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  • Artist: Eric Clapton
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1991
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 075992679428
  • Item Number: 99267942
  • Release date: 01/14/1992
  • 1. New Recruit
  • 2. Tracks and Lines
  • 3. Realization
  • 4. Kristen and Jim
  • 5. Preludin Fugue
  • 6. Cold Turkey
  • 7. Will Gaines
  • 8. Help Me Up
  • 9. Don't Know Which Way to Go
  • 10. Tears in Heaven
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Rush is an excellent dark blues score written by Eric Clapton (with help on the three songs) and performed by an augmented version of his band. This soundtrack album produced one big hit for Clapton with "Tears in Heaven," but it's a wonderfully intense piece of work all the way through, with some terrific guitar work from Clapton himself. Buddy Guy turns up to add lead vocals and guitar on the 11-minute version of Willie Dixon's "Don't Know Which Way to Go," and that's more than all right too. There's a very good chance that the dark intensity of this music was as much informed by the tragedies in Clapton's life ("Tears in Heaven" is about his son) as the film itself. Whatever the cause, this album has far more impact than you might expect from the score to a movie -- there's a sense of the music here working something out in Clapton's heart, a sense given a lot of power thanks to the intense, heart-wrenching passion invoked by some of the turns taken here. At its best, Clapton's music can speak of the pain he feels -- and Clapton has rarely been better than he is here. ~ Steven McDonald, Rovi
  • Artist: Eric Clapton
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1991
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 075992679428
  • Item Number: 99267942
  • Release date: 01/14/1992
  • Label: Wea2
  • Genre: Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen
  • Style: Blues-Rock, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soundtracks, Film Music, Original Score, Album Rock
  • Album Time: 41:37

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Rush Eric Clapton CD

Editorial Reviews

Lili Fini Zanuck's only directorial effort thus far, adapted from a novel based on the experiences of former narcotics detective Kim Wozencraft, is a superbly corrosive portrait of the life of an undercover narc Jennifer Jason-Leigh. After naïve rookie-cop Leigh joins veteran narc Jason Patric, she adopts his practice of shooting whatever substance is necessary as a technique for nailing drug dealers. The liminal area occupied by those who do undercover work has always fascinated writers and filmmakers, for the profound, sometimes destructive transformations of identity that it can trigger. While the cautionary aspects of the film's drug tale are familiar, it's on the mark in its insights into the way in which the arrogance bred by expertise can lead to dangerously risky behavior in any walk of life. That's certainly the case for Patric, as he sinks into a full-blown addiction, dragging his partner-turned-lover down with him. As imperfect as these cops may be, the film also implies the corruption of the Texas legal system that is their matrix. Patric and Leigh both give powerhouse performances, with stinging depictions of the scabrous life of addiction. Also good are Special K. McCray, as a suave drug dealer, and Max Perlich as a police snitch. Eric Clapton's blues-laden score is perfectly suited to the terrain of Texas bars and roadhouses. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide