Reviews (page 10 of 14)
Goshdarnit. I went in thinking I was over Clapton, but then Bell Bottom Blues started playing and that is still a five star song. Most of the rest of the album is a beaten-horse-meh. Layla is still pretty good I guess.
Getting this out of the way early: Eric Clapton is a garbage person. That definitely impacts my rating of this album. That said, about a third of this is pretty good. Can’t deny the power of Layla, Bellbottom Blues sounds like an outtake from Let It Be, and Little Wing is gorgeous. But there are way too many cliche 12 bar blues songs that all sound the same. Ultimately pretty shrug worthy overall.
3/5 The songs on this album are mostly ok and rarely great. It can be a bit of a boring listen at times. However there are still enjoyable movements, including the Hendrix cover and the inescapable Layla, and you have to give it credit for starting and finishing strongly. I Looked Away 4/5 Bell Bottom Blues 4/5 Keep On Growing 2.5/5 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2.5/5 I Am Yours 2.5/5 Anyday 3.5/5 Key To The Highway 3/5 Tell The Truth 3/5 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? 2/5 (LEAST FAV) Have You Ever Loved A Woman? 3/5 Little Wing 4.5/5 It's Too Late 3/5 Layla 5/5 (FAV) Thorn Tree In The Garden 4.5/5
Ah old slow hand - using your guitar prowess and some old school classic rock to steal your best friend’s woman
Decent songs, Clapton over noodling on like all of them.
Never heard of this band yet they sound very familiar.
This album is kinda fun, on the whole I did enjoy it, and to be honest I can't find a lot to criticise about it. It's just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo looooooonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg.
'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' is exactly right because that's exactly what this is. Layla is a great song, the rest is just a mish-mash of rock and blues tracks with varying qualities. Pretty fine way to spend an hour though, just not mindblowing.
I have a strange relationship with Eric Clapton’s music
Boring
Cozy, and nostalgic. Nice sounding, but not sure I would listen to the whole album again. Great guitar and voice throughout, but some of the song went on for just a bit to long.
Virker lidt nostalgisk selvom jeg aldrig har hørt det før. Måske bare fordi det falder ind i den her Tarentino/James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy stil af musik? Hits er hits. Layla er best men stadigt lidt lang.
Eric goes pretty hard on the guitar solos in most songs and it becomes a bit self-indulgent. Especially "Key to the highway" is pretty much just a 10min guitar solo. The lyrics are often pretty simple, and the solos often aren't very imaginative either. As a whole the album comes across very cookie-cutter with some notable exceptions. The album gets progressively better towards the end after "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?". Layla is obviously the big draw here and is indisputably a classic Tentative 3/5
Eric Clapton med sin Stratocaster er altid en fornøjelse :) Musikken fylder dejlig meget på albummet og balancerer fedt mellem blues og rock. Mine favoritnumre er ikke på denne plade (Tears in heaven & Knockin on heavens door), men genkendeligheden er der bestemt. Men Layla er selvfølgelig stadig et vildt fedt nummer. Fedt album og godt indspillet.
Totalt hygge - som at være tilbage i mit barndomshjem en fredag aften, når min mor havde fået et glas rødvin eller to og pladespilleren blev tændt.
Eric goes pretty hard on the guitar solos in most songs and it becomes a bit self-indulgent. Especially "Key to the highway" is pretty much just a 10min guitar solo. The lyrics are often pretty simple, and the solos often aren't very imaginative either. As a whole the album comes across very cookie-cutter with some notable exceptions. The album gets progressively better towards the end after "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?". Layla is obviously the big draw here and is indisputably a classic Tentative 3/5
Hello!!!
The name of this album is very fitting because it's really Layla and other assorted love songs, which are at times nice, but mostly way too long and filler-y. I generally didn't mind this; it would have for sure gotten a four if it wasn't so bloated. 3.5 stars
Most of the blues is fine-good, however Layla is one of the best rock songs I have ever heard. The opening guitar riff coming in after the rest of the album is akin to the sun setting after a rough day knowing that you are alive and okay. That musical moment alone is why you should listen to this album. Is the rest of the album at the same caliber? No and it doesn't even come close.
Overall solid blues rock album. Layla is the standout song here as expected. A couple gems that are nice too. Standout Tracks: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, I Looked Away, Little Wing Worst Track: Have You Ever Loved A Woman? ( It just really bored me)
LOVE LAYLA
I am tempted to give this album 5/5 because it brought us Layla, but I simply can't. 3/5 - It's sad when an album that should be meant for me ends up missing the mark :( Now, let me talk about Layla. When I hear that riff, I ascend to another plane of consciousness. I see the clouds next to me, I see a bright blue sky above and I get higher and higher until I am floating, existing merely as a vessel for these vibrations to enter through my ears all the way towards my heart. I am complete for the 7 minutes and 3 seconds this song lasts, and I thank the universe I could live in a time after 1970. Those poor souls who died in 1969, they missed out big time.
Not bad. Enjoyed some of the songs but wasn't my favorite all the way through.
OK, so clapton is a scumbag so we're gonna lose some stars there but I actually agree that this album belongs on the list. It stands alone for the year it was released as one of the best rock albums with some of the most talented musicians of the time and its very well produced. Tell you what, if clapton wasnt the garbage human that he is it would have been a 5 star album but lets say it loses 5 stars for clapton but then gets 2 stars back for the production and Duane Allman and then gains one more star for the track "Layla." 3/5
3.5, not enough listening time
This album has some really nice guitar parts and I especially enjoyed "Layla". However, it did go on for longer than I would have liked and thus became a bit repetitive.
I only knew Layla before, but otherwise, I thought Derek & the Dominos were a one-hit-wonder. Which it kind of is. But Layla is such a legendry track.
Good old classic rock
Великая песня Layla (которую я больше люблю в анплагед версии) + блюзовые джемы = приятно, но утомляет. Плюс в блюзе мне не нравится этот стандартный рисунок 'ту-тудум-тудум-ту-тууту'
Fine. Too long. Gets old halfway through.
Layla is a classic banger but the rest of the album is pretty meh.
I'll give it 3 stars, only because it has the song Layla on it. The rest of it is basic blues, but not that bad. If it wasn't for Layla, I would have given it somewhere around an 1.75
So, what is it, the absolute best - or complete bore? I bought this album when it came out, and probably listened to the whole thing once. Then, since it was 4 sides - only listened to side one and side four. Too much, too long.
