album quickly sold 7,500 copies in week one becoming a gold record. For the rest of the world the album was made available on May 11. [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) | Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa | Old Sock , 2013 | 4:36 |
| 2. | "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" | Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Steve Diamond, Eddie Setser | Money and Cigarettes , 1983 | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Run Back to Your Side" | Bramhall, Eric Clapton | Clapton , 2010 | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Tears in Heaven" | Clapton, Will Jennings | Rush soundtrack, 1992 | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Call Me the Breeze" | J.J. Cale | The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale , 2014 | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Forever Man" | Jerry Lynn Williams | Behind the Sun , 1985 | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Believe in Life" | Clapton | Reptile , 2001 | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Bad Love" | Clapton, Mick Jones | Journeyman , 1989 | 5:09 |
| 9. | "My Father's Eyes" | Clapton | Pilgrim , 1998 | 5:23 |
| 10. | "Anyway the Wind Blows" (with J.J. Cale) | Cale | The Road to Escondido , 2006 | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Travelin' Alone" | Lil' Son Jackson | Clapton | 3:55 |
| 12. | "Change the World" | Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick | Phenomenon soundtrack, 1996 | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Behind the Mask" | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell, Michael Jackson (albeit uncredited) | August , 1986 | 4:47 |
| 14. | "It's in the Way That You Use It" | Clapton, Robbie Robertson | August | 4:12 |
| 15. | "Pretending" | Williams | Journeyman | 4:42 |
| 16. | "Riding with the King" (with B.B. King) | John Hiatt | Riding with the King , 2000 | 4:23 |
| 17. | "Circus" | Clapton | Pilgrim | 4:09 |
| 18. | "Revolution" | Clapton, Simon Climie | Back Home , 2005 | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Badge" (originally by Cream) | Clapton, George Harrison | 24 Nights , 1991; originally from Goodbye , 1969 | 6:53 |
| 2. | "Sunshine of Your Love" (originally by Cream) | Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Clapton | 24 Nights; originally from Disraeli Gears , 1967 | 8:51 |
| 3. | "White Room" (originally by Cream) | Bruce, Brown | 24 Nights; originally from Wheels of Fire , 1968 | 6:06 |
| 4. | "Wonderful Tonight" | Clapton | 24 Nights; originally from Slowhand , 1977 | 8:59 |
| 5. | "Worried Life Blues" | Big Maceo Merriweather | 24 Nights | 5:17 |
| 6. | "Cocaine" | Cale | 24 Nights Bootleg as exclusive track 1991; originally from Slowhand | 5:05 |
| 7. | "Layla" (Unplugged; originally by Derek and the Dominos) | Clapton, Jim Gordon | Unplugged , 1992; originally from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs , 1970 | 4:29 |
| 8. | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Unplugged) | Jimmy Cox | Unplugged | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Walkin’ Blues" (Unplugged) | Robert Johnson | Unplugged | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Them Changes" (with Steve Winwood) | Buddy Miles | Live from Madison Square Garden , 2009 | 4:58 |
| 11. | "Presence of the Lord" (with Steve Winwood; originally by Blind Faith) | Clapton | Live from Madison Square Garden; originally from Blind Faith , 1969 | 5:11 |
| 12. | "Hoochie Coochie Man" | Willie Dixon | One More Car, One More Rider; originally from From the Cradle , 1994 | 4:34 |
| 13. | "Goin' Down Slow" | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | One More Car, One More Rider | 5:41 |
| 14. | "Over the Rainbow" | Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg | One More Car, One More Rider | 5:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Before You Accuse Me" | Bo Diddley | Journeyman | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" | Johnson | Me and Mr. Johnson , 2004 | 2:34 |
| 3. | "Hold On, I'm Coming" (with B.B. King) | Issac Hayes, David Porter | Riding with the King | 6:19 |
| 4. | "Terraplane Blues" | Johnson | Sessions for Robert J , 2004 | 3:36 |
| 5. | "It Hurts Me Too" | Tampa Red | From the Cradle | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Little Queen of Spades" | Johnson | Me and Mr. Johnson | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Third Degree" | Eddie Boyd, Dixon | From the Cradle | 5:10 |
| 8. | "Motherless Child" | Robert Hicks | From the Cradle | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Sportin' Life Blues" (with J.J. Cale) | Brownie McGhee | The Road to Escondido | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Ramblin' On My Mind" | Johnson | Sessions for Robert J | 2:43 |
| 11. | "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" | Johnson | Me and Mr. Johnson | 2:30 |
| 12. | "Everybody Oughta Make a Change" | Sleepy John Estes | Money and Cigarettes | 3:17 |
| 13. | "Sweet Home Chicago" | Johnson | Sessions for Robert J | 5:16 |
| 14. | "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" | Johnson | Me and Mr. Johnson | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Hard Times Blues" | Lane Hardin | Clapton | 3:42 |
| 16. | "Got You on My Mind" | Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs | Reptile | 4:30 |
| 17. | "I'm Tore Down" | Sonny Thompson | From the Cradle | 3:03 |
| 18. | "Milkcow's Calf Blues" | Johnson | Sessions for Robert J | 3:49 |
| 19. | "Key to the Highway" (with B.B. King) | Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar | Riding with the King | 3:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) | Bramhall, Stanley, Costa | Old Sock | 4:36 |
| 2. | "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" | Seals, Diamond, Setser | Money and Cigarettes | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Anyway the Wind Blows" (with J.J. Cale) | Cale | The Road to Escondido | 3:56 |
| 4. | "My Father's Eyes" | Clapton | Pilgrim | 5:23 |
| 5. | "Motherless Child" | Hicks | From the Cradle | 2:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Pretending" | Williams | Journeyman | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Little Queen of Spades" | Johnson | Me and Mr. Johnson | 4:58 |
| 8. | "Bad Love" | Clapton, Jones | Journeyman | 5:09 |
| 9. | "Behind the Mask" | Sakamoto, Mosdell, Jackson (albeit uncredited) | August | 4:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Tears in Heaven" | Clapton, Jennings | Rush soundtrack | 4:32 |
| 11. | "Change the World" | Sims, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick | Phenomenon soundtrack | 3:54 |
| 12. | "Call Me the Breeze" | Cale | The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale | 3:04 |
| 13. | "Forever Man" | Williams | Behind the Sun | 3:12 |
| 14. | "Riding with the King" (with B.B. King) | Hiatt | Riding with the King | 4:23 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "It's in the Way That You Use It" | Clapton, Robertson | August | 4:12 |
| 16. | "Circus" | Clapton | Pilgrim | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Got You on My Mind" | Thomas, Briggs | Reptile | 4:30 |
| 18. | "Travelin' Alone" | Jackson | Clapton | 3:55 |
| 19. | "Revolution" | Clapton, Climie | Back Home | 4:00 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [8] |
German music expert Günter Schneidewind recalls the compilation as "abundant piece of work" and thinks that the album shows "Clapton's life-long work pretty well". [9] AllMusic called this Clapton compilation the "by far the most extensive". They critique the track listings of the album saying they "make sense on paper but they're a little odd in practice, with the Studio selections hopscotching between eras and the live heavy on new millennial selections". Going on by recalling it "hardly a botched collection", they round their review up positively recalling that the album "delivers a lot of bang for the buck". [8]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Malaysia [46] | Gold | |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) [47] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
| Venezuela [4] | Gold | |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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