Bluesbreakers

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.

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.

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

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

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

Really good album. Solid musicianship.

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

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

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

Nice stuff.

It's more white guys playing the blues 🤷‍♂️

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!

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

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.

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.

idk i just find this style of rock to be unremarkable

classic

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.

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.

Bluesrock Ganz cool

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.

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

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

++: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

dançante

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

3.5

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.

Nothing stood out.

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.

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

Good blues album.

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.

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 Song: "What I'd Say".

this was a vibe

Not bad, but didn’t blow me away.

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.

This was fine

Gitarrenlastiger Rock aus den 60ern 3/5

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

Good one. A bit long but good.

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

Fun, Folksy blues

2.5

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Bueno

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.

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

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

Pretty good

A fun but predictable blues album

7/10

Pretty cool stuff!

mildly enjoyable

Honest music. 3.45

I'd give this a 3.4. I generally love Clapton and this is clearly a great band that can rock the blues hard. But most of these songs don't compare to most of the material released by Cream and Derek and the Dominoes within the next 5 years or so. It's definitely worth a listen because of its breakthrough status for EC.

I’m more interested in the history of the band than the band itself. Still very good, but didn’t have major punch.

Een echt old school blues album, dat hoor je meteen vanaf de eerste noot. Het is echt die oude oude blues, en ik kan dat best een beetje waarderen. Vraag is natuurlijk hoe lang het leuk blijft? All your love is een fijne opener en zorgt ervoor dat je meteen in de vibe zit. Lekker ook om daarna een instrumentaal nummer te hebben waar de gitaar een hoofdrol in speelt. De muziek is bijna een beetje jazzy? Vooral de lange instrumentale solo's tussendoor gaan voor mij heel erg de funk en jazz kant op. Wat ik dan weer heel vet vind! Trouwens ook echt goud dat deze band Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton en Peter Green bevat. Dit is echt een soort origin story van gitaarhelden! Je hoort ook echt een beetje het begin van Clapton al bij Have you heard bijvoorbeeld. Word na een tijdje wel een beeeeetje ziek van de gitaarsolo's... Het is een hoop namelijk, zo duurt zelfs een album dat maar 3 kwartier duurt, best wel lang, maar alles bij elkaar vond ik dit echt een vermakelijk album, alleen net niet goed voor 4 sterren wat ik dan weer een uitstekend album vind. FAVO: All your love, Double Crossin' time, What i'd say, Have you heard

& Eric Clapton. Very straightforward and not the most interesting, but the album is solid

1. all your love - 1.5 2. hide - 2 3. girl - 1 4. man - 2 5. time - 1.5 6. zay - 1.5 7. love - 1 8. farm - 1.5 9. heard - 1.5 10. mind - 1.5 11. out - 2 12. right - 2 13. lonely - 1.5 14. jenkinz - 2

Pretty classic blues. I'm not much of a blues fan, so I'm going to give it three stars, but that's purely based on taste and not on quality.

Bah, normal 3.

Pretty decent. 3.6

The ole white boy blues, I know it well. I did find it pretty funny (in a grim way) that the white bands of the 50’s and 60’s appropriated the blues from black culture. I get why they appropriated Rock and Roll - it’s just a fun time. But the blues is such a sad genre, filled with songs of despair and loss. It comes from a place of pain. The black blues artists used that pain and created poignant and memorable art. So for the white artists, the ones causing that pain, to swoop in and appropriate it, is grimly ironic. Cultural appropriation aside, this was a solid blues rock album. Clapton is undeniable. I do wonder how many of these were covers and how many were originals (I happen to know at least a few were covers), but I’m too lazy to look this up. Clapton comes at each song with his usual confidence and showmanship, blowing everyone away with his skill. The vocals are good for what this is, and the rest of the band is good. Can’t think of much else to say, really. It scratches the itch of a 60’s white blues rock album. Three stars, feeling pretty whelmed. The drum solo on “What’d I Say,” though? That gets that gets five stars. Standout Tracks: All Your Love, Hideaway, Double Crossin’ Time, What’d I Say, Steppin’ Out, It Ain’t Right, Bernard Jenkins

This was fine but no one track particularly grabbed me. It happened then it was over

I mean, musically pretty good, though I can leave the drum solos. But I'd really prefer to hear the originals.

Decent “white English dudes play the blues” album.

