Reviews (page 6 of 9)
Best Song: Let it Grow Worst Song: Get Ready
Very surprised 461 made this list. This was an album I already had 4 songs saved off. However, I would say it’s far from Claptons best (solo and otherwise) This album was fresh off the heels of Clapton’s heroin addiction, and I am guessing that’s partially why it’s on this list. We get a lot of reggae fusion here, even a wailers cover that I really enjoy. To me though, Clapton seems to have definitely lost a step. This seems so safe and tame for a Clapton album- even when stepping into elements of other genres. Honestly Slowhand is the only solo album that should be here. Bring me more Cream, Derek & the dominoes, and Yardbirds. Clapton still fucking slaps.
Eric Clapton is an artist I am not familiar with at all but I am blown away. This is so so subdued in an extraordinary way. The guitar solos are not bombastic or chauvinistic; they are somber and peaceful. No better example than let it grow. The guitar speaks to us on every song and it has conversations with the organ on Willie and the Hand Jive wow. The influences on some of these songs so reggae. I think this is easy listening in the best way very reminicient of Kind of Blue. Simple and thought out. It relies on the fade out too much I love this.
no hate but this was one of them where a song came up that stood out, and then I see it was the spotify auto play after it ended. solid but we'll go 3
Pretty dull with not much energy.
I just found this really tiresome. I guess I can't dissociate the art from the artist in this one. He is just making very bland and anodyne versions of blues and reggae tunes, I just can't see the attraction....
Stört nicht, aber das Bob Marley Cover musste auch nicht sein
Insipid. It's a shame because his guitar is great, but it's either toned down and 'clean' or else way down in the mix and the dr ums often overpower, especially in 'Motherless children'. There's just no sense of excitement at all.
Slick. Occasional sweet musical flourishes - some nice Hammond organ, some gritty guitar - but overall pretty dull
Some good, some bad. Great guitar, mediocre vocals. It’s eric Clapton….
Very talented musicians.
Många jag lyssnat på här!! orkar inte skriva långt för jag vill se nästa album asap
Countpoint to my Steely Dan review yesterday: I was AT the beach when I got this album, and now I hate the beach and the sun and this stupid planet that produced Eric Clapton
It's ok- chill and Bluesy jive. I dislike the the tendency to retrospectively jump on things people said 50 years ago (however distasteful).
Fine. Something that has a title like this should be more fun. I’ll stick to Jimmy Buffet. 2/5
Before listening: I should be able to get thru a Clapton album, right? After listening: Yes, LOL. I was easily able to listen to this entire album because it's actual MUSIC and not just horrible, head-splitting noise! Was never a "fan" of Clapton but I do enjoy the tunes when I hear them.
Gross
Verging on the Grateful Dead with some grooves here. This is Clapton and his best (for me). He is somehow skirting outside of the white dude blues and finding magic elsewhere. The Bob Marley cover was ambitious, but he pulls it off pretty well.
This album sounded pretty good but it seemed like half of it was covers. More credit should be given to the original artists. Clapton is a talented artist and his guitar work is pretty nice here but it’s nothing more than an average album with blues and reggae covers. 6.5/10
Nah, I'm good.
Buen disco de Eric Clapton. No obstante es mejor guirarista que compositor
It's a huge mystery how this guy came to be such a big figure in rock. He's a nothing song-writer who relies on covers for anything interesting and then approaches them with pretty familiar arrangements that don't offer anything new. Totally flacid singing and profficient but basically replacement level blues rock guitar, which is meant to be his whole thing? His tone and playing just sounds like a competent JJ Cale rip off on this album. The middle few songs are like bad CSNY/Eagles offcuts, but he's late to the country rock bandwagon. There's a kind of loose jammy feel to the album and it sounds like a group of very capable musicians having fun playing together. But that doesn't mean I want to listen to it - keep the dad rock in the garage! Bland 0 risk pablum that's too dull to be unpleasant.
Good.
Nothing really outstanding in this album. Also, I try to separate the music from the artist, but the best thing here was the Bob Marley cover of I Shot the Sheriff, which is kind of ironic. I had a Wings album yesterday from the same year and I liked it much more. There is some good guitar work, but nothing that really stood out. My favorite was Let It Grow.
It did nothing for me and he’s a bitter old gammon nowadays shows there was no love in anything he did.
The music itself is a 2, not rlly care for it. This guys a fucking cunt btw so that too
pls ikke flere rockalbums. lorte bob marley cover
Lækker produktion for det meste, lækker guitar, men godt nok tandløst. Vildt nok valg at lave det her cover af I Shot the Sheriff som er så åbenlyst værre end originalen. Lille 2er
Fed guitar, som altid med Clapton, men kæft det er kedeligt.
Easy listening
Brilliance is not an over-statement here. The master at his best. Blues, Rock, Storytelling threaded together, track after track after track. Volume II's live version of Little Wing may be the best rendition of that gem I've ever heard. Second favorite track is Meet Me (Down at the Bottom); it made me listen again with lyrics turned on. No idea what it is about, but damn sure put on my running shoes.
Love the opening track and I Shot The Sheriff, and other tracks as well. Clapton plays some great slide guitar on several songs. He was and is a master of six strings.
Ich verstehe den Hype nicht.
Not his best and he isn't the best
Eric Clapton is an amazing guitarist, but otherwise way overrated.
Eric Clapton is a good guitarist, but not a good person. How does a record that is almost all cover songs become a record that has to be listened to?
3/5
Not really my thing, but I can totally understand why it's considered great. Chill, soulful and unique sound.
This album is so laid back that it's horizontal - though what would you expect from someone in the depths of heroin addiction? It's a tad cheesey at times and what with it being so laid back, the tempo doesn't really change throughout the entire album. It's pretty inoffensive - unlike Clapton; he's a dog of a bloke. Best Tracks: Motherless Children; Please Be With Me; Mainline Florida
Not a big fan of Clapton. This one is on the better side for me.
Ok, le gars c’t’un raciste doublé d’un antivaxx, mais tabouère que c’t’un bon musicien qui a fait de la bonne zique
mostly skipped through this, i'm not intressted.
Didn't enjoy this, other than the first track, which was okay. I figured this would be a bit all over the place, and indeed it was. Very little to hold my interest and I was relieved when it was over.
