Eric Clapton finalises new album

Guitar god Eric Clapton has a new album coming out called "Back Home". All the material on the album is new and original with the exception of a cover - George Harrison's "Love Comes To Everyone". The Cream frontman collaborated with Simon Climie and with guests such as Steve Winwood, and John Mayer.

Clapton told us that he was working on "Back Home" at the same time he was making last year's Robert Johnson tribute Me And Mr. Johnson:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "There was this thing going on in tandem, that, you know, the reason why we were, we were cutting the Robert Johnson songs, was as a kind of break, a mental break, a mental sort of rest point from what we were doing on the other hand, which was trying to record original compositions."

"Back Home" will be released on August 30.

The tracklist is as follows: So Tired, Say What You Will, I'm Going Left, Love Don't Love Nobody, Revolution, Lost And Found, Heaven, Love Comes To Everyone, One Day, One Track Mind, Run Home To Me, Back Home.
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