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  Type Album
  Artist Eric Clapton
  Cover Eric_Clapton_Augustjpg
  Background orange
  Released November 1986
  Recorded 1986
  Genre Blues - Rock
  Length 55:31
  Label Reprise Records
  Producer Eric Clapton , Phil Collins , Tom Dowd
  Last Album '' Behind The Sun '' <br /> (1985)
  This Album '''''August''''' <br /> (1986)
  Next Album '' Crossroads '' <br /> (1988)


''August'' is an album by Blues Rock er Eric Clapton released in 1986 (see 1986 In Music ). Primarily produced by
Phil Collins in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd , it became Clapton's biggest-selling LP to date.

Among the highlights are the Dowd/Clapton-produced signature tune "It's in the Way You Use It" (featured in the Paul Newman - Tom Cruise film '' The Color Of Money )'' and three Collins-produced numbers -- the up-tempo, horn-laden "Run" and the guitar-laden rockers "Tearing Us Apart" (with Tina Turner ) and "Miss You."

Clapton's studio band for the album included drummer/vocalist Collins; bassist Nathan East and keyboard player Greg Phillinganes ; saxophonist Michael Brecker , trumpeters Randy Brecker and Jon Faddis , and trombone player Dave Bargeron .

Veering between Collins soul/pop and Clapton blues/rock, ''August'' cemented Clapton's comeback. Clapton, drummer/vocalist Collins, bassist East and keyboard player Phillinganes would recreate their studio roles in for Clapton's acclaimed live appearances over the next two years.


TRACK LISTING

#"It's in the Way You Use It" - 4:11
#"Run" - 3:39
#"Tearing Us Apart" - 4:15
#"Bad Influence" - 5:09
#"Walk Away" - 3:52
#"Hung Up on Your Love" - 3:53
#"Take a Chance" - 4:54
#"Hold On" - 4:56
#"Miss You" - 5:06
#"Holy Mother" - 4:55
#"Behind the Mask" - 4:47
#"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