Bluesbreakers

This seems like a very good example of a blues album. I just don't like the blues all that much.

I knew the first track as Gary Moore did a cover of it. Very competent blues for a bunch of white guys! Claptons guitar work is excellent, very enjoyable indeed.

Lengthy Rock soli.

Not for me

Great sound, great vibes.

#92 - Enjoyable but for white people blues they don't beat The Doors.

Solid blues riffs and vocals, just nothing new or experimental that would set it apart from other entries of that time period.

The tough part about blues albums is once you've heard one, you've heard them all. Decent listen with some highlight instrumental parts, but still a blues album through and through

Quite good!

Gemensam recension av Muddy och Bluesbreakers. Två bluesalbum i rad. Där många skriver att Bluesbrekers är dåliga (många 1:or med motivering, "A bunch of privileged white dudes signing about how they want to get over on girls while they misappropriate blues music." etc) och på Muddys står det saker som "now this is blues. clapton can fuck off." Så vi fick "turen" att få dessa album, back to back. Först och främst, blues är helt ok. Inte svinbra. För mig kommer det aldrig blir svinbra. Jag tycker dock Muddy är bättre (delvis för att jag säkert påverkats av kommentarerna) mest för att jag inte är såld på allt gitarrtjafs på Bluesbrekaers. Eric Clapton är säkert "God", men jag gillar inte gitarsolon på detta vis. Det har aldrig kittlat skönt. Sen är det mysigare att Muddy är live. Därför är nog Muddy skönare blues, men det blir för mycket att skilja betygen åt, de är båda "meh". Så det blir 3:a på båda. Men på en tiogradig skala hade Muddy fått 6 och Bluesbreakers 5.

Som jag konstaterat tidigare ett par gånger så är gitarrdriven bluesrock min kopp te och det här är inget undantag. Otroligt bajsnödiga betyg och kommentarer till den här skivan, som är objektivt riktigt bra (om man inte hatar musik).

Pretty standard blues rock. There are some fun solos, but the rest is nothing special.

Blues has got to be the most boring musical style that exists

Generic blues. Nothing too special. Extra star for Clapton.

Not my usual genre, but this was an enjoyable listen. All Your Love, Have You Heard, and Bernard Jenkins the highlights.

Bangin' album, a hommage to all their Blues legends. It's full of covers and thus doesn't really have its own material, so the focus is mainly on how they play it. I'm a sucker for the 60's Blues Rock scene so this is right up my alley. The playing here is brilliant, they don't really stretch the blues songs too far like people would later in the 60's, but there is still room for them to stretch and solo the songs. Claptons guitar playing takes center stage, but I love the drums and singing here as well. I think there are other, more interesting British Blues albums, but this one is still a pleasant listen.

Pretty much mid blues throughout, with a couple nice licks. 3.1

This is the 4th or 5th Eric Clapton album so far on this list and I'm only 140 albums in. I haven't seen a single black r'n'b or blue artist however. This album impressed me when I was 16, now it just sounds weedy and devoid of any soul.

Mixed bag on this one. A couple of the instrumental-only tracks are really solid. Any track with singing suffers though. Too bad Clapton is so unlikeable as a human being, he really shreds.

Fantastic blues! I grew up listening to stuff exactly like this.

Ah yeah, some blues! These are great songs man. The harmonica is cool on Another Man. ooh nice drum solo in What'd I say.

Maybe it's just me, but blues in general always feel really repetitive to me. And while this album is really good, about half ways through I feel like I've heard everything this album can offer to me. It's a fun album! The solos (besides the drum solo) are well done and interesting. The harmonica playing is great. But it kind of just feels like that's it. I don't feel like it's special. And I think that's a me and a blues thing. Favorite Song(s): Hideaway

Generic blues I guess.

The songs on this blues rock album strike me as neither particularly good nor bad. I discount the idea of rating it based on legal issues (as in 'Little Girl') or accusations of cultural appropriation, as my assessment is focused solely on the music itself. That said, I fully support and encourage political and legal action where effective.

4/5

Does nothing for me. 1

idk it wasn't that special

im not fan of blues rock

Damn. Another 4/20 without getting that Snoop Dogg album. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. I'm just kidding! How could my day be ruined by an album that is, by my account, pretty solid? Here we have my third album on the list to feature Eric "Keep Britain White" Clapton, who plays guitar for this album with John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers. I think I've gone through the whole "separating art from artist" spiel enough times by now. Fortunately, it's very doable here since none of the lyrics tie into his issues and he really only plays guitar here, aside from one song that he sings. The lyrics, by the way, do their job. None of them are too problematic. Good on John Mayall for specifying that the titular "Little Girl" was 18. Of course, a lot of these songs are covers. That's kind of how the blues genre goes, isn't it? The singing also just does its job. Where this album stands out in my mind is the instrumentation. Obviously, Clapton's guitar playing is strong, but stuff like the basslines from John McVie (yes, that John McVie) and Hughie Flint's drumming, as well as the additional work that John Mayall himself brings to the table aid in creating a strong bluesy atmosphere that I happen to enjoy quite a bit. Overall, while Blues Breakers may not be the most exciting album for me personally, it's an album that I mostly respect. It's good. High 3/5.

2.5

A higher end standard of white British man blues music. Excellent in skill, but mostly covers.

Some of Clapton’s best playing outside of Cream. Tasty licks abound.

Great blues record with some nice variety and acoustics. Hadn't heard of this group before, but I really enjoyed this one.

Ikke helt min sjanger still

I don't think I'm that into blues rock, but this seems like a solid album for those who are.

The album that spread blues over the ocean

With multiple tries I couldn't get past track nr 5

Excellent blues rock! Don’t know why something is stopping me from giving it a five. Maybe the vocals? 4.5 I guess.

I love the blues, but not my blues.

Clapton's a fuckin' wiener and I'm sick of the blues.

Great album from top to bottom. A lot of British bands took their shot at it, but this is the best.

Very nice! It’s a very pleasant album. Nice music, good production and arrangement. I appreciate it’s a well planned, not a jam album. I am not a fan of harmonica but it blends perfectly well into the songs because of the well-thought arrangement.