Blues rock. Contains Eric Clapton's versions of "Motherless Children" (traditional), "Willie and the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis), "I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley), "I Can't Hold Out" (Willie Dixon), and others, plus some new songs such as "Give Me Strength" and "Let It Grow".
Not only is Clapton lacking moral courage as a human being, but this album lacks life. I suppose it’s a great album if you’re trying to get to sleep, certainly not what one would expect from a legend of rock. Btw, fuck Clapton for his racist views and his stupid participation in the antivax campaign. Just because you can play guitar, doesn’t mean you have the answers. How’d you like the scientists to come along and tell you how to play guitar?
Fuck this guy
I Shot the Sheriff is a banger. Otherwise, just go listen to the originators not the imitator.
its really 2.5 stars but eh
Will and the hand jive Album brings back fun memories
3.4/5 listened 3x. It's good but not great.
I liked the Bluesbreakers album, I liked the Cream album. This is bland in comparison. I think I understand what he was doing, updating traditional blues for early 70s tastes rather than churning out retro blues rock. The Elmore James cover works well, he takes a rough and sleazy blues number and makes it sound just like some guy talking on the phone. Favourite songs: Motherless Children, I Can’t Hold Out, Please Be With Me, Steady Rollin Man
Hot on the frets out of the gate with Motherless Child. Fine enough, but doesn't really get me going. Give Me Strength brings things back to the ground with some crisp acoustic underpinned by droning organ work. Some fine blues work, but still nothing revolutionary. Ya know, I really struggle to care too much about Clapton. By all accounts he is a storied guitarist and has a ton of respect in the industry, but I just find his music to generally fall somewhere just above a resting heartbeat. Clearly he is talented, but this just doesn't do much to get me going. This is the softest of soft 3s for me.
Good album. 4.5 stars for me
Er🤢 👏 ton
Some pretty straight up rock and roll with some excellent guitar playing. Will never hate listening to Clapton but will never really seek him out. That version of I Shot the Sheriff is awesome.
This was a pleasant listen on a late Monday morning. Guitar rocked on this one just solid jams.
Starts pretty decent but quickly falls short of what you thought it would deliver
Det var bra
Started me off with a little jig
2.5 Best song was a cover
Ugh. I know this album is widely lauded but I found it a bit monotonous. I also hate Eric Clapton.
Talentless, racist clown. I agree with Angus Young that the only good thing he did was the Bluesbreakers album.
Nice guitarwork on this album. It gets kinda samey after a while though. His ballads here arent that good imo. Motherless Children, I Shot the Sheriff and Let it Grow stand out the most.
Bland technique. The dullest idiot to come out of the British Blues Boom. It's funny how marketing can work. He was labelled God by the nice clueless middle class London types who made up the core of the audience of the BBB and somehow it has stuck. Only a true idiot would make an appalling racist rant in public while playing blues and then say they thought it was "quite funny" when later attempting to express some sort of regret.
Meh. Minus one for racism.
Meh. Didn't feel too strongly one way or the other about this. In fact my wife absolutely loathes "I Shot the Sheriff" and that honestly has rubbed off on me a bit. So I don't really care for that track.
Clapton war in meiner Jugend einer dieser Gitarrenhelden für mich. Cream Live und endlose Gitarrensoli. Heute nur noch schwer zu ertragen und daher Daumen hoch für 461 Ocean Boulevard bei der er sich sehr zurücknimmt, was der Musik zugute kommt.
Belangloser Blues Rock.
Album 414 of 1001 Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard Rating : 4 / 5 Not a huge Clapton fan and never bought into that "greatest guitarist ever" title that some award him, but it is a really good album.
Love this album. One of my favs on vinyl the last few years for evening listening. Probably 4.5
Let it grow sucks but the rest was great!
uneventful. 3/5
The kind of album that was probably really cool at the time but has aged horribly. So boring and just sits there. A staple of horrible "classic" rock stations played between the star spangled banner. I never really liked solo Clapton beyond a handful of songs and none of them are on this. Worse, it's not even offensive. Just bland.
Cocaine rock at it's finest. Great guitar playing but it's also mind numbingly dull.
Was just dull and uninteresting. It’s only been 24 hours but the only thing I remember is that he didn’t shoot the deputy, and that only stood out because the whole world has been telling me that fact for the last 40 years. Yesterday’s listen through was just a painful reminder!
Nasty Racist!
Luckily I don't have to think about trying to separate the music from his abhorrent beliefs. I don't like either.
Well, Clapton is always pretty good, isn't he? This is a nice blues album, nothing terrible, nothing outstanding either.
Hmmm, not great (for a 1001 album) when the standout track is a cover. Sure, Clapton is an influential guitarist (and controversial), yadda yadda, but I found this album quite boring.
I imagine this is well loved because it is just so middle of the road. It's just really plain easy going versions of songs. "I shot the Sherrif" is one of the less good Wailers songs, Clapton does nothing to improve it. That said i didn't hate it at all but now I've given it a few spins I won't be rushing back. Also he does seem to be an utter twonk.
Highlights: Let It Grow and Mainline Florida
Album of mainly covers played by a man so toxic he makes ted Nugent look balanced and fair minded.
It is a perfectly suitable album for what it is, it just doesn't excite me in any way.
It doesn’t feel right that I’ve rated 616 albums already, yet I think this is the first time Eric Clapton has been generated. It feels like that must be wrong, but I don’t think it is. Anyway, I really enjoyed this album. Willy and the Hand Jive, and I Shot The Sheriff were pleasantly familiar, with different flavours than I’m used to. As expected, the guitar playing is great throughout. It feels understated and never in your face, but you would absolutely notice the emptiness without it.
This is the very competent ripping off of artists who may not be as technically adept, but at least were original. It's kind of sad that our history has this kind of person in it.
Everyone in the global reviews is giving this shit because Eric Clapton is a racist old twat, but I really think that's unfair. We must judge the art, not the artist. Luckily this album is boomer shit.