RIP John Mayall. Without this album, you don't have a bunch of albums that follow. Notable for that reason alone. That said, an album I probably wouldn't go back to for another 10-15 years. We're not talking about the guitar player.

Mostly instrumental Blues Music in every variation…6/10

Alright

I played it while playing Fallout 76. It was a great background accompaniment. It's going to stay in the library if something that I listen to, but none of it is immediately memorable.

It's Fine. 3.08.

Well it’s very bluesy. Some good guitar, as you’d expect. Not particularly inspiring or weighty, but certainly not bad and probably influential. Best song: What’d I Say

It was good classic blues rock

It was fine. The lead vocalist's voice felt a little shakey (not in a good way) at times.

Killer guitar on Hideaway and Steppin’ Out (both of which I remember from back in the day.) These sre the twos best songs, but all good. Some good blues harmonica throughout, too. But the album didn’t hold up as well as I was hoping, (2.7*s)

Now this is some pretty good white boy blues...JT should have taken notes for his Sweet Baby album. I prefer the instrumental tracks with solid guitar work from some heavy hitters. Clapton gonna show up a lot in the list I hink...may challenge even NY...2.6 stars.

Pretty great sleeper album. I knew of John Mayall specifically because of Clapton's overlap. I was surprised how well this album not only held up but exceeded a lot of the early blues from the same time. I feel like this sound could have progressed and stayed relevant compared to some of the contemporaries. Definitely worth a listen. 2.83 stars

The band play well and there are some fine guitar solos (as you would expect) from Clapton. But the singer is, let's be honest, pretty average. He tries hard but there's no authority in his voice and he really struggles to hit the high notes. I do like a few tracks like 'Parchment Farm' and 'Another Man's.

Standard blues rock.

Nice and bluesy

Vähön humpuukia mutta mielellään kuunyelee

Belle virtuosité, mais je trouve que ça reste très sérieux, presque intellectuel, manque un peu d’abandon.

I wasn't crazy about this album but very interesting how this dude was like a training camp for British rock guitarists. Was probably a good time despite havin the blues. 2.5

You gotta start somewhere

Ray Charles cover got me thinking about appropriation of the Blues. This felt like the kind of music they'd play at the Stevedore bar in The Wire season 2.

2.7 - I found this album trying way too hard. It lacked the blues feeling. Can’t describe it but makes sense to me

Ok then 3/5

Bluesy Whatever. Nothing offensive about this - nothing to write home about either.

So this is the beginning of that sound, huh? Well executed for sure. And Clapton changing the game at sweet 21... Too formulaic to my ears today, but I respect it!

Ik zie bij de reviews een hoop lui die dit album vanwege vanalles willen cancellen ( 'Ze zingen over een 18 jarig meisje, boehoe') en een 1 geven. Een lotgenoot geeft dit een 5, want van binnen is hij ongeveer even oud als Johan Derksen. Ik kan er een beetje tussenin gaan zitten. Ik kan het goed hebben want het is lekkere blues. Af en toe heeft het iets teveel herhaling qua zang, maar dat zal bij het genre horen. De zanger klinkt soms als een witte Jimi Hendrix. Aardige gitaartjes, een verplichte drumsolo. 3,5 afgerond naar een 3, zodat ik mooi tussen de uitersten in zit. Voor een 4 vind ik het te saai, het voelt als een album van een uur plus.

Wah wah wah I dint like Eric Clapton the man, so how could I possibly raye his music. Wah wah wah ima whiny little pussy, this music makes me feel uncomfortable. SHUT THE FUCK UP. 3stars

Listening to the blues is so enjoyable, especially when it's really dirty and gnarly. This ticks numerous boxes. Spotify gave me the option of listening to a mono or stereo version and I went for the mono because it don't need no stereophonic tricks. The only song that didn't work for me was "Little Girl" because it is weird hearing a grown-ass adult man being pervy about a teen. Shut up and let ur guitar talk.

Very good guitar work but the songwriting is not noteworthy

Very of it's time. Clapton gets a lot of hilarious hate for being a goober, and for the clear overpraise of his guitar playing. That's all reasonable, but the boy still did Cream (with some heavy hitting help!), and the geetar here is energetic and shows a true love for the source material. The doughy englishman take on some of these songs veers between embarrassing, hilarious, innappropriate, and somehow pretty cool. I.e sometimes they're singing songs about MS penitentaries, or trying straightforward delta blues or ray charles covers they have no business with, but then they put the day tripper riff in or come up with something new cause of these very limitations, and its kinda nice .

