Forever Man (album)

The pre-order for the compilation album started on March 17, 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ericclapton/photos/a.10151311211987175.1073741825.12673567174/10152655118142175/?type=1|title=Eric Clapton – Headers|publisher=Facebook|date=17 March 2015|access-date=23 May 2015}} through the official Eric Clapton website. When ordering the 3-CD and LP-version of the release, a T-shirt with the album's cover, a cup and an 18″ × 24″ lithograph was also available for purchase.{{cite news|title=New Album – Forever Man // Pre-Order Now|url=http://www.ericclapton.com/foreverman/row|access-date=1 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416015653/http://www.ericclapton.com/foreverman/row|archive-date=16 April 2015}} On the first day of the album announcement more than 37,000 copies were pre-ordered. With the total pre-order sales being added up, Forever Man reached position ten on the American pre-order chart. Until the actual release in the United States of the album on 28 April 2015, the compilation was pre-ordered more than 151,000 times. In Venezuela the album has been available since April 28, and has sold more than 5,000 copies, becoming a gold record in the first two days."Clapton in the charts again! - The new 2015 album", May 2015. The same release day was set for the United States, Canada and Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.ericclapton.com/foreverman/row|title=New Album – Forever Man // Pre-Order Now|publisher=Eric Clapton|date=17 March 2015|access-date=23 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416015653/http://www.ericclapton.com/foreverman/row|archive-date=16 April 2015}} In Germany the album was released on May 8.{{cite news|title=Eric Clapton: Forever Man (2 CDs)|url=https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/eric-clapton-forever-man/hnum/7142427|access-date=1 May 2015}} In Italy and Malaysia Forever Man was released one day after the German release date. In the southeastern state,{{clarify |date=April 2019 |reason=What south eastern state?}} the album quickly sold 7,500 copies in week one becoming a gold record. For the rest of the world the album was made available on May 11.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/whereseric/photos/a.10151329095618461.1073741825.258025583460/10152756822408461/?type=1|title=Where's Eric! – Chronic Pictures|publisher=Facebook|date=17 March 2015|access-date=23 May 2015}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1 – Studio

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = Gotta Get Over

| note1 = featuring Chaka Khan

| writer1 = Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa

| extra1 = Old Sock, 2013

| length1 = 4:36

| title2 = I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart

| writer2 = Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Steve Diamond, Eddie Setser

| extra2 = Money and Cigarettes, 1983

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Run Back to Your Side

| writer3 = Bramhall, Eric Clapton

| extra3 = Clapton, 2010

| length3 = 5:16

| title4 = Tears in Heaven

| writer4 = Clapton, Will Jennings

| extra4 = Rush soundtrack, 1992

| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = Call Me the Breeze

| writer5 = J.J. Cale

| extra5 = The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale, 2014

| length5 = 3:04

| title6 = Forever Man

| writer6 = Jerry Lynn Williams

| extra6 = Behind the Sun, 1985

| length6 = 3:12

| title7 = Believe in Life

| writer7 = Clapton

| extra7 = Reptile, 2001

| length7 = 5:05

| title8 = Bad Love

| writer8 = Clapton, Mick Jones

| extra8 = Journeyman, 1989

| length8 = 5:09

| title9 = My Father's Eyes

| writer9 = Clapton

| extra9 = Pilgrim, 1998

| length9 = 5:23

| title10 = Anyway the Wind Blows

| note10 = with J.J. Cale

| writer10 = Cale

| extra10 = The Road to Escondido, 2006

| length10 = 3:56

| title11 = Travelin' Alone

| writer11 = Lil' Son Jackson

| extra11 = Clapton

| length11 = 3:55

| title12 = Change the World

| writer12 = Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick

| extra12 = Phenomenon soundtrack, 1996

| length12 = 3:54

| title13 = Behind the Mask

| writer13 = Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell, Michael Jackson (albeit uncredited)

