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Clapton is not God. Duane Allman is God. Get it right you limey blokes.
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.
I’ll never pass up the chance to give Clapton one star
This album is average. Most of the songs are simple and relatively uninteresting. All in all not horrible, but definitely in the bottom 50%. 2.4/5 but will need to round down. 2/5.
Layla has always been one of my absolute favourite songs. The rest of the album was also good and the guitar was outstanding. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Layla Rating: 4
Good just a little long. Rating: 3.4
3,5 of toch 4? Bluesy
вы когда-нибудь любили женщину? музыка хорошая, но альбом просто невероятно длинный. ощущение, что он длится часа три и пацаны конечно хорошо дрочат гитарки, но уже под конец сил не осталось
затянуто, но забавно укоротить бы раза в 2-3 в целом, приятно Алкоальбом: сиська 5л пива
Ну понимаемо, что Клэптону нужно пространство где развернуться со своими композициями, потому они и по 5-6 минут... больше убило, что кавер на Хендрикса в 2 раза длиннее оригинала. Layla это конечно пиздец разъёб... не знаю, может быть, я настолько уже старпёр. Никогда не понимал эту песню в акустике, хотя чаще всего её в акустике и исполняют. Вот тут аранжировка что надо. И вообще, есть пара композиций, которые ну прям неистовые. Любил я женщин, любил. Вот они только все были немного суки.
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
I love writing a song about your best friend’s wife inspired by ancient Persian poetry.
I love that Eric Clapton was reportedly exhausted by the number of supergroups, so he formed a... supergroup.
Fun groovy, bit repettative
Guitar and band was unreal. Couple songs I had to skip halfway through or before they ended because the vocals stayed too repetitive. Still the guitar carries the album.
Some really good rock blues. I wish there was some more variety throughout the album, but that just makes Layla shine all the more when you do get to that song. A few other songs are top notch, and the rest of it is just incredibly solid.
Pretty cool album from a band I thought I'd never heard of before. I honestly thought Layla was performed by like Eric Clapton or something. But they have a good sound that goes beyond their biggest hit. I enjoyed this one
Cool title track
It's an album full of love rock ballads. Expected some more, harder rock, but still they got Layla in there.
cool to hear eric doing this stuff but not for me
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.
Hard af. Saved
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Great musicians, great album. Favorites: Bell Bottom Blues, Anyday, title track. To me, Bobby Whitlock's background vocals are a highlight.
Great classic rock and roll album
You know, when I first listened to this album I thought, "Guitar, guitar guitar guitarguitar, but guitar with guitar is guitartar." Then after a while, I found myself really soaking in and saying, "Guitarguitar on gui- guitar is guitar tar tar tar gui targuitar guitar!" And now after having heard it all the way through, I can confidently say, "Layla."
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.
Instant classic, the blues was never as intense (at least the white man's reinterpretation of it) as in this record
This was awesome, Clapton is a bellend but this is a fantastic album
Solid album with good songs on it.
White men playing middle of the road blues music. Layla is alright.
Blues rock band with Clapton!? What’s not to love. Super good album. Varies from very slow and Calming to really rocked out. Especially love Key To The Highway and the Little Wind cover.
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.
This just feels kinda... bland? I ended up listening to this a few times and it never stuck. 4.5/10
Good vibes good tunes. LONG album, my goodness. Gotta love Clapton tho! I’d listen to this album while making dinner for my friends and we’re all chilling and vibing in the kitchen.
Jam band, awesome
How did I make it to 38 years old without realizing Eric Clapton is in Derek and the Dominoes or ever checking out Eric Clapton’s music. The musicality of this record is off the charts - a new fav!
Clapton was raised in the style of Chicago blues. Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, etc. After he was in the Yardbirds, Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, people started calling him “God,” I think he just wanted to be in a band and find his roots again. The “Dominoes” were relatively unknown. This is much more “southern” than his previous work, which I think we have The Band (the reason he left Cream) and Duane Allman on slide guitar to thank. Many of these tracks sound like live cuts, and his vocals reach emotionally raw levels. This isn’t a “love is awesome” record - it’s a “love is agony” record. The title track gets all the glory but its placement is weird - it should be last. “Anyday” and “Bell Bottom Blues” are my favorites. But as a whole, this is a top 5 blues-rock record.
