Eric Clapton - Edge Of Darkness [1985][FLAC]

One of Uncut's "50 Greatest Lost Albums"

Artists: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
Release: Edge Of Darkness
Discogs: 2392055
Released: 1985-11-00 / 1985
Label: BBC Records And Tapes
Catalog#: 00000 / CD RSL 178
Format: CD, Mini, Mini-Album
Country: Austria
Style: Stage & Screen, Soundtrack

Tracklisting:

01. Edge Of Darkness (3:19)
02. Shoot Out (3:48)
03. Obituary (2:09)
04. Escape From Northmoor (3:09)
05. Oxford Circus (3:18)
06. Northmoor (3:03)

In the mid-1980s, Eric Clapton’s career was not in robust health. A recovering alcoholic, facing the commercial disappointment of ’83’s Money And Cigarettes, Clapton embarked on a brief detour into soundtrack work with US composer Michael Kamen. Their first outing together was this atmospheric six-track score for the BBC’s landmark conspiracy drama, and was different from anything else in Clapton’s canon: ditching the blues, the master guitarist built low, mournful guitar motifs around Kamen’s chugging semi-industrial score. First issued on vinyl, cassette and – unusually for 1985 – CD

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