| extra13 = August, 1986

| length13 = 4:47

| title14 = It's in the Way That You Use It

| writer14 = Clapton, Robbie Robertson

| extra14 = August

| length14 = 4:12

| title15 = Pretending

| writer15 = Williams

| extra15 = Journeyman

| length15 = 4:42

| title16 = Riding with the King

| note16 = with B.B. King

| writer16 = John Hiatt

| extra16 = Riding with the King, 2000

| length16 = 4:23

| title17 = Circus

| writer17 = Clapton

| extra17 = Pilgrim

| length17 = 4:09

| title18 = Revolution

| writer18 = Clapton, Simon Climie

| extra18 = Back Home, 2005

| length18 = 4:00

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2 – Live

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = Badge

| note1 = originally by Cream

| writer1 = Clapton, George Harrison

| extra1 = 24 Nights, 1991; originally from Goodbye, 1969

| length1 = 6:53

| title2 = Sunshine of Your Love

| note2 = originally by Cream

| writer2 = Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Clapton

| extra2 = 24 Nights; originally from Disraeli Gears, 1967

| length2 = 8:51

| title3 = White Room

| note3 = originally by Cream

| writer3 = Bruce, Brown

| extra3 = 24 Nights; originally from Wheels of Fire, 1968

| length3 = 6:06

| title4 = Wonderful Tonight

| writer4 = Clapton

| extra4 = 24 Nights; originally from Slowhand, 1977

| length4 = 8:59

| title5 = Worried Life Blues

| writer5 = Big Maceo Merriweather

| extra5 = 24 Nights

| length5 = 5:17

| title6 = Cocaine

| writer6 = Cale

| extra6 = 24 Nights Bootleg as exclusive track 1991; originally from Slowhand

| length6 = 5:05

| title7 = Layla

| note7 = Unplugged; originally by Derek and the Dominos

| writer7 = Clapton, Jim Gordon

| extra7 = Unplugged, 1992; originally from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970

