Journeyman (album)

Journeyman
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released	November 7, 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Rock
Length	56:35
Label	Reprise
Producer	Jill Dell'Abate & Russ Titelman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Eric Clapton chronology
Crossroads (box set) (1988) Journeyman (1989) Unplugged (1992)

Journeyman is an album by blues/rock musician Eric Clapton, released in 1989. The album has an electronic sound, mostly influenced by the 80's rock scene, but it also had blues songs like "Running On Faith" and "Hard Times". The strongest single from this album was "Bad Love," which earned him the 1990 Best Male Performance Grammy Award, and reached the #1 position on the Maintream Rock Chart. The album was only a mild commercial success, reaching just the 16th position on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

1. "Pretending" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:48
2. "Anything For Your Love" (Williams) – 4:16
3. "Bad Love" (Eric Clapton/Mick Jones) – 5:11
4. "Running On Faith" (Williams) – 5:27
5. "Hard Times" (Charles) – 3:00
6. "Hound Dog" (Leiber/Stoller) – 2:26
7. "No Alibis" (Williams) – 5:32
8. "Run So Far" (Harrison) – 4:06
9. "Old Love" (Clapton/Cray) – 6:25
10. "Breaking Point" (Grebb/Williams) – 5:37
11. "Lead Me On" (Womack/Womack) – 5:52
12. "Before You Accuse Me" (McDaniel) – 3:55

Journeyman World Tour 1990

1. Pretending
2. No Alibis
3. Running on Faith
4. I Shot the Sheriff
5. White Room
6. Can't Find My Way Home
7. Bad Love
8. Before You Accuse Me
9. Old Love
10. Badge
11. Wonderful Tonight
12. Layla
13. Crossroads
14. Sunshine of Your Love

Singles Performance

Personnel

• Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals, design
• Phil Collins - drums, background & harmony vocals
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone
• Robert Cray - guitar
• Phil Palmer - guitar
• John Tropea - rhythm guitar
• George Harrison - guitar & harmony vocals
• Cecil Womack - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Jerry Williams - guitar, background & harmony vocals
• Nathan East - bass, background vocals
• Pino Palladino - bass
• Darryl Jones - bass
• Gary Burton - vibraphone
• Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
• Jon Faddis - trumpet & horn
• Lou Solof - trumpet
• Steve Ferrone - drums & Hi Hat
• Jim Keltner - percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
• Jeff Bova - synthesizer, programming, drum programming, synthesizer horn
• Jimmy Bralower - drum programming
• Alan Clark - synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
• Robbie Kondor - synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
• Rob Mounsey - synthesizer
• Robbie Kilgore - synthesizer
• Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Richard Tee - piano, Fender Rhodes
• Carol Steele - percussion, conga, tambourine
• Arif Mardin - arranger, string arrangements
• Linda Womack - vocals
• Daryl Hall - harmony vocals
• Tawatha Agee - background vocals
• Lani Groves - background vocals
• Chaka Khan - background vocals
• Tessa Niles - background vocals
• Vaneese Thomas - background vocals