August (album) - Definition and Overview

August
LP/CD by Eric Clapton
Released	November 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Blues-Rock
Record label	Reprise Records
Length	55:31
Producer	Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Tom Dowd
Professional reviews
All Music Guide review	2/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Afudayl3jxpeb)
ARTISTdirect review	2/5	link (http://store.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,65395,00.html)
RollingStone review	NR	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=145676)
Eric Clapton Chronology
Behind the Sun (1985)	August (1986)	Crossroads (1988)

August is an album by blues rocker Eric Clapton released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Track listing

1. "It's in the Way You Use It" - 4:11
2. "Run" - 3:39
3. "Tearing Us Apart" - 4:15
4. "Bad Influence" - 5:09
5. "Walk Away" - 3:52
6. "Hung Up on Your Love" - 3:53
7. "Take a Chance" - 4:54
8. "Hold On" - 4:56
9. "Miss You" - 5:06
10. "Holy Mother" - 4:55
11. "Behind the Mask" - 4:47
12. "Grand Illusion" - 6:23

Singles

• 1986 - "It's In The Way You Use It"
• 1987 - "Miss You"
• 1987 - "Run"
• 1987 - "Tearing Us Apart"
• 1988 - "Behind The Mask"

Personnel

• Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals, producer
• Phil Collins - percussion, drums, vocals
• Tina Turner - vocals
• Nathan East - bass guitar
• Henry Spinetti - drums
• Michael Brecker - saxophone
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Gary Brooker - keyboards and vocals
• Leon Pendarvis - horn arrangements
• Greg Phillinganes - keyboards and vocals
• Richard Feldman - keyboards
• Laurence Cottle - bass
• Dave Bargeron - trombone
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Richard Cottle - synthesizer
• Katie Kissoon - vocals
• Magic Moreno - vocals, engineer
• Tessa Niles - vocals
• Stephen Chase - engineer
• Paul Gommersall - engineer
• Peter Hefter - engineer
• Terry O'Neill - photography