Much to the elation of
Eric Clapton fans across the globe, Marshall Blonstein's Audio
Fidelity has released Clapton's 'Journeyman' album as a limited
numbered edition Hybrid SACD! Eric Clapton is a true legend.
'Journeyman' reached #16 on the Billboard album chart and became
Clapton's first solo studio album to go double platinum. Like any of
his best albums, there is no grandstanding to be found on
'Journeyman'...it's simply a laid-back and thoroughly engaging
display of his virtuosity. The album was heralded as a return to form
for Clapton, much of it has an electronic sound, mostly influenced by
the 1980s rock scene, but it also includes blues songs like “Before
You Accuse Me,” “Running on Faith,” and “Hard Times.”
“At the center of it all is Clapton's
guitar work...stinging blues and soaring pop.”
There is an all-star assembly of
guests: Dire Straits keyboardist Alan Clark, George Harrison, Chaka
Khan, Daryl Hall, Robert Cray, Cecil and Linda Womack, Phil Collins
and Gary Burton. Among the highlights are several cuts that feature
slide-versus-slowhand guitar dueling with Cray. George Harrison is
particularly impressive on his little masterpiece “Run So Far,”
playing guitar and singing harmony vocals.
A couple of tracks rank among Clapton's
best from any decade.The strongest commercial single is “Bad Love,”
which won the 1990 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award, and
reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart. “Pretending”
is a firm mid-tempo rocker that also reached the No. 1 position on
the Album Rock Chart and and includes one of his most assured vocal
performances ever.
Clapton sounds more convincing than he
had since the early '70s. Not only is his guitar playing muscular and
forceful, his singing is soulful and gritty - he seems to have struck
the perfect balance between the fiery blues of his youth with the pop
flavorings of his later years.
TRACKS:
Pretending
Anything for Your Love
Bad Love
Running on Faith
Hard Times
Hound Dog
No Alibis
Run So Far
Old Love
Breaking Point
Lead Me On
Before You Accuse Me
Produced By Jill Dell'Abate & Russ
Titelman
Mastered by Steve Hoffman
at Stephen Marsh Mastering
For more information:
http://www.audiofidelity.net/
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