Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton

Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton is a compilation album by English guitarist Eric Clapton featuring his hits from the 1980s and 1990s. The album was released on 12 October 1999 by the Duck / Reprise Records label.^[1] Two new songs are included on the disc, "Blue Eyes Blue" which was previously released as a single and "(I) Get Lost" which Clapton wrote for the soundtrack to the film The Story of Us.

Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
Greatest hits album by Eric Clapton
Released	12 October 1999 (1999-10-12)[1]
Recorded	1984–1999
Genre	Rock, hard rock, soft rock
Length	67:19
Label	Duck / Reprise
Producer	Rob Cavallo, Babyface, Eric Clapton, Simon Climie, Russ Titelman, Tom Dowd, Ted Templeman, Lenny Waronker, Phil Collins[2]
Eric Clapton chronology
Blues (1999) Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1999) Riding with the King (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing (CD)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)[2]	Length
1.	"Blue Eyes Blue"	Diane Warren	Rob Cavallo	4:42
2.	"Change the World"	Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick	Babyface	3:55
3.	"My Father's Eyes"	Eric Clapton	Clapton & Simon Climie	5:24
4.	"Tears in Heaven"	Eric Clapton, Will Jennings	Russ Titelman	4:33
5.	"Layla" (Unplugged version)	Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon	Russ Titelman	4:37
6.	"Pretending"	Jerry Lynn Williams	Russ Titelman	4:43
7.	"Bad Love"	Eric Clapton, Mick Jones	Russ Titelman	5:14
8.	"Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)"	Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley)	Russ Titelman	3:57
9.	"It's in the Way That You Use It"	Clapton, Robbie Robertson	Tom Dowd & Eric Clapton	4:11
10.	"Forever Man"	Jerry Lynn Williams	Ted Templeman & Lenny Waronker	3:11
11.	"Running on Faith" (Unplugged version)	Jerry Lynn Williams	Russ Titelman	6:26
12.	"She's Waiting"	Eric Clapton, Peter Robinson	Phil Collins	4:58
13.	"River of Tears"	Eric Clapton, Simon Climie	Eric Clapton & Simon Climie	7:21
14.	"(I) Get Lost"	Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton & Simon Climie	4:21
15.	"Wonderful Tonight" (Live edit - European bonus track)	Eric Clapton	Russ Titelman	5:24
16.	"Hard Times" (Japanese bonus track)	Ray Charles	Russ Titelman	3:13

Track listing (DVD)

1. "Forever Man" (Williams) – 5:27
2. "Pretending" (Williams) – 4:43
3. "Bad Love" (Clapton, Jones) – 5:14
4. "Wonderful Tonight" (Live) (Clapton) – 9:16
5. "Tears in Heaven" (Clapton, Jennings) – 4:33
6. "Layla" (Live) (Clapton, Gordon) – 4:37
7. "Running on Faith" (Live) (Williams) – 6:26
8. "Motherless Child" (Robert Hicks) – 2:57
9. "Change the World" (Sims, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick) – 3:35
10. "My Father's Eyes" (Clapton, Climie) – 5:24
11. "Pilgrim" (Clapton, Climie) – 5:50
12. "Blue Eyes Blue" (Warren) – 4:24

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	Billboard	Best DVD	Won	[4]
2000	RIAJ	Foreign Top Rock Album	Won	[5]