I put on the first song, and was like “meh” But honestly having this on in the background was awesome. A lot of variety, and these guys absolutely rip. Super happy to have this album come across my desk. Not sure how I would feel about more of them, but this album was pretty awesome for a band I hadn’t even heard of before

Is this the worst drum solo of all time on what’d I say?? It sounds like that scene in Tarzan when Rosie o Donnell and the other gorillas who have never seen human life or artifacts before are learning to play with instruments for the first time. Speaking of terrible solos, have yall ever seen that Nick Jonas guitar solo at some music awards a couple years ago? It’s been popping up on my feed a couple times recently. It truly is so bad. I feel bad for him though cuz I’m sure he’s somewhat talented. But back to what’d I say, this is also just a terrible cover in general. They think by just changing the genre to a rock song that that’s doing something original but it just makes it worse. The rest of the album is not much better. They feel like blues-lite. Feels pretty generic and their blues melodies and rhythms don’t have much soul. Was going to give this a 1 because of how annoyed I got at this but I have to give it at least a 2 because of the obligatory harmonica. Decent harmonica work here.

Short and sweet with a really nice mix of blues and rock. Obviously I’m well acquainted with Eric Clapton and his talents as a musician (don’t much care for his other opinions), but I had never heard of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers so I was surprised that this album was so highly regarded but flies under the radar decades later. The songs sound really similar in places, but it’s not enough to take away from the rating. I feel like this would be a good album to have playing while driving with the windows down.

I think Matt and I listened to this in the perfect scenario. We had this album on in the background as we cleaned our shotguns together before shooting this weekend. We also added a little bit of banjo music to the album as it was playing on the YouTube video showing us how to actually clean our guns. Great album for that scenario.

I think the only time I like the Blues is when it's live in New Orleans.

Beginning of blues rock legend Eric Clapton.

On the one hand it's a bit stale and phoney, on the other it has some historical value

5/10

Highlights: All Your Love, It Ain't Right, Another Man. Drums are fire, some good clangy piano. Listen to this album instead of 451 Ocean Boulevard to get an idea why music writers praise Eric Clapton's guitar prowess (cos as a human, I'd put him in the bin). Overall: 6/10

Good background music - enjoyable to listen to but nothing blew me away lyrically so I didn't have to listen too hard.

Exceptional guitar work but pretty meh overall.

More of this for sure, straight to the "to buy" list

Ugh. Did Eric Clapton own the only blues album in England? Its just so derivative.

0.5 - Fuck Eric Clapton

When I was younger I would hang out at the Commercial Pub, where drunk baby boomers would go absolutely wild to local blues bands. This is in Central Alberta, which is roughly as connected to the idea of the blues as England is. Every weekend a guy could see a band that sounds literally indistinguishable from The Bluesbreakers. And it was better than the experience of listening to this album because at least there was a bit of fun and spirit behind it. I know this is an early enough white guy blues album to be pretty influential, but it still sucks and probably influenced a lot more bad music than good.

Fiery blues album that set the stage for what was to come for 60’s and 70’s rock music.

This album was enjoyable, but forgettable. I am so glad to see blues/jazz represented on this list, and completely agree that this album belongs on this list. However, for my personal taste, the songs drone on and none of them really stand out or are distinctive. It was a nice listen, but I probably wouldn't revisit it again.

I had to remind myself that such sounds were quite groundbreaking and white boy blues was a big thing.on the basis I can appreciate this although I must confess that I’m not a huge fan.

Very good.

One of the best albums I have heard.

Decent blues album. Nothing overly impressive, just a good album. 3/5 Might listen again

Pretty good blues album. Sometimes feels like just basic blues numbers ramblings but there's enough bangers here to warrant a 4. Clapton plays great on guitar, I guess he just works better when he isn't the leader of the band. I may be biased as a drummer but I found the best songs to be the ones where the drummer was most active, I especially loved the drum solo

Good blues album. Good variety somgs are different. So very unpredictable. Anything with Eric Clapton gets multiplied to be better times 2 at least. Its a band Ive never heard or knew before today and feel they are relly awesome

Fucking Eric fucking Clapton. If I want to listen to blues, I would listen to blues. Two stars.

honestly, i got halfway thru the album and didn’t feel like finishing it. it’s definitely objectively good rock n roll but i think im just rocked out right now!

That's not my taste in music - But ok

Liked it. No notes

heavy guitar and drum instrumentals but not really my vibe. I liked the 5th song.

Really good album. Solid musicianship.

Not a big fan of blues, but this was ok.

Okay I might write a little treatise here. ha. I can't stand Eric Clapton as a person. He's racist and his pompous, some of my least favorite attributes of people in general. He's a guitar God. He's a genius. This is what they all say. But I think that Eric Clapton is the biggest cultural appropriator in music history, which for some reason isn't attached to Clapton as much as it is to Elvis, for instance. One way that I think he's worse than Elvis is that he actually hated the people he stole his music from. I was willing to give this album the benefit of the doubt despite my feelings on Clapton as a whole. But all I think is, hasn't this been done better by someone else? This record is good in the sense that it's got some sick guitar work from Clapton, however I'm less impressed by it as almost every single song on the record was the very basic i-iii-iv progression. Maybe that makes me bitchy idk. I think part of what made this album so important was actually more about the audience that was exposed to the blues after this record. If you've never heard a blues song in your life and you listen to this record? Seems pretty decent. Then there's if you've been exposed to great blues in your life, maybe Mississippi John Hurt or Leadbelly or Howlin' Wolf or Little Walter, this sounds like an imitation. Which it is. Another thing is there's a few moments that sound like other songs to me, which when I looked them up basically came out in 1966. lol. "Another Man" is the only one, but reminded me of "Baby Please Don't Go," which is a blues song from long before Van Morrison recorded it. "Double Crossing Time" gives me big "It's a Man's World" with the melody, both came out in 66. As well as at the end of the cover of "What I'd Say" there's also a guitar lick that sounds exactly the same as the Beatles song "Daytripper" which came out in Dec. 1965. Despite saying all this, it isn't a bad listen necessarily. The singing could be stronger. The drum solo in "What I'd Say" could have been cut in half at least. Clapton could be less of a racist dick culturally appropriating Black music. But there's some sick guitar here and there. It didn't make my ears bleed. I wish I could do half points because I give this a 2.5.

It’s a real shame that Eric Clapton is a disgusting human being, because this is a real nice little blues album, even if it is blatantly stolen from the very people he’s prejudiced against.

This is terrific rocky blues with Slowhand's unreal guitar work, great vocals, and Mayall's signature harp. Not much to dislike - a dead spot or two.

