Forever Man (album)

Forever Man
Compilation album by Eric Clapton
Released	28 April 2015
Recorded	1982–2014
Genre	Rock, pop, blues
Length	224:59 (3-CD/Digital download version) 145:09 (2-CD version) 77:28 (2-LP Vinyl edition)
Label	Reprise
Eric Clapton chronology
The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (2014) Forever Man (2015) Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Forever Man is a compilation album by the British rock musician Eric Clapton and was released through Reprise Records.

Release

The pre-order for the compilation album started on March 17, 2015,^[2] through the official Eric Clapton website. When ordering the 3-CD and LP-version of the release, a T-shirt with the album's cover, a cup and an 18″ × 24″ lithograph was also available for purchase.^[3] On the first day of the album announcement more than 37,000 copies were pre-ordered. With the total pre-order sales being added up, Forever Man reached position ten on the American pre-order chart. Until the actual release in the United States of the album on 28 April 2015, the compilation was pre-ordered more than 151,000 times. In Venezuela the album has been available since April 28, and has sold more than 5,000 copies, becoming a gold record in the first two days.^[4] The same release day was set for the United States, Canada and Mexico.^[5] In Germany the album was released on May 8.^[6] In Italy and Malaysia Forever Man was released one day after the German release date. In the southeastern state,^{[clarification needed]} the album quickly sold 7,500 copies in week one becoming a gold record. For the rest of the world the album was made available on May 11.^[7]

Track listings

Double and triple CD/Digital download versions

Disc 1 – Studio

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan)	Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa	Old Sock, 2013	4:36
2.	"I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart"	Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Steve Diamond, Eddie Setser	Money and Cigarettes, 1983	3:14
3.	"Run Back to Your Side"	Bramhall, Eric Clapton	Clapton, 2010	5:16
4.	"Tears in Heaven"	Clapton, Will Jennings	Rush soundtrack, 1992	4:32
5.	"Call Me the Breeze"	J.J. Cale	The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale, 2014	3:04
6.	"Forever Man"	Jerry Lynn Williams	Behind the Sun, 1985	3:12
7.	"Believe in Life"	Clapton	Reptile, 2001	5:05
8.	"Bad Love"	Clapton, Mick Jones	Journeyman, 1989	5:09
9.	"My Father's Eyes"	Clapton	Pilgrim, 1998	5:23
10.	"Anyway the Wind Blows" (with J.J. Cale)	Cale	The Road to Escondido, 2006	3:56
11.	"Travelin' Alone"	Lil' Son Jackson	Clapton	3:55
12.	"Change the World"	Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick	Phenomenon soundtrack, 1996	3:54
13.	"Behind the Mask"	Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell, Michael Jackson (albeit uncredited)	August, 1986	4:47
14.	"It's in the Way That You Use It"	Clapton, Robbie Robertson	August	4:12
15.	"Pretending"	Williams	Journeyman	4:42
16.	"Riding with the King" (with B.B. King)	John Hiatt	Riding with the King, 2000	4:23
17.	"Circus"	Clapton	Pilgrim	4:09
18.	"Revolution"	Clapton, Simon Climie	Back Home, 2005	4:00

Disc 2 – Live

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Badge" (originally by Cream)	Clapton, George Harrison	24 Nights, 1991; originally from Goodbye, 1969	6:53
2.	"Sunshine of Your Love" (originally by Cream)	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Clapton	24 Nights; originally from Disraeli Gears, 1967	8:51
3.	"White Room" (originally by Cream)	Bruce, Brown	24 Nights; originally from Wheels of Fire, 1968	6:06
4.	"Wonderful Tonight"	Clapton	24 Nights; originally from Slowhand, 1977	8:59
5.	"Worried Life Blues"	Big Maceo Merriweather	24 Nights	5:17
6.	"Cocaine"	Cale	24 Nights Bootleg as exclusive track 1991; originally from Slowhand	5:05
7.	"Layla" (Unplugged; originally by Derek and the Dominos)	Clapton, Jim Gordon	Unplugged, 1992; originally from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970	4:29
8.	"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Unplugged)	Jimmy Cox	Unplugged	3:50
9.	"Walkin’ Blues" (Unplugged)	Robert Johnson	Unplugged	3:43
10.	"Them Changes" (with Steve Winwood)	Buddy Miles	Live from Madison Square Garden, 2009	4:58
11.	"Presence of the Lord" (with Steve Winwood; originally by Blind Faith)	Clapton	Live from Madison Square Garden; originally from Blind Faith, 1969	5:11
12.	"Hoochie Coochie Man"	Willie Dixon	One More Car, One More Rider; originally from From the Cradle, 1994	4:34
13.	"Goin' Down Slow"	St. Louis Jimmy Oden	One More Car, One More Rider	5:41
14.	"Over the Rainbow"	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg	One More Car, One More Rider	5:13

