As an "elder statesman" of rock, Eric Clapton isn't expected to do anything interesting or good. He's just expected to show up, and from there it's up to the press...
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There's not exactly a dearth of live Clapton albums on the record store racks. But there's good reason for it. After all, it is in live performance that the full power of...
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As a DVD, this release seems to work a lot better than it does as a CD, principally because Eric Clapton has developed a thoroughly convincing stage presence as a bluesman,...
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Eric Clapton had a fierce testimonial to the blues with From the Cradle, but One More Car, One More Rider arrives nearly a decade later, and the difference is stunning....
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It appears that Eric Clapton had more Robert Johnson in his blood than he thought -- or perhaps it was planned this way. This DVD/CD set (and really, it's not the other way...
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Following Eric Clapton’s lifelong pursuit of the blues, Me And Mr. Johnson is the limey’s renditions of 14 of the 29 songs written and recorded by fabled 1930’s blues...
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Ten years after his first all-blues album, From the Cradle, Eric Clapton released Me and Mr. Johnson, an album-length tribute to his hero, the legendary bluesman Robert...
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With his band a little too slick for comfort, Clapton is captured here during an extensive series of gigs at the prestigious Albert Hall. Odd duet: Clapton with Phil...
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Eric Clapton, who had not released a live album since 1980, had several good reasons to release one in the early '90s. For one thing, his spare backup band of keyboardist...
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While it's not a power-packed Claptonfest, this notably commercial set--featuring his version of Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff"-was Clapton's first No. 1 album, and...
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461 Ocean Boulevard is Eric Clapton's second studio solo album, arriving after his side project of Derek and the Dominos and a long struggle with heroin addiction. Although...
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Although Eric Clapton has released a bevy of live albums, none of them have ever quite captured the guitarist's raw energy and dazzling virtuosity. The double live album...
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Having made his best album since 461 Ocean Boulevard with Slowhand, Eric Clapton followed with Backless, which took the same authoritative, no-nonsense approach. If it...
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E.C. Was Here 1/1/1975, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
The major complaints Clapton faced post-Layla were typically about how he seemed to prefer keeping his guitar-playing at a relative minimum, compared to his gloriously...
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Following Eric Clapton's recovery from heroin addition in 1974 and subsequent comeback (announced by 461 Ocean Boulevard), the guitar legend retained his fine band and...
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Eric Clapton 1/1/1970, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
His first official solo album, this eponymous set cleared the decks and showed that Clapton--without former partners Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker--was a worthy solo artist...
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Eric Clapton's eponymous solo debut was recorded after he completed a tour with Delaney & Bonnie. Clapton used the core of the duo's backing band and co-wrote the majority...
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When he gave a speech inducting the Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Eric Clapton said that after he heard their debut album, Music from Big Pink, he wanted to join...
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In these days of CD expansion, it is not unusual for a record company to reissue an old album with a bonus track or two. This reconstruction of the January 13, 1973,...
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Clapton's first platinum album, this was hit-filled--containing "Cocaine" and "Lay Down Sally"--and tasteful as well. Surprise cover: "May You Never," by John...
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After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commerically, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand. The difference is...
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Having stayed out of the recording studio for four years prior to making his comeback album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric Clapton returned to recording only a few months later...
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Now, here's a star-crossed album. Polydor rejected the first version of it, produced by Glyn Johns, and Eric Clapton was forced to cut it all over again with Tom Dowd. Then,...
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Eric Clapton adopted a new, tougher, hard R&B approach on August, employing a stripped-down band featuring keyboard player Greg Phillinganes, bassist Nathan East, and...
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Although he is universally considered among the most important figures in rock & roll, Eric Clapton has not had consistent success in translating his stature into record...
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A four-disc box set spanning Eric Clapton's entire career -- running from the Yardbirds to his '80s solo recordings -- Crossroads not only revitalized Clapton's commercial...
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Journeyman 11/7/1989, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
A year after his memorable 4-CD boxed set Crossroads, Clapton's Journeyman became Clapton's first top 20 album in six years and easily soared to double-platinum sales...
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For most of the '80s, Eric Clapton seemed rather lost, uncertain of whether he should return to his blues roots or pander to AOR radio. By the mid-'80s, he appeared to have...
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Money and Cigarettes marked several important turning points in Eric Clapton's recording career. It was his debut release on his own Duck imprint within Warner Bros.'...
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Time Pieces is a good single-disc collection of Eric Clapton's solo hits -- including "I Shot the Sheriff," "After Midnight," "Wonderful Tonight," Derek and the Dominos'...
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Neither a career retrospective nor a rarities collection, Time Pieces II: Live in the '70s is an odd record. Featuring a selection of material recorded in concert at various...
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It's difficult to believe, but as recently as 1992 Eric Clapton was making strong, meaningful music that measures up to anything he's ever done. Part of the magic of the...
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Eric Clapton's Unplugged was responsible for making acoustic-based music, and Unplugged albums in particular, a hot trend in the early '90s. Clapton's concert was not only...
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A hodgepodge of tracks, mostly pulled from the Yardbirds' catalog. Over half the disc is devoted to Clapton, bringing together two songs of the band backing up Sonny Boy...
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For years, fans craved an all-blues album from Eric Clapton; he waited until 1994 to deliver From the Cradle. The album manages to re-create the ambience of postwar electric...
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Eric Clapton was contracted to Polydor Records from 1966 to 1981, first as a member of Cream, then Blind Faith, and later as a solo artist and as the leader of Derek and the...
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Crossroads 2 4/2/1996, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
A collection of live material taken from past Clapton albums and featuring a surplus of previously-unreleased material, this is a true recap of typical Clapton shows of the...
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Crossroads was a box set that appealed to both beginners and fanatics. Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies only appeals to fanatics. Spanning four discs and consisting...
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Early Clapton Collection contains a selection of seven songs from the Yardbirds, and several tracks the guitarist cut with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. There are no big hits...
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It's kind funny when young music critics get all in a tizzy about how bad the latest Eric Clapton album may or may not be. Giving Clapton a bad in review in 1998 is sorta...
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Eric Clapton reached the peak of his popularity in the '90s, as the back-to-back number one albums Unplugged and From the Cradle combined for a total of over 13 million...
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Eric Clapton earned a reputation as a blues guitarist early in his career, and while he frequently returned to the blues -- usually recording at least one blues tune per...
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Clapton Chronicles ignores Eric Clapton's 1983 Reprise debut, Money and Cigarettes (which sounded more like an RSO album, anyway), starting with the pair of Phil...
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If you're looking for a career-encompassing Eric Clapton best-of collection, then the Clapton edition of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues series is not for you. But if...
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Eric Clapton's 2004 installment in Universal's never-ending 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection is an excellent distillation of his signature songs of the...
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Polydor/Chronicles' 2004 deluxe edition reissue of Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard -- long considered one of Clapton's best solo albums, ranking alongside Eric Clapton...
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