I’ve always liked the blues but I’ve never really explored it beyond my mother’s LP record collection and some early classics e.g. Leadbelly, Muddy Waters. This is a great listen but not quite memorable enough for four stars.

Niet echt mijn muziek.

Niet helamaal mijn smaak, maar ook niet slecht. 3 sterren.

good, not exactly for me and nothing was too memorable about the album in my opinion

nice listen, I probably wont go back to it but it was good to have on in the background

Yeah, kinda set the tone for the next 50 years, for better or worse.

Killer

Nice stuff.

It's more white guys playing the blues 🤷‍♂️

Eric Clapton is overrated

Don’t care for John Mayall. Just can’t get past the vocals. My dad likes them and I’ve tried for years. Just not for me.

This was very good. Eric Clapton is a racist, and yet reviewers refer to this as "white boy blues". Wonders never cease.

It's a sound in search of a song

Solid early english blues. More variety than I expected!

Blues for Wanks.

Day423 - i started hearing about john mayall when he was nominated for the rock and roll hall of fame and it’s crazy how influential he was. hearing the blues from british white guys is kinda crazy though

I've never heard these guys before but after listening, I definitely see where Eric Clapton fits in! It was a pretty good album and I enjoyed the blues of it and it Was a pretty solid album all around, it wasn't like a personal favorite but I would listen again!

4.5

I've been annoyed by a few reviews of various albums here where they mention white people misappropriating blues music, and rate it extremely harshly almost out of spite. In those cases I've seen the skill in the album and enjoyed them in their own right. I thought that might be the case here too, but actually.. I think they might have a point. This is still accomplished enough, but it does sound like a much tamer sound, like they've taken something way more raw and powerful and just 'blanded' over the top of it. They play their instruments well enough, but this is incredibly dull for the most part. I enjoyed some of the tracks. 2.5 rounded down.

Great blues rock album

Prima blues, niet geweldig, maar ook een mooie ode aan een aantal klassiekers.

Nice and bluesy. Very enjoyable album wven though it has eric Clapton

Sounds nothing like the other eric clapton album i heard, therefore its pretty good

Maybe it was the day, but I was just annoyed by this. I'm sure other people "get it" but it's just more white guy blues to me. 2/5

White boy "blues" about fucking eighteen-year-olds. No thanks.

Favorite Track: Ramblin On My Mind

With time it doesn't sound as impactful as it was. That being said, there's stronger actual blues. This is more the pop culture version of the blues that got people listening to things they would've missed otherwise. Big Mac blues. Coca Cola blues.

Quality recording and production by Mike Vernon John Mayhall is killing it. Some great harmonica and vocals. John McVie, Hughie Flint solid. Some students of the Blues that studied hard. Not that it affects this album but Clapton seems like a man that might have consumed too much lead.

294/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

A bunch of British rock stars playing classic American blues. Good gritty guitar jams

Blues cosplay from the Brits. The musicians are proficient, the vocals are weak. Last track (Bernard Jenkins) was probably my favorite. Don’t know why I’d ever listen to this instead of Muddy Waters. Guessing this is like music for musicians or something.

I'm in a bad mood and I can't stand Eric Clapton and his wimpy little voice.

I don't often reach for blues, but if/when I do, this is the kind of album I could go for. Impressive that so many famous artists spun out of this band. Interesting that Eric Clapton sounds very similar to John Mayall.

Not quite a 4, but I like this more than a lot of the other British Blues-rock groups we've listened to. I'm a fan of the moog through it, feel like Mayall is often just singing rather than play acting as an American Blues singer, and you can see why people were into Clapton before he got old and racist.

Did this 'pioneer' blues-influenced rock the way white settlers 'pioneered' the old west? But with less smallpox?

Jaime estaba con gripazo y no creo que pudiera escuchar mucho.

I thought this album was good, and I liked it better than most blues rock, but I still can't personally give it more than 3 stars. I'd probably give it 3.5 on that scale, because it's better than "average," but it just didn't wow me, especially due to the genre. Overall, though, I can understand how some people would spin this a lot, if they are into that classic blues rock.

Blooz

idk i just find this style of rock to be unremarkable

BORING. Also Eric Clapton is a dickhead

2.5 stars, don’t really know what’s so special

classic

There is too much Clapton on this list.

this album is stacked with talent. From one of the greatest guitar players of his generation (Clapton) to Ray fucking Charles this album is bursting at the seams with talent. And there’s a bunch of catchy songs on this album, but really this album shines in the instrumentation. The guitar playing is so remarkable you could cut out all the other instruments and singers and this album would still be amazing. Seriously if you like old school rock n roll, this album is for you.

White British guys in the sixties were really trying to appropriate everything huh? Can I not have, like... Actual blues?

65/100. Blues Breakers by John Mayall, Eric Clapton, & John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers is a solid album that benefits from contributions by some truly fantastic artists. The instrumentation is well executed throughout. However, for me, the record feels rather unremarkable—it’s good, but I can't really see myself returning to it for repeated listens.

Some good moments but generally couldn't care less

I really enjoyed this (except for the song about trying to hook up with an 18 year old, WTF was that?). It makes me wish there was more blues in this list.

Great album. Man eric clapton is great

A nice album where Clapton starts to break out.

99% of the time, boring and soulless.

Pretty solid, but not exactly my favorite sound. Very bluesy indeed. Favorite tracks are Have You Heard and Lonely Years.

There are a fair few objectionable people on this list as people, but we're not asked to move in next to them. As music this is a solid three stars. That's all.

Great stuff

UK blues iconic probably for the participation of Eric Clapton. The Mono and Stereo mixes do seem dramatically different on my sound system.

February 2, 2025 HL: "Another Man", "All Your Love", "Hideaway", "Key to Love" Though 'the blues' informs a lot of rock albums on this list, there are not a lot of true 'blues' albums. And despite all the Americans that don't get a slot- Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy- there doesn't seem to be a shortage of *British* blues. In fact this is Clapton's 4th credit on the list, not counting his guest appearances such as on the song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Now as much as this fact irks me, a lot of the British blues I do like has something to do with Eric Clapton: Derek & the Dominos, Cream, et al. And his work with John Mayall here is no exception. From horn-laden songs, to full electric showcases, to minimalist harmonica ditties, Bluesbreakers has it all. It even has Ol' Reliable John McVie on bass. wot a team

Bluesrock Ganz cool

Great 'basic' blues rock

THIS ONE was hard going.

