| align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|August |
| lign="center" colspan="3"|August |
| lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|LP/CD by Eric Clapton |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|November 1986 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|1986 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Blues-Rock |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Reprise Records |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|55:31 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Tom Dowd |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"|All Music Guide review | valign="top"|2/5 | valign="top"|link |
| lign="left" valign="top"|ARTISTdirect review | valign="top"|2/5 | valign="top"|link |
| lign="left" valign="top"|RollingStone review | valign="top"|NR | valign="top"|link |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Eric Clapton Chronology |
align="top"|Behind the Sun
(1985) | valign="top"|August
(1986) | valign="top"|Crossroads
(1988) |