Behind the Sun

by Eric Clapton

Overview

Eric Clapton's career was in decline in the early '80s when he switched record labels from Polydor to Warner Bros., and his debut Warner album, Money and Cigarettes, became his first to fall below gold-record status in more than six years. As a result, Warner looked critically at his follow-up, the Phil Collins-produced Behind the Sun, in the fall of 1984 and rejected the first version submitted, insisting that he record several new songs written by Jerry Williams, backed by Los Angeles session players under the auspices of company producers Lenny Waronker and Ted Templeman. Warner then emphasized the new tracks, releasing two of them, "Forever Man" (which reached the Top 40) and "See What Love Can Do," as singles. The resulting album, not surprisingly, was somewhat schizophrenic, though the company may have been correct in thinking that the album as a whole was competent without being very exciting. The added tracks were not bad, but they were not the sure-fire hits they were supposed to be. As usual, there was some effective guitar soloing (notably on "Same Old Blues"), but despite the tinkering, Behind the Sun was not one of Clapton's better albums. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2019
Label:	Rep / Reprise
UPC:	0093624899839

Tracks

1. She's Waiting
2. See What Love Can Do
3. Same Old Blues
4. Knock on Wood
5. Something's Happening
6. Forever Man
7. It All Depends
8. Tangled in Love
9. Never Make You Cry
10. Just Like a Prisoner
11. Behind the Sun

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eric Clapton   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Soloist,Synthesizer,Guitar (Rhythm),Roland Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Guitar (Synthesizer)
Steve Lukather   Guest Artist,Guitar,Synthesizer,Guitar (Rhythm)
Jeff Porcaro   Guest Artist,Drums
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Guest Artist,Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Marcy Levy   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lindsey Buckingham   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Greg Phillinganes   Guest Artist,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Phil Collins   Guest Artist,Drums,Shaker,Vocals,Percussion,Synthesizer,Drums (Snare),Fender Rhodes,Simmons Drums,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Lenny Castro   Congas,Percussion
Nathan East   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Peter Manning Robinson   Synthesizer
Shaun Murphy   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ted Templeman   Shaker,Timbales,Percussion,Tambourine
Ray Cooper   Gong,Bongos,Percussion,Gong,Bongos,Percussion
Jerry Williams, Jr.   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
James Newton Howard   Synthesizer
Jamie Oldaker   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Jerry Lynn Williams   Vocals (Background)
Michael Omartian   Synthesizer
Peter Robinson   Synthesizer
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums
John Robinson   Drums
Chris Stainton   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Organ (Hammond)

Technical Credits

Eric Clapton   Composer,Producer,Solo Instrumental
Lenny Waronker   Producer
Mark Linett   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Nick Launay   Engineer
Phil Collins   Composer,Producer
Ted Templeman   Producer
Marcella Levy   Composer
John Peter Robinson   Composer
John "4 Daddman" Robinson   Composer
Jerry Williams, Jr.   Composer
Marcy Levy   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Steve Chase   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Lee Herschberg   Engineer
Jerry Lynn Williams   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Feldman   Composer
Peter Robinson   Composer
Joan Parker   Production Coordination
Stephen Chase   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Patti Clapton   Photography
Larry Vigon   Design,Paintings,Art Direction
Steve Jackson   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Eddie Floyd   Composer