Blues Eric Clapton
The whole album has the classic rock sound that seems to be present across the decade but is really refined here. The guitar solos are epic and amazing. Overall most of the tracks seem to drag on longer than they need with the same riff repeating too many times. The title track "Layla" is great with a wonderful transition into a softer more melancholy tone. The closer for the album also is a beautiful sendoff. Overall the album was good, but each track was a little long.
Some lovely moments!
Not bad. Some well known songs. But the songs went on too long and some were too rocky and not bluesy enough. I give this 3.5 stars.
Don't understand all the hate, it's not that bad. Some of the songs are wayyyy to long
Honestly, I was mainly excited to just finally hear the song 'Layla' when I started listening to this - having heard nothing but incredible things about it. 'Layla' unfortunately overshadows most other songs here in terms of being an incredible standalone blues-rock staple - especially those first 3 minutes right before it mellows out and cruises through this stunning sun-kissed piano-driven outro. As for the rest of the album, it's just some solid blues-rock with some decent covers sprinkled in here (including Hendrix's 'Little Wing'). I'd say Eric Clapton and company wear their influences on their sleeves. However, they still have a solid foundation and intricate understanding of blues-rock and they cultivate it into this grimy and dirty hour-plus experience. While not every song blew me away, especially on the songwriting and vocal side of things, I have to credit the virtuosity that's put on full display here - especially in Clapton's sharp and tight playing. This album won me over on the long blues epic that is 'Key to the Highway' and I love the general chorus on 'Anyday' and slicker rhythm guitar on 'Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?'. While I do think it's a tad long and there were quite a few forgettable songs here (personally wasn't a fan of 'Have you Every Loved a Woman'), you'd be hard-pressed to find a (white) blues-rock album that delivers this consistently while still paying homage to its parent genre. Despite some of its shortcomings, when it delivers it DELIVERS.
01) I Looked Away - 7,0 02) Bell Bottom Blues - 8,0 03) Keep On Growing - 6,5 04) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 7,0 05) I Am Yours - 7,5 06) Anyday - 7,5 07) Key To The Highway - 7,5 08) Tell The Truth - 7,0 09) Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? - 7,5 10) Have You Ever Loved a Woman - 7,0 11) Little Wing - 8,0 12) It's Too Late - 7,0 13) Layla - 10,0 14) Thorn Tree in the Garden - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100) Current ranking: 103/186 It seems that Eric Clapton is an asshole, but one cannot deny that he is a master on the guitar. As the name of the album itself says, it's really all about "Layla" and not much about other assorted love songs. And while "Layla" is a supreme rock masterpiece, other assorted love songs... are not that much. I liked "Bell Bottom Blues", "Little Wing" is also one of the better ones, while the others sound more or less the same. The guitars are great, but the album is too long, so I lost interest in them after a while.
Good album, loses a star for being dead racist 3
This feels like a watered down version of Jimi Hendrix's "Band of Gypsys" album, which came almost a year before this. Is there a connection or influence? I have no idea. But if they are drawing from the same well, I would take the Hendrix album just about every time. It's not bad! But it pales in comparison.
Really loved the last song, overall pretty solid performance from this Clapton colab
For the sake of trying to separate art from the artist, I did actually find this album mildly enjoyable. But I must mention that Clapton is a real pos and shouldn’t be glorified the way he is in the music industry.
Layla alone holds this album up, rest is very generic blues rock and album on the long side, but Lyla makes it worthy of the list.
Guitar guy music… can’t fully enjoy without a fedora and a fender shirt
I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would
decent album great guitar from Eric Clapton' but the only memorable song was Layla, the rest weren't really noteworthy.
This sounds like generic dad rock.
Early Clapton. Generic bluesy-rock. 2.5 stars
the jams where both guitars are soaring are the highlights of this album (e.g., keep on growing). People pay too much moms to Clapton and not enough to Allman, who is a monster player and shines often. Solid tunes and playing throughout - some great songs and some alright. Could take or leave it overall, but this album certainly has its moments of power.
- no idea this was Eric Clapton - gritty, raw, great guitar and organ - distortion Faves: I looked away and nobody knows you
This is pretty classic stuff, but I don't find it terribly relevant or interesting in today's world.
Layla is so much better than all the other songs that they’ve even reflected this in the name of the album. I’m not sure it even helps it sneak a 4. Simpsons: No
Some of the songs are a little to long, but it's easy to listen to and Layla is an absolute tune
The first song reminded me of That One Night by The Hunted. Layla is like the opposite of Synergy. It’s 2 songs that when put together are worse than the sum of their parts. The rest of the album was fine.
Se eu conhecer alguém algum dia que não sabe o que é blues, eu usaria esse álbum para apresentar. Ele tem todas as características definidoras do gênero, é do início da carreira solo de Eric Clapton e tem simplesmente Layla, um dos riffs de guitarra mais famosos da música (ironicamente em uma música que tem 7 minutos dos quais 4 são um instrumental de piano). Uma pena que blues não é um gênero que me cativa muito.
Great album. A lot of these songs I love but didn't realize were Derek & The Dominos.
I don’t know much about music, but even I could tell the guitar work was amazing. That being said, I found most of this kind of boring besides a couple of really great tracks. This may have more to do with my indifference towards the blues than the objective value of the album.
Layla is a banger, a few other good song and a cool vibe overall. But it's a bit too "forgettable".
Good music but, slow tracks.
bloody hell what a slog that was
💖 layla 🗣️ 6️⃣
When they’re attempting American blues, which is much of the album, it’s weak. Shame on them for what they did to Little Wing. They probably should have stopped at Layla.
Incredible talent, but not a lot of soul in the album outside of Layla. Still a solid listen, but not one I'll come back to.
This has some nice songs! And Layla is still a huge hit.
Layla - that is all
Could listen to Layla all day. Happy memories of gangsters being shot. Despite some great riffarama, bit dull. Must have been all that skag and wife stealing plotting.
It’s a good album, it certainly deserves its place on the list. Honestly, Duane Allman’s contributions are way under-appreciated compared to Clapton’s. “Layla” is iconic, overindulgent, awesome, and overlong. All these things are true. My favorite track is “Bell Bottom Blues,” and the final acoustic track, “Thorn Tree In the Garden,” was a pleasant surprise. But I think their cover of Hendrix’s brilliant song “Little Wing” best exemplifies why this is a mid-tier album: well played, reinterpreted consistently, but losing the magic of the original. Side-note while thinking about “Little Wing:” it would be interesting to see the songs that appear on more than one release on this list.
I objectively realize this is a very good album. But this type of music is not my thing.