It's very generic blues. There's a couple of songs that would be fun in a bar but too many guitar solos which aren't interesting Also, clapton is a prick

A bit queasy about these white guys ripping off black culture so completely but it's a great record.

Groovy

Very technically sound, and some absolutely iconic and recognizeable blues licks. Only problem is it's boring. None of the grit or emotion that is in B.B. King or Muddy Waters. Fine enough as an album, and I think it's pretty importsnt for crossing the blues-rock bridge, but I'd rather listen to something more bluesy if I'm in the mood for blues. Hideaway rocks pretty hard though. And there's a good drum solo in What'd I Say.

Some great blues tunes and riffs. I'd dance to it.

It's blues. It exists, and Eric Clapton is on it. If that sounds like your thing, go for it.

A British blues rock finishing school where all the would-be guitar heroes get a C.

Wow, people on hear really don't like Clapton! Anyways, clearly an insanely influental album — great playing and tons of soul. Blues is best served live but I am still glad this is on here.

YEAHHHH. Not all white men rock is for me unfortunately, I mean they tried (normani voice)

Excellent

Solid blues-rock thing. Nothing really mind-blowing, but if you like blues, it's got just about everything you'd hope for.

I like rock with blues elements, but this was a bit too "bluesy" for me. Usually those kind of albums get tiring for me around the halfway mark, and this one was not an exception. I did find it interesting that John McVie (later of Fleetwood Mac) played bass on this album, though. It makes sense since Fleetwood Mac was originally a blues band. 2.5 stars

Snappy and catchy and energetic. Pretty fun album! 6/10

Bluesy, melodic, and good.

++: Hideaway, It Ain't Right +: Double Crossing Time, Key to Love, Parchman Farm, Have You Heard, Ramblin' On My Mind +-: All Your Love, Little Girl, Another Man, What I'd Say, Steppin' Out 6,1/10

I liked this album more than I expected to. I hated the last Eric Clapton album in this project. This blues was a lot less boring, which I think comes from it being filled with songs that were already "tried-and-true" classics, but played with a then-fresh loose, blues rock feel. Pretty cool.

Eric clapping cheeks

Without Clapton, it's just another blues rock album With Clapton, it's a definitive blues rock album. Something I love about this is hearing Clapton pre Hendrix, when he was considered the best guitarist in the world. Clapton is God. Bro has a monster guitar tone too. This is a super important guitar album more than anything else

Love me some bluesy shit, mmmmmm I guess you could say it CREAMY

First song is the only exceptional one.

These dudes look a little old to be talking about little girls so much

Pleasant enough, but more as background listening really.

Very solid

yay more eric clapton Honestly, Eric Clapton is good at guitar, but he’s not anything special. Disraeli Gears being included is fine, since there’s some actual good songs on that album, but I don’t understand listmakers’ obsession with him in general.

At some point this album all but completely lost me, and what I was hearing just started to blend into one another. Not really a fan of this one either unfortunately. Probably a 6

Pretty good.

The clearest example so far this list has given me of white people lazily copying black music to make a quick prophet. Zero effort put into the performances - the guitarwork is by Clapton so it is of course lackluster, the vocalist sounds like a muppet, and there is zero effort being put into anything else.

okay as of this 1, private spotify session so i dont ruin my algorithm any more than i already have. okay this sucks i can already tell. theoretically i should like the tonality + crunchy guitar on this 1st track but--oh my god they switched jams and it sounds even MORE like ass--anyway but something feels offputting and unpleasant accoustically abt it. is this what u all mean when ur talking abt the mix?? this guy sucks at singing too! dude i think whatever you do in the recording studio + post recording is so notably poor quality that even i can discern it thats buck wild. hideaway is like abt what a 6th grade school jazz band could muster, absolute nothingburger track. WAIT? WHAT? THIS ONE HAS A SONG ABOUT HITTING ON AN 18YO GIRL AS A GROWN MAN MUSICIAN?? okay marking it DNC but by that i mean giving it a 1 so i can drag the global ratings down just like the stones YOU can go fuck yourselves TOO

I had a horrible day today, I'm going to give myself the small treat of not doing a a thorough writeup of this useless album. It's boring blues, and Clapton is a deeply uncreative player. There. That's my take. Get fucked Clapton, you racist piece of shit.

This is the ideal of a three-star. It's music that would be on if I was on at an independent hardware/parts store on a Saturday morning in early June. I don't care to intellectually investigate it. I don't want to think about Eric Clapton.

Is Clapton a good guitar player? Sure, but if you listen really closely, you can hear his guitar shouting slurs on his behalf. Anyways, this album bored me to tears. Painful listen. Would not recommend to anyone unless they asked “hey man, do you know any shitty blues albums that sound worse than the average rock & roll after school program band?” In which case, I would probably still forget this album exists because I’m going to delete it from my memory ASAP.

Ok for all our complaining about dad rock this might be the worst dad rock offender of all. Buncha white dudes just blues riffing while the blandest kids discover that maybe black music is cool but attribute it to Clapton and spray paint “Clapton Is God” on walls. Yuck. Hey how do you make Ray Charles boring???? Asking for a friend.

unsurprisingly miserable experience! i've always hated Clapton & never been a big blues fan, especially of something as reductive as this. the instrumental tracks are far more tolerable than anything with lyrics (Little Girl is a bit on the nose, no?) but there's less than nothing here outside of a couple harmonica licks to latch onto does this list know that there are blues musicians other than white people

Really didn’t care for this one. Was not interested in listening to it at work. Just not for me that day. Didn’t keep track of the standouts.

Some songs were pretty forgettable and blues is not exactly the music genre that moves me the most, frankly (plus, Clapton-as-a-person makes me feel a bit icked out)... but most of this album was a pretty good time.

Solid. Decent instrumentals, though I felt it lacking at times. Vocal work was fitting. Overall though, I felt I couldn't get too into this one. 'Steppin' Out' was my pick for a fave.

This was a competent yet dull album, it could have been edited down to a shorter package and I would have enjoyed it better. I don't think I will ever remember listening to this album, and that's a fate worse than death.

Nothing stood out.

dançante

Decent blues album, nothing blew me away but was fine. A bit square compared to other blues I’ve heard

I can imagine this was fairly exciting at the time, when the originals of these tunes were hard to get hold of or hear, but at this distance this comes across as a bit of a pub rock covers / wedding band set. And of course the one thing that really stood out about Charles' original of 'What'd I Say' was the ridiculous drum solo.

