Complete Clapton
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Complete Clapton is a greatest hits collection by British
rock
musician Eric Clapton
. The two-disc collection was released on 9 October 2007 to accompany Eric Clapton's autobiography, Clapton: The Autobiography, released that same year (see 2007 in music
).
As with The Rolling Stones
' Forty Licks
, each disc has been compiled by different record companies: disc one, virtually identical to The Cream of Clapton
by Polydor, and disc two by Warner Bros. Records
.
The compilation debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200
, selling about 45,000 copies in its first week.
British people
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rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musician Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
. The two-disc collection was released on 9 October 2007 to accompany Eric Clapton's autobiography, Clapton: The Autobiography, released that same year (see 2007 in music
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
).
As with The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' Forty Licks
Forty Licks
Forty Licks is a double compilation album by The Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, Forty Licks is notable for being the first retrospective to combine the band's formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records , with their self-owned post-1970 material,...
, each disc has been compiled by different record companies: disc one, virtually identical to The Cream of Clapton
The Cream of Clapton
The Cream of Eric Clapton is a greatest hits album by English guitar player Eric Clapton. It includes work from three of his bands, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek & the Dominos; as well as his solo work. It was released in 1987 in the UK. It should not be confused with the 1995 U.S...
by Polydor, and disc two by Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
.
The compilation debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling about 45,000 copies in its first week.
Disc one
- "I Feel FreeI Feel Free"I Feel Free" is a song first recorded by British rock group Cream. The song's lyrics were written by Pete Brown, its music by Jack Bruce. It was the first track on the US issue of their debut album, Fresh Cream , and the band's second hit single...
" (CreamCream (band)Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...
) - 2:54 - "Sunshine of Your LoveSunshine of Your Love"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British supergroup Cream. The song was originally released on the album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, and was later released as a single in January 1968. It is Cream's only gold-selling single in the United States. It features a distinctive...
" (Cream) - 4:11 - "White RoomWhite Room"White Room" is a song by British "supergroup" Cream. The song was a psychedelic rock number written by bassist Jack Bruce and poet Pete Brown. It originally appeared on the US release of their double album, Wheels of Fire, by Atco Records in July 1968 and was released as a single in September 1968...
" (Cream) - 4:59 - "Crossroads" (Cream) - 4:08 Live
- "BadgeBadge (song)"Badge" is a song performed by Cream, written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison. It was included as a track on Cream's final album, Goodbye. Peaking at number 60 on Billboard's Hot 100, "Badge" was a minor hit after its release as a single in April 1969...
" (Cream) - 2:42 - "Presence of the Lord" (Blind FaithBlind FaithBlind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. The band, which was one of the first "super-groups", released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969...
) - 4:49 - "After Midnight" - 3:08
- "Let It Rain" - 5:06
- "Bell Bottom BluesBell Bottom Blues (1970 song)"Bell Bottom Blues" is a song written by Eric Clapton and performed by Derek and the Dominos. It deals with unrequited love and appears on the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. As a single, backed with "Keep on Growing," the song reached #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971...
" (Derek & The Dominos) - 5:01 - "LaylaLayla"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues-rock band, Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs...
" (Derek & The Dominos) - 7:09 - "Let It Grow" - 4:57
- "I Shot the SheriffI Shot the Sheriff"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Bob Marley, told from the point of view of a man who admits to having killed the local sheriff, but claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy sheriff. He also claims to have acted in self defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. The...
" - 4:22 - "Knockin' on Heaven's DoorKnockin' on Heaven's Door"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.-Story line and song structure:...
" - 4:24 - "Hello Old Friend" - 3:34
- "CocaineCocaine (song)"Cocaine" is a song written and recorded by JJ Cale in 1976 and most widely known in a cover version recorded by Eric Clapton. Allmusic calls the latter "among [Clapton's] most enduringly popular hits" and notes that "even for an artist like Clapton with a huge body of high-quality work, 'Cocaine'...
