Eric Clapton: Behind the Sun (1985)

In hindsight, bringing in Phil Collins to produce and contribute to an Eric Clapton record seems really dumb. The two approaches to music seem fundamentally antithetical. But, who am I to say?

The history of this record first being rejected by the label is well-known. I think Allmusic aptly called the resulting record schizophrenic. In any case, there is one good track, Forever Man. The rest of the album is OK and reasonably inoffensive, but I have to challenge the wisdom of using synthesizers and drum machines. It was the 80s, I suppose, but Eric was supposed to be a guitar god, right?

I remember that I paid $2 for this record.