Journeyman (album)

Journeyman is a 1989 album by Eric Clapton. Heralded as a return to form for Clapton, who had struggled with alcohol addiction and had recently found sobriety, the album has a 1980s electronic sound, but it also includes blues songs like "Before You Accuse Me," "Running on Faith," and "Hard Times." "Bad Love" was released as a single, reaching the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart, and being awarded a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1990. "Pretending" had also reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart the previous year, remaining at the top for five weeks ("Bad Love" had only stayed for three weeks).

While the album was only a moderate commercial success at the time, reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200 chart, it went on to become his first solo studio album to go double platinum. This is one of Eric Clapton's favourite albums.^[1]

Track listing

"Pretending" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:48
"Anything for Your Love" (Williams) – 4:16
"Bad Love" (Eric Clapton, Mick Jones) – 5:11
"Running on Faith" (Williams) – 5:27
"Hard Times" (Ray Charles) – 3:00
"Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:26
"No Alibis" (Williams) – 5:32
"Run So Far" (George Harrison) – 4:06
"Old Love" (Clapton, Robert Cray) – 6:25
"Breaking Point" (Marty Grebb, Williams) – 5:37
"Lead Me On" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) – 5:52
"Before You Accuse Me" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:55

Outtakes

"Forever" Unissued
"Don't Turn Your Back" Unissued
"Something About You" Unissued

Personnel

Eric Clapton – guitar, lead vocals
Nathan East – bass guitar (1, 2, 4-7, 9-12), backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
Pino Palladino – bass guitar (3)
Darryl Jones – bass guitar (8)
Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1, 7, 8)
Jim Keltner – drums (2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), percussion (6), tambourine (9), drum programming (8, 10)
Phil Collins – drums, backing & harmony vocals (3)
Steve Ferrone – drums (4, 5, 11), hi-hat (10)
Carole Steele – congas (1), tambourine (4), percussion (7, 10, 11)
Gary Burton – vibraphone (9)
Jerry Lynn Williams – guitar, backing & harmony vocals (1)
Robert Cray – guitar (2, 6, 9, 12), guitar solo (9, 12)
Phil Palmer – guitar (3)
John Tropea – rhythm guitar (5)
George Harrison – guitar & harmony vocals (8)
Cecil Womack – acoustic guitar & vocals (11)
Jeff Bova – synth horns (1), synth organ (1), synth programming (2, 10), drum programming (10), sequenced bass (10), sequenced organ (10)
Alan Clark – synth horns (1), Hammond organ (1, 4), sequenced bass (1), keyboards (3), synthesizer (8), synth strings (9)
Robbie Kondor – harmonica (2), keyboards (2), vocoder (2), drum programming (2), synthesizer (6, 12), synth programming (7, 8), synth piano (9)
Rob Mounsey – synthesizer (8)
Robby Kilgore – synthesizer (11)
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (1, 4, 5), keyboards (2, 10), backing vocals (4, 7), synthesizer (8)
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 6, 7, 9, 12), Fender Rhodes (11)
David Sanborn – alto saxophone (10)
Arif Mardin – horn arrangement (5), string arrangements (11)
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (5)
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (5)
David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (5)
Jon Faddis – trumpet (5)
Lew Soloff – trumpet (5)
Chaka Khan – backing vocals (1, 7)
Tessa Niles – backing vocals (3)
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (3)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (4, 7)
Daryl Hall – harmony vocals (7)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (10)
Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals (10)
Linda Womack – vocals (11)
Rev. Timothy Wright Washington Temple Concert Choir – choir (4)
Roger Forrester & Friends – dog barking (6)