Enjoyed this one! Will listen again. Certainly don’t love the man or what he stands for… but a few of his songs still kinda slap
461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton features everything you'd expect from a Clapton record. I Shot The Sheriff became a hit but this is a cover. I feel that, considering Clapton is one of the best guitar players ever, this album is a bit lacking in that regard. The songs are fun and are a real american road trip vibe, but the album is not the most experimental or guitar-heavy. 3/5
Overall decent. But it has something that exceeds above other artists. Clapton's knack to make a hit. 2 hits in this album's case.
It was just so boring. It was the same song over and over, and then in the actual song there was no excitement, it stayed with exactly the same tune, no change in rhythm, and no change in vocals. The texture stayed the same the whole way through the album. On a side note, I had no idea that he wrote I shot the sheriff (it's still a bad song).
Always happy to expand my knowledge of Clapton. This was fun, and with the album cover felt like a sort of California Dreamin type album.
Better than I expected, this is a nice album from Clapton. At least one cover in "I Shot the Sheriff," and it's pretty good, but given that we've had three Bob Marley albums on here, I don't need it. Not going to go out of my way to learn whether there are other covers on here, but the style is nice, flipping around in rock and blues territory. Pretty good album. Favorite tracks: Motherless Children, I Can't Hold Out, Mainline Florida. Album art: I take it that's Eric by the tree, in front of some beach house. Pretty bland cover, but I don't mind it, it serves its purpose and fits the vibe. 3.5/5
You should've seen my face when I saw his name!! I listened to the deluxe version. I liked the live section tracked into the end more than the intended album but still good. I didn't know Let it Grow was from this early in his career.
What a pleasant album from a super unpleasant man! It doesn't have much going for it but it doesn't need much, just some cool guitars and melodies. Too bad for the man behind the music but this was genuinely nice and chill.
I’m proud of the fact that I kind of hated Clapton even before COVID or really knowing anything about him beyond his music. I have always found him to be technically proficient, but dull. It’s blues for yacht clubs. This album leans more into soft rock territory than blues, but it is boring and I Shot The Sheriff is whitewashed dreck. There is nothing here for me.
I do like a bit of Eric but this is ok not ground breaking...although it probably was at the time...
Clapton is just a classic. Bad person, but a good album!
Ok so I didn't know much about Clapton but had a read and damn he sucks. But the album...it's pretty good. I like the Bob Marley cover and the rest of the album was good. He's certainly a good guitar player. Standouts: Steady Rollin' Man and Mainline Florida.
Not bad by any stretch, and it's clear how Clapton influenced numerous artists across multiple genres, but I found this album to be only ok.
I can’t believe I only knew one song from this album. After all the Clapton I have heard in my life. This album is aggressively fine.
- Enjoyed "Please Be With Me" and "Let It Grow," even if the latter sounds cheesy with Clapton's vocals. - Nothing on this is offensive...it is all pretty standard Clapton fair. Too bad that he is a monumental POS.
I'm not going to say this album is bad just because I didn't enjoy it, but this thing near put me to sleep. I didn't find anything particularly enjoyable or engaging with this one. Fav tracks: N/A
Good album. Great guitar as you would expect, surprisingly good vocals. Some classic tunes. Good blues riffs.
Really strong album. My favorite was Let It Grow.
I feel like this is when Eric Clapton went soft rock.
Love Clapton and he’s got a couple of his classics on here, but just ok.
3.3/5 Best Track: I Shot the Sheriff
So nice, listened to it twice...
Possibly my favorite of any Clapton album with the exception of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. That said, my least favorite song is perhaps the most popular: “I Shot the Sheriff”. IMO not one of Bob Marley’s good songs, and Clapton’s lame cover is even worse. I think the album overall compared to many other Clapton (or Cream, etc.) albums is because these are mostly faster-paced rock-and-roll covers of blues songs rather than the slower-paced blues-rock tracks on albums like Fresh Cream or Blues Breakers.
I Shot The Sheriff is the best song on here. Willy and The Hand Jive is the worst, sounds like he's on Ambian. Most of these are covers, so I listened to the originals too. And wow did the originals make the covers sound lackluster! (Lucinda Williams cover of Motherless Child, BTW, is what this one wishes it was.) Also we all agree that it's hard to separate the art from the artist. Especially when the artist is so tied up into the music - every Clapton song is indisputably Clapton all the way thru, very distinct.
Its a Clapton Album, and its old.
Okay this was a pretty solid album. I liked his voice and the instrumentals were simple but quite enjoyable. The lyrics could be a bit funny, but often took a storytelling vibe. Honestly a 4 for the new style and overall enjoyableness
Fantastic! Good songs and good sound. Still bluesy but not only blues. Soulful in a white way. Slide guitar and a lot of acoustic sounds.
Good
Good in parts
enjoyable, soft vocals and good strummin'
Pretty decent, I liked "Give Me Strength" and "Get Ready" the most.
Records like this illuminate why Eric Clapton was such an important and influential figure in western popular music for the last 50+ years.
where do I start. this list certainly serves as an educational tool, but not just regarding the music – until now I never knew the full extent of Clapton's bigotry as I've never been interested in him or his music, but boy, did I learn now. in an unforeseen twist of events, he seems to be pro-Palestine now though, which is a bit of a redeeming factor, and he is a talented guitar player. taking this all into account + this being a pretty bland album (there are some nice songs, but all the best ones are covers, so how much of his accomplishment is it really?), I'd rate it 2.5
Good album
Unnerved to learn he was racist before this and anti vax after. Music doesn’t offend.
Soldes Album von Eric mit nachdenklichen Songs - geschrieben nach einer Lebenskrise - Es verbindet Rock, Folk und Blues Elemente. Schönster Song war für mich „Let it Grow“ und am interessantesten war das Bob Marley Cover „I Shot the Sheriff..“
Any album with Clapton is probably a classic. I've only heard a couple. Except for the big one everyone's heard, the others seem nice. His twangy playing wakes some teen memories from slumber.
01) Motherless Children - 8,0 02) Give Me Strength - 7,0 03) Willie and the Hand Jive - 7,5 04) Get Ready - 7,0 05) I Shot the Sheriff - 9,0 06) I Can't Hold Out - 7,0 07) Please Be with Me - 7,0 08) Let It Grow - 7,5 09) Steady Rollin' Man - 7,0 10) Mainline Florida - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,40 (74/100) It seems to me that every album recorded between 1967 and 1977 is so essential that it has to be on this list. And they sound just the same when you listen to them day after day. This is my 128th album and I had 42 albums from that period. At least half of them really aren't something I should listen to before I die. Is this one? Well, it's a nice album, but he's an a**hole so I don't enjoy it as much as I probably should. Half of the songs are covers.