I love a good Beano. This doesn't feel retro, despite obviously doffing its cap to those who have come before. The analogue richness bleeds out at you. I could have done without the drum solos. Clapton makes up for this his handy work. Nearly God, etc. Gawd knows why there is a track named after my local Tory MP.

3.5

Influential yet pedestrian. Fuck Eric Clapton.

Definitely putting their own spin on the old school blues sound. I can see this would have been a massive influence in certain circles. Had me for parts, but overall a bit samey.

er almennt ekki gefinn fyrir næpuhvíta honkía að syngja blús. en þetta er með því besta í þeirri stefnu. fær annan séns. 3,5.

Ok

A fantastic album. This is one I own on vinyl so I didn't need to listen to it again, but I did anyway. Mayall's first three albums are masterpieces of British blues. He had an ear for talent. The blues is where it's at.

Nothing stood out.

A bit too much indulgent guitar solo wankery.

Another Clapton record or at least an album he is featured on!. It’s going to be a tough day. This album I am aware of and always liked. I think it’s the John Mayall influence. This is a good Blues album. I love What I’d say, another man and All your love. Great songs. Favourite song: What I’d say Least favourite: All good Album artwork: Cool cover.

For my money, the band on this record has a lot more fire than most “white guy blues” records. They seem to be inhibiting the spirit of the records that influenced them, not just trying to copy the sounds necessarily. Clapton is obviously incredible on it, but Mayall is a terrific vocalist and damn good harp player, too. I think this record and East-West by The Butterfield Blues Band are the best of their ilk, personally. 4.5/5

Not the best I've heard but also not the worst thing ever.

Good blues album.

Someone described this as white blues and I couldn't agree more, 2* Even the drum vamping in "what i'd say" sounded like someone with no drum skills fucking around.

A bit naff if I'm being honest. At first I thought it felt like a more bluesy early Led Zep, but it went too far down the blues rather than the rock route. Not sure what it's adding what other blues artists weren't already adding at the time. 2 5*

Blind album and artist. Instantly recognized something about it and couldn't put my finger on it. Didnt realize it was eric clapton. Took a dive into the artist on wikipedia, and the list of musicians to join and leave this band is INSANE.... regardless. Decent album. Not a lot of notable songs for me.

A lot of hate on this one. And to be honest I struggle with blues in general, and white blues especially. There is a pretty large amount of skill on display though. Clapton might be terrible at almost everything, but man he knew how to play guitar back in 66. On the other hand the drummer is just uninspired. The solo on "What I'd say" is a distillation of everything bad about drum solos. Nothing interesting happens, and for some reason keeping time is ignored while he's slapping the shit out of everything in sight.

If I was a white man with a goatee born in the 1950s, I would be absolutely ripping my cock off its hinges at this (presuming I could still find it under my belly). I'm not, so no.

SERIOUSLY?! Someone needs to audit the algorithm! I'm fairly sure two Clapton albums within three days is a violation of the Geneva Convention. That said, this one wasn't nearly as terrible as the last (largely due to their comparative lengths), but in the end, trash is still trash.

Finally a band I know! I’ve seen them perform this same exact album. They only perform every Tuesday at the Blue Ball. Don’t know the Blue Ball? It’s the only bar in the city that still allows smoking, and where you have a 1/3 chance of food poisoning when you order a bowl of pretzels. I’d rather order 3 bowls of pretzels from the Blue Ball than listen to this again. I’d have a lesser chance of getting sick.

I’ve been on the “Eric Clapton is highly overrated” train for decades. Nothing he has done has ever truly blown my mind, and lord knows he has dried with his dozen or so projects he’s been a part of over the years. I haven’t reevaluated them in a while, but I don’t remember Blind Faith or Cream making a true dent in my psyche; nor does his solo work other than the truly emotional “Tears in Heaven.” Bluesbreakers is another reevaluation for me. It’s probably been over a decade since I last gave it a listen through… and? Still not overwhelmed by greatness. There’s some truly solid blues covers here, but none that I haven’t heard done better, perhaps for the exception of “All Your Love.” 3.3/5

It was alright, worse then the first one but not bad enough to give a 2

Bluesbreakers is one of those albums that has good ideas and is generally good to listen to but ultimately suffers from it's poor production quality. A majority of the songs here did sound really good and used instruments that generally complimented the low production quality but some songs (I'm looking at you, Another Man) are just ruined by the poor production with the track i mentioned in particular having a terrible sounding harmonica which can't even keep it's volume consistent, and even that's not consistent as the harmonica in some later tracks sounds slightly better but not good enough to be considered good. I know this album is from 1966 so i shouldn't expect crystal clear quality (i think that would ruin some of the songs too) but there were other albums released that same year with better sound quality. But as it stands, this album is decent, it just suffers from it's poor production quality. Best Song: Key To love Worst Song: Another Man

The album gets a kudos for its raw talent, legendary guitar play, and catchy music one could listen to all day. However, it loses a star based on its lack of originality, given every song is written by someone other than John Mayall, and Eric Clapton. Favorite Track: "What I'd Say".

this was a vibe

If I have to listen to songs about shagging kids I'd prefer them to be good songs about shagging kids

This kicks ass!

1 boom BOOM 💪

Not bad, but didn’t blow me away.

Day 66 - Nov 17th, 2024 Eric Crapton amirite. 2/5

Nett.

для своего жанра хорош, инструментал разнообразный, музыка не моя, но альбом заебатый👍

Rock and roll baby

Twice is a coincidence but three time is a pattern with all of these Eric Clapton bands. They exist solely for Clapton to show off - and hey, when you really are that much of a generational talent, sure, I get it. But all of these albums lack balance because Clapton is off in the corner wanking it for 45 minutes. It's certainly not a bad album by any stretch of the imagination, but I think that there's a line you draw between an album like this and some of the behemoths of the mid 20th century.

To be honest I find the parts that don't have a lot of guitar to be the highlights. They are few and far between though. I think this process really has given me a distaste for 60-70s straight blues rock. All fairly boring really isnt it? Anyway, still well preformed and maybe one of the better albums worth of music like this. 3.5*

Understandably this was hugely influential in 1966. Most people probably had never heard blues before this. Today, not such a big deal.

