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I'm sorry, but Eric Clapton is taking up way too much space on his list. I'm not reviewing this. I'm going to review my favourite album, Man Alive by Everything Everything. Man Alive is a 2010 album by Everything Everything, a Manchester-based band that Wikipedia describes as "art rock" but are honestly genreless. You only need to listen to this short roll of songs to experience the sheer diversity and range that they can pack into a single punch while simultaneously holding a unique sound across the board. And this is their DEBUT! While the influence of radiohead is detectable, these guys smash through and past known genres to deliver an intensely complex and original mixture of calculated sounds from the slow introspective nasa is on your side all the way to the overwhelming but perfectly executed chaos of come alive Diana and qwerty finger. It's hard to tell what the songs are about, but that's part of the fun: it's been over 15 years and I still don't know if the singles are delivering themes on vapid aesthetic culture, jealousy, environment, celebrity, the mulling of death, all or none of the above.. Also in case not clear, every song slaps. 5/5 And the 2 is for Eric Clapton.
Po vale tio yo que se. No se me ha hecho pesado pero tampoco me ha dicho nada.
Eric Clapton is a pretty good guitar player and can do the blues well. Unfortunately this album doesn’t lean into any of his strengths and has way too many slower songs that don’t really work for him
Good
music is love
Bored with this one. Nothing exciting.
dull and boring
This seems very grateful dead-esque to me. If that's your thing, great. He's a good guitar player, but this left a bit a room for pushing the envelope more. And when I say grateful dead-esque, I mean like a lower tier version
The most 3 album to ever deserve one. Didn’t hate it, definitely didn’t love it. Hard to dock points from it for being such a straightfoward listen.
It’s fine
Didn't expect to like this as much as I did.
I don’t need a cover version of I shot the sheriff.
Definition of average.
I have no idea how this album made this list. Clapton is a great guitar player but this album has almost nothing I feel is a must listen. Also, a racist covering Bob Marley, ha.
Not quite what I expected and not as good as I hoped. Clapton has done a lot over his career and I'm okay with him, although he was never a guitar god to me like Page, EVH, Hendrix, etc. This was totally fine but not something I'd go back to.
This sounds rather toothless in 2026.
I understand Eric Clapton is an icon and generational talent. It's just that his talent has almost zero effect on me. It never has and, judging by my reaction to 461 Ocean Boulevard, it likely never will.
Clapton, sans drugs. Fantastic.
Surprisingly soulless and kind of boring but pleasant nonetheless. Add in a few bland covers and you’ve got yourself a 2. He’s one hell of a guitar player though.
3.9
Nope I’m good. Don’t need reheated middle-aged white guy blues
Elsker hr. Erics guitarspil, men ellers er jeg ikke blæst bagover.
*67 Som forventet virkelig god spade - måske ikke lige altid mine yndlings numre at høre det. Island-cover/inspi numrene gør ingenting for mig, men nogle af de sidste tracks er super gode.
Jeg har hørt Anders snakke SÅ dårligt om Eric Clapton så man skulle tro det var løgn. På den baggrund bliver jeg nødt til at rejse spørgsmålet: Hvordan kan man have SÅ stærke holdninger til noget der lyder så gennemsnitligt? Konklusion: 1: Mine musiksmag er ikke forfinet nok eller 2: Anders er en hater 3: Det bliver vidst også min score på denne lidt intetsigende men også vellydende omgang
"Eric Clapton"? More like "Is it crap, son?" og ja, det er det. Kan ikke døje den mand. Jeg har dog stadig så svært ved den 1-stjerne, så min nådige sjæl kommer igen til udtryk her 1.8
Det er fint, og han er dygtig, men så heller ikke rigtig mere
I get he was getting clean but damn this was pretty boring.
Clapton is usually best characterized by his intolerable white boy blues and obnoxious guitar masturbation. This album was a little bit different though. Willy and the Hand Jive, I Shot the Sheriff, and Get Ready were actually pretty good. I might actually listen to parts of this album again.
Prime Dad rock
Surely Clapton has better albums? Generic rock and blues without soul. Not an album to go to, to witness some of the best guitar playing ever. Chalk this up as a surprise that this is an influential record.
Eh, nothing
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it. Clapton is overrated and this album is kind of boring. I don't care for his vocals and the way he records his voice either. Good backup band I guess.
It was pretty meh for me. I prefer and upbeat hand jive version à la Grease lol
Clapton fell off hard after Derek and the dominoes. This record is mostly boring to me and I really have a hard time taking Clapton seriously now that I know about his drunken bigoted stage rant around this time.
Not bad musically nice production and songwriting but I really can't get behind his vocals, they're so timid and sound like he's whispering into the mic. Best song is let it grow, great chord progression
Shite
Boring
Great guitar work. Interesting take on Willie And The Hand Jive.
It's a smooth album with nice guitar work, as expected. Solid, but didn't grab me. Let It Grow was a stand out. 3.4/5.
Always loved this album
Very good blues rock album. Slowhand knows how to play it. 3,5
Never really listened to this side of Clapton. Solid rhythm and blues record.
Shit I actually kinda liked it. I don't know anything about Eric Clapton but apparently he's a prick
I Can’t Hold Out on this album. Give Me Strength.