| length7 = 4:29

| title8 = Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

| note8 = Unplugged

| writer8 = Jimmy Cox

| extra8 = Unplugged

| length8 = 3:50

| title9 = Walkin’ Blues

| note9 = Unplugged

| writer9 = Robert Johnson

| extra9 = Unplugged

| length9 = 3:43

| title10 = Them Changes

| note10 = with Steve Winwood

| writer10 = Buddy Miles

| extra10 = Live from Madison Square Garden, 2009

| length10 = 4:58

| title11 = Presence of the Lord

| note11 = with Steve Winwood; originally by Blind Faith

| writer11 = Clapton

| extra11 = Live from Madison Square Garden; originally from Blind Faith, 1969

| length11 = 5:11

| title12 = Hoochie Coochie Man

| writer12 = Willie Dixon

| extra12 = One More Car, One More Rider; originally from From the Cradle, 1994

| length12 = 4:34

| title13 = Goin' Down Slow

| writer13 = St. Louis Jimmy Oden

| extra13 = One More Car, One More Rider

| length13 = 5:41

| title14 = Over the Rainbow

| writer14 = Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg

| extra14 = One More Car, One More Rider

| length14 = 5:13

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 3 – Blues

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = Before You Accuse Me

| writer1 = Bo Diddley

| extra1 = Journeyman

| length1 = 3:57

| title2 = Last Fair Deal Gone Down

| writer2 = Johnson

| extra2 = Me and Mr. Johnson, 2004

| length2 = 2:34

| title3 = Hold On, I'm Coming

| note3 = with B.B. King

| writer3 = Issac Hayes, David Porter

| extra3 = Riding with the King

| length3 = 6:19

| title4 = Terraplane Blues

| writer4 = Johnson

| extra4 = Sessions for Robert J, 2004

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = It Hurts Me Too

| writer5 = Tampa Red

| extra5 = From the Cradle

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = Little Queen of Spades

| writer6 = Johnson

| extra6 = Me and Mr. Johnson

| length6 = 4:58

| title7 = Third Degree

| writer7 = Eddie Boyd, Dixon

| extra7 = From the Cradle

| length7 = 5:10

| title8 = Motherless Child

| writer8 = Robert Hicks

| extra8 = From the Cradle

| length8 = 2:56

| title9 = Sportin' Life Blues

| note9 = with J.J. Cale

| writer9 = Brownie McGhee

| extra9 = The Road to Escondido

| length9 = 3:31

| title10 = Ramblin' On My Mind

| writer10 = Johnson

| extra10 = Sessions for Robert J

| length10 = 2:43

| title11 = Stop Breakin' Down Blues

| writer11 = Johnson

| extra11 = Me and Mr. Johnson

| length11 = 2:30

| title12 = Everybody Oughta Make a Change

| writer12 = Sleepy John Estes

| extra12 = Money and Cigarettes

| length12 = 3:17

| title13 = Sweet Home Chicago

| writer13 = Johnson

| extra13 = Sessions for Robert J

| length13 = 5:16

| title14 = If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

| writer14 = Johnson

| extra14 = Me and Mr. Johnson

| length14 = 3:27

| title15 = Hard Times Blues

| writer15 = Lane Hardin

| extra15 = Clapton

| length15 = 3:42

| title16 = Got You on My Mind

| writer16 = Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs

| extra16 = Reptile

| length16 = 4:30

| title17 = I'm Tore Down

| writer17 = Sonny Thompson

| extra17 = From the Cradle

| length17 = 3:03

| title18 = Milkcow's Calf Blues

| writer18 = Johnson

| extra18 = Sessions for Robert J

| length18 = 3:49

| title19 = Key to the Highway

| note19 = with B.B. King

| writer19 = Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar

| extra19 = Riding with the King

| length19 = 3:39

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = Gotta Get Over

| note1 = featuring Chaka Khan

| writer1 = Bramhall, Stanley, Costa

| extra1 = Old Sock

| length1 = 4:36

| title2 = I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart

| writer2 = Seals, Diamond, Setser

| extra2 = Money and Cigarettes

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Anyway the Wind Blows

| note3 = with J.J. Cale

| writer3 = Cale

| extra3 = The Road to Escondido

| length3 = 3:56

| title4 = My Father's Eyes

| writer4 = Clapton

| extra4 = Pilgrim

| length4 = 5:23

| title5 = Motherless Child

| writer5 = Hicks

| extra5 = From the Cradle

| length5 = 2:56

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title6 = Pretending

| writer6 = Williams

| extra6 = Journeyman

| length6 = 4:42

| title7 = Little Queen of Spades

| writer7 = Johnson

| extra7 = Me and Mr. Johnson

| length7 = 4:58

| title8 = Bad Love

| writer8 = Clapton, Jones

| extra8 = Journeyman

| length8 = 5:09

| title9 = Behind the Mask

| writer9 = Sakamoto, Mosdell, Jackson (albeit uncredited)

| extra9 = August

| length9 = 4:47

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side three

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title10 = Tears in Heaven

| writer10 = Clapton, Jennings

| extra10 = Rush soundtrack

| length10 = 4:32

| title11 = Change the World

| writer11 = Sims, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick

| extra11 = Phenomenon soundtrack

| length11 = 3:54

| title12 = Call Me the Breeze

| writer12 = Cale

| extra12 = The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale

| length12 = 3:04

| title13 = Forever Man

| writer13 = Williams

| extra13 = Behind the Sun

| length13 = 3:12

| title14 = Riding with the King

| note14 = with B.B. King

| writer14 = Hiatt

| extra14 = Riding with the King

| length14 = 4:23

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side four

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title15 = It's in the Way That You Use It

| writer15 = Clapton, Robertson

| extra15 = August

| length15 = 4:12

| title16 = Circus

| writer16 = Clapton

| extra16 = Pilgrim

| length16 = 4:09

| title17 = Got You on My Mind

| writer17 = Thomas, Briggs

| extra17 = Reptile

| length17 = 4:30

| title18 = Travelin' Alone

| writer18 = Jackson

| extra18 = Clapton

| length18 = 3:55

| title19 = Revolution

| writer19 = Clapton, Climie

| extra19 = Back Home

| length19 = 4:00

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002836250|title=Forever Men - Eric Clapton|access-date=1 May 2015}}

}}

German music expert Günter Schneidewind recalls the compilation as "abundant piece of work" and thinks that the album shows "Clapton's life-long work pretty well".{{cite news|title=Eric Clapton – Kaffee oder Tee – SWR|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prk-gB4cXk8|access-date=1 May 2015}} AllMusic called this Clapton compilation the "by far the most extensive". They critique the track listings of the album saying they "make sense on paper but they're a little odd in practice, with the Studio selections hopscotching between eras and the live heavy on new millennial selections". Going on by recalling it "hardly a botched collection", they round their review up positively recalling that the album "delivers a lot of bang for the buck".

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