Never heard this album before. Listened twice. A good sampling of traditional blues styles. Glad I heard it, I might listen to it again. But not sure I wouldn't be better off listening to the blues performers who came before. "Well, I'm putting that cotton in a never-full sack"

No song on this album is noticeably good or noticeably bad, and that’s the biggest problem with the album. Many of the songs blend together and nothing is memorable enough for me. Is what I would’ve said if one of the songs didn’t have the creepiest lyrics heard in the whole book.

What do you think the cutoff age is for drum solos? Because I definitely passed it, I’m just not sure how long ago. I had John Mayall’s Blues from Laurel Canyon on LP in high school. I got it at the Ventura College swap meet with Grant Ensminger (a guy who these days makes his living selling oil paintings!). We were high on mushrooms and valium—a very, very smooth and comfortable dreamlike combination—and I bought that album and Cream Live at the Fillmore West. The Cream album was much better. I think John and his pals were eating too many mushrooms too much Valium themselves while making, well, probably all of their albums. But goddamn, do they know the blues.

Pretty good as far as blues are concerned!

ganska go blues. låter mer 70-tal än 60-tal

This album was rockin! The “tell me what I say” cover fell flat. What the hell was that drum solo?? Pretty standard though for blues/rock in that era.

The best band making one of the best albums

Pretty good

It's another standard blues album—nothing to be impressed about. It has a good vibe, but it tires you out after the 10th song. I assume that the reason this album made the list is the collaboration with Eric Clapton.

It was alright.

some cool stuff some super boring stuff

Good musicians. But hasn't aged well.

Geen fan. Maar drie sterren voor clapton

Beetje op de achtergrond geluisterd. Vond het vrij lekker weg luisteren

An entrance for a whole culture to experience a vibrant and storied musical tradition, I hope the British kids who danced to this went and looked up some real blues musicians after this so they could experience what this album so capably appropriates. I don't assert that the post-war UK didn't have hardships that would mesh well with the social and temporal privations that led to the development of the blues as a form, but I will assert that those cultural strains are better represented in UK punk. Tl;dr: I'll listen to Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters any day of the week over these guys.

I can appreciate the talent but it's pretty straight forward blues. Not really my thing.

Great musicianship, and nice “vibe” music, but nothing stood out that I loved. Kinda bored me.

A good album to listen to in the background while reading.

The list of former Bluesbreaker members is impressive, but this album features the most notable besides Mayall himself: Eric Clapton. Some of his finest-ever playing on record here.

Favorite Albums: All Your Love Double Crossin’ Time Parchman Farm

3.9

Bluesy goodness

Solid blues

my dad enjoyed lonely years

Ok 3/5

I enjoyed it alright

For blues lovers or hardcore Eric Clapton fans.

In 2019 we went with my father-in-law to see an 86 year old John Mayall. I would describe his performance as 'sprightly'. It's cool to hear him here on his 1966 debut bashing out a powerful and energetic 37 minutes of instantly enjoyable British blues. He finally retired in 2022 - hats off to an incredible 56 year, 38 album, career. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: All Your Love Date listened: 10/03/24

Mostly a bunch of soulless blues covers with a few individual songs. But wow, these guys are amazing at their respective instruments, Clapton obviously on guitar but also Hughie Flint on drums and John McVie (later of Fleetwood Mac) on bass. Mayall himself is really the weak link here, and it’s no surprise that Clapton later went on to have a bigger career.

Pretty boring blues, better performed by someone who has a soul. Some guitar stuff is cool tho

Good blues album. Didn't add to my library, but I liked it.

Innovative

Clapton carries, singing is okay at best, love the improv feel of bluegrass music

The British transformation of the blues is far more interesting than the British interpretation. Kind of a yawn compared to JL Hooker, BB King, Albert Collins, Junior Kimbrough, etc.

This is a difficult album to rate. Like, if I didnt know anything about clapton, and I didnt know anything about institutional racism and appropriation, and I was only listening to this one album and not taking anything else into consideration, then its a damn fine album. But if I have to take anything else about the album or the artists or the time period or the culture or the history then the rating suffers drastically. I think I'm just gonna ride up the middle and give it a 3. 3/5

If you like the blues you likee this

A little jazzy and jammy and bluesy, and cool to hear early Eric Clapton. I liked this and think it’s worth 3 stars.