Simple, soulful, and unapologetically blue, this record doesn’t try to be anything it's not. The guitar work is sharp, reminiscent of early Fleetwood Mac’s blues era, especially in the way it balances between intensity and restraint. It’s an album that sticks to its roots, showing deep reverence for the blues without overplaying.

bad quality and weird ass lyrics, got boring really quickly.

Pretty ok, kinda background music. Nothing really interesting

Meh.

Hands down blues classic

Incredible guitar I can see why it’s so popular and do referential

This album was an interesting listen. For reference, I’ve previous scored Jerry Lee Lewis very low for basically having an album of twelve bar blues songs that left me feeling bored. This album is also mostly twelve bar blues, but kept me much more engaged. Despite the same structure, the songs themselves sounded different enough to keep my attention. I loved the songs that sounded simplified and raw, such as Another Man. So to simplify, this is twelve bar blues done right.

cool

This was fine

This was fine. A 3 downgraded to 2 because I hate Clapton.

JM was a father for many

Muy bueno

Gitarrenlastiger Rock aus den 60ern 3/5

Blues and more blues, mayal is a damn genius...

What a beauty of a album

Really very bluesy. Not my bag. Some of this is more bluegrass (?) and other parts are more jazzy or soulful, but I liked very little of it. Expected more Clapton guitar I guess. The instrumental second track was pretty good, at least. Listened to the stereo mix.

Good one. A bit long but good.

The guitar on this album has some stank. The harmonica too. Some of the vocals feel weak comparatively, but all in all this was a good listen.

Has a cool defined sound and some great harmonica work. Probably won’t revisit it though.

Fun, Folksy blues

Talk all you want about how Clapton is God. I don't care. Sceeam about how the blues laid the groundwork for rock n roll. I get it. I just don't like music that sounds like this. Clapton sucks to me. He makes me yawn. Everything he did seems to sound the same. Whatever this is that I was just subjected to, is no different. Maybe all of these songs should have stayed dirty and with an acoustic guitar, then I'd like it more. All of this is way to polished, clean and without character, save Another Man.

Couldn't get through it, not a style of music I like.

If you’ve heard any blues song ever, you don’t need to listen to this. Verrrrry boring.

Have You Heard // Steppin’ Out // Bernard Jenkins 2.5/5

Eric boy plays some mean blues guitar, and that's all there is to it. No real sentiment and no eye for when to tone down the flashiness - fair play, that's how life is when you're in your early twenties.

Mostly included to showcase the early guitar playing of Eric Clapton. It might do that - but it accomplishes very little beside from that.

Early Clapton slaps

Snoozefest + all the homies hate Eric Clapton

White boy blues

What’s worse than white guy blues? BRITISH white guy blues. Just, couldn’t be worse. They technically know how to play their instruments well, but there’s no soul in it. It’s merely a means to brag about how technically good they are. Covering “What I Said” by Ray Charles as badly as they did should be illegal. I wanted to turn off the album right there. Also, fuck Eric Clapton. Appropriately black culture and music the entirety of this album while being a vile, racist POS….screw this shit!!!

Life is too short to listen to Eric Clapton.

4.5

2.5

I don’t care for John Mayall much as a singer. The real star of the show here is Clapton. Some of his finest playing. Tasteful, expressive, killer tone. 4/5

I actually really love what EC is doing on this album. And the song more centered around the guitar really burn. But quite often when the guitar was not the main focus, it feels like a lesser British pop band. John Mayall with Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (8.8) ★★★★

Nice blues to be British and made by white people

Good playing, just not that enthusiastic about the fairly straightforward blues covers here. Obviously, British blues rock would get a lot more interesting. 3 stars.

Nice bustling British blues classic and important stepping stone album for John McVie of Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton before he became God. Great tunes. Great playing. Great vibes. Good album art. A lot of blues indeed were broken out. 4 stars.

boring, repetitive and self indulgent. Not sure why i expect more from something that Eric Clapton has had his mits on.

killer blues and killer tracks

It's the blues, overall a technically sound album, a bit repetitive for me but not bad.

A fun blues album. Some serious guitar work. Not a lot else stuck with me.

Best album of all time.

I liked it. Not really sure what Eric Clapton contributed. I think it’s interesting when white men perform black music and then support racism when they’re older.

Kétségkívül jólesett, zeneileg izgi, még dobszóló is van benne, amiért jár a keksz, de valahogy nem az igazi ez mégse, szorri.

gyönyörű blues ez, de váltott ki sokmindent belőlem

This is a super solid album with some exceptional musicianship. As a blues fan this is a 5

The Beano, a blues classic. I've dusted off the guitar and the blues picking for this one.

Never listened past Clapton...the piano, organ, harmonica, horns, and vocals here are all worth listening to.

É muita guitarrada em um álbum só, mas particularmente sinto que só quem toca o instrumento consegue avaliar a fundo esse álbum, já que ele é quase instrumental. 7,5 (podendo ser maior com mais algumas ouvidas).

The birth of karaoke blues, learn the licks and then cough them out again, no originality, no real flair, no intensity, and none of the sex of the guys and gals they are copying. That’s before I mention the vocals, strained and toneless, beyond awful.

I was primed to hate this seeing Clapton's name, but I decided to give it a chance since Cream isn't the worst, so how bad could this be? Well it's really fucking bad. It's mostly boring white guy blues, and then the singing happens and it's absolutely atrocious. Not for nothing, but there's not a high bar to cross for blues singing. It's not known for virtuosic vocals. But, no really, this is like really fucking bad singing. Little Girl, to top it all off. Gross. Why was every rock god from the 60s and 70s a pedo?

Still got 2 songs left but I see that they're actually bonus tracks, not from the original album, so i'm just shutting it off here. What a fucking bore. Felt like an hour had gone by and when I checked there was still half the album left.