Would rather not listen to this but I’m sure he’ll be popping up a few times on this journey! Idgaf about Eric Clapton sorry been listening to him against my will my whole life and have never had a response more than “eh”!! I know he’s influential and blah blah blah but dudes a loser and his oeuvre is a snoozer
Clapton est un énorme guitariste blues-rock, il faut lui donner. J'ai un peu de la misère à accrocher à ses trucs, mis à part son album Unplugged, qui a fait partie de mon adolescence alros grand biais là. I shot the sheriff, je la trouve surfaite. Sur une note pas tout à fait reliée, à part le fait que c'est deux grand bluesman... hier on a été voir un orchestre dans le parc qui jouait la sérénade pour cordes de Tchaikovsky. La marche à la fin du 1er mouvement a clairement été une inspiration pour l'air et la série harmonique de 'La voix que j'ai de Offenbach'. En creusant, j'ai appris que Gerry Boulet avait été organiste dans son jeune temps, je savais pas qu'il avait ce background!
C’était bien mais bon j’accroche toujours un peu quand la majorité des chansons d’un album sont des covers. Je pense que ma préférée était Please Be With Me, un cover.
Solid album but know there is controversy around him. 5.9/10
Legend
He’s a skilled guitar player who can be great with a band. Unfortunately, his personality becomes apparent when he’s by himself.
Great classic album! Such a good summer vibe album too!
fine I guess, but it's not a great look when the most memorable song on the album is a cover that's not as good as the original. 3/5.
Overall: 5/10 There's some great guitar work going on here, and I do enjoy the bluesy sound, but I found that Clapton's style got really old really quickly. Combine that with the fact that he's a garbage butt man and you have a recipe for an okay album thag could have been better. Fav Song: I Shot the Sheriff
unc slop with boring ass cover songs plus Eric Clapton sux 4/10
This is my dad's favourite album, so the childhood nostalgia mostly outweighs my general scorn for Eric Clapton
Pretty good 70s rock
erm.. muziek lowkey goed maar like ik kan de muziek niet van de artiest separaten..
oke ik denk dat dit echt oprecht een heel goed album is maar wetende wat hij allemaal gedaan/gezegd heeft maakt zijn cover van i shot the sheriff wel een beetje sus. 4 voor de muziek maar -1 omdat hij een slechte persoon is.
Really solid album but a bit boring on this listen.
I was prepared to hate this because of Clapton’s very douchey reputation but this record is sort of a vibe. If I were a zooted out boomer in the 70s it would really hit, but I’ll just have to settle for using this album as an approximation of what it felt like.
Clapton is highly overrated. Yeah I said it. I can name 20 other guitarists that are better than him. This album was ok, the best song was a cover.
I didn't realize that Eric Clapton has always sucked
It was enjoyable. Not, great, not terrible.
i do not like this, but there is a version of this i like, where it is made by someone else and sounds different
Clapton is kind of frustrating to me because he had potential and just never really pushed the envelope enough to develop a truly distinct style. You maybe can’t map this 1:1 to his worldview, but I do think the two are related. As for this album, there are some odd choices- the hand jive being one of them- but that’s where like 90% of what’s interesting here comes from. Also you can’t be talking like that white baby.
A set of songs that were so quiet I had trouble hearing a bunch of them. Seriously, I felt like I could never get the volume right. Most of this album is just worse covers of Blues/R&B/Reggae songs done better by the original artists. There are only three songs that were actually by Clapton, and they're not really that interesting. I don't understand why cover albums show up on this list if they're not going to do anything interesting.
Bought this album in the 70s and it still sounds good. So laid back! Nice playing and understated but effective vocals.
Solid
I Shot The Sherriff is the hit here and doing a lot of heavy lifting. Clapton is an amazing guitarist but not a lot here to reflect that...unless he just makes it look too easy. Going with a 4 but only because of the Marley Cover.
It’s kind of undeniable, right? The musicianship is off the charts.
I don’t think much of Clapton as a person (Rock against Racism was founded in response to his behaviour) but I believe in separating the art from the artist and this is pretty good.
Clapton’s so-called comeback album. Really overrated. A lot of covers on the album. New musical style. Soft rock. Soft blues. Songs like Give me strength and get ready I shot the sheriff. Best song. Not as good as original. Pales in comparison to Layla and other love songs. Not a very good album. Two stars.
I enjoyed this way more than I expected to.
Everybody seems really excited to congratulate Clapton for kicking heroin prior to making this album. And they should be! That's a big deal! But that doesn't mean this isn't uneven; the bluesy stuff doesn't seem to go anywhere, and his singing isn't any better than it's ever been, which is to say it's mediocre. But there are some fun, poppier parts when he can allow himself to embrace them: "Let It Grow," "Mainline Florida," and "Motherless Children" are all highlights, and I don't care that the latter's upbeat nature doesn't mesh as well with the lyrics if Jamie Oldaker's drums are good enough (and they are). And the Marley cover is fine if not groundbreaking. Not his best, or really even a great showcase of what made him special, but good enough.