I bought this on vinyl in the early 90's. I was always disappointed with it. I liked his Mayall and Cream stuff, but this was a let down. It's a decent album, but if you remove I Shot the Sheriff, there's no way this album is on this list.
Classic for a reason!
Some great songs. Unfortunately I cannot seperate the music from the musician here... And I do not like him as a person.
8/10
5.5/10 Starts of really boring, but weirdly gets better towards the end. Highlights: Let it Grow I Shot the Sheriff Mainline Florida Steady Rollin Man
Solid relaxing album. Surprisingly, the only song I recognized "I shot the sheriff" felt the most out of place. It was also probably my least favorite song on the album as a whole which I think speaks for the quality of the rest of the songs because I don't really have any issues with that song on its own. The balance just feels really nice. None of the instruments overpower Clapton's soft voice.
***BEGIN CHATGPT PROMPTED REVIEW*** "461 Ocean Boulevard" by Eric Clapton is a lackluster attempt at revitalizing blues classics through the lens of the so-called "California Sound." While tracks like "Mainline Florida" and the standout "I Shot the Sheriff" provide fleeting moments of intrigue, the album predominantly relies on covers, reflecting what seems like creative laziness from Clapton. The appropriation of reggae elements in "I Shot the Sheriff" may resonate with some listeners, but it also raises questions about authenticity. Ultimately, the album falls short of delivering the innovation and depth expected from an artist of Clapton's caliber, resulting in a forgettable collection of uninspired renditions. ***END CHATGPT PROMPTED REVIEW*** One last note: if Clapton only played guitar there would be no problem.
A few good songs but I really found Clapton's voice to be boring. Totally subjective lack of interest.
Cet album a simplement validé mon opinion comme quoi Clapton est super overrated. C'est loin d'êrte mauvais, mais c'est tellement peu mémorable. Rien qui ne se démarque. Rien qui accroche. 4/10
Clapton- not the best Clapton but still light years ahead of most of the tripe on this list.
Clapton is a colossal dick and this is insipid stuff
Let It Grow, 3 I Shot The Sheriff 3
underwhelming
1.5 - Meh. Very boring. Blues rock is a genre that I never care much about.
Meh.. Decent bluesy guitar
It's a really weird album. A reggae style Clapton album. Sub-par cover of 'I shot the sheriff' and otherwise was very forgettable. Something different but probably should've stuck with what he knows.
I like all of the versions of Eric Clapton...the young rocker from Blind Faith and Cream; the solo, sober, sentimentalist that followed; and the blues player that paid hommage to his roots in Back to the Cradle and multiple Crossroads performances. Not sure what, but something is missing here for me and I doubt I'll ever listen to it again.
So that’s postjunk funk, eh? Heard. Yeah, it’s cruisey bluesy. Not something I’m really jonesing for, but it’s nice. The I Shot The Sheriff cover is a straight-up duplication of the original - again, nice but not novel.
Enjoyable bluesy album, though apart from "I Shot the Sheriff", nothing too remarkable. My trouble with the post "Layla" Clapton is that his songs lack the urgency of his first records with The Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Derek & the Dominos. Also, he is a racist anti-vax asshole, just wanted to say this out loud.
Not bad actually, better than I thought it would be
While I was listening I wondered if people considered Clapton to have stolen Blues music. So I googled it and learned that Clapton is a complete and utter garbage human being. Mid music. Total POS. Hard pass.
Not my favorite type of music. Will have to agree with Dad and say mid. Lowkey bad.
Pretty easy-going and listening album. I could see myself listening to this again. You would think that Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" wouldn't need to be remixed only 3 years after the original. Warren G's version is prettty good though!
A solids Three
solid entry
Won't be listening again
Go away Eric. Nobody likes you
Only a few good songs. I shot the sherrif is worse than the original.
Zzzzz
Vintage Clapton. A very good listen.
enjoyable as expected
Понимаю, что классика, но для меня скучновато. В целом, неплохо.
great
Love Eric Clapton, he has a such a great sound and plays so effortlessly Top tracks: I Shot the Sheriff, Please Be With Me, Steady Rollin’ Man
not my jam
Some really decent tracks, just don't think entire albums of covers should be in this list.
boring
Dude knows how to play guitar but I only really like 1 or 2 songs
expected a little more, the guitar skill is there but the songs are rather dull. overall pretty forgettable
My opinion of Clapton - and this album - has shifted over the years. He was my idol in the mid-90s, but preferred the Cream/ Derek and The Dominos eras. After kicking heroin, it all seems a little half-arsed. But he clearly still had good taste. Early to the the party on the likes of Bob Marley and JJ Cale, nicked Joe Cocker and Leon Russell’s bands and spent the next 7 or 8 years ripping them off. The band kind of make this work though, the drummer and bass player in particular keep it laid back and funky, which suits his narcoleptic vocals. Motherless Children is a decent starter, kind of like Give Me Strength and Willie and the Hand Jive is passable pub rock. Get Ready I like, (again, the drumming makes it) but it feels like a less authentic JJ Cale track. After that it slips into dross, before finally rallying with Let It Grow. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not wonderful, but it feels very different to the rest of the album. The Lyrics are the worst kind of hippie shit, but love the guitar figure and the way it builds repetitively in the outro, like the weaker cousin of The Beatles’ She’s So Heavy. The last two are him playing to his strengths. They could be off -cuts from Layla (which I still think is a fucking awesome album). To sum up, a talented bloke who has largely shot his bolt, covering his tasteful record collection with a top notch band
461 Ocean Boulevard I’ve never quite been able to get into with Clapton despite liking Cream, Blind Faith and Derek & the Dominoes. Something about him and his music leaves me cold, not in a boring technically proficient way, or because of his Enoch Powell or Covid stuff, I just find it a bit empty. I read his autobiography from about 15 years ago and he comes across as pretty dull and devoid of personality and I think that is reflected in a lot of his music post Derek. Obviously its not necessary for someone to be a great person to make great music and there are plenty of artists I like who are questionable, but my sense of him is reflected in his music and I find it hard to shake that off. I’m not quite sure what I was expecting with this - probably a selection of tastefully made but ultimately soulless blues rock that feels a bit pointless. Having said that I did try to go into this with an open mind and I actually did enjoy it for the most part. Some of the slower ones do have that tasteful banality to them but things like Motherless Children and Willie and the Hand Jive have that rootsy, Delanie & Bonnie, JJ Cale feel. Let it Grow I enjoyed too. I can see myself listening to this again while working, maybe doing spreadsheets on a Tuesday afternoon. I expect that’s what Eric had in mind when he made it. A basic bitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Slide guitar
Pretty average. And what the fuck is the 'i shit the sheriff' cover all about?
