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Pilgrim
Rock · 1998 · 14 tracks

Pilgrim

Eric Clapton

A deeply personal meditation on grief. Clapton trades organic blues for programmed beats and lush synthesizers to process the unthinkable.

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It's Clapton's most heartbreaking songs wrapped in 90s electronic production.

A meticulously polished, synthetic landscape of profound personal mourning and slow-burning resilience.

Pilgrim · vs · Eric Clapton
Rainy Day+4.0σ

Rainy Day saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
My Father’s Eyes
5:25
02
River of Tears
7:22
03
Pilgrim
5:50
04
Broken Hearted
7:52
05
One Chance
5:56
06
Circus
4:12
07
Going Down Slow
5:20
08
Fall Like Rain
3:50
09
Born in Time
4:42
10
Sick and Tired
5:44
11
Needs His Woman
3:46
12
She’s Gone
4:46
13
You Were There
5:32
14
Inside of Me
5:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The extended, weeping guitar solo that carries the final three minutes of River of Tears.
The stark contrast between the upbeat electronic loop and the devastating lyrics of My Father's Eyes.
The fragile acoustic intimacy of Circus providing a brief respite from the dense digital production.
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