Achei o disco um pouco morno. Não sei, sempre ouço falar a respeito da grandeza de Clapton em seu respectivo instrumento, então acabei criando uma expectativa que não foi superada aqui. Mas de todo modo, até consigo ver o valor do disco, como algo pra se colocar, se deitar em uma espreguiçadeira, abrir um uísque e ir dando leves goles nele enquanto ouve esse som suave e descolado. E essa é de fato a melhor palavra para descrever esse álbum: Descolado. Cool. Descontraído. Sleazy, se quiser partir pro inglês. A melhor canção de todo o álbum é o cover de Marley. É… Disco ok. Alguns momentos belos, a vocalista de apoio ajuda bastante em alavancar o álbum, mas em sua totalidade acaba sendo “mais um” e nada além. Formidável. 3.5/5
I've said it before and I'll say it again, fuck Eric Clapton.
Motherless Children is a great opener, but rapidly downhill after that.
Sounds like he did heroin for 3 years before recording it...
Thank goodness this is the only Clapton solo album on the list. I’ll be honest: this guy is such a gigantic racist piece of shit, it’s going to affect my judgement of the album. Sorry, but sometimes it do be like that. The album itself is just a vanilla blues-rock ripoff anyway, it’s nothing special like the stuff he did with Cream and Derek & The Dominos. Nothing like stealing black music and then telling them to get out of England! Just as a big “fuck you,” I’m putting his ass in the Hall of Shame and this will be my twentieth 1/5
Great album but good god he’s a bastard
El que menos me ha gustado de Clapton. Vaya, sabemos que aquí habrá guitarras geniales, pero esta vez las canciones me dieron un poco igual. Disfruté muchísimo más el Bluesbrakers, también dentro de esta lista.
Very good album, though sometimes his voice seemds drowned by the instrumentation.
clapton can eat a dick
Thank god this is the last Clapton album on the list.
More like Childless Mothers, gottem. A middle-of-the-road blues rock album that really does not need to be here, and not just because I fucking hate Eric Clapton (I can at least cede the fact that Cream records + Layla should be in the book). A 6.5-7/10 on a good day, but docking it down to 4/10 because of my Clapton hatred. Also, this made the cut but not fucking Stevie Ray Vaughn?
5/10
Wanted to hate this from the start just for my boy George, and don’t like the vibe of Eric Clapton as a person. But this album is soooo good. Like really really good. 9.1/10 Favourite tracks: - Please Be With Me - Willie and The Hand Jive - I Shot the Sheriff - Give Me Strength
It's OK
The top of the album made me think this was gonna be pretty bad but he pulled me back about halfway in with the folky vibe. Really love that 70s Americana sound - does this count as yacht rock? It kinda sounds like yacht rock. Sidenote: Why the Bob Marley cover. Wtf was that. -.5 for that Highlight: Please Be With Me
I Shot The Sheriff is probably the best song here, not to say its bad, just pretty basic for Clapton. I remember hearing a lot of this as a kid and even nostalgia cant raise this up. Its not as bluesy as his later entries, but that may be a positive for you.
Fun but soulless music. I don’t know man something about Eric Clapton rubs me the wrong way
Fuck this racist. He can play the guitar, but he's still a piece of shit.
Meh,
Getting Clapton the day after Hendrix, let's see how these two GOAT guitarists compare. My first impression is that Hendrix uses everything BUT the guitar in a much more cohesive way than Clapton. Clapton is probably a little bit more technical than Hendrix but Hendrix is far more creative. Actually, I take it back. Hendrix is more talented in every way. Clapton has moments but like not that many, at least for this album. ...is Willie and the Hand Jive about jerkin it to your family? Christ. I shot the Sheriff is (by a long way) the best song here. But this album is a far cry from his days at Cream or Derek and the Domino's. I expected better out of a legendary name, but sometimes a guy has a speciality and shouldn't be left to their own devices. Clapton is a great guitarist, but a poor songwriter. That said, this album does end pretty hard with Let it Grow, Steady Rollin Man and Mainline Florida.
Sehr gut!
Surprisingly good
Eric is a good guitar player who does really good work with other artists. His solo stuff has always bored me, though. This album hasn't done anything to change how I feel.
Perfectly servicable. Art over artist problem?
Scandalous thoughts… this is kinda —1 dimensional and a tad boring.
He can really really play but whole albums of his I find boring, so sorry my dude
Fine album, nothing really stood out to me. I could see myself coming back at some point, but idk when that will happen.
Pretty fine. Not the most interesting album ever.
Good and jammy
Look I'm in a good mood today so I'll rate the music and not the piece of shit who wrote it.
Honestly, a solid guitar player/singer songwriter that reminds me of my dad
Not giving him the royalties. Turd.
Putting aside his garbage fire of a personality, Slowhand was well past his peak by this point. The album just feels overall dull. Whoever told him he should cover Bob Marley was clearly trying to sabotage his career, luckily for them he did that himself.
It's a decent album with some great, classic songs, but overall it's underwhelming.
I love the 1001 Albums Generator (albeit few of its albums, but that really isn't the creator's fault). What I really don't like about it is how zeitgeisty its rating system is (by necessity). Apart from the odd Kanye album, this album here really is the perfect example - 3.1 isn't a catastrophic rating, but this album would have a much higher rating if it had a different performer. Sure, let's voice your displeasure about some idiotic thing Clapton said in 2021 by review bombing this 1974 album. You sure showed him, bud, I'm positive the pandemic will stop out of sheer gratitude any day now. It's a good album, shame that it will forever remain in the vast sea of 3.1x on this website because people - especially the morons with the top-rated reviews - used it the most in 2021.