Hace poco me salió el disco en que está Layla y en este hay una versión de "I shoot de sheriff" que no está mal, pero sinceramente esto no es imprescindible y Clapton tiene un aura que no sé de donde sale. 2 estrellas y gracias.
Don’t think I knew before reading the article that this is an album of covers…excellent musicianship, and Clapton’s vocals belie the 3 year heroin binge preceding the recording
Surprisingly good. I had low expectations.
OK, not great. Few good songs... Sad to say the album cover is better than the album.
Fucking trash. Clapton sucks. 0/0
Not bad.
Very easy listening. Haven’t touched Clayton’s stuff yet and this feels like a great entry point. Will definitely begin going through his work. Rating: 3.5
dosta dobro, nekoliko lajkanih
Super album
Der frühe Eric, kann man sich gut anhören, bleibt aber mMn hinter der Musik seiner musikalischen Vorbilder zurück.
Meh.
Solid Clapton album
Great sounding folky 70's album with commercial success
It was okay, like a low 3. Wasn’t exactly my style or my taste but I enjoyed it enough as a background music.
I have never really been a big Clapton fan, so this one came as a surprise. I genuinely enjoyed this album. It feels relaxed and confident, with a warm, laid back groove running through it. The production is smooth without feeling over polished, and the songwriting is stronger than I expected. I Shot the Sheriff is the clear standout for me. It has a great feel to it and is easily the most memorable moment on the record. Beyond that, there are several solid tracks that make the album an easy and enjoyable listen from start to finish. It may not completely convert me into a die hard Clapton fan, but it definitely made me appreciate this period of his career far more. Favourite song: I Shot the Sheriff Least favourite: None that stood out negatively Album artwork: Simple and understated, fitting the relaxed tone of the music
Superb album, wonderful guitar work throughout.
It was fine, but I expected to enjoy it more.
I throughly enjoyed this & think Clapton makes great music. Cocaine will always be one of my favorite drug songs.
Solid, not my thing
Very good. Real music.
Always enjoyed the Eric Clapton songs that I heard on the radio. This album introduced me to a number of songs that provided new insights into his music.
Standout Tracks: "Motherless Children" Lyrics/Vocals- 2/5 Instrumentals- 3/5 Vibes- 3/5 Overall 2/5 This will likely get buried under the Clapton Hate reviews, but I am not basing my opinions on this album off of how shitty of a person Clapton is. However I am basing it on how shitty of an album it is. Clapton is know for being an excellent guitar player, yet none of that was demonstrated in this album. His cover of "Hand Jive" is probably one of the absolute worst covers I have heard in my entire life. "I Shot the Sheriff" wasn't as bad as some people say it is, but obviously does not hold a candle to Bob Marley in any shape. The opening track was the best track on the entire album, and the rest was just... there. It did feel very soulless, which is ironic given the amount of soul in blues and how bluesy this album was. I found myself bored, nothing stood out and it just droned on. It was wooden and plain. It's not a very good album.
Love this album.
It was bluesy, but the only really good songs were covers.
Well, he's a fine guitarist, great tone, lousy singer and all round shit bloke. Tired covers of some classics.
Great, easy listening.
Fuck this guy. Album is boring and unimaginative.
Always loved his style on the guitar but not a fan of his voice
today we have quite the chilled-out album on our hands, every track mellow, mild, and really really lazyyyyyy, like you're on a boat or lounging in a chair on a porch. quite a number of good tracks here and there, especially the one i've chosen as my favorite, but i can't say this entire album is full of notable ones. where it does shine though, it certainly does. i hear there's better out there when it comes to ol' clapton. maybe there's more to come, we'll see!
eric clapton is well known for his guitar playing, and if a genre is mentioned, it's blues-infused rock and roll. but hearing clapton's album of pure blues provides me a wider window into him as a musician. i can respect it! i definitely appreciate the funk he incorporated in a few of these tunes. that's not a genre i ever associated with clapton, and he pulls it off well. all in all, an easy enough album to listen to, even if i'm not the biggest fan of the blues genre. but boy, he sure did steal from black musicians, didn't he?
You know, I always liked Eric's cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" just okay, but definitely didn't think it was all that great when done by him. Nevermind that he took this from a black artist, all while also being racist and thinking black people are inferior (what else is new?). Well, imagine the sense of clarity that I got, discovering that Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" came off this album, a fairly mediocre album of mostly mediocre Clapton covers. Despite him being a downright shithead, I can admit that Clapton has some musical skills. But this album doesn't really show those skills. Even the guitar work here is nothing to write home about.
Pretty good chill out album from Clapton. Not a real standout track for me on this one. I was hoping for a more rock centric album with the start of "Motherless Children" but it mellows out after that. Sheriff is the main single I recognized, and there are almost some points in "Let it Grow" that sounded like Stairway to Heaven in the guitar. Nothing to skip here, and there is something to be said for an album you can just put on. Favorite track: "Motherless Children" 3.5/5
This felt great although not 'big hits' great. Kind of like Steely Dan Pretzel Logic which we had recently - just some awesome musician folks hanging around pumping out some cool stuff. Nothing mind-blowing but wow solid consistent groove and feel.
