Eric Clapton Crossroads Release Date: 1988 04 zz Running Time: 293:03 Label: Polydor
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A four-disc box set spanning Eric Clapton's entire career -- running from the Yardbirds to his '80s solo recordings -- Crossroads not only revitalized Clapton's commercial standing, but it established the rock & roll multi-disc box set retrospective as a commercially viable proposition. Bob Dylan's Biograph was successful two years before the release of Crossroads, but Clapton's set was a bona fide blockbuster. And it's easy to see why. Crossroads manages to sum up Clapton's career succinctly and thoroughly, touching upon all of his hits and adding a bevy of first-rate unreleased material (most notably selections from the scrapped second Derek and the Dominos album). Although not all of his greatest performances are included on the set -- none of his work as a session musician or guest artist is included, for instance -- every truly essential item he recorded is present on these four discs. No other Clapton album accurately explains why the guitarist was so influential, or demonstrates exactly what he accomplished. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | | 1 | Boom Boom | Hooker | 2:25 | | 2 | Honey in Your Hips | Relf | 2:18 | | 3 | Baby What's Wrong | Williamson | 2:40 | | 4 | I Wish You Would | Arnold | 2:19 | | 5 | Certain Girl | Neville | 2:17 | | 6 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Williamson | 2:45 | | 7 | I Ain't Got You | Carter | 1:59 | | 8 | For Your Love | Gouldman | 2:29 | | 9 | Got to Hurry | Gomelsky | 2:35 | | 10 | Lonely Years | Mayall | 3:17 | | 11 | Bernard Jenkins | Clapton | 3:47 | | 12 | Hideaway | Thompson, King | 3:14 | | 13 | All Your Love | Dixon, Rush | 3:34 | | 14 | Rambling on My Mind | Johnson, Traditional | 3:07 | | 15 | Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Live] | Myles | 6:41 | | 16 | Wrapping Paper | Bruce, Brown | 2:21 | | 17 | I Feel Free | Brown, Bruce | 2:52 | | 18 | Spoonful | Dixon | 6:30 | | 19 | Lawdy Mama [#] | Traditional, Clapton | 1:50 | | 20 | Strange Brew | Collins, Clapton, Pappalardi | 2:46 | | 21 | Sunshine of Your Love | Brown, Clapton, Bruce | 4:10 | | 22 | Tales of Brave Ulysses | Clapton, Sharp | 2:46 | | 23 | Steppin' Out [#] | Bracken | 3:31 | | 24 | Anyone for Tennis | Sharp, Clapton | 2:37 | | 25 | White Room | Bruce, Brown | 4:56 | | 26 | Crossroads [Live] | Johnson | 4:14 | | 27 | Badge | Clapton, Harrison | 2:43 | | 28 | Presence of the Lord | Clapton | 4:48 | | 29 | Can't Find My Way Home | Winwood | 3:15 | | 30 | Sleeping in the Ground [#] | Myers | 2:50 | | 31 | Comin' Home | Bramlett, Clapton | 3:13 | | 32 | Blues Power | Clapton, Russell | 3:06 | | 33 | After Midnight [Alternate Mix][#] | Cale | 3:17 | | 34 | Let It Rain | Clapton, Bramlett | 5:01 | | 35 | Tell the Truth | Whitlock, Clapton | 3:23 | | 36 | Roll It Over | Clapton, Whitlock | 4:29 | | 37 | Layla | Gordon, Clapton | 7:07 | | 38 | Mean Old World | Jacobs | 3:50 | | 39 | Key to the Highway [Live][#] | Segar, Broonzy | 6:27 | | 40 | Crossroads [Live][#] | Johnson | 8:17 | | 41 | Got to Get Better in a Little While [#] | Clapton | 5:31 | | 42 | Evil [#] | Dixon | 4:25 | | 43 | One More Chance [#] | Clapton | 3:17 | | 44 | Mean Old Frisco [#] | Crudup | 4:02 | | 45 | Snake Lake Blues [#] | Clapton, Whitlock | 3:33 | | 46 | Let It Grow | Clapton | 4:56 | | 47 | Ain't That Lovin' You [#] | Reed | 5:26 | | 48 | Motherless Children | Traditional | 4:51 | | 49 | I Shot the Sheriff [Live][#] | Marley | 7:48 | | 50 | Better Make It Through Today | Clapton | 4:05 | | 51 | Sky Is Crying | James | 3:57 | | 52 | I Found a Love [#] | Bridges | 3:38 | | 53 | (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too [#] | London | 5:34 | | 54 | What'cha Gonna Do? [#] | Tosh | 3:01 | | 55 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Dylan | 4:21 | | 56 | Someone Like You | Louis | 4:30 | | 57 | Hello Old Friend | Clapton | 3:34 | | 58 | Sign Language | Dylan | 2:56 | | 59 | Further on up the Road [Live][#] | Robey, Medwick | 6:18 | | 60 | Lay Down Sally | Terry, Clapton, Levy | 3:50 | | 61 | Wonderful Tonight | Clapton, Kamen | 3:42 | | 62 | Cocaine | Cale | 3:35 | | 63 | Promises | Linn, Feldman | 3:00 | | 64 | If I Don't Be There by Morning | Dylan, Springs | 4:34 | | 65 | Double Trouble [Live] | Rush | 8:01 | | 66 | I Can't Stand It | Clapton | 4:09 | | 67 | Shape You're In | Clapton | 4:09 | | 68 | Heaven Is One Step Away | Clapton | 4:09 | | 69 | She's Waiting | Robinson, Clapton | 4:55 | | 70 | Too Bad | Clapton | 2:37 | | 71 | Miss You | Clapton, Colomby, Phillinganes | 5:05 | | 72 | Wanna Make Love to You | Williams | 5:43 | | 73 | After Midnight [Version] | Cale | 4:05 |
Releases:
| Year | Type | Label | | 2007 | CD | Polydor | | 2007 | CD | Polydor | | CD | Polydor |
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