Solid blues album, some good tunes in there but no overly complicated guitar work. Just good solid 12-bar and a great guitar tone. Really enjoyed this one.

very good blues but I don't really love blues that much the baseline for good blues 6/10

Forget Clapton, doesn’t McVie look so young on the cover? This is one of my dad’s foundational albums, and though I’d never listened to it front to back, enough has been sucked deep that I can’t clearly judge it. Still, some fragments: Like many albums here, it’s off-the-cuff, a snapshot the band probably thought they’d repeat and better, which gives it a liveliness almost unique to the period. Clapton’s set in here like the band’s jewel and, maybe for the only time in his career, he sounds relaxed, almost conversational in his playing. Macclesfield man Mayall had a soulful croon. For an album that’s meant to have influenced many, it sounds surprisingly antiquated, an eccentric object made for purposes long left behind. This is a sort of timelessness. Nice rhythm section: this swings. There is a reasonable chance me or my partner in this exercise may have been let into a college by Hughie Flint, the band’s drummer. I can’t remember if I ever followed up on my dad’s exhortations to look him up. I’ll leave the last word to my dad, who wrote this to me today: “It stands still as the record that really opened my mind to music outside of the record charts, because then without Internet radio was the only vehicle outside of seeing live music or listening to records. TV was black and white. Gus Dudgeon was the engineer who listened to Clapton and how he wanted the guitar to be recorded. Have You Heard still stands up for me.”

I guess this was the o.g. but it's still dull white blues. Better than the Yardbirds at least [EDIT: Sorry, Mark - this music bores me to tears. So weak]

Top 10 fun facts about Eric Clapton: 1. Eric Clapton steals candy from babies. 2. Eric Clapton stole a time machine disguised as a guitar case and used it to go back to the early 20th Century and claim to invent the blues. 3. He claims his famous "Layla" riff was inspired by a secret recipe for the world’s best nachos, which he stole off an unknown Mexican street food vendor. 4. There’s a comet named after him that only appears every time he releases a new album, and everyone who looks at it goes blind. 5. Eric Clapton regularly holds underwater concerts in a secret underwater venue, where he collaborates with dolphins who provide vocal harmonies before shooting them with a harpoon gun. 6. He reportedly recorded a song with an extraterrestrial being who visited Earth specifically to learn the blues. 7. Eric Clapton once participated in a reality show about rock stars living in a tiny house, where he won by boring the other contestants to death. 8. He holds the world record for the longest sustained D note played on a guitar (16,000 hours and 12 minutes), after which he burned down a retirement home. 9. Eric Clapton auditioned for the part of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films but was rejected as being too sinister. 10. His guitar once tried to bite him.

Some claim this album hugely popularised the blues genre. I call utter bologna, because even by 1966 standards, this kind of music is massively overdone. And an entire album filled with 12-bar blues (half of the tracks all in the same key) isn't doing the music any favours. Sure, it sounds fine, but it also has that '60s unpolished feel that makes the band appear more unprofessional than anything else. With a more interesting mix of genres, a la Revolver or other contemporary albums, they could've gotten away having unsteady mixing and performance – but here, they don't quite cut it. The piano (appearing in many of the tracks) is probably the highlight. The singing is fine, though I slightly prefer the instrumental tracks to the ones with lyrics. I have such an intense and rightful grudge against Eric Clapton as a person that all of his music is irreparably tainted even if it's played well, so I can't really say I loved his guitar cameo. As with a lot of my recent album reviews, I'm probably being too harsh here. But Clapton deserves it. Take that, little racist anti-vax guitar boy. 2/5 Key tracks: All Your Love, Have You Heard, Little Girl

Hate to say it but Eric Clapton is pretty great here. First time I've felt like I've "got" him as a guitar player. Never understood the acclaim, but I can see it now.

What a nice example of cultural appropriation!

Bluuuues. And not even American Blues, just a bunch of brits in cosplay. Not really worth your time, and definitely not essential.

It’s a good album, but just not for me

Racist white man steals all his best licks from black musicians and somehow makes it bland.

Solid blues. I didn’t dislike the vocals at all, but I did find myself gravitating towards the instrumentals more. Highlights: Hideaway, Have You Heard, Steppin’ Out

not my first choice but I did like it enough

Loved it Good mix of genres

Bueno

I really enjoyed this. Another Man was the clincher track that put it into 4 star territory. Fantastically emotive blues harp.

9/10

There is too much Clapton on this list! Look. This is fine. The music is clearly well performed. But this style of white, boomer boy blues is way too over-represented on this list. Absolutely unnecessary.