Eric Clapton’s standing in culture is truly a glitch in the matrix. The original tracks are so fucking bad with embarrassing lyrics and forgettable melodies. The covers/traditionals on this album are really absolutely bland, compared to versions recorded by other artists. On some of the tracks, EC is even credited with arrangement. Translated from megalomaniac, this means dragging his junkie ass into the studio and farting out a low effort blues version of the song. No shame at all. I do not as much care about Clapton being a vile racist, as I want to use it against him, so that we can all collectively move on and forget about his existence. We deserve it. 0.0
This was an okay blues rock album from Eric Clapton. The only song that piqued my interest was a cover from Bob Marley and the Wailer's "I Shot the Sheriff". Although I prefer Bob Marley's version, this was not that bad. Still though, the rest of the album was uninteresting. I recommend at least a listen if you like this genre of music. Favorite Song(s): "I Shot the Sheriff"
Catchy blues grooves but a bit on the slow side at times for me. Still very solid. 7/10
Not an Eric Clapton fan.
Other comments mention racist that and anti-vax that, I couldn't care enough to read up on all that, all I know is the music is duller than a bag of burnt out light bulbs.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, and certainly much more than Derek and the Dominoes. It's an interesting collection of songs very well done in interesting styles. I never got bored with this one, and in fact appreciated it quite a bit.
I did enjoy listening to this album. I grooved along to each track...and really really grooved to some of them!
I wasn't really looking forward to this one but it was a pleasant, bluesy surprise.
I was a big fan of Eric Clapton in college. But he and I have not stayed on the same path as the years have passed, and now I have an instinctively negative reaction to him. This album, though, is really exceptional. It reminds me why I ever went to see him in concert. Also realized that Tears In Heaven and such weren’t just late-in-life softening… hearing “Let It Grow” made me realize he had those softer-side tendencies at the beginning too, I just wasn’t all that aware of them. Excellent album.
Overall allt í lagi plata, en Let It Grow heldur henni algjörlega uppi. Eitt af uppáhalds.
Kinda nice to listen to but nothing ground-breaking here. Loses half a star for being 90% covers and another half a star for Clapton being a jackass.
Racist twit but decent music, though nothing spectacular
Really enjoyed it. Damn, Clapton has a way with lyrics, infused blues and guitar riffs for days. 4/5!
I Shot the Sheriff is a bop. On side two I liked Please Be With Me and especially the pretty Let It Grow.
pretty catchy - not my favorite album but easy listening
Good chill vibes
Bollox soft rock from unpleasant guy. Wet lazy stuff. 1.5
I always felt, Eric Clapton's best recordings were the ones when he played with others in a group versus his solo albums. If you put aside that Clapton was a terrible person, his work as a musician was usually top notch, though his songwriting was questionable and I don't like most of his solo work. 461 has a one of his big "hits", Bob Marley's, I Shot The Sheriff, that was bland and boring, In fact, most of his solo work, I felt was underwhelming and a man so "talented" should have produced better and consistent records. I guess you can live off reputation your whole career.
I think I would like it more if he wasn't a piece of shit but it's still some good jams.
Un álbum de blues/rock bastante regular. No es muy innovador, pero si destaca por sus interpretaciones casi perfectas, las cuales funcionan muy bien incluso en los covers seleccionados por el exmiembro de Cream. Como "disco de regreso", asumo que tiene un lugar importante en la historia musical británica, sin embargo, el trabajo con "Derek & The Dominoes" es mucho mejor.
Not really my thing to be honest, pretty average album, nothing special. Apparently he is also a racist, rapist, and anti-vax. Rating 0/5
Pretty average. Eric Clapton’s music is fine, not a great person though from what I hear. Bit forgettable of an album, but still technically good. 6.5/10 Top 3: 1. I Shot The Sheriff 2. Let It Grow 3. Please Be With Me
Starts out faster than the rest of the album felt. Enjoyed it enough to get all the way through but I don't necessarily see myself searching this one out on Vinyl or jamming it around the house.
what a jam, incredible guitar, amazing soft rock vibe
Bra blues rock. Let it grow är bra låt
Fairly middle of the road, easy background listening.
Textbook Clapton. Very suave without feeling impersonal. This definitely inspired a lot of soulless yacht rock to follow
This got a lot of radio time on its release as the 'hero' had been away for a while. Seemed OK at the time but almost 50 years on it is so underwhelming. The guitar prowess is held back, only rarely surfacing. Having been in bands full of monster egos their output was often stellar. Being the primary ego the play offs clearly absent the quality is simply not there.
I just can’t.
Don’t like Clapton
Not my cup of tea. But by no means a bad album.
While I respect Claptons laid back style in 461 Ocean Boulevard, and there are most certainly parts of the album I love, such as Motherless Children, and Steady Rollin' Man. The album in general, for me doesnt live up to the benchmarks set by Layla and Other Assorted Lovesongs, as well as the Cream Era Clapton. But that is a personal preference more than anything
The first piece starts with that mellow, delicious guitar, heavenly. The singing on the first Motherless children lacks vivacity to me, but the music is great. Apparently these are covers. I don't like the "Give me strength" piece that is too country for my taste. A little boring.
Je m'attendais à pas aimer, et en fait il y a quelques bons titres : "Motherless child", ou le final de "Let it grow", sinon pas mal de blues un peu casse couille, "I shot the sheriff" osef. Sauf qu'apparemment c'est un con. Donc 3.
Fuck Clapton.
Dear god this is bad. Most of the songs are covers of better musicians’ works, but Clayton’s original pieces are even worse. Dull beyond measure.
Kilka piosenek mi się podobało, ale to jest i nie jest mój wybór:)
I didn’t get into this album as much as I thought I would.
3/10, 30%
Very chill, nice
Some nice songs on this.