Pretty decent but there wasn't anything that made me want to hear more. However if I was at a restaurant and a band was playing this, I think I'd be all over it. 2.5 stars

I felt this was truer to the origins of the blues but lacked some of the poppier hooks of the the rolling stones for example. Perfectly reasonable and 3 stars

A nice compilation of blues/soul/jazz. Nothing stood out as amazing but there were some fun moments and overall good musicianship

Pretty good and super boring at the same time

Arschbluesig, war ganz gechillt in meinem Aspirin-Complex-Doping-Rausch bei der Arbeit.

Well, it’s not bad, but I don’t see picking this over the original stuff. It’s definitely performed really well and helped introduce this stuff to a new audience.

Before he was an anti-vax conspiracy nut, before he unleashed drunken racist rants onstage, before he was Slowhand, Derek, Cream or George Harrison's close friend/love rival, Eric Clapton was just a kid reading the Beano, playing a mean blues guitar. When I took guitar lessons as a gawky teen, the Bluesbreakers' "All Your Love" was handed to me one week as a shining beacon of blues. I clumsily played along with the lead lines over the first verse, but hearing it all these years later makes me appreciate Clapton's mastery of expression. The nuances in his playing- the fluidity of every bend, the warm and scuzzy tone, the casual precision of each lick - shine across "Bluesbreakers" in a way any young guitarist could aspire to. Clapton thoughts aside, this album comprises seven enjoyable (if not exhilarating) renditions of blues standards plus five originals: "Little Girl", "Another Man", "Double Crossing Time", "Key to Love", "Have You Heard". As a relative novice in the blues genre, I didn't pick anything out to distinguish these originals for better or worse, and they sit neatly alongside the other tracks. "Another Man" deserves mention for being a welcome change of sonic mould, centring itself around call-and-response vocal, gritty harmonica and handclaps. Elsewhere in the band, there's a pre-Fleetwood Mac turn from bassist John McVie, and solid drums from Hughie Flint (a rocking solo in an otherwise plain "What'd I Say"). When the horn section make an appearance, in "Key to Love", "Have You Heard" and especially "Steppin' Out", it really elevates the sound and brings an extra dynamism which feels slightly lacking from the other tracks in hindsight. As for John Mayall himself, he is modest enough to play accompanist for most of these tracks, his organ and piano parts forming an extra layer of texture with an occasional solo here or there. His rasping vocals are decent, but pale in comparison to the instrumental prowess on show (though they are, at least, better than Clapton's first ever lead vocal recording in "Ramblin' On My Mind"). Today, Mayall is 90 years old… and only stopped playing live a couple of years ago. Think what you will of this album, but I have to give him credit there: the man never stopped rambling.

incredible instrumentals, especially the solos blew me away. some of the songs were a little too slow/bluesy for my taste but overall very solid

I did not enjoy this album nearly as much as I thought I would. I just got annoying after a while. That said, I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed it more had it been later in the day and I was cleaning or cooking or something like that. It’s a fine album just not my jam this morning.

Canciones rítmicas y con estilo. Guitarras y ritmos de rock suave con blues. Buena voz. Simplemente escuchable

Good, though some blues songs can feel repetitive

Mhhh mhhh

That Day Tripper riff in "What'd I say" threw me...

I like blues rock, I like Eric Clapton, not a whole lot to complain about there. Outside of that it's just alright. It doesn't do anything mindblowing but it isn't bad by any means.

2.5

Just blues

It’s a blues album. Every song sounds exactly the same.

Impressive performances and a huge influence on the blues and what would later turn into heavy metal. This album's significance is easy to see. It feels like a showcase of Clapton more than anything else though. Interesting album for what it is though.

60’s British culturally appropriated blues

Ook dit klinkt heerlijk maar ga deze niet nog een keer luisteren

Pretty solid blues album with some sax thrown in there for good measure. Nothing that crazily blew me away but definitely enjoyed it. Going with a 3 even though I think it deserves a 3.5. Make it 10 stars!

Pretty solid blues-rock album from a group I didn't previously know (plus Eric Clapton, who we all know). Some obviously great guitar riffs, the blues spirit is alive and well on this one. Lost a bit of steam for me after a little while, but the heavy hitters on here are undeniable. This was a good one. Also definitely heard the riff from that Beatles song "Day Tripper" on here, interesting crossover. Favorite tracks: Hideaway, Another Man, Double Crossin' Time. Album art: Guys being dudes, what more do you want? Is Clapton in this picture? I can't tell because he'd be so young. But it's a pretty cool pic, and the framing and text is nice too. 3.5/5

Ok

Classic blues record. A bit bloated but no doubting its influence. Maybe the best playing Clapton put on tape.