Another great 70's rock (in this case more blues but still) record. Didn't realize that it was one of Eric Clapton's bands but you could tell once you listen. Very much enjoyed it! 3/5
I’ve never heard of these guys, and probably for good reason as they weren’t around very long, and their music is entirely unremarkable. There are a lot of okay blues and rock songs here, I just can’t imagine anyone would geek out over this music.
Meh
He got a great guitar sound on this album and for all his faults as a human being it sounds great throughout. Could take or leave the vocals and there were a few too many nondescript tracks for me but I did enjoy this
Love Eric Clapton
Ci od "LEJLA!", calkiem fajne, kilka nieprzeszkadzaczy
pleasant and easy listening... a little TOO easy maybe, it was enjoyable but got boring as it went on. something i would not say is meant to be listened to as an album in one go.
Decent blues album, but honestly fairly generic in my opinion. Clapton has a great time, but not overly impressed by his chops.
pls never make me sit through that again
Layla's good
It's a shame Eric Clapton is such a terrible person because he makes good music. It's sad to see what he's become (or who he's revealed himself to really be) after making a career out of playing blues music and once counting Jimi Hendrix as one of his closest friends. The fact that most of the original songs on this album were the result of the weirdest love triangle between him and George Harrison is also wild. Layla is one of the greatest songs in rock, but realizing it was written about another man's wife is yikes. Anyway, to the actual album. It was good, often really good. The musicianship is fantastic, the songs are catchy, and Clapton and Bobby Whitlock sound great (even though I can't understand most of what they're actually saying). It's just really, really long. Between it being 14 tracks and several of the songs being covers, it feels very bloated. With so many of the songs also turning into long jam sessions, it starts to get tiring quickly. There's also not a ton of variation in the songs and, especially by the last half, they start to blur together. I feel like the sole reason this album is on this list is because of Layla. 3/4
I can see how this was a great album upon release.
Pretty solid overall, nothing too offensive. A lot of the songs do blend together unfortunately, but the top songs stand out in a satisfying way. Top tracks: Little Wing, Layla, Thorn Tree in the Garden
The bluesy stuff kind of drags on a bit.
El album es demasiado largo y un poco sin más para mi gusto. Pero no todo es malo, contiene el temazo "Layla" con un pedazo de cotilleo detrás
Positiv overraskelse. Ud fra navnet havde jeg forventet en barbershop kvartet, men det er jo slow hands himself det her. God musik men her kan man da virkelig snakke om at mange af numrene kunne være skåret en del kortere. F.eks. er det storhittende titelnummer 50% fyld til sidst der ikke rigtig bidrager noget til sangen.
I've been listening to this album for 3 days and the exit of Layla is still going...
Propped up by Layla
Not a bad listen. Some pretty solid rock riffs in here.
The guitars kick. Very much a feeling of R'n'B.
it started off well.... but it just got so so so so repetitive its got some really good tracks but also some really ass ones.. 3/5
Simply put, This is a classic album. Sit yourself in a comfortable place and soak it in.
Good just a little long. Rating: 3.4
3,5 of toch 4? Bluesy
затянуто, но забавно укоротить бы раза в 2-3 в целом, приятно Алкоальбом: сиська 5л пива
Good songs but I don't like Clapton
Some songs had me thinking “great golf music” all in that genre of good oldies-a few recognizable songs also sneak in 3.5/5
Cool title track
It's funny, I've always held this album in high regard... until I listened to it straight through. There's some classic songs here, but overall I'm not that impressed. Nobody Loves You and Little Wing are messy covers. But I do like Key to the Highway. Most of it is mediocre blues and way too long.
The band's blues prowess, while undeniable, is showcased to the point of excess, and the assorted love songs often feel more like fleeting flings than enduring romances.
Solid album with good songs on it.
Unexpectedly giving this an album a 3. I thought I liked it way more than I just listened to it, but going in unbiased, it misses the mark.
Kinda boring, put me to sleep- Sully
layla and a bunch of filler 🥱
I thought most of the songs could have been about half as long, but I liked this enough.
Layla and other assorted love songs starts badly, Tracks 1,2 and 4 are slow, self pitying bilge which Eric Clapton’s (for it is he apparently)endless guitar wanking does nothing for. Things pick up later on with a mixture of Blues and soft rock tracks. The blues stuff is ok, if I stumbled into a pub and a band was playing it live I’d appreciate it but as a record it’s…well meh! The faster, soft rock tracks with good bass lines that counter Clapton’s wanking are better, Layla is good of course so if you are into that you’ll probably like some of the other tracks too. I enjoyed ‘Little Wing’ - it really is a good song and, for me, the one track where Clapton wanks less furiously; as they say sometimes, less is more. Overall 3/5. I was tempted to knock one off for Clapton being a dick but that would make this album only marginally better than Graceland by Paul Simon and that just doesn’t sit right.
Tää oli Eric Claptonin bändi ja Layla oli tällä levyllä. Tasapaksua rockia. Vähän tulee kummiskin jenkkityyli mieleen. Parhaat: Layla, Little Wing
Favourite song- anyday
Forglemmelig baggrundsmusik
I mean Clapton is amazing and I already knew this. When I read about this album I was surprised by both its release year (1970) and its initial reception. Clapton was a known commodity at this point and I was surprised this was so poorly received and sold so poorly. Was the name recognition not there? If you love a good jam band, this is for you. Guitar solos and improvisation are abound and undertaken by legends like Clapton and Duane Allman on slide guitar. But as good as each song is, I just found myself getting lost between tracks. They all kind of blended together at a certain point and I just didn’t know one from another. It’s good and I’m glad I listened but given its length (1 hour and 16 minutes) and the nature of the songs (longer jam style songs), I just think it runs a little long. Standout tracks: Bell Bottom Blues, Key to the Highway, Tell the Truth, Little Wing, Layla
It was fine.
It’s OK, I just don’t really like this style of rock. It just feels a bit standard to me. Maybe some time it will click with me.
I can appreciate the passion with which these lads play and rock out for the ladies, but the squeal of an orgasming electric guitar starts to grate on the ears after a while. 3/5 -- "It's good, just a bit uncomfortable to listen to."