Production

Produced by Russ Titelman
Engineered by Steve "Barney" Chase, Dave O'Donnell, Jack Joseph Puig and Dave Wittman
Assistant Engineers – Richard Arnold, Paul Angelli, Mike Knowles and U.E. Natasi
Additional engineering by Larry Alexander, Ben Fowler, Michael O'Reilly and Steve Rinkoff
Recorded at The Power Station (NYC), Skyline Studios (NYC) and The Town House (London)
Mixed by Gary Wright and Russ Titelman (tracks 3, 6, 7, 9-12); Rob Eaton (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8); Steve Chase (track 5)
Recording and Mix Assistant – Ben Fowler
Mixed at The Power Station and The Town House
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
Production Coordination – Jill Dell'Abate
Production Assistant – Alexandra Saraspe Conomos
Design – Bill Smith Studio
Original Design Concept – Eric Clapton
Photography – Terry O'Neill
Management, 'Road' Photography – Roger Forrester

Singles performance

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	Album
1989	"Pretending"	55	1	Journeyman
1990	"Bad Love"	88	1	Journeyman
1990	"Before You Accuse Me"	–	9	Journeyman
1990	"No Alibis"	–	4	Journeyman
1990	"Run So Far"	–	40	Journeyman

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
bgcolor="#efefef"	Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	27
bgcolor="#efefef"	Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	29
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[4]	7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5]	10
bgcolor="#efefef"	Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[6]	9
bgcolor="#efefef"	German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	16
bgcolor="#efefef"	New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	43
bgcolor="#efefef"	Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[9]	2
bgcolor="#efefef"	Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	3
bgcolor="#efefef"	Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	7
bgcolor="#efefef"	UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	2
bgcolor="#efefef"	US Billboard 200^[13]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[14]	48
US Billboard 200^[15]	24

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[16]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[17]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[18]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[19]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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Eric Clapton
Studio albums	Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard There's One in Every Crowd No Reason to Cry Slowhand Backless Another Ticket Money and Cigarettes Behind the Sun August Journeyman From the Cradle Pilgrim Reptile Me and Mr. Johnson / Sessions for Robert J Back Home Clapton Old Sock I Still Do
Live albums	Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert E. C. Was Here Just One Night Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies 24 Nights Unplugged Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies One More Car, One More Rider Live in San Diego
Compilations	The History of Eric Clapton Eric Clapton at His Best Clapton Steppin' Out Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton Backtrackin' The Cream of Eric Clapton Crossroads Story The Cream of Clapton Blues Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton Complete Clapton Forever Man
Singles	"After Midnight" / "Easy Now" "Blues Power" / "Bottle of Red Wine" "Let It Rain" "I Shot the Sheriff" / "Give Me Strength" "Willie and the Hand Jive" "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "Hello Old Friend" "Carnival" "Lay Down Sally" / "Cocaine" "Wonderful Tonight" "Tulsa Time" "Promises" / "Watch Out for Lucy" "Early in the Morning (Live)" "I Can't Stand It" "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" "Crosscut Saw" "Forever Man" "It's in the Way That You Use It" "Behind the Mask" "Tearing Us Apart" "Pretending" / "Before You Accuse Me" "Hound Dog" "Bad Love" "Tears in Heaven" / "White Room (Live)" "Layla (Acoustic)" "Down & Out" "Motherless Child" / "Driftin'" "Change the World" "Born in Time" "Circus" "My Father's Eyes" "Pilgrim" "Blue Eyes Blue" "(I) Get Lost" "Come Rain or Come Shine" / "Ten Long Years" "3 O'Clock Blues" "Key to the Highway" "Worried Life Blues" "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" "Every Little Thing" / "No Sympathy"
Soundtracks	Edge of Darkness Homeboy Rush
Concert films	Live 1986 The Cream of Eric Clapton Live in Hyde Park In Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua Sessions for Robert J Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Live at Montreux 1986 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Planes, Trains and Eric Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Collaborations	Riding with the King The Road to Escondido Live from Madison Square Garden Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
Tours	Journeyman World Tour 1992 Eric Clapton World Tour
Related	Album discography Singles discography Videography Blackie Brownie The Fool Signature Stratocaster Crossroads Centre Crossroads Guitar Festival Pattie Boyd (wife) Ferrari SP12 EC Va Bene Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

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