3.5

3.4

3/5 - A pleasant enough album done very well. Drum solo's suck though.

Good album, mostly old blues standards though and only a sprinkling of original stuff and unfortunately I feel like I have heard better attempts at albums in this vein before. High 2/low 3.

Very average listen. The technical work masterful, from the guitar playing by Eric Clapton and the drums & harmonica playing. For me it lacked that sense of emotion and pain in the blues. I’m both the singing and the guitar. It became almost boring. Also, “little girl” is cringy and gives a sense of the songwriter which maybe dimmed my view. So many great blues players and styles from the Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Country Blues and list goes on, not sure we need the English blues or at least I don’t. Glad I listened, was a decent album.

Pretty fun to listen to, found myself dancing a little. It has really impressive technical skill from all the band members and the songs are good, but I feel like there's something slightly bland about this album. Overall, a decent listen!

Okay. Recognize the guitar work.

Again, this probably isn't my bag. But it's well made and the instrumentation is solid. It's obviously influenced a lot of other rock and blues music since it was made. But again. Not my bag.

Don’t have too much to say about this one, it’s decent

Behövs det verkligen 30 album som Eric Clapton spelade på

Good bluesy jams. Easy to pick Clapton out. I don’t live in the blues, but I did dig this. Top 3 All Your Love Hideaway Steppin’ Out

A great collection of white, British musicians playing traditionally black music.

Nothing on this album was unpleasant. It was all excellently bluesy at times with some really technical sounding pieces. Mid range album for me. Likely won't listen to it again but wasn't a bad time.

prefer solo Clapton or the updated sound found in the early black keys

Clearly an influential album in the UK so I can see why it is on the list. Never cared too much for it though (standard blues songs), but the band sounds excellent when you listen to the stereo version (3 stars) instead of the mono version (2 stars).

Solid blues album, some nice guitar playing.

3.5/5. Alright but I fucking hate that Eric Clapton wanker.

Very influential on UK 1960s blues rock. Good riffs. Mayall’s singing is a bit variable, doesn’t always hit the mark. Naturally Clapton’s playing is excellent. The band are tight. Could do without the extended drum solo in What’d I Say, but this is redeemed with Clapton’s Daytripper riff!

A 60's album primarily featuring covers of blues standards by a British band. This was pretty good, but I did find myself kinda tuning out and getting a bit bored throughout. I didn't even notice how I had effectively listened to the album twice, since the album on Spotify has both mono and stereo versions, and some instrumental versions sprinkled in. Was probably groundbreaking in '66, but unremarkable for me today. Favourite: Parchman Farm

White man blues. The track about the 18 year old girl is a bit creepy

Nice musique, de la bonne guitare, des cool solos avec des touches d'harmonica par endroits. Bon, mais pas d'effet wow plus qu'il faut.

Nice blues album

There are a bunch of great songs here. Also a bunch I don't care for at all. Anyway, is be happy to hear this album again sometime, but I'm probably not gonna look for it.

Okay, musicians are brilliant, John McVie, Clapton, Mayall, what can go wrong? Well, the music is nice for 10 minutes, then gets dreary. The cover of Ramblin' on My Mind tells is all, can listen to Robert Johnson for hours ans hours, got the rawness I prefer. Give me the real stuff

So much guitar blues

Was good. Didn't blow my mind, but some impressive musicianship and worth a listen.

Well, the cover of this album gives us a very strong new candidate for the most unfuckable band ever. That unibrow could scrape the ice off of my windshield in a Minnesota winter, and that guy's the MOST handsome one here Another thing that this album has working against it is that old villain, Eric Clapton. He's used well here, which is to say that he's keeping his mouth shut most of the time and not choosing any of the songs. Overall, this album is okay. It's definitely got its moments, but other parts of it are just baffling. Who the fuck called for an extended drum solo in the middle of What I Say? It stops that song dead, and then it never really gets a chance to get going again. The same could be said for my level of interest in this album 3/5, leaning very close to 2

Short and sweet. Great guitar work.