Great guitar from the smooth hand
Pretty boring album. I shot the sheriff...I'll be fine if I never hear Clapton's take on that song again. Bob Marley al day long. Let it Grow is a good song the rest...meh! Anecdote time. My first ever concert. Montreal Forum, was 12 years old .Eric Clapton was touring on this album. Knew nothing of him (except Layla). My 12 yo old self never been to a concert, knew as if by instict, this show was boring. Opening act (Richie Havens was more entertaining, just RH and his guitar.) So am I prejudiced against this album probably, but what's a 12 yo to do? 2 stars
абсолютно ничего особенного, даже можно сказать для тех лет старовато, этот альбом наверное любят за хит-кавер, который мне кажется лишним, и за то что эрик запел сам, меня все это не очень прикалывает. сладкие балладки скорее бесят, чем трогают, это очень спродюсировано, скучно, впринципе клептон видимо тут и повернул к эстрадности и китчу, незря его респектуер розенбаум. еще неясно почему альбом так называется, концепта никакого нет. хорошо что не все песни в одном темпе и одной и той же блюзовой манере, хотя для классического альбома это скорее базовые требования, вобщем, неплохо, но можно было и не слушать, 2 из 10, а по хорошему вообще 1. еще порядок песен странноватый последняя вообще не ощущается как последняя, первая как первая, я бы изменил порядок полностью
Motherless Child, Get Ready, and maybe I Shot The Sheriff are good. The rest of the album, and Eric Clapton himself are not. By Please Be With Me I was like zzzzz.
Me gustó mucho más de lo que podía esperar
Help me. After listening to the album, I suddenly had some horrific reaction and began my transformation into white trash… no, worse, an Eric Clapton fan! Just leave before I infect you too; please just ggbdhkgcghn-RACISM MISOGYNY WHITE BLUES
Great end to end. Hard to admit.
Fav songs -Get ready -I can’t hold out -Please be with me -Let it grow -Give me strength Honourable mention -Steady rolling man -Mainline Florida
Motherless Children is great. Great guitar and drums all around. A few eh songs but overall really good. Ez 3.5
eric clappin them cheekz
Great album to fall asleep to.
Ok but some of the songs are a bit long 3/5
typical Clapton Great
Got some bangers like I Shot the Sheriff and Let it Grow but I feel like he has better albums, for example Slowhand
Starts really well with Motherless Children, then I started losing interest until I Shot the Sheriff, then it falls off again until the last couple of tracks which were good, Steady Rollin' Man and Mainline Florida. I'll give it a low 4/5. I'd definitely listen again and maybe those other tracks would grow on me more. A very specific thing to mention, I really liked the thud of the bass drum on this album.
Je n'aime pas trop Eric Clapton mais l'album est sympatoche même si un peu chiant
I've always liked Clapton more as a hired gun, and not as a solo artist (although the blues album he did back in the 90s is f***ing great). This is a very laid-back album, and really puts him in a more jammy kinda mood, which works really well for him. He was mellow, the drugs were mellow, everything was pretty mellow. "Willie and the Hand Jive" is a bit too nasally for him, though. I always thought he should have put it in a lower key or something so it didn't sound like he was whining while he performed it. "I Shot The Sheriff"... I mean, for a lot of us it was the first version we heard, so there is some slightly affection to it. But then we heard the original Bob Marley version and were like "well, yeah of COURSE this is better..." I wish more of his recent stuff had guest vocalists sing while he just played. I don't want to say "Shut and Play Yer Guitar," but... "Shut and Play Yer Guitar." Solid album, always good to listen to.
My god can Clapton play the guitar. And he always surrounds himself with great musicians. The opening licks to Motherless Children are awesome. After that, they really slow it down on side one, which works for Give Me Strength (you probably didn't believe Clapton's voice could tug on your emotions like that until Tears in Heaven came out decades later) and Willie and the Hand Jive (just as good as the original) but never really won me over on I Shot the Sheriff (Marley's version is superior; this version sounds a bit hokey). Still, side one is solid. Side two is a bit more hit or miss. It opens nicely with the loud and heavy blues of I Can't Hold Out and it closes with a couple rollicking remakes in Steady Rollin Man and Mainline Florida. But in between Please Be With Me and Let it Grow are just okay; I like the tempo but Clapton's vocals are so-so and his back-up singers save the two. And yeah the latter definitely has times where it sounds too much like Stairway to Heaven. Conflicted. Side one is a 4 and side two is a 3. So do I round up or down? Total coin flip and I understand if you go the other way.
Fuck Eric Clapton
K. Another unknown for me. Well, it's got Hand Jive & I Shot the Sheriff. 4/5
Best song - Motherless Children
Killer guitar. Laid back vibe. It’s great.
Classic rock, nothing stood out much
It's covers? And they're lackluster? What a disappointment
Super soft music
I liked his cover of Stone Rolling Man more than the orginal but disliked most covers (I Shot the Sheriff, Please be With Me, and I hated Willie and the Hand Jive). I also liked his version of I Can't Hold On -even though it lacked the emotion of the orginal- and Motherless Children but dislike these songs in general. As for his original songs, I liked the instrumental of Let it Grow but found it lyrically bland and too slow and long. Get Ready was okay, but still too slow and long. Best song: STRM, Worst: WatHJ
3.5/5. Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton, he's a racist asshole and yet has the audacity to cover a well known Bob Marley song on this record.
Definitely was born wrong era for Clapton obsession to have gotten its hooks in me, but passes the smell test of like "Ok it makes sense that older people have so much affection for his music". Or like unlike morrissey, the music here's good enough that I feel kinder about people loudly having a complicated relationship with listening to & enjoying the scumbag artist
C'est moyen
catastrophique reprise de bob marley
Tepid country-laced blues rock. The Bob Marley cover is pointless. The ballads are the best songs. I don't think much of Clapton as a guitarist or as a person.
This album was... fine. A lot of the tracks went in ear and out the other. Took all the edge out of the blues riffs he jacked.
Brani Preferiti: - "Motherless Children" - "I Shot the Sheriff" - "Let It Grow" Note: Che dire, uno dei primi album in cui si inizia a formare lo stile di mr. Slowhand, un album rilassante di cui si può apprezzare una buona musica. Non ascolto spesso Clapton, ma questo disco nonostante possa essere apprezzato è molto distante da altri suoi album che creò anni più avanti.
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Very nice, and “I Shot the Sheriff” is a superb cover song.
Superb!
Just ok...not a huge clapton dude. 1.5/5
For me personally, there are two outstanding tracks on this album. Please be With Me and Let it Grow are truly durable songs. And I actually listen to Please be With Me on a near weekly basis. It's one of the only Clapton songs that has that treatment for me. Two songs don't make an album, but they are very good. There's no doubt that Clapton is highly talented guitar player who benefited greatly from songwriters like J J Cale and others throughout his career to become the rock legend he once was. He's a complicated man and from what I've heard him quoted throughout his career about science and race, he's a pretty appalling person and not one I admire much. I can only say that I loved his music before I knew all that and there are some memories attached to a couple of his songs. His best work is actually on the Rush Motion Picture Soundtrack. I've struggled with this concept of personality throughout the project, but yeah, I think it hurts the music. If your server made a huge belch while delivering your meal would it impact your dining experience? Yeah, I think it does-- and it should.
