What is August (album)?
{{Infobox album| | name = August | type = studio | artist = [[Eric Clapton]] | cover = | alt = | released = 24 November 1986 (UK) | recorded = April–May 1986 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[contemporary R&B|R&B]]}} | length = 55:53 (CD) <br> 49:31 (vinyl) | label = [[Duck Records|Duck]] / [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | producer = Eric Clapton, [[Phil Collins]], [[Tom Dowd]] | prev_title = [[Edge of Darkness (soundtrack)|Edge of Darkness]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[The Cream of Eric Clapton]] | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Singles | name = August | type = Album | single1 = [[Behind the Mask (song)|Behind the Mask]] | single1date = 1986 (UK) | single2 = [[It's in the Way That You Use It]] | single2date = March 1987 (UK) | single3 = [[Tearing Us Apart]] | single3date = June 1987 (UK) | single4 = Holy Mother | single4date = November 1987 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eric+Clapton&titel=Holy+Mother&cat=s|title=Eric Clapton singles}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 =[[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/august-r4047/review | title = Eric Clapton August review | access-date = 15 August 2011 | last=Ruhlmann | first= William | work = [[AllMusic]] }}</ref> | rev2 =''[[Kerrang!]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Putterford | first1 = Mark | title = [[Kerrang!]] | chapter = Eric Clapton 'August' | volume = 135 | publisher = United Magazines ltd. | date = 11 December 1986 | location = London, UK | pages = 18}}</ref> | rev3 =''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev3Score = unfavorable<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/august-19870212 | title = Eric Clapton August | access-date = 15 August 2011 | last = DeCurtis | first = Anthony | date = 12 February 1987 | work = [[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''August''''' is the