Clapton's a man worthy of being boiled in a comically large witch's cauldron, but thankfully they shoved his ass into a corner and told him to be a good little boy and only play the guitar (which he's only adequately good at). The album itself is fine. If I'm ever craving extremely consistently "alright" music, this would be my go-to.

This was decent. Not much more to say. 3/5

This is surely some great musicianship but I find it overall not as interesting as later works of other blues rockers including Eric Clapton himself.

Good but generic. Probably interesting at the time for people that had not heard the blues before.

Good blues tunes. Nothing extraordinary but the band is right and sounds good. Blues music is repetitive and doesn’t allow much room for creativity but if you can play, you can play - and these guys can.

# 26 : guitar rock! Plenty of riffs, not much singing, maybe that’s what we want IDK?

Vad ska man säga? Hemskt, men hemskt välspelat.

Clapton's solo's are the highlight of this album, it's a good album. The record is full of hits and misses, the highs are good, but the lows are terrible... (Little Girl) ??? Without Clapton I fear this record would be mid, which is still, pretty low... Favorites: All Your Love / Hideaway / Key To Love / Ramblin' On My Mind / Steppin' Out There are some... Weird songs on the album... and some pointless ones, and some bangers! I like the combination of clapton and blue's, I think for the most part is actually sounds pretty decent.

An album of proficient guitar blues.

Classic Clapton guitar genius.

It's fine but kind of goes on and on.

Yep, that sure is the blues. I can hear why Eric Clapton is so well loved. Not my thing.

This was an ok blues rock album that I think started off pretty string and lost my interest a little towards the end. The first few songs are a lot more guitar focused and a little less generic. The later songs aren’t terrible, just more bluesy and with less focus on the rock part which I liked intially.

Much better than Cream, and I'm getting curious how much Clapton is on this list. Still a solid British blues album from when they were all stealing licks and songs.

Feel like anything with Clapton involved in it is tainted. Regardless, I liked this enough to give it a three and that's because of Clapton's guitar and also Mose Allison's Parchman Farm song .. which, btw I'm pretty sure the Spotify version of it is sung by Mose Allison, not John Mayall. Big Hearts for Mose Allison. The album seemed a little disjointed from track-to-track, but I definitely enjoyed the second side more than the first (I'm assuming that the second side was all tracks 8-14.

Great on paper. Average in reality

It's fine I guess. Better than the pure folk or psychedelia of the decade.

I can hear the influence they have on future acts. It not really my thing though.

snappy

Bit boring but good

First time I've heard this. I thought "Heard it all before". That's because everyone else has copied it, I suspect.

4 stars, then minus one because Eric Clapton's a racist piece of shit who raped his wife.

Bluesbreakers breaks blue

It’s fine Best track: All Your Love

Solid blues and guitar. Glad I've given this a spin.

It was okay

Feels kind of inauthentic but I get that it was an important record for the blues scene over here. And it's decent blues. A better listen than most Clapton content in this book. I'm not that arsed about the blues though. A few tracks here and there is fine.Two songs played after this finished before I noticed.

Pretty solid blues album. Guitarwork is pretty strong.

Fun listen, enjoyable blues music. Nothing too crazy or mind blowing on here just loaded with really well executed songs. Blues isn’t necessarily my favorite genre so I doubt I’ll be going back to this too often but if I’m ever wanting to listen to blues I’ll put this on for sure. Didn’t wow me or anything, but no major flaws either. Seems typical of 60s era albums that are just packages of songs rather than leaning into the album format with cohesion and sequencing. Can’t say which are my favorites since it did blend together a bit, each song was equal to the last.

Bluesy indeed

I really didn’t enjoy John Mayall’s voice - I noted immediately when Clapton took over the vocals and warmed to it. I cannot fault the guitar-ing. Historically important - still, you’d like the innumerable black artists on which this album was built to get more credit.

I don't have anything interestimg to add to the general discourse re: Eric Clapton.

Bah, normal 3.

solid blues rock

Kind of the quintessential "British blues" album and Clapton's first showcase as a blues guitarist. Depending on your perspective, that could be a good or bad thing.

I wish Eric Clapton wasn't such a wank. His playing is really pretty great to listen to. I'm not sure I'm on the 'Clapton is God' bandwagon but apparently, he wasn't either. His one redeeming quality outside his guitar playing is that he at least once said that Prince was the greatest, which is most likely true. Anyway - the guy is pretty wanky and that kinda bums me out. But this is a very fun listen.

