Pilgrim

Eric Clapton - Pilgrim

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Artist: Eric Clapton
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1998-03-10
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Product features:
  • Eric Clapton - Pilgrim Brazil Import
Soundtracks:
  1. My Father's Eyes
  2. River Of Tears
  3. Pilgrim
  4. Broken Hearted
  5. One Chance
  6. Circus
  7. Going Down Slow
  8. Fall Like Rain
  9. Born In Time
  10. Sick And Tired
  11. Needs His Woman
  12. She's Gone
  13. You Were There
  14. Inside Of Me

Music reviews of Pilgrim

Music Review: I'm a Pilgrim for Pilgrim
Rating: 5 Stars

I just read ALL the 1-star reviews of this album to see if I could find "what I've been missing". As the REO Speedwagon song "Riding the Storm Out" says, "I'm not missing a thing". This is a great album, and this review is mainly written as a rebuttal to the critical ones. "Layla" is the Clapton album this reminds me most of. In fact, to me the comparison is obvious, and they may rank as my two favorite Clapton albums. Both are testaments of pain, and each feature some of Eric's best singing. The nature of the pain, and the singer's response to it are vastly different, but that is what happens when the singer ages from 25 to 53, and on "Pilgrim" you can hear more resolution to life's struggles, as befits his age.

Eric's voice has never sounded better, before or since. On "Layla" his singing is raw and passionate, but listen to the first verse of "Brokenhearted". That subtlety of execution is not something you hear in any early Clapton recordings, and it's heart-wrenching. The man has really learned how to sing, and he does a masterful high-pitched soul wail on "Pilgrim" and "Inside of Me", that one reviewer correctly notes as a send-up of Curtis Mayfield. And for those who complain "where's Eric's guitar?", well, not only are there three cut-up blues rockers (although the strings on "Sick and Tired" seem almost deliberately out of place, like a spoof), but listen to what he is doing with the guitar on each song - great guitar doesn't have to be loud or even up-front in the mix. And the acoustic work on "Circus" is reminiscent of the lively melancholy of "Can't Find My Way Home" on "Blind Faith". Some reviewers seem to find a preoccupation with the loss of Eric's son Conor (as if the loss were somehow unworthy of it), but only "My Father's Eyes" and "Circus" fit that category, and neither is maudlin, as "Tears in Heaven" could be considered. There are many other sources of Eric's pain, and if you read his recent autobiography, you will find ample testimony to fit many of these songs, especially "You Were There". One reviewer wasn't sure "who this is about", and it might be in part about a friend, but "Lord, you were there through the days of wine and madness when I always put you down" (I'm paraphrasing) suggests something more. Many reviewers complain about the drum tracks. Maybe a live drummer would have added a little more color to the album, but these songs are not fertile ground for a Ginger Baker anyway. The album does have a "late 90s sound", but so it is with many classic works by Clapton and others - they are identifiable with their times.

To sample the range that this album offers, check out these tracks: "Brokenhearted" for it's exquisite beauty, "Circus" for the masterful acoustic picking, "She's Gone" for raw blues power, and "Inside of Me" for Eric the soul man. Might as well throw in "My Father's Eyes" for its reggae-like rhythm and sharp pop sensibility. If I have a criticism of Eric Clapton's discography, it would be that some of his albums sound like he's on cruise control. He's so good, he can turn out an enjoyable album without breaking a sweat. This is not to deny their quality or enjoyability, but "Pilgrim", like "Layla" is not such an album. He sweats here, and bleeds. And it's a must for your Clapton collection.
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Description of Pilgrim

Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of his 1998 album in aminiaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only.15 tracks, including the singles 'My Father's Eyes', 'Born In Time', 'Circus' & 'Pilgrim', plus the Japanese bonus track 'Theme From A Movie That Never Happened' (Orchestral). Gatefold sleeve. 1999 release.

Eric Clapton has metamorphosed from tie-dyed guitar god for a mostly male congregation to Armani-clad crooner and chart-certified ladies' man, yet it misses the point to focus on that transition without considering '90s forays into blues (on From The Cradle, his brilliant 1994 live-in-the-studio homage), techno, and the silky contemporary R&B of "Change The World." Pilgrim, his first studio album of new songs since Journeyman, reflects all these facets in his most ambitious, and certainly darkest solo project. Its title isn't casual: These are elliptical meditations on the ravages of time, as preoccupied with matters of the spirit as affairs of the heart. "My Father's Eyes" opens the song cycle with allusions to the traumatic death of toddler son Conor (the inspiration for '92's poignant "Tears In Heaven"), while the title song adopts the fevered, falsetto vocal style of Curtis Mayfield to riveting effect. Coproducer Simon Climie sculpts electronic orchestrations and favors clipped synth rhythms, while Clapton himself largely eschews his once dominant, climactic electric solos for restrained but potent acoustic filigree, staccato riffs, and fluid rhythm work, letting loose with a rougher, more biting edge on the squalling "She's Gone." --Sam Surtherland

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