Journeyman is the eleventh solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Heralded as a return to form for Clapton, who had struggled with alcohol addiction and had recently found sobriety, the album has a 1980s electronic sound, but it also includes blues songs like "Before You Accuse Me", "Running on Faith", and "Hard Times." "Bad Love" was released as a single, reaching the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart, and being awarded a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1990. "Pretending" had also reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart the previous year, remaining at the top for five weeks ("Bad Love" had only stayed for three weeks).

While the album was only a moderate commercial success at the time, reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200 chart, it went on to become his first solo studio album to go double platinum. Clapton has stated that Journeyman is one of his favorite albums.

Track listing

1. "Pretending" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:48
2. "Anything for Your Love" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:16
3. "Bad Love" (Eric Clapton, Mick Jones) – 5:11
4. "Running on Faith" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 5:27
5. "Hard Times" (Ray Charles) – 3:00
6. "Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:26
7. "No Alibis" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 5:32
8. "Run So Far" (George Harrison) – 4:06
9. "Old Love" (Clapton, Robert Cray) – 6:25
10. "Breaking Point" (Marty Grebb, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 5:37
11. "Lead Me On" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) – 5:52
12. "Before You Accuse Me" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:55
    

Musicians

• Eric Clapton – guitar, lead vocals
• Jerry Lynn Williams – guitar (1), backing and harmony vocals (1)
• Robert Cray – guitar (2, 6, 9, 12), guitar solo (9, 12)
• Phil Palmer – guitar (3)
• John Tropea – rhythm guitar (5)
• George Harrison – guitar (8), harmony vocals (8)
• Cecil Womack – acoustic guitar (11), backing vocals (11)
• Nathan East – bass guitar (1, 2, 4-7, 9-12), backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar (3)
• Darryl Jones – bass guitar (8)
• Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1, 7, 8)
• Jim Keltner – drums (2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), percussion (6), programming (8, 10) tambourine (9)
• Phil Collins – drums (3), backing and harmony vocals (3)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (4, 5, 11), hi-hat (10)
• Carole Steele – congas (1), tambourine (4), percussion (7, 10, 11)
• Gary Burton – vibraphone (9)
• Jeff Bova – synth horns (1), synth organ (1), synth programming (2, 10), drum programming (10), sequenced bass (10), sequenced organ (10)
• Alan Clark – synth horns (1), Hammond organ (1, 4), sequenced bass (1), keyboards (3), synthesizer (8), synth strings (9)
• Robbie Kondor – harmonica (2), keyboards (2), vocoder (2), drum programming (2), synthesizer (6, 12), synth programming (7, 8), synth piano (9)
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizer (8)
• Robby Kilgore – synthesizer (11)
• Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (1, 4, 5), keyboards (2, 10), backing vocals (4, 7), synthesizer (8)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 6, 7, 9, 12), Fender Rhodes (11)
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (10)
• Arif Mardin – horn arrangement (5), string arrangements (11)
• Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (5)
• Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (5)
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (5)
• Jon Faddis – trumpet (5)
• Lew Soloff – trumpet (5)
• Chaka Khan – backing vocals (1, 7)
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals (3)
• Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (3)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (4, 7)
• Daryl Hall – harmony vocals (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (10)
• Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals (10)
• Linda Womack – vocals (11)
• Rev. Timothy Wright Washington Temple Concert Choir – choir (4)
• Roger Forrester and Friends – dog barking (6)