I have long held the thought that Clapton is a better musician when he isn't the center of all immediate attention; his era in the Bluesbreakers and Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominoes...he had a nice hot streak before the solo material began. "Motherless Children" is easily the best solo song of his I've heard up to this point but that's a small list (this album, a handful of tracks elsewhere but "Cocaine" is the only one that comes to mind immediately).
This is good, much better than D&tD-L&OALS. Eric Clapton is a minor artist.
One of the best guitarists of all time. I liked his cover of I Shot The Sherrif
so far behind. Will catch up this week. First of all, i think BOSTON has been the most detached I've been from the group. A bit stunned! I will give it another chance, but I'm starting to wonder if I had some traumatic event in those car rides to the Cape... As for Eric. I was pleasantly surprised by the full listen here. Just like everything Clapton does, it's very tight. We've listened to so many rock albums and a lot of blues rock and 90%, while nice, are often interchangeable. This I think stands above a lot of the others. Frank said the key is being 1/16th better and I think it's a little more than that. Clapton idolized BB King, and I think they're pretty similar. Not going to shred your face off, but pretty thoughtful and methodical in their playing. Frank may be right that he's not the most original artist, possibly one of the more lopsided originality to praise rockers out there. He and THE KING, but Elvis had a shit load of charisma. He also stole Georges girl and wrote a lot of songs about it. Doesn't get enough shit for that. In the end, landed on 4. I'm a Clapton simp.
Eric Clapton doesn’t have an original thought in his head and seems like a world class taint but he can rock from time to time. Blues isn’t about originality it’s about playing the same riff everyone else does with 1/16th more verve and he does that well. Still a taint tho.
Wow, FANTASTIC listen. A complete album here and perfect for the Monday morning blues. Every track has a proper spot and it ends up being 40 mins that breeze by. Starting with Motherless Children and Finishing with Mainline Florida were perfect ways to bring you in and push you back out. I wonder if anyone else felt like they heard Clapton channeling Garcia? A lot of these songs were adjacent to the rootsy blues rock the Dead were playing years prior Cant wait to come back to this over the 4th 👏👏👏
There have always been a couple of things in the way of me an Clapton - one is guys who I played with growing up calling him over rated. That feels a bit exaggerated if you take a step back and think about how much he’s created across decades of music. The second thing in the way of me loving his music is the whole Keep Britain White thing. I’ve gone down the rabbit hole a few times and never seems to be a good answer or even a sincere apology. Even tougher when so much of his music is borrowing from black musicians. Now to the music - I still like Clapton’s music and lot of this album. The whole reggae and Shot the Sheriff thing has always been weird. But the rest of the album kind of rips. Steady Rollin Man, Can’t Hold Out, Give Me Strength. Motherless Children might win for happiest song with saddest lyrics. Brutal, can you imagine trying to rock out to that at a Clapton show?
Post-heroin bland-fest from racist old fart who can't sing. Most overrated guitarist on God's green Earth. It's interesting that he'd cover I shot the sheriff considering how in another life, he'd be the sheriff. Ranting aside, it's a very average, well produced album of bland mid 70s rock.
The address of Len Houmous’ famous acid parties. 2.2 10/10 Mainline Florida
Lots of hate for Clapton here. Separating art from artist, this was enjoyable enough bluesy dad rock. 3* Highlights: I shot the sheriff
Great album!
Musically it's nothing special. Not terrible, but just okay. Eric Clapton can frig right off though.
Good songs and amazing guitar playing. I wasn't too invested in this, but maybe I should give it another listen someday and I might like it better.
Heard Before? Only "I Shot the Sheriff" Verdict: Cream of Wheat: The Album Listen Again? Not a chance.
Didn't love it, didn't dislike it. This was OK and I wouldn't object to hearing it again but I won't seek it out.
Was it simple? Yes, did it sound good also yes. I shot the sheriff still slaps. Idk I just didn’t feel as connected to the other songs as mych
Never really settles into a vibe, or more crucially a volume. There are a bunch of quieter funky cuts which just completely defeats the purpose of their funkiness. When it gets it right it goes off tho
I liked it but I’m feelin’ awful right now. So we’re giving it a three flat.
Some real classics on this but, you know, the music just can’t be separated from the awful person the musician turned out to be. I listened and agree maybe this deserves to be one in a thousand, though any time he comes up in a playlist I move on as quickly as I can
Again i feel like a white male 60+ but i just like this music.
Gran album!! La versión cover de I Shot the Sheriff es una genialidad!! Como siempre, Clapton es un genio!
Maybe not for me. Not objectively bad, just a bit boring for my tastes.
Claptonslop- he's done much better
Yeah it was pretty good
I am not a Clapton fan at all, but this is the best of all his solo albums.
Ah, back to high school. This one was more popular with some of my friends than with me, though I certainly know it well. I was always partial to "Please Be With Me" and "Let It Grow" off this album. If we were allowed to award half stars I'd give it 3 1/2 for being a cut above a 3 but not quite reaching the level of remarkability I have to see to grant a 4.
A fun album with a few above-average songs, but doesn't rate with some of Clapton's other work.
Very solid. Maybe the most I’ve enjoyed Clapton.
Smooth rock
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING
Some good songs. Nothing special though. Pretty mid.
This is good and he knows how to play the guitar. But it's not very exciting.
Love some blues and Clapton can deliver.