ERIC CLAPTON!! The Legendary story of Layla #threeway #GeorgeHarrison
The Clapton band, or at least one of them. Good grief, Eric was in a lot of different bands. I forget that "Layla" is by D and the D's, I just know it's Clapton. That's the big hit on here, and there are a few other solid songs too, this is just a good bluesy-rocky album. Apparently the only album from the group too. I don't love it, even the big hit "Layla" doesn't blow me away, but it's solid. Favorite tracks: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, Key to the Highway, Why Does Love. Album art: A nice abstract painting of a woman's face obscured by a bouquet of flowers, or is that a dolphin covered in mold? No idea, but the art style is nice. 3.5/5
This album started out pretty interesting and good, but turns into kind of a blues rock album a bit more than I enjoy, so that was too bad.
Some classics and great moments on the album. I also have some nostalgia for this album so it bring me back to when I was listening to it as a teenager. But this is definitely a case where I think the album would be better if half of the songs were cut. I can see people don't venture far outside classic rock loving this, but for people that have explored a bit more, it's a bit to lengthy and the filler is boring.
All the good songs became the hits that we’ve already come to know.
quite generic, but not bad
не ме кефи обложката ;д
A perfectly agreeable album, if not a bit tame for my taste. Good background tunes.
Enjoying the guitars in I looked away, backup vocals in it's too late, Layla (a classic, cool piano interlude) Overall enjoyable singing and instrumentals since I'm a sucker for blues, 3*
a bit boring. But layla riff is legendary.
There’s a reason it’s called “Layla and other… songs.” Besides the title track, the other tunes aren’t very memorable. Still not bad for white blues rock. Duane Allman’s slide guitars and the vocal harmonies are highlights.
I'm sure I listened to this long ago. Was pretty unclear on the history, so my favorite thing is again the Wikipedia link. This deserves a 4, but it is Clapton, so I'm giving it a 3.
Very 70s, not surprising given the decade. Lots of fantastic electric guitar riffs, tons of jamming, and a great, bluesy rock n' roll sound that makes the origin of rock REALLY obvious. I didn't recognize any of the songs, but that doesn't mean much. Definitely also felt that all of the members of the band were VERY talented; incredible guitar and drum solos. Haven't listened to any of the lyrics, but I honestly don't think that's the point? It makes me incredibly happy. (reading): The singer-songerwriter is Eric Clapton, of frickin course. Layla is THE Eric Clapton song; it's the title of the album. And now that I'm reading it, of course it's about George Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd. Lol. Might be important to know this one just so that you're familiar with rock history.
Aquí está Layla. Suena bien y entiendo que por cultura hay que oírlo. No está mal, pero no me ha entusiasmado.
I've always been a fan of Clapton and it's great to hear the original versions of songs he also covers in his solo career. For the most part I really enjoyed this but by the end I was checking to see when it would be over. 3 stars.
I'm disappointed to say that this was fine, not excellent. It contains good qualities, but two days after listening to it, I remember almost nothing about it—so clearly it didn't make much of an impact on me. I may go back to it one day, so I'll give it a three.
I guess we'll have to add \"Layla\" to the list of songs I didn't know were covers. In general I thought this album was pretty solid. I definitely would have liked it more if some of the weaker songs were removed, but overall it was fine.
Oh Clapton! I didn’t realise it was him. Quite an album. I rolled my eyes but enjoyed the opening tracks so much. Sagged again in the middle but then came back around for Layla. It was only at that point I realised it was Clapton. A really good album. I’d return to a few songs for sure.
Long album. A lot of it feels like I've tuned into a classic rock station while driving, and though it's enjoyable enough, if derivative, I can't remember a thing about the songs when they're finished. But a couple great tracks too, obviously. 3.5 🌟
While irrefutably carried by Eric Clapton's virtuosity, it is hard to sit through the better part of an hour and a half of blues jamming. Clapton's voice is not nearly as endearing as his guitarwork, and although there are some timeless classic tracks, I couldn't help but find myself bored during a good deal of the tracklist.
Overall, I enjoyed this album - some of the songs were slightly forgettable but it has some absolute classics.
Decent "blues" album. with Layla a 7/5 song.
Great example of blues repackaged with rock. Pulsing guitar drives the album. Songwriting leaves some to be desired. Really let down by mixing/production. Guitar should be front and centre. Strong 6
The band in general play very well, impressive musicians. The album was ok, got a bit samey after a while and I wasn't really connecting with much of it. Probably needs multiple listens. Decent 5
Really love the bluesy guitars. A bit long and only a couple of standout songs. Layla definitely the highlight.
This is one I knew pretty well already. Some good tunes.
Honestly I'm sure this was an incredible example of guitar and classic rock but it left me feeling meh. May be good cleaning music. Sorry to the greats! I am what I am.
Good background music. I felt like I’d hard this kind of rock/groove before. But maybe this was the original
Pretty chill, but only liked a few of the songs. Some seemed too same-y for me.
I liked Layla, but mostly due to it's connection to Goodfellas. Wasn't sure what the rest of the album was supposed to be - kind of bluesy rock, but nothing I really enjoyed.
It is interesting that the most famous song seems to be the least bluesy
Yeah, fine.
Good players but god this just goes on and on.
Enjoyed it. Not listened to Eric Clapton before. It isn't really my music, but it was good and there were some really good solos!
Layla is good, Eric Clapton is not. 3/5
Album was all over the place.
Haven’t heard of this/them. Rock from 1970. Quite enjoy it right off the bat, mellow and guitary. A pretty good album. High 3.
I definitely should've heard this before
C'est très long et très américain donc pas franchement malin de surcroît, mais étonnamment pas si désagréable à l'oreille. Tu t'en sors bien Robert.
Pas si nul pour une daube des années 70.
It has one of the best rock songs ever written and a couple of great tracks. It has Clapton and Allman. But somehow I still found it too long and not quite the masterpiece altogether. [0094/1001]
Enjoyed this one a lot, but as with many other albums on this list, I do wish it was shorter.
This album was good but not as groundbreaking as the titular song, "Layla."
Pretty damn good blues album. I had no idea Duane Allman was part of this group.
Layla is a good song, but overall this is pretty lukewarm. I liked 461 Ocean Boulevard because of the production, but this doesn't even have that. I don't think I really like Eric Clapton. He's good, but I just don't believe him.
Good stuff. Layla is an all time classic.
God blooze! Titelnunmeret er en af de bedste sange nogensinde og fed tråd hele vejen igennem. Ved sgu ikke lige om jeg findes den behøvede at være halvanden time lang
One good one, the rest is meh.
This is another of what I would call a Boomer addition to this list. I tend to dislike Eric Clapton's version of the blues, though I will admit Bell Bottom Blues is one of my favorite songs ever. This album is not as bad as I was anticipating, specifically Side 1 and part of Side 2, but once the long guitar solos begin, it tends to annoy my ears a bit more. I think this album is on the list because of "Layla" and it is a supergroup that is fondly remembered. Is this album so good it deserves inclusion? I would say it is not.
