Word: cray
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eric Clapton's Journeyman is a disappointing collection of apparently left over tracks from the August recording sessions, thrown together with some new, mainly pop-oriented material. A few pleasant tracks contributed by blues musician Robert Cray and three wonderful new covers of some 40-year-old blues tunes fail to carry Clapton's latest album to a level significantly above that of any of his other projects of the past 10 years...
...past 30 years, Eric Clapton has performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians ever to play rock and roll, jazz and the blues. Even on Journeyman, Clapton managed to attract talent like George Harrison and Robert Cray, as well as musicians Phil Collins and David Sanborn and vocalists Chaka Khan and Daryl Hall. That Clapton has still found it necessary on his most recent albums to rely on synthesized instrumentation and programmed drums is a distressing sign of just how far he has fallen...
...Journeyman, "Anything For Your Love" fades out with Clapton crooning the words "for your love" over and over again. Struggling alongside friend Robert Cray, Clapton is completely overpowered by synthesizers and programmed drums. Now so far removed from his blues roots, the journeyman that Clapton has become seems willing to do anything for a song that can play on today's top-40 radio. The unfortunate link that "Anything For Your Love" provides with Clapton's past is a sorrowful, reproachful look back to what was and to what could have been...
...Before You Accuse Me" is the best song on Journeyman, sounding like something Clapton might have done with John Mayall 20 years ago. With some help from Cray and a real live drummer, Clapton concludes his newest album with this wonderful update of E. McDaniel's 30-year-old blues tune. Clapton's vocals do sound a little weak, and the song was not mixed with any particular technical insight. But "Before You Accuse Me" has lots of raw energy, and the subdued vocals and lack of mixing actually lend the track a feeling of authenticity...
While the industry has a few sizzling products like laptop computers, the overall sluggishness is hurting many businesses, ranging from supercomputers to software. Cray Research, the largest supercomputer maker, said early this month it will cut its work force about 7% because of slack demand. Mainframe manufacturer Unisys, which has reported operating losses of $79 million so far this year, plans to slash its payroll by 8,000 workers, or 9%. Wang, which lost $424 million during the past fiscal year, may be pushed into a merger. Former rising stars in personal computers, notably Commodore and Wyse Technology, are losing...