Backless is an album by blues rocker Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

, released in 1978. The album reached #8 on the pop charts. While the single "Promises" only reached #37 in the UK, it was a much bigger success in the US, reaching #9 on the Billboard charts.

A blue and white scarf worn by Clapton on the album sleeve is believed to be a scarf of West Bromwich Albion Football Club

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

.Clapton is widely believed to be supporter of the club, despite being born in Ripley

Ripley

-Surname:*Alexandra Ripley , American writer*Alice Ripley , American actress*Allen Ripley , American baseball player*Andy Ripley , English rugby player*Arthur Ripley , American screenwriter...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 more than 100 miles away, though in recent years has reportedly been more interested in Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

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Track listing

1. "Walk Out in the Rain" (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   , Helena Springs) – 4:16
2. "Watch Out for Lucy" (Clapton) – 3:26
3. "I'll Make Love to You Anytime" (J. J. Cale) – 3:23
4. "Roll It" (Clapton, Marcy Levy) – 3:42
5. "Tell Me That You Love Me" (Clapton) – 3:31
6. "If I Don't Be There by Morning" (Dylan, Springs) – 4:38
7. "Early in the Morning
   Early in the Morning (Sonny Boy Williamson I song)
   "Early in the Morning" is a blues song that was recorded by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson in 1937. Identified as a blues standard, it was inspired by earlier blues songs...
   
   " (Traditional) – 7:58
8. "Promises" (Richard Feldman, Roger Linn) – 3:04
9. "Golden Ring" (Clapton) – 3:32
10. "Tulsa Time
    Tulsa Time
    "Tulsa Time" is a song written by Danny Flowers. Don Williams recorded and released it as a single in 1978. "Tulsa Time" would be Don Williams' eighth number one on the country chart...
    
    " (Danny Flowers
    Danny Flowers
    Danny Flowers is an American songwriter, recording artist, and guitarist who is best known for his own songs that have been hits for other musicians...
    
    ) – 3:28

Singles

• 1978 - "Promises" (US, UK)
• 1979 - "Promises" (International)
• 1979 - "Watch Out for Lucy"
• 1979 - "Walk Out in the Rain"
• 1980 - "Tulsa Time"

Personnel

• Eric Clapton: guitars, vocals
• Dick Sims: keyboards
• Marcy Levy: vocals
• George Terry
  George Terry
  George E. Terry is an American blues rock and rock and roll guitarist most known for his live and studio work with Eric Clapton during the 1970s and studio work with a long list of artists...
  
  : guitar
• Carl Radle
  Carl Radle
  Carl Dean Radle was a bass guitarist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s...
  
  : bass guitar, vocals
• Jamie Oldaker
  Jamie Oldaker
  James Oldaker is an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist. He was born September 5, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is an exponent of the shuffle style....
  
  : drums, percussion, vocals
• Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle: backing vocals on "Golden Ring"