MUMBAI: Legendary songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and 19-time Grammy Award-winner Eric Clapton will release a brand-new ‘Best Of’ compilation, entitled ‘Forever Man’.
Featuring 51 tracks over three CDs, ‘Forever Man’ spans three decades of Clapton’s Reprise Records years, and features classic studio tracks and a Blues-themed disc.
The collection traces much of Clapton’s career featuring the Grammy Award-winning tracks “Change The World”, “Tears In Heaven”, “Bad Love” and including material from Eric’s Grammy Award-winning albums- ‘From The Cradle’ and ‘Unplugged’. Guest performers include B.B. King and J.J. Cale.
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The release of ‘Forever Man’ coincides with an upcoming tour, which includes nine concert dates in celebration of his 70th birthday on 30th March. The shows will take place at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden on May 1st and 2nd May and at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, and 23rd May. The shows will feature Clapton, accompanied by his band members Paul Carrack, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Chris Stainton, Sharon White, and Michelle John, with opening support act Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders.
‘Forever Man’ will be available in multiple configurations: a 3-CD, a 2-CD, a digital download, and a vinyl 2-LP set that will follow. The package also comes with liner notes written by noted rock journalist and author Malcolm Dome.
Forever Man track-listings
3CD and Digital Download Edition:
CD1 – Studio
1. Gotta Get Over
2. I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
3. Run Back To Your Side
4. Tears In Heaven
5. Call Me The Breeze
6. Forever Man
7. Believe In Life
8. Bad Love
9. My Father’s Eyes
10. Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
11. Travelin’ Alone
12. Change The World
13. Behind The Mask
14. It’s In The Way That You Use It
15. Pretending
16. Riding With The King – with B.B. King
17. Circus
18. Revolution
CD2 – Live
1. Badge
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. White Room
4. Wonderful Tonight
5. Worried Life Blues
6. Cocaine
7. Layla (Unplugged)
8. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out (Unplugged)
9. Walkin’ Blues (Unplugged)
10. Them Changes – with Steve Winwood
11. Presence Of The Lord – with Steve Winwood
12. Hoochie Coochie Man
13. Goin’ Down Slow
14. Over The Rainbow
CD3 – Blues
1. Before You Accuse Me
2. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
3. Hold On, I’m Comin’ – with B.B. King
4. Terraplane Blues
5. It Hurts Me Too
6. Little Queen Of Spades
7. Third Degree
8. Motherless Child
9. Sportin’ Life Blues – with J.J. Cale
10. Ramblin’ On My Mind
11. Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
12. Everybody Oughta Make A Change
13. Sweet Home Chicago
14. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
15. Hard Times Blues
16. Got You On My mind
17. I’m Tore Down
18. Milkcow’s Calf Blues
19. Key To The Highway – with B.B. King
2CD and Digital Download Edition:
CD1
1. Gotta Get Over
2. I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
3. Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
4. My Father’s Eyes
5. Motherless Child
6. Pretending
7. Little Queen Of Spades
8. Bad Love
9. Behind The Mask
10. Tears In Heaven
11. Change The World
12. Call Me The Breeze
13. Forever Man
14. Riding With The King – with B.B. King
15. It’s In The Way That You Use It
16. Circus
17. Got You On My Mind
18. Travelin’ Alone
19. Revolution
CD2 – Live
1. Badge
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. White Room
4. Wonderful Tonight
5. Worried Life Blues
6. Cocaine
7. Layla (Unplugged)
8. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out (Unplugged)
9. Walkin’ Blues (Unplugged)
10. Them Changes – with Steve Winwood
11. Presence Of The Lord – with Steve Winwood
12. Hoochie Coochie Man
13. Goin’ Down Slow
14. Over The Rainbow
Vinyl Edition:
Side 1
1. Gotta Get Over
2. I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
3. Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
4. My Father’s Eyes
5. Motherless Child
Side 2
1. Pretending
2. Little Queen Of Spades
3. Bad Love
4. Behind The Mask
Side 3
1. Tears In Heaven
2. Change The World
3. Call Me The Breeze
4. Forever Man
5. Riding With The King – with B.B. King
Side 4
1. It’s In The Way That You Use It
2. Circus
3. Got You On My mind
4. Travelin’ Alone
5. Revolution
