The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
Studio album by Eric Clapton & Friends
Released July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)
Recorded 2013-2014
Genre Rock, Blues rock, Country rock
Length 51:33
Label Bushbranch / Surfdog
Producer Eric Clapton, Simon Climie
Eric Clapton chronology
Old Sock
(2013)		 The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
(2014)		 I Still Do
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound(6/10)[2]
AllMusic[3]

The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale is the twenty-second studio album by Eric Clapton & Friends and it is dedicated to his friend JJ Cale. It was named after his 1972 single "Call Me the Breeze". It was produced by Clapton and Simon Climie.

Track listing

All songs written by J.J. Cale except where indicated

No. TitleVocals Length
1. "Call Me the Breeze"  Eric Clapton 3:07
2. "Rock and Roll Records"  Clapton & Tom Petty 2:19
3. "Someday" (Cale, Walt Richmond)Mark Knopfler 3:48
4. "Lies"  Clapton & John Mayer 3:07
5. "Sensitive Kind"  Don White 5:17
6. "Cajun Moon"  Clapton 2:28
7. "Magnolia"  Mayer 3:42
8. "I Got the Same Old Blues"  Petty & Clapton 3:03
9. "Songbird"  Willie Nelson & Clapton 2:56
10. "Since You Said Goodbye"  Clapton 3:01
11. "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" (Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard)White & Clapton 2:37
12. "The Old Man and Me"  Petty 2:56
13. "Train to Nowhere"  Knopfler, White & Clapton 4:51
14. "Starbound"  Nelson & Derek Trucks 2:03
15. "Don't Wait" (Cale, Christine Lakeland)Clapton & Mayer 2:47
16. "Crying Eyes"  Clapton, Christine Lakeland & Trucks 3:31

Personnel
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Jimmy Markham – harmonica
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Michelle John – background vocals
  • Sharon White – background vocals
  • James Cruce – drums
  • Jim Karstein – drums
  • Jamie Oldaker – drums
  • David Teegarden – drums
  • Satnam Ramgotra – tablas
  • Simon Climie – keyboards, organ, piano, drum programming, percussion, background vocals
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Walt Richmond – keyboards, organ, piano
  • Alan Douglas - Engineer

Chart performance

Weekly Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 2
Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)[9] 14
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[10] 2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12] 1
Estonian Albums (GfK Entertainment)[13] 9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[17] 32
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] 34
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 14
Israeli Albums (Media Forest)[20] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22] 19
Korean International Albums (Gaon)[23] 28
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[26] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 4
Slovenian Albums (SLO Top 30)[28] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 40
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 2
Taiwanese Albums (G-Music)[32] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 3
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[34] 15
US Billboard 200[35] 2
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[36] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[37] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[38] 2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[39] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[40] 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[41] 82
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[42] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[43] 102
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[44] 28
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[45] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[46] 54
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[47] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[48] 59
UK Albums (OCC)[49] 123
US Billboard 200[50] 117
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[51] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[52] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[53] Gold 10,000
Poland (ZPAV)[54] Platinum 20,000
Turkey (MÜ-YAP)[55] Platinum 10,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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