Was really digging the first song and a half but boredom set in soonafter and literally forgot everything about this album in the span of about 18 hours.
Last Friday was Paul Simon. This Friday was Eric Clapton. Simon was influenced by African and Caribbean music, and went to Jamaica to record with those who inspired him. Clapton was influenced by African American blues musicians, covered their songs here, tried to steal Bob Marley's thunder with his "I Shot the Sheriff" cover, and remained a racist. Clapton might be a terrific guitar player and songwriter, but the irony of a racist covering the work of black musicians is not lost here. Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" is much better, but apparently Clapton's was more famous at the time? None of Clapton's originals on this album impress very much, actually.
There's no denying Clapton's virtuosity as a guitarist. And while I can get behind some of his early rock outings, like Layla and White Room, his solo work feels derivative, inauthentic and passionless to me. Plus, he's turned out to be a real dick.
Is Eric Clapton the guy that started droney whinging? I think he must be after listening to this. Some nice guitar now and again but nothing to save the whining.
Self indulgent and guilty of cultural appropriation on a number of occasions, and yet I quite enjoyed it. Basically background music, aside from the reggae track, but not everything has to grab you and shake you!
ok i will admit up front that even though at the current place in time, i find eric clapton pretty morally reprehensible, particularly after the last handful of years, not to mention all of the questionable-at-best stuff he's done in his past. but i also was a HUGE cream fan in high school, so even though i dislike him, i do have a little bit of a soft spot for some of his music. that being said, this album is so blah. it starts off with a bang, with motherless children, as much of a facemelter as eric clapton has ever made, and then immediately gets sedated into the most mind numbing, boring, middle tempo bullshit you've ever heard, including two TERRIBLE non-blues covers - the most limp-dick cover of willie and the hand jive you will ever hear, and i shot the sheriff, which like, just listen to the original. don't go to eric clapton for reggae (to be fair, it is not even closest to the worst clapton reggae song i've ever heard - that award goes to his cover of knockin on heaven's door, which is abysmal). let it grow is the longest song on the album and it sounds like a carpenters song! lmfao. this album has no balls whatsoever keep in mind, this is his studio follow up to derek and the dominos! apparently this is his first album after kicking a heroin habit. i guess he also kicked making interesting music too. if you want to listen to good clapton, seek it elsewhere. this is not it.
Meh
Covers of black music, by a racist man, hard to give this a high vote. But ignoring that it does flow well and have a good chilled vibe. So probably does deserve to be on the list. If you can separate the art from artist.
It was fine, not his greatest guitar work or anything but also not him ranting about lockdowns and immigrants
kinda a weird vibe not a huge fan but i do like eric clapton
"461 Ocean Boulevard" is the second solo studio album by English musician Eric Clapton. It was his return to the studio after a three year hiatus dealing with his heroin addiction. The studio was in Miami and the album title was the address of the house he lived in during the recording. A decent generic description of the musical styles is songs ranging from bright blues rock to sentimental ballads. There's also a good split of covers and originals. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the US and #3 in the UK. Layered guitar riffs opens "Motherless Child," a Blind Willie Dixon cover. Rolling drums. EC on the slide guitar. Another cover "Willie and the Hand Jive" gets the groove going. A good song to get that laid back vibe that pervades throughout this album. Oh, we'll just keep on with the covers and this one a big one in Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff." I remember when this came out; how could you miss it, it was everywhere. The reggae groove. The guitar and piano. Great backing female vocals. We get a whole bunch of that on the second side. A slow acoustic guitar and EC whispering begin "Let It Grow." A nice melodic guitar. One of the stars of the album is the vocals of Yvonne Elliman. Just outstanding on this. There's more of a tougher guitar riff in the album closer "Mainline Florida." Some more great backing vocals. A great groove. It appears to be simply about recording in Florida. I forgot how solid an album this is. Sure, you do not get the guitar highs of EC with John Mayall or Derek and the Dominos but there's plenty here to like. It is a laid back vibe and maybe it's the time it was recorded. The band is tight. Yvonne Elliman's vocals are great. EC does use acoustic, slide and layered guitars. An album worth checking out or re-checking out again.
great guitar but overall not really great
Obviously, Eric Clapton is an odious human. That said, lets focus on the music. Eric Clapton is obviously capable of making some great music, this is apparent with the Blues Breakers album and his work with Cream. However, this album is not it. It's lacking in genuine punch or emotion, ending up feeling like the white-washed take on blues that it is. It sounds like it was made for bankers to listen to on the boats rather than channelling everything that makes the blues worth listening to. The second half of the album is better than the first, but yeah, not great.
I feel like those born in him however, I feel like this album wasn’t 100% clicking with me. if I had more time to fully absorb this album, or even maybe a larger collection, I could have actually really liked him but for now I’m above averagely satisfied!
I have a legitimate memory at age 4 of I Shot The Sheriff being on the radio while I was in the back seat of my dad's car and me shouting to turn the station - I can picture exactly where we were to this day. I hated that damn song when it came out and I like the idea of honouring my toddler self. Screw Eric Clapton the racist wanker. Laid back lazy milquetoast soft rock rubbish. I never cared for his guitar playing either. 3/10 1 star
3.7 Fuck clapton. (this is pretty good) Fave songs: I shot the sheriff, let it grow, motherless children
6/10
Listenable but nothing that really jumps out at me
Nn
I can appreciate the artistry, I can understand how people think Clapton is one of the greats, I can even enjoy the album. But I'll never be that into the blues to spend a great amount of time on it. It was a good album, a good listen. I might even listen to it again. But it is covers so doesn't get the high marks.
It's some pretty unoffensive and fun blues rock, nothing too crazy going on here. The Bob Marley cover is great, if a little unchanged from the original. Vocals are solid, good guitar playing, there really isn't much to comment on. It's just solid, a solid 3.