Alors là, on s'attaque à un monument. Un putain de monolithe. Le genre de disque qui, sur le papier, coche toutes les cases du chef-d'oeuvre intouchable, la relique sacrée qu'on ne peut approcher qu'à genoux en se flagellant avec des cordes de guitare usagées. Le fameux "Beano Album", comme l'appellent les puristes à lunettes, parce que ce con d'Eric Clapton est en train de lire une BD sur la pochette, histoire de bien montrer qu'il en a rien à carrer de la postérité. L'Angleterre est le centre du monde, ou du moins, elle le croit très fort. Les Beatles sont en train de préparer "Revolver" et de découvrir qu'on peut faire autre chose que chanter "She loves you yeah yeah yeah". Les Stones sont déjà les mauvais garçons officiels. Et au milieu de tout ça, il y a la scène blues. La vraie, celle qui transpire dans les clubs moites de Londres, celle des obsédés qui ont passé leur adolescence à disséquer des imports de Muddy Waters et de Howlin' Wolf. À la tête de cette croisade, un parrain, un daron du blues british : John Mayall. Un type sérieux, un vrai passeur, qui voit défiler dans son groupe, les Bluesbreakers, tout le gratin de la six-cordes anglaise. Et en 66, la recrue du moment, c'est un jeunot qui vient de claquer la porte des Yardbirds parce qu'il les trouvait trop "commerciaux". Ce gamin, c'est Eric Clapton. Et c'est là que le mythe commence car c'est sur cet album, soi-disant, que les graffitis "Clapton is God" ont commencé à fleurir sur les murs de la ville. "Dieu", rien que ça. Faut dire que le mec a un son, bordel, OUI, il a un son. C'est la première chose qui te saute à la gueule dès les premières secondes de "All Your Love". Cette Les Paul branchée dans un Marshall poussé à onze, ce sustain qui n'en finit plus, ce vibrato à te faire pleurer une veuve joyeuse... C'est gras, c'est saturé, c'est presque agressif. C'est un son qui bave, qui coule, qui est à la fois brûlant et lourd comme du plomb en fusion. Pour l'époque, c'est une petite révolution. Le disque est un putain de manuel du parfait petit blues-rocker. On a les reprises obligatoires pour montrer qu'on a bien fait ses devoirs ("What'd I Say" de Ray Charles, "Ramblin' on My Mind" de Robert Johnson), on a les instrumentaux pour que le guitar-hero puisse faire sa branlette de manche ("Hideaway", qui est devenu un passage obligé pour tout apprenti-dieu de la guitare), et on a les compos originales de Mayall qui tiennent parfaitement la route. Tout est impeccable, la voix de Mayall est juste, sans esbroufe, la section rythmique est carrée et Clapton... eh bien, Clapton est divin. Chaque note est pensée, chaque solo est une petite histoire. Techniquement, c'est irréprochable, c'est l'apogée du blues-rock britannique, le point de non-retour avant que tout ce petit monde ne parte dans les délires psychédéliques de Cream, de Hendrix et de Led Zeppelin. Alors, pourquoi ? Pourquoi un "gros 2 sur 4" et pas un 4 retentissant qui ferait trembler les murs ? Eh bien, voilà le problème, c'est peut-être une question de génération. Je suis né en 70. Mon panthéon à moi, il a été bâti sur les ruines du punk. Joy Division, The Cure, Sonic Youth... Pour moi, la musique a toujours été une question de faille, de dissonance, de danger, de quelque chose qui déraille. Et ce disque, aussi bon soit-il, est terriblement... appliqué. C'est un disque d'excellent élève, c'est le son de jeunes blancs-becs anglais incroyablement doués qui ont parfaitement compris le blues et qui le restituent avec une maestria confondante. Mais ça reste une restitution, c'est propre, c'est carré, c'est presque scolaire. Ça manque du vécu, de la poussière du Delta, de la douleur poisseuse qu'on entend chez les maîtres noirs qu'ils admirent tant. En l'écoutant aujourd'hui, avec mes oreilles de disquaire, je ne peux m'empêcher de penser que c'est une pièce de musée. Une pièce magnifique, certes, mais une pièce de musée quand même. C'est l'acte de naissance de tout un pan du rock qui allait devenir le "rock de papa" par excellence. On sent déjà poindre les solos de 12 minutes, les pantalons en velours côtelé et les barbes de trois jours. C'est un jalon historique, un passage obligé pour comprendre d'où viennent Led Zep, Deep Purple et toute la clique. Il FAUT l'entendre avant de mourir, ne serait-ce que pour sa valeur documentaire. Mais est-ce que ça me prend aux tripes ? Est-ce que ça me donne envie de tout plaquer pour monter un groupe ? Non. Ça force le respect, mais ça ne déclenche pas la passion. Ça me fait l'effet d'une démonstration de force, d'une leçon magistrale, mais ça ne me fait pas saigner les oreilles et le coeur comme un bon vieux Streetcleaner. C'est un disque charnière, le cul entre deux chaises. Pas encore la folie psyché de Cream, plus tout à fait le R&B sage des débuts. C'est le son d'un dieu en devenir, d'un type qui polit ses armes avant de partir à la conquête du monde. C'est puissant, c'est fondateur, c'est historiquement crucial. Mais au final, quand le silence se fait après la dernière note, je me retrouve à penser que je préfère les dieux déchus, les anges boiteux, les prophètes de la fin du monde. Les dieux parfaits et bien peignés, ça m'a toujours un peu emmerdé. D'où ce 3/5. Un 3 solide, respectueux, qui s'incline bien bas devant le talent et l'importance historique. Mais un 3 quand même, parce que mon coeur, lui, est ailleurs.

oh no 'blues' again, I can't stand blues and then it says Eric Clapton, I can't stand Clapton. Without even listening to the record I've already said "I can't stand it" twice, it starts off really well. Nope, I've heard it and it doesn't work, at least for me! The only song that I can stand is the first one on the first side "All Your Love". The rest is wasted time for me and nobody will give it back.

5/5

Fuck Clapton. Sounds boring anyway. Not going to sit through this.

Instrumentally decent, good playing on this. The singing sucks ass. Very passionless. All in all, not an impressive album

I think my problems with Clapton's 'Derek and the Dominos' apply to 'The Bluesbreakers' threefold. While Clapton is most certainly a talented and "fast" blues-rock-styled guitarist - I struggle to find any distinctive personality in his recordings (barring a few songs, like the incredible 'Layla' on 'Layla...') or playing. A good chunk of the tracks here are covers of blues and RnB greats like Ray Charles and Freddie King, and the Mayall-written songs aren't anything to cry home about. He's a decent vocalist in this area though. Good playing only gets you so far on records like this that have so little in terms of substance or, especially, variety. There's no definition here, it just sort of trudges along...soullessly. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (and Clapton) are undeniably good at what they do, but what they do is just kinda bland.

I enjoyed the laid back uesy rock in the first half, but the more traditional sounding blues wasn't connecting for me. Good, just nothing to gush over

Clapton’s guitar on this album is a breath of fresh air in the cookie cutter world of English blues albums. 4.2 stars

Pretty good

A fun but predictable blues album

When I close my eyes and pretend to be a blues guitarist, this is the album I’m playing. (I’m a beginner-at-best guitar player and never heard this album before.) I’ve discovered that if you learn to love the blues, it opens up a whole universe of music to bathe in. Totally recommend this album for anyone who’d like to take the plunge! Five-on-the-side!

Nix, jag gillar inte blues.

7/10

Pretty cool stuff!

mildly enjoyable

😴💤😴💤😴💤😴

I've heard of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, but I've never listened to their music before. Back when I listened to a lot of classic rock, I had every intention of checking these guys out, but I never got around to it. Now that I vomit every time I hear the word "Clapton," I have had no desire to listen to this, but I guess there's no avoiding it now. Despite my distaste for Clapton, I'll try to give this a fair shake. I swear I tried to give this album a chance, but man, I really didn't care for this at all. This has to be the most uninspired blues album I've ever heard. Yes, the guitar playing on it is really great, but there's just no emotion in the singing, the lyrics on the songs that aren't covers are really bland, and the apart from the guitars, there's nothing much of interest happening musically (the saxophone playing on "Key To Love" is one small exception to this). The album did get a little better from "Have You Heard" through the last track, but the thing that made those last four songs a little bit better than the rest of the album was that they had some emotion to them, and they varied a little bit more in structure than the other songs. Still, the nicest thing I can say about the best songs on this album is that they weren't as bad as the rest of the songs. I swear that if I close my eyes while listening to this, I can just see the band standing on stage listlessly, while a small crowd of older dudes stand in the audience, politely applauding at the end of each song. This may have helped reacquaint people with the blues when it came out, but now, I think most people will listen to this and dream of hearing Muddy Waters instead.

Honest music. 3.45