An important album in the context of the British blues boom, but by the same token the midwife for all kinds of abominations done in service to the blooz. The music is fine, and nice selection of upbeat and ruminative numbers. Pre-racism Clapton's guitar playing is hip and aggressive; my favourite elements, though, are the harmonicas and brass instruments used liberally throughout. A shame so many successors to the Bluesbreakers opted to privilege guitars ahead of horns. Points taken off for Mayall's singing; punchy songs are hamstrung by his thin, mannered vocals. Still, pretty good fun nonetheless.

Liked this much more than I expected. I think that's mainly due to how well and full it sounds. If this had come out in 1986 - or even 1976 - instead of 1966 I'd probably be shitting all over it as nothing more than a copy of a copy. It's still that, in essence, but I'm willing to give it a pass as at least being in early gen versions of this type of blues rock. The guitars sound damn good and I didn't mind the voice! Maybe my bar was real, real low. Not saying I'd listen to it again but not saying I wouldn't.

Not bad

Good blues sound!

The music is great, but it all seems to run together. Will for sure put this album on again as background music, but it’s not something that gets me pumped or in a mood. This band has “created” so many guitar legends, so I’m glad to have discovered it. Would I buy this record: Maybe on vinyl, if I found it cheap, but not on my must have list. Best Song: What’d I Say Worst Song: Little Girl 🤮

Me gusta mucho, pero me parece mejor que cada canción tenga un poco de personalidad, tiene muchas pero no me parecen tan diferentes entre sí. Es como si fuera una sola canción muy larga y no del todo de mi agrado.

Cet album tombe au mauvais moment puisque je voulais parler de Robbie Williams. Comme vous le savez, notre ami Robbie s'est produit hier dans ma ville de résidence. Une amie à moi s'est rendue à son concert et m'a dit qu'elle avait vu le père d'eltrapeze torse nu dans la fosse et qu'il n'arrêtait pas de pleurer et de crier de manière hystérique en se dandinant. Ce qui est bien avec eltrapeze c'est qu'en plus de se ridiculiser lui-même avec ses critiques musicales pitoyables, il peut également compter sur sa famille pour le tirer encore plus vers le bas.

Un de ces albums sans aucune originalité particulière, ces albums qui font le ciment du générateur. Ces albums pas mauvais, mais pas bien non plus. Le purgatoire musical.

3/15- Driving to School

A seminal and historical album, which is pivotal to understand why young brits drawn to blues and electric guitar saw Clapton as "God". That said, Clapton's conservatism and orthodoxy is more a flaw than an asset here (and this without even mentioning how his "conservatism" later extended to extra-musical concerns). Not long before this record was released, The Yardbirds decided to embrace psychedelic "progress", something that Clapton couldn't stand, hence why he left them to join Mayall's band. And it seems to me that music history proved him wrong, for the most part. So, decades later, *Bluesbreaker* is still a nice listen, I imagine. But it doesn't have the intensity or power of The Yardbirds around the same time (plus Jeff Beck's solo output a couple of years later). *Bluesbreakers*'s reliance on guitar prowess and blues' formatted writing misses a key aspect that can help create a truly great albums: penning memorable melodies and tunes. *Bluesbreakers* is good, don't get me wrong. But whether its songs are covers or originals, they always use the same three damn chords, which is tiring in ways original American blues wasn't, even if the latter was using the exact same formula, ironically. Maybe this paradox can be explained by the fact that you can "feel" the British musicians' "copycatting" the original thing here--the sound and instrumentation are pretty neat, maybe even a little too clean and predictable. And on its own, technical prowess can't make up for those heavily standardized proceedings. You need *something else*--something direly lacking in this album. It's a lesson Clapton would learn later on with Cream and Derek And The Dominos, when he will finally write stuff to get out of such a stylistic dead-end. But that's a story for another time, I guess... I'm tempted to leave a 4/5 grade for "historical importance", but my gut feeling tells me a 3 would be more sincere. If you're reading those lines now, you already know what my final choice was. Number of albums left to review: 635 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 182 (for " historical importance", mostly). Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 85 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 105

great guitar, a lot of the songs sound the same, mid

"I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley To do black music so selfishly And use it to get myself wealthy" Eric Clapton, 1966 Not bad for a blues album, which i usually find deathly dull.