You have to learn to separate the musician from their personal baggage. Plenty of great artists have made terrible decisions. If you needed to know how good Clapton's decision making skills are he was a heroin addict. As for the album, this is a pretty vanilla blues-rock record. Nothing on it is bad, but very little of it rises to the level of great. It's an easy enough listen, and there are some fun guitar moments throughout, but that's also the bare minimum expectation when you're listening to Eric Clapton.
Overall, I enjoyed this more than I thought that I would. A couple songs that were familiar, a few bluesy tunes I had not, and a few I could have done without.
One of the great guitars and voices. These albums is why I do this list. An all time great that I don't think I would've found the time for unless presented to me
While I understand the importance of Eric Clapton, his music never did all that much for me, doubly so when he isn't diluted by being a part of a band. And that basically sums up how I feel about 461 Ocean Boulevard. Eric Clapton has some really great, creative guitar work here, but his songwriting in general just isn't that interesting to me (and frankly it doesn't help that he's *wildly* unlikable). To my ears, the blues rock on this album is far too late, and it doesn't sound a ton to stand out from the crowd to me. I will say that Motherless Children, I Shot The Sheriff (a Bob Marley cover) and Let It Grow are really greal, very unique cuts. But I'm pretty cold on most of 461 Ocean Boulevard.
Brilliant album Eric Clapton is the man, too talented on the guitar motherless children is such a great song too
Good album :D
This was decent. I didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it.
Great music, shame it's made by a terrible person.
Der er nogle fine sange imellem.
I like his voice and style. Not a bad album.
It's Eric Clapton's fault that I thought Reggae sucked for so long. It's another one of his hate crimes.
I'm not looking up this Eric Clapton fellow -- methinks he is a bit of an unsavoury character! I like this album, whatever he did. Imagine letting a little sexual assault cloud your judgement.
This was mostly just background noise for the first half, nothing terrible, but all just mid-tempo low energy 70s soft rock that didn't do anything too interesting. The second half definitely picked up the energy though and the bigger emphasis on the group backing vocals helped too. 3/5
Eric Clapton sucks.
Pretty solid album here. Some decent variety and I enjoyed the cover of I Shot the Sheriff.
I wish Eric Clapton had died instead of George Harrison
It must suck to not be able to separate musicians from their political stances and just enjoy a record. Drowsy blues rock thats easy to listen to.
No. 212 Solid Blues Rock. I can't say I particularly liked it, but I also didn't notice anything negative about this album.
it was eric clapton indeed the cover is pretty
I think Clapton is often very overrated and does not put out good work as consistently without his best collaborators. His watered down rendition of I Shot the Sheriff is awful and the rest of the album is rarely better than that lowlight. Shoutout to the people who skipped this album because they don’t like Clapton as a person. You were correct to not listen to this and I was a fool to give it a chance.
Pretty good rock album.
Seemed like he swapped heroin for quaaludes, too sleepy for me
Listened to the deluxe version and live Clapton was able to stretch out his playing
Middle of the road stuff. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
10 songs I see a lot of people giving this a 1 star rating because of Clapton as a person. I think that defeats the purpose of this project, and I try to separate the artist from the art. Unfortunately for Clapton, the art is also pretty cheeks in this case. Influential guitarist with plenty of great songs in his catalogue, but this album is the musical equivalent of unseasoned chicken breast.
no
Eh. Also, this is the kind of shit that made Fela Kuti chase Paul Macartney out of Nigeria.
Actually quite enjoyed it. Quite good
Pretty good. 3.5/5
Better than the last Clapton but still utterly forgettable.
I know that I shouldn’t like Eric Clapton because of his terrible remarks about black people and because of the fact that his guitar playing is stolen from true blues musicians. But I still like the music and the vibe. I can play his records on used vinyl. That way I don’t contribute to his economy
A skilled & confident guitar player echoing what he hears skilfully & confidently. But I never get any depth of feeling or interest from anything here (or from other Clapton work). The iconic ISTS is good, but not as good as Marley’s original (so why bother).
It was hokay
This was rather dull. I usually love blues. And it can even be slow. But this just plodded along and didn’t offer any delightful surprises. I Shot The Sheriff
It is most definitely an Eric Clapton blues album. There's no questioning Clapton's skills, nor his sensibilities about the blues. It's the must-listen part of this that's questionable. Clapton was a central figure in the British scene that introduced a lot of (white) folks to the blues and he was a very competent player in his own right. He also spent time and effort trying to elevate his heroes who he felt had been overlooked. On the other hand, he's kind of a piece of shit human, so I'm not so comfortable making excuses for him anymore. Just go listen to one of the three Kings (BB, Albert and Freddie). Or Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Lightning Hopkins or one of the Mississippis (John Hurt or Fred McDowell). Or fucking Muddy Waters. Or Taj Mahal. Or somebody modern! (Gary Clark Jr. is highly accessible for a rock audience.) The album is highly competent and just a little bit straight. A bit of the blues dressed up in Sunday clothes, which takes some of the soul out of it. Like low-fat, low-sugar BBQ. This is a must-listen if you want to hear Clapton's musical journey. Clapton's musical journey isn't a bad listen and it's not a bad story and it even charts some of the movements of the British scene for guitar-based music through his life. However, there are other ways to get a sense of the larger musical trends, so I'll suggest that this is low on the list of must-listens: 3/5, could've been a 4. Cream was better.
