Jeff’s Playlist: Behind the Sun

Eric Clapton — Behind the Sun

In the mid-’80s, Clapton put out three albums that were total­ly dif­fer­ent from his pre­vi­ous work. He had become sober at this time, and his style had changed a bit. I bought these three records dur­ing the mid-to-late ‘80s and lis­ten to them to this day. The three albums I am refer­ring to are Behind the Sun, August, and Journeyman.

I will present the next two in the com­ing weeks. Enjoy.

Album Information

Track list­ing

“She’s Waiting” – 4:55 (Eric Clapton, Peter Robinson
“See What Love Can Do” – 3:58 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
“Same Old Blues” – 8:15 (Clapton)
“Knock on Wood” – 3:19 (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper)
“Something’s Happening” – 3:23 (Williams)
“Forever Man” – 3:13 (Williams)
“It All Depends” – 5:05 (Clapton)
“Tangled in Love” – 4:11 (Marcy Levy, Richard Feldman)
“Never Make You Cry” – 6:06 (Clapton, Phil Collins)
“Just Like a Prisoner” – 5:29 (Clapton)
“Behind the Sun” – 2:13 (Clapton)

Some tracks were record­ed for the album, but not included.

“Loving Your Lovin’ ” (Jerry Williams) Produced by Templeman/Waronker – Released on the Wayne’s World movie soundtrack

“Heaven Is One Step Away” (Eric Clapton) Produced by Phil Collins – Released on the Back to the Future movie sound­track and lat­er on Crossroads Box Set

“Too Bad” (Eric Clapton) Produced by Phil Collins – Released as the B‑side to “Forever Man” and then lat­er on the Crossroads Box Set

“Jailbait” (Eric Clapton) Produced by Phil Collins – Released as B‑Side of “She’s Waiting” Single

“You Don’t Know Like I Know” (Eric Clapton) Produced by Phil Collins – Released in Australia only

“One Jump Ahead of the Storm” – Unissued

Personnel

Eric Clapton – lead vocals, back­ing vocals (6), gui­tar, gui­tar syn­the­siz­er (9)
Steve Lukather – rhythm gui­tar (2, 6)
Lindsey Buckingham – rhythm gui­tar (5)
Donald Dunn – bass (1, 3, 4, 7–10)
Nathan East – bass (2, 5, 6), back­ing vocals (5)
J. Peter Robinson – key­boards (1, 3, 4, 7–10)
Chris Stainton – key­boards (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10), Hammond organ (1, 8), acoustic piano (4), Fender Rhodes (9)
Michael Omartian – key­boards (2, 6)
James Newton Howard – key­boards (5)
Greg Phillinganes – key­boards (5), back­ing vocals (5)
Phil Collins – elec­tron­ic drums (1, 3), right side drums (10), snare drum (1), back­ing vocals (4, 9), shak­er (7, 9), syn­the­siz­er (11)
Jamie Oldaker – drums (1, 3, 4, 7–9), back­ing vocals (9), “left” drums (10)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (2, 6)
John Robinson – drums (5)
Ray Cooper – per­cus­sion (1, 8), gong (3), bon­gos (7)
Lenny Castro – con­gas (2, 6)
Ted Templeman – shak­er (5), tam­bourine (5), tim­bales (6)
Marcy Levy – back­ing vocals (1, 2, 3, 6–9)
Shaun Murphy – back­ing vocals (1, 3, 7, 8)
Jerry Lynn Williams – back­ing vocals (2, 5)

Production

Producers – Phil Collins (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11); Lenny Waronker and Ted Templeman (tracks 2, 5 & 6).
Engineers – Nick Launay (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11); Lee Herschberg (tracks 2, 5 & 6).
Assistant Engineer (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11) – Steve Jackson
Mixing – Nick Launay (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11); Mark Linett (tracks 2, 5 & 6).
Mix Assistant – Steve “Barney” Chase (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11)
Tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7–11 record­ed at AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies); Mixed at Townhouse Studios (London, England).
Tracks 2, 5 & 6 record­ed at Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, CA) and Amigo Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Mixed at Amigo Studios.
Mastered at Townhouse Studios (London) and Sheffield Lab Matrix (Santa Monica, CA).
Production Coördination (tracks 2, 5 & 6) – Joan Parker
Art Direction, Design and Painting – Larry Vigon
Photography – Patti Clapton

Released          March 11, 1985
Recorded  1984
Studio    AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies)  Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, CA)  Amigo Studios (North Hollywood, CA)
Length               50:17
Label     Duck / Warner Bros.
Producer           Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Ted Templeman, Lenny Waronker