Se mettre dans un champs et crier

Absolutely unremarkable. I'm not really a fan of Eric Clapton, but even though, I couldn't hear much of his influence on this album. It was just out-of-the-mill, honest to god, born of the dirt blues and rock record. Bit interesting at times, but mostly just average and boring. Not even one song would inspire me to write a little bit more about it. I guess I checked out another box, let's move on.

Ok, not amazing

Edick Clapshit

Another piece of Clapton's resume. Here he's only written one song and sang on another, which is for the best I think. Clapton's guitar skills are clearly excellent as shown in Hideaway and Have You Heard. This sort of exciting blues rock sound is what innovated rock music as we know it. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and even Black Sabbath have the Bluesbreakers to thank. We even get a drum solo on What'd I Say, which almost certainly would've made an imprint on a younger Bonham or Moon (that being said, Ginger Baker would be on Cream's debut album the same year as this). Also notable here is John McVie on bass, who would later go on to being a core member of Fleetwood Mac. The truth about the UK in the 60's is that there were a lot of movers and shakers in the music scene, and if you blinked you might've missed someone important doing something important. The Bluesbreakers were just once piece of the puzzle that would form the foundation of rock music. Is every song on here great? No, but the ones that are great make this record worth the listen.

prog blues

Plenty of good guitar work in there as you’d expect. Not bad listen but not one I’ll be adding for future listening

Extremely mid

Solid little rock album. Hella guitars and shit.

I was not expecting to like this this much, soothing, chilling, a nice rainy day country vibe i fw all the way thru

Really good 60s rock album. I will be adding “All Your Love” to my playlist. Solid listen.

Возвращение к "ну норм" альбомам. Наверное, буду блюз теперь с этим ассоциировать прям плотно, это приятно. Вроде понравилось, но длительность выебонов не стоит времени. 3,5/5

Living and loving the blues here.

A pretty good blues album. Nothing more to say about it really.

3.5

A little bit of blues guitar goes a long way but he sure could let rip.

Blues vom Allerfeinsten; wegweisend in der damaligen Zeit; noch immer gut anzuhören, aber passt auch nicht mehr so ganz in die hoch produzierte Zeit von heutzutage. Auf jeden Fall wert es ganz anzuhören.

Decent blues album. Nothing too special. I enjoyed it but prefer other bluesmen.

What's up with the Daytripper riff?

It’s not super great just average claptons playing is definitely the highlight.

Niet zoveel over te melden. Not bad.

Stream of consciousness notes: Eh, this is the kind of music where I don't mind if it's on in the background but it's not really my jam. "You're gonna be mine, little girl You've been through 18 years of pain I'm gonna give you a love, child You won't feel bad again" Um...yuck 🤢. I'm not sure I'm going to stick it out for the whole album. Update 7 tracks in: imagine my relief finding out the version of the album I'm streaming is duplicated with the first half being the tracks in mono & second half in stereo! So the album is only 37 minutes long, not 74! I will definitely make it through. I don't have much historical context for this album so maybe it was groundbreaking at the time but honestly it's a little bland to me...

One can hear how influential this record is in so many ways. After its release, the sound spread everywhere, and it's a great sound, much as, as often happens with style shifts, it got so heavily used and over-saturated. Not the fault of this band or record, of course; it all exploded in the second half of the 60s and into the 70s and beyond. Just because so many bands tried to sound like this, it's not easy for me to just listen and enjoy it for what it is. Still, it's fantastic.

Would be a 4 or 5, but singer isn’t great

I like it, 3-3.5 range for me probably

Loved the blues

The best statement I've ever heard from Clapton, when asked, what does it feel like to be the greatest guitarist in world? His answer, "I don't know, ask Prince." You're g-damn right, Mr. Clapton, g-damn right. As for the album, didn't really mind, but kinda wore on me halfway through, but I'm apparently listening to all the extended versions, so my fault. Found it good music to listen to while working. Nothing exceptional, but nothing that made me want to go back and listen on a regular basis. Not sure if I've ever heard a drum solo on an album before, like with the song What'd I say, but there it was....I laughed to myself. 2.5 but will score a 3

It's not a terrible listen but the appropriation of it all is a little hard to stomach. Fave track - eh.... "Another Man", maybe? "Parchman Farm" is catchy, but sticks in my craw...

Ok - probably never listen to it again

That was pretty good. A lot of artists must have been influenced by this record. Was a little over it by halfway.

Decent blues-y album. Probably tainted by the fact that Clapton is a complete toolbox.