I know it's hip to hate on Clapton, but it's decent, not gonna lie.
Album #118, and only my second one star review. Perfect example that music can be well played technically and professionally, but be completely soulless/lifeless. So dull.
2/5. The guitar playing was good and I liked “Motherless Children” and “I shot the sheriff” well enough, but beyond that ehhhhhh. I’m sure it went hard for men going through their midlife crisis in the 1970’s.
Good emulation of great Black blues musicians.
Boring
Cuando conocí la musica de Clapton pensé que iba a ser un gran artista que me iba a encantar, pero resulto siendo meh
I've heard plenty of Clapton adjacent albums, and I've definitely enjoyed a couple, but I never indulged in his solo work. I never knew blues could sound so lifeless. Clapton sounds like he can't wait to get out of the studio. It's competently made and there are a couple of decent radio staples here, but I couldn't imagine listening to the entirety of this album ever again.
Pretty tepid stuff dude. One or two maybe got my foot tapping, but it couldn't lock me down for the duration.
The debate about separating the artist from the art isn't as relevant with this album, since there are so many stinkers on here. Favorite Track: "I Shot The Sheriff".
I never understood the hype about Eric Clapton. Sure he's a fine guitar player (and so are many others) but it's all a bit sterile and I love my blues edgier than this. Score does not take his racist history into account because he seems to have bettered his life and has done an event for Gaza - kudos to that. A few good songs but only 2.5 songs on the album are his! It's mostly a cover album. So a 3 will absolutely do for me.
Wasn’t as painful as I expected, but I’m still not an Eric Clapton fan.
3 out of 5. Some good guitar work here.
Super lame
Well this has some tasty stuff in it but maybe not the masterpiece some people think it to be. I've enjoyed it though and might listen again.
Very good
se eu não me engano esse cara é racista
This album, with the exception of the dirge-like ‘Hand Jive’, is really fantastic. Eric Clapton is a piece of shit, so there’s no way he gets 5 stars.
nice
Клэп по пизде ладошкой клэп
Great guitar work.
booorrrrrrrriiiiinnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg
I shot the sherrif is een banger, voor de rest een cv album zonder meer.
This album would not be on the list if it wasn't by Eric Clapton. Mellow album of mostly covers that don't compare to the originals. Let it Grow and the more uptempo songs stand out. Not much of his legendary guitar playing here.
Ok album. Standout songs: Motherless Children Steady Rollin man
pretty cute, nothing more nothing less
Yeah I didn’t listen to this past the first track which meant nothing to me, a tiny bit of digging and I found why I’ve never listened to Clapton before, what a racist POS
First, I have never gotten into Eric Clapton. I have never understood what the hype was about. I don’t really count myself a “guitar” person, but I do appreciate great playing and I consider myself a core fan of “rock and roll.” So I thought this album would be a good introduction to this “great guitarist.” I was wrong. If I listened to it without knowing ANYTHING about it I would toss it as a passable recording of a decent bar band that did an unfortunate cover of I Shot the Sheriff. Why is this here? I was going to give it two stars because it’s decent, but I think I have to take one away for its musical offensiveness. Boolean rating: HARD NO
meh
Fuck this cunt.
Should've stayed on the heroin
Mellanmjölk. Teknisk skicklighet och att vara en bra gitarrist tycker inte jag räcker. Clapton tar andras låtar och gör dem tråkigare. Vit mans musik på ett sätt. Det är inte dåligt bara tråkigt. Slätstruket.
A "just ok" album from a pretty terrible person.
Not bad. I liked the guitar work and the rest was decent to listen to. 3.5/5
1,5
In my humble opinion, this was mid… af.
One of the best blues guitar players of all times of that there is no doubt. However Claptons voice does not match up to the songs. There are moments on this album but they are very fleeting and the overall feeling is one of tedium
as a dumb, young kid, i was a big clapton fan. i bought into the near two-decade hype of the never correct "clapton is god". even before adult me learned how much of a POS clapton likely is, i had soured on his music. this is not to say that this album is bad. it really is not. the band is top notch, and clapton’s rhythm work really shines on the album. mercifully short are his solos, and I really do like his dobro and slide playing here. would I listen to the album again? probably not, but i don’t begrudge hearing it one more time
Please Be With Me was a favorite.
1. children - 2 2. give - 2 3. jive - 2 4. ready - 1 5. zheriff - 3 6. hold - 2 7. pleaze - 2 8. grouu - 1 9. man - 2 10. florida - 1
This guy stinks
SO COOL
A fairly unremarkable album, largely a collection of covers. It’s pretty egregious that at the same time Clapton was cheerleading for Enoch Powell he was using the songs of black musicians to build his career. Whilst these covers are fine, they don’t strike me that remarkable.
This album, unlike his comments on immigration from around the same time, is largely inoffensive. Most of the songs are good, because most of them are written by better songwriters than Clapton. There are just three original tracks here, and even one of those, while quite good, rips off 'Stairway to Heaven.' The guitar playing is good, as you would expect, though fairly restrained. I expect my rating of 2 is more driven by personal animosity than an accurate reflection of the album's merits, but there you go.