Gear: Focal Clear Mische (2010 Remaster): alles am rechten Fleck, jedes Instrument wie der Star der Show abgemischt Mugge: bluesige Sause mit ordentlicher Überlänge (...und "Layla") Wertung: 3/5
Lots of groovy licks, but it felt like it’s missing that thing that grabs you and makes you not want to let go. Maybe I went in with too high of expectations, but I thought I’d be slappin my knee for an hour and instead was just mostly bored.
Good blues album with a decent Jimi cover
Important blues album, but not my favorite listening.
Had eigenlijk meer verwacht van dit album, op Layla na erg meh
Leuk album voor de achtergrond
Layla ontzettende banger de rest van het album lekker achtergrond muziekje
I liked the last two songs, and some parts of others. But it didn't captivate me before then.
Layla is a 10 outta 10 classic in its own right. Clapton is an impressive guitarist and the cover of Little Wing was great and there’s some really thick blues on here, Have You Ever Loved a Woman is awesome and Key to the Highway is a journey I enjoyed but I did find a chunk of the other assorted songs to be somewhat forgettable. Still, very strong release 3.5 stars
I hold an unpopular opinion that the song Layla is pretty terrible, at least this version. The jump from the choruses into the verses feel very jagged and out of place, the guitar "solo" is uninspired, and the ending section is obviously tacked on (though the piano is nice). It's a complete mess. It might seem cool the first time you hear it, but after getting pumped through repeated airplay, the hand is ready to change the station as soon as it comes on. There is a live version that floats around that is infinitely better because it dials into the songs more jazz and blues elements and feels more natural. The rest of the album is fairly decent, especially early on, but the excessive blues guitar soloing becomes redundant after a while.
Not bad, but some of the songs aren't my style.
Got bored
Layla is a standout but everything else is quite meh
Great album. Duane Allman was unstoppable at this time. The combination of him and Clapton really shouldn’t work but it does.
Highs and lows for me on this album. It started out pretty good, with more of an Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead sound to it than I was expecting. It lost lots of steam once it started just kind of repeating 12-bar blues/rock songs though, even though it kind of picks up again near the end. 2.5/5
Trevlig blues
heard layla before but i don't like this vision...
Neben dem absoluten MEEEGAAA-Hit Layla, ein meiner Meinung nach etwas uninspiriertes Album / Kann sämtliche Kontroversen um Eric Clapton nicht mehr ausblenden - einfach ein Vollidiot / Gitarrenspiel natürlich erstklassig und moody --- 2.5/5
Just didn't love it like I thought I would considering the talent and genre. It's ok.
I enjoyed this. The guitar riffs sound familiar even though I don’t think I’ve heard any of the tracks before. It was more background for me than anything else. But I liked it, there’s something nostalgic about this music, like it reminds me of something I can’t quite grasp. I’d listen again.
Bro-session over another man's wife fueled by cocaine, wine, and feroxious guitars. Some real great songs and some snoozers. But fucking Layla is on this album. It would be a forgettable two without that. Clapton dug deep and Duane soared above. Other than that, it sounds like the thrown together band to jam that it was.
What I expected from a 70s rock album: lots of lead guitar. Some country aspect and slide guitar. Pretty decent!
Kind of like a better Dead.
It was alright for background music. Not something I'd ever really pic out to play.
Good dad rock
Some good tunes!
I‘ve been listening to „Layla“ for a while. 14 tracks of pure Rock‘n‘Roll are easy to love but even though I like every track, I‘m struggling to find anything that really excites me.
Pretty good, not my type of music, but I enjoyed listening to it
drags too much. great besides that
I wanted to hate this album - its dusty, jammy beginning and (to my modern ears) generic blue-eyed-soul was a huge disappointment to me after Queen's bombastic melodrama. But fuck me if Clapton, Allman, and the rest don't know how to write some catchy, impactful tunes, and of course the eponymous Layla is a classic rock anthem that will stand the test of time. Still, I don't feel compelled to give the same play-by-play as I did for Queen II, and ultimately the album registers as pretty mid to me. Maybe the next time I'm on a long road trip through the south/west, I'll revisit it.
Classic, yet professional, blues rock sound. Not my typical cup of tea, but a nice listen nonetheless.
Like the style.
2nd half of layla is so cunt
Do I even have to say that "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues" carried? I think that's a given under the circumstances. Honestly, was very whelmed by this album. It was definitely good but I found it to just be a very basic 70s rock album and not much stood out to me except for those particular songs. It has to be a strong 3 to a light 3.5 from me.
Fine rock album. Nothing exceptional.
Meh
I think the best song on the Album was Layla. I always thought that was by the Eagles learned something new. The rest was just there nothing nearly as catchy
Layla was really the only standout song--probably why it was in the title of the album. The rest of the album wasn't necessarily bad, it just didn't catch my attention. 3/5
It’s alright Didn’t need to be an hour and fifteen minutes though Very accurate title though. Besides Layla and a couple of others, a lot of songs on here are just your average blues schlock Favourite tracks: Bell Bottom Blues, Little Wing, Layla
I Looked Away - 7/10 Bell Bottom Blues - 8.5/10 Keep On Growing - 7.5/10 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out - 7.5/10 I Am Yours - 7.5/10 Anyday- 8/10 Key to the Highway -8/10 Tell the Truth - 7.5/10 Why Does Love Got to be So Sad - 7.5/10 Have You Ever Loved a Woman - 7.5/10 Little Wing - 7.5/10 It’s Too Late - 8/10 Layla - 8.5/10 Thorn Tree in the Garden - 7.5/10 TOTAL - 108/140
Some very solid songs here that I enjoyed. This guy is going somewhere with his guitar playing ;D
Thats a lotta soul
Never been a big fan of Eric Clapton, guitar solos, or overly-long jam music, especially if it doesn’t have an emotional core. This really wasn’t my cup of tea, but I appreciate the excellent abilities of the musicians. The drummer reminded me of peak Keith Moon on some tracks. Probably won’t listen again.
