From the Cradle
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| Studio album by Eric Clapton | |||||
| Released | September 13, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Blues | ||||
| Length | 60:10 | ||||
| Label | Reprise Records | ||||
| Producer | Eric Clapton & Russ Titelman | ||||
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From the Cradle is a Grammy winning blues cover album by Eric Clapton released in 1994. Per the liner notes, "This is a live recording with no overdubs or edits except for dobro overdub on 'How Long Blues' and drum overdub on 'Motherless Child'."
Although long associated with the blues, From the Cradle was Clapton's first attempt at an all-blues album. He would subsequently record Riding with the King with B. B. King and a tribute to Robert Johnson, Me and Mr. Johnson.
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[edit] Chart performance, singles, and awards
From the Cradle reached the #1 position in the 1994 Billboard 200 and #1 in the 1995 Billboard "Top Blues Album".
It had two singles: "I'm Tore Down" that reached the #5 position in the Mainstream Rock Tracks and "Motherless Child" that reached the #23 position in the same ranking.
The album won the 1994 Grammy in the category "Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording"
[edit] Chart Positions
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1995 | Top Blues Albums | 1 |
[edit] Track listing
- "Blues Before Sunrise" (Leroy Carr) – 2:58
- "Third Degree" (Eddie Boyd/Willie Dixon) – 5:07
- "Reconsider Baby" (Lowell Fulson) – 3:20
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:16
- "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) – 4:47
- "I'm Tore Down" (Sonny Thompson) – 3:02
- "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 3:09
- "Goin' Away Baby" (Lane) – 4:00
- "Blues Leave Me Alone" (Lane) – 3:36
- "Sinner's Prayer" (Lowell Fulson/Glenn) – 3:20
- "Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 2:57
- "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 3:17
- "Someday after a While" (Freddie King/Sonny Thompson) – 4:27
- "Standin' Round Crying" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:39
- "Driftin'" (Brown/Johnny Moore/Williams) (The Drifters) – 3:10
- "Groaning The Blues" (Willie Dixon) – 6:05
[edit] Personnel
- Eric Clapton - Guitar and vocals
- Dave Bronze - Bass guitar
- Jim Keltner - Drums
- Andy Fairweather-Low - Guitar
- Jerry Portnoy - Harmonica
- Chris Stainton - Keyboards
- Roddy Lorimer - Trumpet
- Simon Clarke - Baritone Sax
- Tim Sanders - Tenor Sax
- Richie Hayward - percussion on "How Long Blues"
| Preceded by II by Boyz II Men |
Billboard 200 number-one album October 1 - October 7, 1994 |
Succeeded by Monster by R.E.M. |
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