Journeyman (album)

Journeyman
Studio album by
Released6 November 1989[1]
Recorded1989
Studio
GenreRock, blues rock
Length56:59
LabelDuck / Reprise
ProducerRuss Titelman
Eric Clapton chronology
Crossroads
(1988)
Journeyman
(1989)
24 Nights
(1991)
Singles from Journeyman
  1. "Pretending"
    Released: November 1989 (US)[2]
  2. "Bad Love"
    Released: January 15, 1990 [3]
  3. "No Alibis"
    Released: March 1990 [4]
  4. "Running on Faith"
    Released: (EU)

Journeyman is the eleventh solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Heralded as a return to form for Clapton, who had struggled with alcohol addiction and recently found sobriety, the album has a 1980s electronic sound, but it also includes blues songs like "Before You Accuse Me", "Running on Faith", and "Hard Times." "Bad Love" was released as a single, reaching the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart in the United States, and being awarded a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1990. "Pretending" had also reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart the previous year, remaining at the top for five weeks ("Bad Love" had only stayed for three weeks).

The album reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and it went on to become double platinum in the US. Clapton has said Journeyman is one of his favourite albums.[5]

  1. ^ "BPI Certification". Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Eric Clapton singles".
  3. ^ "Eric Clapton singles".
  4. ^ "Eric Clapton singles".
  5. ^ Clapton: The Autobiography : Eric Clapton : ISBN 978-0-385-51851-2