" - 3:35 - "Lay Down SallyLay Down Sally"Lay Down Sally" is a single by Eric Clapton, written by Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy, and George Terry. It appeared on his November 1977 album Slowhand, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is a country blues performed in the style of J. J...
" - 3:49 - "Wonderful TonightWonderful Tonight"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand and released as a single the following year. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me...
" - 3:41 - "Promises" - 2:59
- "I Can't Stand ItI Can't Stand It"I Can't Stand It" was the first single from Eric Clapton's 1981 album Another Ticket. Besides becoming a pop hit in its own right, reaching #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was also the first #1 song on Billboards newly-introduced Top Tracks chart for rock songs. It stayed at the summit for two...
" - 4:08
Disc two
- "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll HeartI've Got a Rock 'n' Roll HeartThe song I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart is the hit song by Eric Clapton from the album Money and Cigarettes. The song was very successful in the USA, peaking at 18. However, the song had less success in the UK. In 2010, it was used as part of an ad campaign for a Fender edition of the T-Mobile HTC...
" - 3:16 - "She's Waiting" - 4:56
- "Forever Man" - 3:14
- "It's in the Way That You Use It" - 4:13
- "Miss YouMiss You (Eric Clapton song)Miss You first featured as the ninth song on Eric Clapton's 1986 album August. "Miss You" was composed by Eric Clapton, Greg Phillinganes and Bobby Columby...
" - 5:07 - "PretendingPretending (Eric Clapton song)Pretending is a strong rock song written and composed by Jerry Lynn Williams. It was released in 1989 on Eric Clapton's Journeyman as the first track of the album. The song was released as the lead single from the album and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest charting single...
" - 4:43 - "Bad LoveBad Love (Eric Clapton song)"Bad Love", is a rock song from Eric Clapton's 1989 album Journeyman, released as the second single of the album. It was composed by Eric Clapton and Foreigner lead guitarist Mick Jones and features Phil Collins on drums and harmony vocals, Alan Clark on keyboards and Pino Palladino on bass guitar...
" - 5:08 - "Tears in HeavenTears in Heaven"Tears in Heaven" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor. Conor fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother's friend on March 20, 1991. Clapton, who arrived at the...
" - 4:35 - "Layla (Unplugged)" - 4:39 Live
- "Running on Faith (Unplugged)" - 6:12 Live
- "Motherless ChildMotherless Child Blues"Motherless Child Blues" is the name of two distinctly different traditional blues songs. They are different melodically and lyrically...
" - 2:59 - "Change the WorldChange the World"Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick which was recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Babyface for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year , as well as Best Male Pop Vocal...
" - 3:56 - "My Father's EyesMy Father's Eyes (song)"My Father's Eyes" is a song written and performed by Eric Clapton and produced by Clapton himself and Simon Climie. It was released as a single in 1998 and was featured on the album Pilgrim. The song reached the top 40 and won a Grammy award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The song is...
" - 5:24 - "Riding With the King" (w/ BB King) - 4:25
- "Sweet Home ChicagoSweet Home Chicago"Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
" - 5:17 - "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" - 3:37
- "Ride the River" (w/ JJ Cale) - 4:35
Charts
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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Australian Top 50 Albums | 38 |
Austrian Top 75 Albums | 20 |
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums | 51 |
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums | 20 |
Danish Top 40 Albums | 19 |
French Compilations | 15 |
German Albums Chart | 41 |
Hungarian Top 40 Albums | 25 |
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
15 |
Netherlands Top 100 Albums | 15 |
New Zealand Top 40 Albums | 14 |
Norwegian Top 40 Albums | 5 |
Spanish Top 100 Albums | 17 |
Swedish Top 60 Albums | 11 |
Swiss Top 100 Albums | 32 |
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
2 |
US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
14 |
US Digital Albums | 14 |
US Rock Albums | 5 |
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Portuguese Top 30 Albums | 14 |