In which famous Enoch Powell fanboy and ‘keep Britain white’ proponent Eric Clapton covers tracks by numerous black musicians, including Bob Marley and several American bluesmen such as Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson, and contributes his own bluesy originals (a genre that was created primarily by black Americans by the way). Even putting this extraordinary double-think aside, this is an album of perfectly competent but utterly unremarkable stuff. It’s a far cry from the blistering fire of Derek and the Dominos’ ‘Layla’, which I begrudgingly do love. And Bob Marley’s original version of ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ is much better.
So I just learned yesterday that Clapton was with the Yardbirds way back, I remember Cream and Derek and the Dominos. This album is okay. Was never a fan of I Shot the Sheriff, still not. Let it Grow was good, reminded me of Blind Faith. Hard to forgive his racism and anti science beliefs.
Surprised how underwhelmed I felt by this album. For someone who's reputation precedes them like Clapton, I expected a lot more than fairly derivative/easy listening blues rock. Certainly has its catchy moments, but that's not enough for me to want to come back for more. Top tracks: I Can't Hold Out, Please Be With Me
Okay
Eric's voice always reminds me of the Cream days. I'd listen to anything from that era. Not so much from his solo carreer. Theres a couple of really good blues songs here, the classic Bob Marley cover It's... ok, i get it, i heard it, not coming back to it. Congrats mr Clapton, you made a decent album.
Fairly subdued blues rock. Not bad, but nothing special. My favorite track was "Get Ready". It felt like Clapton was larping as an American on this album which I don't appreciate. 2.5 stars.
Weirdly soft rock for what I expected from Eric Clapton, but he sounds pretty good.
Strangely enough, I didn't even think "I Shot the Sheriff" was the best song. Other songs were many times better.
Not this guy again, surely? He’s a massive racist bellend who openly stole the work of black artists and covered a reggae song in a cod Jamaican accent. I wish he’d just focused on taking heroin instead.
Mr slowhands
A strong argument can be made that this is Clapton’s best solo record. Very little filler, a few choice covers, and some killer blues rock numbers like “Motherless Children” and “Mainline Florida”. Also the touching ballad “Let It Grow”. He was rarely this tight and focused as a solo artist.
Day842 - not many weak songs on this one. eric clapton deserves all the hate he gets but you can’t deny the music is really good
All time favorite guitar player Perfect musician
I ought to like this, I'm typically into this moderately chill blues vibe that puts guitar at the front. But it alternately bored me and annoyed me. All the covers are derivative. Why listen to Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sherriff" instead of Bob Marley's? All these interpretations of songs and styles are ultimately pretty dull. I didn't hate it, but I couldn't enjoy it. 2/5. I don't see why it would be important to hear this album when it's all so derivative. And there's better Eric Clapton albums, right? I dunno, I'm asking.
The album is nice, I like the blues rock feeling in every song. However, none of them surprised me or made me think they were special. 3,5/5.
An album made by an anti-vax racist who made his career on ripping off Black and brown artists and culture? Can't wait for the next "must listen" album from this guy, that'll get a solid one star rating as well.
Stuart FL type beat
Ahh fine.
Ne mogu reći da je loše ali je stvarno poprilično dosadno.
Liked his music, until he became political. Turned me off.
Very blues inspired, added to the collection. Not heard Eric Clapton like this before
Ninguna canción me llamo la atención, pero tampoco me disgusto. La dejé de fondo mientras hacía cosas y estaba bien
The album has "Let it Grow" on there. Didn't know Eric Clapped-out did the music for The Lorax. This was rather uninteresting music apart from I Shot The Sheriff, which I knew to be a cover. Looked this up on Wikipedia and they're mostly covers! What is the point of this. It's not awful, but not good enough to pass.
I found this dull and uninspiring
Not as bad as I thought it would be, I really liked the sound although it did get quite repetitive and the lyricism wasn’t very deep at all. Favourite - steady rollin’ man
Bueno
Very good, but the star of the album being a cover ...mmm ..
Even if Clapton is a dick, I expect him to make more interesting records. This is fine, but hardly a classic. Don't do heroin, kids. In fact...don't do anything this guy does.
On the one hand, some of this is listenable, on the other, it’s really quite boring. And on the other, he’s a racist and not very nice.
Love this album cover. The music itself is solid. I’m not a big Clapton guy so wasn’t sure what to expect but it’s a good mix of styles and of course excellent guitar playing. Please Be With Me was my fave.
Very good mid-70s rock but falls short of being great. Plus, he turned into a giant asshole sadly. Not quite a 4 but I’ll round up.
This is totally fine but not giving on here is groundbreaking for when it came out. None of his best music is on here though the cover of”I Shot the Sheriff” is a classic. I cannot believe he felt comfortable writing “Give Me Strength” but I guess he did do that super racist rant while making his career from playing Black music. “Let it Grow” sounds like the beginning of stairway to heaven. High 3
It was alright as far as I am concerned. Nothing too special about it other than the cover of I Shot The Sheriff.
it's ok. expectations were met. I'm familiar with Clapton through listening to Cream and a few of his singles. First full album of Clapton I've heard and no surprises here. easy listening Blues/Rock music.
Exprectations are low, and rightfully so. 70s blues rock, clean dull, white. Clapton sounds like a Muppet on some of these. 1.5 rounded up Heard before? Some Owned: No 65/260 (25%) Will I get: No
Great
Nah. He’s a bawbag.
I have a guitarists bias.