Eric Clapton is just a great guitarist, I was rocking out before I made the connection that this was one of his bands. Honestly this works better as background music for me. I enjoyed listening but its not something I would actively play, for one thing, it is far too long and I rather the band as individual songs on a playlist rather than a album listen. Standouts: I Looked Away, Bell Bottom Blues, Layla
Blues rock is a genre that I enjoy quite a bit when it's playing and it's done well...for a period of time. After a while it gets really tiring, and when the album is 80 minutes long like this one, and every single song is pushing 6 minutes, I'm just wishing for it to end. It's a shame they couldn't edit themselves a little as there's some great songs and guitar playing on here. Though I will say it was a nice idea to leave the big single Layla until the very end of the album, kind of brought me back into it for 7 minutes. Really is a damn good song.
It's alright. Very typical Eric Clapton and I'm not the biggest fan. My fave was probably Key to the Highway, but not all 9 mins of it, geeze. 🤣
I think this is a classic case of a double album that has no business being a double album. There are lots of great tracks here, absolutely bogged down by boring ass boomer electric blues. Why did these guys feel the need to include so many covers? Why are all the covers so long? Idk it’s like they couldn’t let go of the white guy blues thing and just record the originals. Not surprising considering what a hack Eric Clapton is. Some tracks bowl me over, but largely I just couldn’t wait to be done listening.
Some great guitar work. Never really got in with Claptons voice though for some reason. Plus, I really don’t think anything should follow that Layla outro…
I was already aware of this album and several songs on it. Going in, I know its a classic for a reason. It's always nice to hear a Hendrix cover as well, thought it does not compare to the original at all. The titular song, Layla, is obviously a certified banger. However, I wasn't much of a fan of the rest of the album. 6/10.
If you like blues rock guitar solos then boy do I have an album for you… 5/10
Not bad
First time honestly giving Clapton a shot. These are some bluesy licks, and the guitars are tuned beautifully. It does get pretty same-y, though.
There was one song on the album worth listening to. I'm not sure if that warrants inclusion on the list.
Few belters but overall very 70s
Fácil de es escuchar, es lo que te imaginas, en cuanto a melodías, ritmo, tono de voz cuando te dicen rock/blues de los 70, hasta el punto de parecer un poco generico
I would have assumed I would like it, but it was too long and not very inspiring.
Bell Bottom Blues Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Key To The Highway Layla
Odd how tastes change over time. At one point I would have loved the more bluesy songs album. Today they sound a bit repetitive. This version of Layla is still my favourite by a long shot.
Longer than necessary, but not unpleasant
Middle of the road music you would put on in the background of a bar or on a road trip montage of a movie. It's smack dab in the middle between god awful and brilliant.
Some nice blues rock and some cool covers. The full version of Layla is a highlight. A bit over-long though.
Ok album with one great song
Decent enough. Enjoyed the blues guitars and the stand out track for me is ‘Anyday’. A strong 3 overall
Some great tunes here, absolutely blistering guitars in places! haven't listened to this since the 1980's when my dad used to play it. Standout tracks; Little Wing and obviously Layla. A high 3
The one with Layla. In all honesty, it's a rather so-so attempt at a Blues album overshadowed by a genuinely 10/10 song in the track list.
I'm gonna start with my grading for once. It's 3/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential" albums, and it translates to a 8/10 grade for more general purposes. Let me elaborate a little about the peculiar rationale behind those grades. That 8/10 one actually amounts to the following equation: 6 + 3. It's 6/5 for the virtuosistic musicianship (yep, you read that correctly), and 2/5 for the artistry (yep, you read that correctly as well). I'm harsh about the artistry for a very specific reason: it's because Clapton and his bandmates' tiresome constant soloing is so damn self-indulgent. Even the Allman Brothers (including Duane Allman, invited to play with the Dominos here) knew how to make their overlong blues rock dirges fucking *breathe* once in a while. In comparison, most of *Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs* is stifling. So stifling that it's very easy to lose its thread after a couple of tracks or so. And since it's a loooooong album, the whole exercise of listening to it quickly becomes a chore. There's absolutely no sense of dynamics or overall build-up in the album's tracklisting. After the first three song (and apart from the title track--more on that later), it's basically just one jam after the next, with almost nothing in them to transcend or justify such self-indulgence. If I wanted to listen to musicians soloing on their instrument for long stretches of time, I would rather go to the lush textures of jazz, or to the angular, artful and hypnotic flourishes of King Crimson. Anything a little more leftfield or at least cinematic. Especially if it aged better than that white man's version of the blues--skillful, but often quite sterile and unimaginative as well. I still give two points out of five to Clapton's artistry because of a small bunch of tunes with actual *melodies* that managed to pass through this over-affected, overblown displaying of guitar chops. "Layla" is among those tunes, of course, its arrangements being one of the rares cases where the instrumentation is 100% effective (what a thrilling outro section by the way, as thrilling as the riff and orignal chord sequence in the rest of the song...). And I've suggested it earlier, but I would also add "I Looked Away", "Bell-Bottom Blues" and "Keep On Growing" in the list of keepers. The record starts on pretty great notes at least, I'll give that to Clapton and co. Yet four or five good songs can't fully save an album that long. Especially when it's filled to the brim with so many bad ideas as well. Take that cover of Hendrix's "Little Wing" for example. It is here butchered, and barely recognizable--and this, not in a good or artful way. The original says everything that needs to be said for 2+ minutes. Its instrumentation is subtle, groovy, and most importantly *dynamic*. The whole thing *breathes* life, lust, love and everything in between in a very short amount of time... In comparison, Derek & The Dominos' hamfisted version lasts for 5 minutes that don't add anything meaningful to the song, apart from a clumsy heavy riff that goes nowhere fast. A symptomatic example of what I consider wrong in a lot of other tracks in this clearly overrated album. Listen to the two versions and compare them for yourself. About Clapton as a person now... Did I mention that the man has been an ass quite a few times during his career, from that drunken racist tirade during the seventies up to that "old-man-yells-at-clouds" conspiracy-theory bullshit a couple of years ago? Nope, I didn't mention it up to now. It's better to let the music speak for the man anyway. Coincidence or not, said music all too often repeated other artists' takes without fully understanding what gave genuine soul to those. Sometimes, once in a while, such method allowed Clapton to write and perform good stuff nonetheless (some tracks in this LP, and a few others with Cream, for instance). But most of the time, the music just rambled on. Just like me, miffed hardcore fans might argue? Well, just like Clapton himself, then. It takes one to know one, I imagine. 😉 If Clapton is "God", I guess I'm an atheist. Or maybe an agnostic. So next, please. Number of albums left to review: 457 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 254. Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 129 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 162
Layla is cool
Layla stands out. Other tunes are pretty average
Layla is still a great song despite being overplayed. This was probably a good listening exercise to sit with the rest of the record for the first time. It starts out inconspicuous enough with a mild, mid-tempo blues. Unremarkable noodles and gentle singing did not invoke a Clapton is God response initially but the record shows occasional flashes of brilliance (if not always as urgent or intense as I think they should be). Clapton has a clarity of tone that is notable. I can understand him having some disciples and while he may be among the top players he is not the best of his generation to my ear. He's too tasteful, too restrained, and ultimately too backward-facing to be innovative and exciting. His playing is a supremely pleasant listen seemingly executed by a soulless technician.
