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Eric Clapton to issue new studio set in August
Eric Clapton will drop a new studio album titled "Back Home"--a set that includes guest appearances by Steve Winwood, John Mayer and Robert Randolph, among others--on Aug. 30.
The collection features a dozen songs, five of which Clapton penned with longtime collaborator Simon Climie, according to Reprise/Duck Records. Among the album's other tracks are George Harrison's "Love Comes to Everyone"; The Spinners' "Love Don't Love Nobody"; a rendition of Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright's "I'm Going Left"; and compositions by Vince Gill and Doyle Bramhall II, among others.
"I wanted to make a studio album without quite knowing what it was going to be," Clapton said of the new collection, which was recorded concurrently with last year's "Me and Mr. Johnson," a tribute to bluesman Robert Johnson.
"We kind of resigned ourselves to the fact that it was going to take a long time, but when we got stuck or if it wasn't moving fast enough we'd stop and do a Robert Johnson song. That would clear the air and we'd go back and carry on for the new album. As a result, we ended up with a complete Robert Johnson album first ...."
Clapton is expected to launch a tour behind the new album next year.
"Back Home" track listing and writing credits:
"So Tired" (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
"Say What You Will" (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
"I'm Going Left" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)
"Love Don't Love Nobody" (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons)
"Revolution" (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
"Lost and Found" (Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Jeremy Stacey)
"Heaven" (Doyle Bramhall II, Suzanna Melvoin, Mike Elizondo)
"Love Comes to Everyone" (George Harrison)
"One Day" (Vince Gill, Beverley Darnell)
"One Track Mind" (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
"Run Home to Me" (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
"Back Home" (Eric Clapton)
