Eric Clapton: August - 1986
It doesn't do that at all, though. It still carries a lot of the typically mid-eighties synths and big drums vibes of the previous album and sounds like a Phil Collins album in many ways - one with Eric on guitar. The writing collaboration with The Band's Robbie Robertson of It's In The Way That You Use It is a highlight - albeit one very much of its time -along with the chunky synth/funk of Tearing Us Apart, the very Collins-sounding Run and Miss You.
This was actually Clapton's most successful album since Another Ticket but it has become somewhat buried in the dense sands of mid-eighties time, perhaps quite rightly. It lacks any real standout qualities and, as I said, now sounds very archaic. Of these four albums, give me the first two for personal preference, by far.