Personnel

• Babyface – producer
• Dave Bargeron – trombone
• Jim Barton – engineer
• Blumpy – programming
• Jeff Bova – organ, synthesizer horn
• Steve Boyer – mixing
• Jimmy Bralower – drum machine
• Michael Brecker – saxophone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Gary Brooker – keyboards, vocals
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Lenny Castro – percussion, conga
• Rob Cavallo – producer
• Stephen Chase – engineer
• Ed Cherney – engineer
• Eric Clapton – dobro, guitar, vocals, producer, soloist
• Alan Clark – bass, organ, sequencing, synthesizer horn
• Simon Climie – keyboards, producer, Pro Tools
• Phil Collins – drums, producer, vocals
• Luis Conte – percussion
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Laurence Cottle – bass
• Richard Cottle – synthesizer
• Robert Cray – guitar
• Darryl Crookes – guitar
• Greg Curtis – keyboards, programming, vocals
• Jeff DeMorris – engineer
• Alan Douglas – engineer, mixing
• Tom Dowd – producer
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
• Nathan East – bass, vocals
• Rob Eaton – mixing
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Mike Fasano – percussion
• Steve Ferrone – drums
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Brad Gilderman – engineer
• Chyna Gordon – vocals
• Mick Guzauski – mixing
• Alex Haas – engineer
• Lee Herschberg – engineer
• John Jacobs – engineer
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Randy Kerber – synthesizer
• Chaka Khan – vocals
• Katie Kissoon – vocals
• Robbie Kondor – synthesizer
• Nick Launay – engineer
• Chuck Leavell – keyboards
• Gayle Levant – Celtic harp
• Marcy Levy – vocals
• Mark Linett – mixing
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Andy Fairweather Low – guitar
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Scott Mabuchi – engineer
• JayDee Mannes – pedal steel
• Kevin Mazur – photography
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
• Tessa Niles – vocals
• Dave O'Donnell – engineer
• Jamie Oldaker – drums
• Michael Omartian – synthesizer
• Pino Palladino – bass
• Phil Palmer – guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – piano
• Tim Pierce – guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Jack Joseph Puig – engineer
• J. Peter Robinson – synthesizer
• Thom Russo – engineer
• Joe Sample – piano
• Allen Sides – engineer
• Henry Spinetti – drums
• Chris Stainton – organ
• Carol Steele – conga
• Richard Tee – piano
• Ted Templeman – timbales, producer
• Russ Titelman – producer
• Paul Waller – drum programming
• Lenny Waronker – producer
• Norman Watson – photography
• Jerry Lynn Williams – guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals
• Dave Wittman – Engineer
• Gary Wright – Mixing

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1999–2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 16 Australian Jazz/Blues Albums (ARIA)[7] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 8 Belgian Mid Price Albums (Ultratop 20 Flanders)[11] 15 Canadian Top Albums (The Record)[4] 11 Canadian Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[12] 6 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[13] 28 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14] 1 Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten)[15] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 17 European Top 100 Albums (IFPI)[14] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 2 French Compilation Albums (SNEP)[18] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 3 Greek Albums (IFPI)[20] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 14 Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 17 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 1 Malaysian Albums (RIM)[24] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 12 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[26] 3 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[27] 2 Romanian Albums (IFPI)[28] 1 Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 13 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[4] 5 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[32] 6 UK Physical Albums (OCC)[33] 6 US Billboard 200[34] 20 US Top Internet Albums (Billboard)[35] 14 US Top Music Videos (Billboard)[14] 23

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[36] 25 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[37] 43 German Albums Chart[38] 58 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[39] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 73 UK Albums (OCC)[41] 56 US Billboard 200[42] 192 Chart (2001) Position Australian Jazz/Blues Albums (ARIA)[43] 3 Chart (2002) Position Australian Jazz/Blues Albums (ARIA)[44] 7

Certifications

Album Region Certification Certified units/sales Argentina (CAPIF)[45] Platinum 60,000^ Australia (ARIA)[46] 2× Platinum 140,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[47] Platinum 50,000* Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[48] Gold 100,000* Canada (Music Canada)[49] Platinum 188,062[50] Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[27] Platinum 50,000^ Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[51] Gold 38,062[51] Germany (BVMI)[52] Platinum 300,000^ Greece (IFPI Greece)[20] Platinum 30,000^ Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[27] Platinum 20,000* Italy (FIMI)[27] Gold 50,000* Japan (RIAJ)[53] 2× Million 2,000,000^ Malaysia[27] Gold   New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Gold 7,500^ Norway (IFPI Norway)[27] Gold 25,000* Portugal (AFP)[55] Platinum 40,000^ Singapore (RIAS)[27] Platinum 15,000* Spain (PROMUSICAE)[56] 2× Platinum 200,000^ Sweden (GLF)[57] Platinum 80,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[58] Gold 25,000^ Taiwan (RIT)[27] Gold 25,000* United Kingdom (BPI)[59] 2× Platinum 600,000^ United States (RIAA)[60] Platinum 1,778,928[50] Summaries Europe (IFPI)[61] 2× Platinum 2,000,000* * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Video Region Certification Certified units/sales Argentina (CAPIF)[62] 2× Platinum 16,000^ Australia (ARIA)[63] Platinum 15,000^ Canada (Music Canada)[64] 2× Platinum 20,000^ Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[15] Gold 25,000^ United States (RIAA)[65] Gold 50,000^ * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.