- rock, blues, hard rock, blues rock
- 56 min
- 12 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
August is the tenth solo studio album by the English rock musician Eric Clapton, released in 1986 by Duck Records/Warner Bros. Records. Described as a "hard R&B" album, it was primarily produced by Phil Collins, in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Kerrang!4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stoneunfavorable
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Tracks
- 1It’s in the Way That You Use It4:11
- 2Run3:39
- 3Tearing Us Apart4:14
- 4Bad Influence5:08
- 5Walk Away3:51
- 6Hung Up on Your Love3:53
- 7Take a Chance4:53
- 8Hold On4:55
- 9Miss You5:05
- 10Holy Mother4:54
- 11Behind the Mask4:47
- 12Grand Illusion6:22
12 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Eric Clapton
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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