Yeah, some of that was same same and some of that was pretty cool.
Okay but uninteresting
For the boring covers of songs you'd be better off finding as originals. I'm growing a deep seeded dislike for Clapton from this list. Can I shake it for musical objectivity? Cultural appropriation from a vocal racist is a bitter pill to swallow, however I've ignored others sins in the 1001 process. Hmmmm introspection needed... All in all, still not a great album. Had it's moments.
Couple things that stood out. This came out in 1974 and has the cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" which came out only 1 year earlier in 1973. I thought that was a longer gap. Also, this sounded like Clapton in the 80's but it was '74. Didn't realize he changed that much so fast after Cream.
Clapton might be an ass, but he does make good music
4.6 out of 5
Clapton tries Americana - largely free of the noodling that does little for me, there's a nice blend of guitar tones, some decent songs and some beautiful Hammond. Not bad, for a Clapton album
Yeah this album was pretty good. Fan of the crooner sort of vibe he had going on. Favorite track was Get Ready. He kind of has this Bob Dylan drawl on this track I'm really in to.
A few standout songs, but pretty average listen overall.
Disciplined Clapton
Trash human being.
Pretty solid album with some cool blues rock tunes. Unlike some others I don’t rate the albums on what people do, but on the quality of their music albums. Best song: Motherless Children
Went back to Eric Clapton. Thought I liked it. Nope.
Bluesy rock
Solid, chill blues all the way through. Great to put on at a midday beach cookout as a divorced dad with your best mate Old Milwaukee and that guy you met at the dry cleaners. Shit, what was his name again? Brandon? Braden? He's mostly all right except for when he gets liquored up and talks about the immigration problem again. Oh shit, he's anti-vax too? Yikes. Anyway, good album. Top tracks: "Let it Grow," "I Shot the Sheriff," "Motherless Children," "Mainline Florida"
—Motherless Children…fun groove —Give Me Strength…solid —Willie and the Hand Jive…like the keyboards. damn you, Eric, I’m not hating this —Get Ready…solid groove. appreciate bringing another singer —I Shot the Sheriff…”see? I’m not racist, y’all, I’m doing reggae!” —I Can’t Hold Out…I like how restrained(?) this is. Nobody’s showing off but we get a nice, easy groove —Please Be With Me…very nice. reminds of the religious tracks from O Brother, Where Art Thou? —Let It Grow…decent easy listening —Steady Rollin’ Man…generic but great groove —Mainline Florida…damn you, Clapton, for making me enjoy this
Clapton is a great guitarist and writer so I enjoyed this
Started off very strong but the energy faded by track 3 for me. Very impressive guitar playing as expected from Clapton.
Always been a Clapton fan. Twelve-bar blues format often gets tiring for me quickly, but these blues songs keep it fresh and he offers lots of tunes outside of that format.
Eric Clapton always delivers. This album’s sound is so clean. I enjoy his bluesy style. I would definitely listen to this again. Need to find on vinyl.
Yup, that’s Clapton
Boring blues rock from a boring twat.
I’m not listen to some racist conspiracy theorist if the only way to do so is stream it and pay him.
With the exception of the opening track, this is a remarkably soporific album.
This folk's got a little kick to it Favourite track: I Shot The Sheriff
No Derek. No Domino's. Not for me.
Heard this many times. Great album.
One of the original guitar gods before the nonsense.
Not my thing, I would have been happy never hearing I Shot the Sherriff ever again.
Honestly, a great album. It's nothing super special, but I like it. I definitely like Clapton’s work with Cream better, but I have no complaints about this one.
they call him the greatest guitarist of all time for good reason
I think this album is fine. It has a truly great, classic song with "I Shot the Sheriff." Other than that, it's mostly just fine blues rock from the era. I would give it a 3.5, and it's the type of album that makes me wish I could do half stars here, because I feel 3 stars downplays the talent and ability Clapton had that is, by itself, better than average, but 4 stars feels like I'm lifting this album up too much.
He is clearly a very talented guitarist and is rightfully rated amongst the all time greats, but something has never sat right with me about him and his guitar playing. It always comes across to me as smug and lacking passion. As though he knows how good he is and is trying to make you find a flaw in his skill. But that just makes me dislike it all the more. And that is crazy, because I can hear the passion on Layla, but we all know the story there and that is a different album and group than this one.
Strong start, nice album art.
Ok
eh está bien supongo
It's ok. It drags on for too long and while I like Clapton's playing I think the songs here are lacking for the most part and the best track is just straight outta Bob Marley and I'd rather listen to that one. The reggae influence is clear and the mellow sounds are OK but it's nothing to write home about. I'm aware that this was his return album after overcoming a heroin addiction. So good for Eric I guess, but that won't make me love the album more or anything.
I really enjoyed I Shot The Sheriff but beyond that nothing really stood out to me. There was nothing bad but nothing I’ll remember in a week’s time either.
damn this guy's a loser
Great
Boomer blues I found myself singing along by the second song “God give me strength to continue“ I’m fussy I like my blues sung by someone black , blind or from Georgia- ideally all three. He is a talented guitar player but this is not great .
Well what a whole lot of nothing this is. It's like an auditory boiled rice and tofu sandwich. Music you'd hear while you're waiting to have your root canal done. Fuck this shit, I'm putting the new Neurosis album on again