Not my cup of tea but a good album!
still think it's weird you wrote a song about your friend's wife dude. best tracks: little wing, layla, nobody knows you when you're down and out
good eric clapton album and era
Ok. Layla is a banger though
Not bad. But probably won’t listen again
Expected way better.Not nearly as good as cream.Just kinda boring tbh.Layla is a masterpiece but even then when it’s surrounded by such mediocrity it makes it worse.Especially since the album is so long it made the long beautiful outro to Layla kinda annoying.Also the little wing cover kinda sucked which is surprising since I thought Clapton and Hendrix were friends.
Good
Better than Eric Clapton's solo stuff. Layla is such a corker it elevates the mediocre tracks in here by association. Would be a 4, but shame he's a cunt
Kunnon kikkelibluesia. Pelkäsin että rasauttaisi enemmän, kuten Claptonin laulamat biisit yleensä. Mut tää oli ihan jees.
Ihan toimivaa perusrokkia, mutta eipä nouse tämän haasteen keskiarvoa korkeammalle sijalle. 3/5
Good but also kinda forgettable. Except for Layla. That one's an ungodly banger.
7 songs in and this has been some very quality blues rock, as would be expected of Clapton. Key To the Highway is a very quintessential slow-burn Blues rock song that really doesn't even try to color outside of the lines. Just solid jam instrumental. Amazing how different of a take on Little Wing this is. I far prefer Jimi's original, but this is nice in its own way. Much more full-bodied and drawn out, with some internal riffs that remind me in a way of The Who. Surprising to me that they buried Layla so deep in the track list. Up there in two-contention for favorite Clapton songs with Cocaine. Such an iconic riff to open the song with soulful lyrics. Always think of Goodfellas when I hear it. Expansive jamming flips the song into a completely different at the midway point. All the stress of the first half melts away into a piano-led melody where the guitar takes a Garcia-esq tone that meanders away in the background in a blissful atmosphere. All around solid blues rock on display here -- this is what we call on Clapton for. Was it the most exciting record? No, but there are a few standouts (namely Layla and Key To The Highway). I would say for me this is a softish 3, because it was fine, but isn't something I see myself going back to anytime soon.
There's some good here, and there is a whole lot of guitar, but ultimately it's a long drawn out blues jam and that can get tiring.
Layla is a fantastic song. The rest of the album is OK.
Clearly a lot of skill, but it was a bit soulless.
Heard while walking through the park. Sometimes it paused or I listened to songs twice because there was no signal. But overall quite nice and energetic. + Bell Bottom Blues + Anyday + Layla
I'm usually not that into white-boy blues but found this album enjoyable. All about balance for me and this had a good mix of blues with pop sensibilities. It also didn't sound like I was trapped at a pub on a Tuesday night listening to a jam band
Yeah overall enjoyed this, had glimpses of sadness and no long guitar solos.
Not as bad as I thought but not something I'd really spend time with again, maybe the odd track or two.
Pretty good. Layla was a banger. When they go off and do some more typical blues style stuff I lose a bit of interest. The rest of it is great though. Very close to a 4. Score: 70 Art: 80
A couple of wise guys make a blues album for old white boomers. It's a long album and Layla is the standout, I wanted more songs like it. Butthole Clapton plays guitar very well, but still isn't a Goodfella.
I liked
Fine good ol rock BUT SICK of all the rock in this list lol
This is extremely mixed - some songs are really good (I Looked Away, Bell Bottom Blues, and the overplayed Layla), but there is much too much of the usual White-Men-Playing-The-BLUES(tm) here. 2.5/5
There is nothing bad in this album but there is also nothing very good (despite layla) or distinctive. I forgot about this album the same day I was listening to it.
I dont know it as well as I thought
I enjoyed this album but it did overstay it's welcome. Bell Bottom Blues is the highlight big time. I would honestly of rated it higher if it was split into two.
This left me utterly cold on first listen (apart from the title track clicking into place as a tune I've heard dozens of times but never really knew who did it) but I did start to warm to it a little on the second play through - not enough to warrant a fourth star, mind. Fave track - "Layla", obvs - "I Am Yours" leading into "Anyday" was pretty nice too...
Beautiful guitar work. Layla is amazing. 3/5
Fine album. If not for “Layla,” this album may have been forgotten.
Fine, with a moment of greatness with Layla (which you can kinda tell by the title), it's not particularly exciting, blues-lite music. Someone else on the site described it as ramble-rock, and that seems pretty fair. Doesn't grab the attention other than the title track, which just manages to drag it up to a 3.
A great blues album by one of the great blues players, Eric Clapton's abilities are undeniable. The title track of this album is one of the greatest love songs ever written, and so it stands to be included on the list for that alone. Going through the rest of the album, while I did enjoy my listen, I felt that the sound became pretty repetitive as time went on. Had the album been a little shorter, that may have accounted for it, but at over 75 minutes, I could have used a bit more variety. It's a small complaint given his abilities, but in my mind keeps it from greatness. Fav Tracks: Bell Bottom Blues, Have You Ever Loved a Woman?, Layla
Did not listen.
Ramble rock, but the album went by quicker than I expected so I guess it didn't feel like a slog
Didn't upset my ears, but neither did it soothe my soul.
Nothing to shout about, but couple of bangers with Layla and Little Wing
Bill
Classic Clapton
3, more than one good song but I've already heard this and I'm tired of your boomer music stop recommending old boomer music PLEASE
Obviously the eponymous track is the main event here, and rightfully so as its one of the best classic rock songs ever and absolutely one of my favorites (that piano coda is just *chefs kiss*). But don't let it distract you from the rest of the album, comprising of some really great bluesy rock music from one of the best guitarists to ever do it (so good its hard to appreciate if you weren't there at the time, the Jerry Seinfeld of guitar playing if you will). The problem comes with just how bloated the album ends up being, the solo's are good and all but they extend these tracks well beyond the length they ideally should be. Which by extension, extends what should have been a great lean single record into an unfortunately bloated double record that just becomes exhausting by the end. No matter how good Clapton's guitar playing is, he just can't sustain these tracks for how long they meander on. It shouldn't stop you from checking this out however, its a decent album and worth a listen. Although Clapton can go fuck himself, just a terrible human being in nearly all the ways its possible to be one. Highlights: Keep on Growing, Anyday, Layla
Fine rock and roll music. Nothing so special. Layla is amazing, but nothing else stands out.