Disc 3 – Blues

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Before You Accuse Me"	Bo Diddley	Journeyman	3:57
2.	"Last Fair Deal Gone Down"	Johnson	Me and Mr. Johnson, 2004	2:34
3.	"Hold On, I'm Coming" (with B.B. King)	Issac Hayes, David Porter	Riding with the King	6:19
4.	"Terraplane Blues"	Johnson	Sessions for Robert J, 2004	3:36
5.	"It Hurts Me Too"	Tampa Red	From the Cradle	3:18
6.	"Little Queen of Spades"	Johnson	Me and Mr. Johnson	4:58
7.	"Third Degree"	Eddie Boyd, Dixon	From the Cradle	5:10
8.	"Motherless Child"	Robert Hicks	From the Cradle	2:56
9.	"Sportin' Life Blues" (with J.J. Cale)	Brownie McGhee	The Road to Escondido	3:31
10.	"Ramblin' On My Mind"	Johnson	Sessions for Robert J	2:43
11.	"Stop Breakin' Down Blues"	Johnson	Me and Mr. Johnson	2:30
12.	"Everybody Oughta Make a Change"	Sleepy John Estes	Money and Cigarettes	3:17
13.	"Sweet Home Chicago"	Johnson	Sessions for Robert J	5:16
14.	"If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day"	Johnson	Me and Mr. Johnson	3:27
15.	"Hard Times Blues"	Lane Hardin	Clapton	3:42
16.	"Got You on My Mind"	Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs	Reptile	4:30
17.	"I'm Tore Down"	Sonny Thompson	From the Cradle	3:03
18.	"Milkcow's Calf Blues"	Johnson	Sessions for Robert J	3:49
19.	"Key to the Highway" (with B.B. King)	Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar	Riding with the King	3:39

Double LP version

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan)	Bramhall, Stanley, Costa	Old Sock	4:36
2.	"I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart"	Seals, Diamond, Setser	Money and Cigarettes	3:14
3.	"Anyway the Wind Blows" (with J.J. Cale)	Cale	The Road to Escondido	3:56
4.	"My Father's Eyes"	Clapton	Pilgrim	5:23
5.	"Motherless Child"	Hicks	From the Cradle	2:56

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
6.	"Pretending"	Williams	Journeyman	4:42
7.	"Little Queen of Spades"	Johnson	Me and Mr. Johnson	4:58
8.	"Bad Love"	Clapton, Jones	Journeyman	5:09
9.	"Behind the Mask"	Sakamoto, Mosdell, Jackson (albeit uncredited)	August	4:47

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
10.	"Tears in Heaven"	Clapton, Jennings	Rush soundtrack	4:32
11.	"Change the World"	Sims, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick	Phenomenon soundtrack	3:54
12.	"Call Me the Breeze"	Cale	The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale	3:04
13.	"Forever Man"	Williams	Behind the Sun	3:12
14.	"Riding with the King" (with B.B. King)	Hiatt	Riding with the King	4:23

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
15.	"It's in the Way That You Use It"	Clapton, Robertson	August	4:12
16.	"Circus"	Clapton	Pilgrim	4:09
17.	"Got You on My Mind"	Thomas, Briggs	Reptile	4:30
18.	"Travelin' Alone"	Jackson	Clapton	3:55
19.	"Revolution"	Clapton, Climie	Back Home	4:00

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]

German music expert Günter Schneidewind recalls the compilation as "abundant piece of work" and thinks that the album shows "Clapton's life-long work pretty well".^[9] AllMusic called this Clapton compilation the "by far the most extensive". They critique the track listings of the album saying they "make sense on paper but they're a little odd in practice, with the Studio selections hopscotching between eras and the live heavy on new millennial selections". Going on by recalling it "hardly a botched collection", they round their review up positively recalling that the album "delivers a lot of bang for the buck".^[8]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 62 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 21 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 12 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[14] 1 Czech Albums (IFPI ČNS Top 100)[15] 5 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[17] 71 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 4 Greek Albums (IFPI)[19] 24 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 5 Indian Albums (IMI)[21] 30 Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] 23 Italian Albums (FIMI)[23] 18 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24] 8 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[25] 78 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 37 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 38 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[28] 12 Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 9 South Korea (GAON)[30] 11 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[31] 18 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[32] 46 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 7 Taiwanese Albums (G-Music)[34] 15 UK Album Sales (OCC)[35] 7 UK Albums (OCC)[36] 8 UK Album Downloads (OCC)[37] 48 US Billboard 200[38] 48 US Pre-Order Chart (Soundscan)[39] 10 US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[40] 26 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 5 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[42] 15

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[43] 172 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[44] 114 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[45] 100

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Malaysia[46]	Gold
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[47]	Gold	20,000^‡
Venezuela[4]	Gold
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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External links

• Forever Man at Discogs