Certainly has its moments, but overstays its welcome. Even Layla, which is a banger, shouldn't have that second half imo
Could have been a very tight single album if they had culled some of the weaker songs. Not bad overall though.
C'est bon, du rock bluesy qui s'écoute bien, mais ce n'est pas impressionnant non plus et c'est un peu long.
vissa svänger bra men det är lite för blues ibland som inte är så smutt va
Always going to dock points for ECs politics
- love the guitars - hm don't really like i'm yours - layla is such a long song overall impressions: enjoyable, no specific songs stood out to me though. mostly liked the guitars and the tone of the singing (paid zero attention to lyrics today)
Some good songs but nothing special
Fine. I dig the guitar work. Didn't need 76 minutes of it. I'd listen to a bunch of these songs in a playlist but not as an album.
El disco parece por momentos una demostración de blues. Clapton toca pero suele caer en el exhibicionismo. Hay algunas excepciones de todos modos en las que la guitarra y la canción están en una misma sintonía y queda algo lindo, como en Have you ever loved a woman y Little wing. Son canciones en las que el blues aparece genuinamente y no como una reinterpretación de Clapton.
Estuvo bien pero es largo y me aburre ya al final, pero bueno los discos cortitos es algo de esta era. Siento que el dibujo de la tapa lo hubiera hecho en 2013 en el IVA durante mi época jipi.
me gusto bastante tiene su parte de zzzz pero sin conocer este disco me termino agradando mucho especialmmente key to the highway
estuvo bien, pero es larguisimo. clapton es un boludo pero toca muy bien. me gusto mas la mitad mas pop, la bluesera es un embole
Fine
I mean... It's passable, I think? Layla and Little Wing really drive the entire album. It's baffling why Layla was left so late in the tracklist.
3.5 Very good
I'm not a fan of Eric Clapton, and I guess by extension of his other projects, like Derek and The Domino's. After listening to this album nothing has changed in my mind. One obviously great song, as albums title suggest, and then more than one hour of fun solos, exciting riffs and bluesy vocals, but nothing that sticks to you even 5 minutes after listening. Absolute average with a one diamond.
This is pretty good. Not a lot of standout tunes, but I did love Anyday, Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad and Little Wing. Layla just comes out of nowhere and is out of character with the rest of the album. Great song, but I like the others mentioned above better. Nice to hear a mix where no instruments are buried. Really enjoyed hearing the bass throughout. Only real criticism is the length. I could do with half the songs. Keep just the best and I’d rate this higher. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding
Qua zang is het niet indrukwekkend, de bassdrum zijn ze per abuis vergeten in een aantal tracks en het duurt allemaal wat lang, maar verder is het prima aan te horen allemaal. Had met minimaal de helft tot 2/3e ingekort kunnen worden, maar wappie Clapton was teveel onder de indruk van zichzelf. Keurige, cultureel toegeëigende ouwelullenblues voor de tikkie racistische blanke boomer. Ohja en de coverart is spuuglelijk. Maar wel 3 sterren.
I'm pretty familiar with Eric Clapton's music; my dad listened to his unplugged album quite a bit when I was a kid, and when I was in college, I listened to his solo stuff and Cream a fair amount. I even read his autobiography at some point in my twenties, and I really enjoyed. Now, in the year of our Lord 2022, Eric Clapton has shown his ass to the whole world, and everyone knows what a xenophobic jerk he is. It seems like no one wants to listen to his music anymore, with the exception of people who say things like "my pronouns are meat/eater." I'd always meant to listen to this album back when I classic rock was pretty much the only thing I ever listened to, but somehow I never did. Due to Clapton's current reputation, I really didn't have high hopes for this album, but I have to begrudgingly admit that I thought it was okay. I don't know much about blues music (are the Black Keys blues?), but I thought this album was pretty good lyrically and instrumentally. I've always had a liking for 'Layla,' and I still think it's a great song, but I thought that 'Keep on Growing' and 'Bell Bottom Blues' are really good too. But even with 'Layla' and a couple of 'really good' songs, I don't think this album as a whole is anything noteworthy. If I look at some of my favorite albums from the seventies (Wish You Were Here, Rumors, Who's Next), this album doesn't even come close to those. Other than some talented folks who worked on it, it really doesn't have a lot to show off. In closing, I'll leave my favorite anecdote about Eric Clapton. I used to listed to a sports podcast, and on a particular episode, they were talking about Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay taking his music memorabilia collection on the road to showcase it to the public. The hosts joked that Irsay thinks that a guitar previously owned by Clapton still contained his notes in it. One of the hosts asked if the guitar also had Clapton's hatred for immigrants in it, and the other host replied that it did, along with his parenting skills. Fuck Eric Clapton with a Fender Stratocaster.
In my blues period many years ago Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out was one of my favourites. Jimi Hendrix' Little Wing is another brilliant song, but not in this version, I'm afraid. Layla is probably the best known song, and rightfully so. I also recognised the soul classic It's too late, but again I was not sure if I liked this version and definitely prefer Chuck Willis' original version from the late '50s. Anyway, the album was generally okay, but I only really liked a handful of songs.
Steady blues rock but I tend to fall asleep until the classics kick in.
I Looked Away - 4 stars Bell Bottom Blues - 3.5 stars Keep On Growing - 2.5 stars Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - 2.5 stars I Am Yours - 2 stars Anyday - 2 stars Key To The Highway - 2 stars Tell The Truth - 3 stars Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? - 3.5 stars Have You Ever Loved A Woman? - 2 stars Little Wing - 4 stars It's Too Late - 3 stars Layla - 5 stars Thorn Tree In The Garden - 5 stars
показалось, что всё кроме Лейлы блюз, не для меня
I used to be way into Clapton until I found out how much of a dick and racist he is. It is tough to separate the art from the artist. Like Michael Jackson hard.
Layla was the only song I recognized and easily my favorite. The whole album isn't too bad, bluesy and catchy, but not really my bag.
I enjoyed this as an archetypal 70s album
Layla and other blues songs. Some nice tracks in there, some fillers...
This was alright, kind of like a jam blues band. Nothing especially standout other than Layla but everything was enjoyable and would make for nice background music in a pub or something.