so many people in the world and this guy can’t stop whining about not being able to be with his FRIEND’s wife??? NEXT. (the guitar was nice tho)
Kinda boring, put me to sleep- Sully
Clapton is an exceptional guitarist but I find this album kinda boring. There are some nice blues riffs and saucy solos but It’s like diet Stevie ray vaughn imo. Anyways, I’m just just here so I won’t get fined
Layla is a great song
I didn’t know this was clapton! Full of great guitars and Layla is certified. Very fun 8.9/10
Caught me by surprise great album. Layla fantastic song, enjoyed their little wing, bell bottom blues, honestly all the songs were enjoyable. Clayton’s guitar skills are impeccable.
layla and a bunch of filler 🥱
Overall -I feel like I’m always finding out a new band Clapton was in -The fact that there is only one guitarist and all these guitar tracks is fucking insane -Damn Eric, save some pussy for the rest of us I looked away -I’m extremely into this soft rock bluesy mushy love song style Bell Bottom Blues -it kinda sounds like that Aerosmith song ? Or that song sounds like this Keep on Growing -UGH the opening riffing 😩 -ok the guitar fucks, in the a delay ?? -def not a delay, how the fuck did they create so many guitar tracks that intertwine so well Any day -the god damn slide -OOOOOOO that subtle riff during the verses -oh the guitars fuck so hard Key to the Highway -Brooooo the blues of this fucks so good -you have got to be kidding me Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad -this is very old school sounding, I love it -Ooo the tremble/bass fucks -fuck these multi guitar tracks Layla -LAYLAAAAAAAAAAAA -Eric, the man that you are
I think this album can be encapsulated by a meme. It’s the one with young Michael Scott giving a handshake to his old boss. Eric Clapton is the boss, everyone else in this group is Michael. Seriously, this album is like a group project where Eric Clapton did all the work and let everyone else put their name on it. World class guitar playing from Clapton, everyone else mostly felt like a warm body on this album. Doesn’t mean this music isn't great by any stretch of the imagination, but it will stop me from giving it a five.
Racist
vrlo nice, nekoliko lajkanih
Par jako dobrih, ali mi fali zanimljivijeg bubnja. Ovak je malo dosadnjikavo jer ne znam cijeniti to prebiranje po žicama kak treba. Al bar 3.5
Very boring
4.5
Love a little yacht rock to start the day
One of my favorite classic rock albums. Eric Clapton + Duane Allman = pure gold! Duane died the next year so they never got to collaborate again, but we can dream of how amazing it would have been...
Very bluesy
I thought most of the songs could have been about half as long, but I liked this enough.
I really dislike Eric Clapton, always have. Never thought he was that great of a guitarist, and the quality of his work plummeted after he quit taking drugs (in the late 70’s or early 80’s?). Then of late he’s been misogynistic and anti-vaxx, further cementing my poor opinion of him. However, this is a fabulous album from start to finish — a great selection of original songs and blues covers, tight playing and good singing. We played all 4 sides of this quite a bit in high school while playing cards. Duane Allman plays a lot of guitar on this (any slide work, e.g.), proving why he was such a sought after session player. DA Anthology, both volumes 1 and 2 are well worth a listen. A solid 5 for me, despite EC.
Before listening, I was familiar with Bell Bottom Blues and Layla, and I liked Layla. After listening, I added Layla and Anyday to my list. But wow was this a slog. I would call it Layla and Assorted Overwrought Blues Jams. And then they have the audacity to throw that final song at you, which demonstrates they do possess acoustic guitars and can write a song that sounds even a little different from every other song. It was both a breath of fresh air and a little insulting. Now I’m fired up. I was between 2 and 3 stars but I’ve talked myself into 2.
Magisterial 70s guitar rock. Incendiary leads from Clapton and Allman, and some of Clapton's most soulful vocals to boot. On top of all that, the title track provided Scorsese with the all-time greatest needle drop in his entire filmography.
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
Layla and Bellbottom Blues are the most recognizable but the rest of the album's blues rock tracks don't take a back seat at any level. Throw in Duane Allman's slide guitar on most and you've got a real jewel here.
Excellent!!
Guitars wailed, cried, screamed, prayed. It was cool, raw. Really liked the balance of the instruments and their panning on the album. It's just a buzzkill.
Bygone era
Pretty good love songs
Layla alone gets it a 4. This would probably be a 4.5.
A real milestone and an album of the century.
Favourite song- anyday
Clapton at his fucking best. Classic heroic guitar rock n blues.
Outstanding album!!! Exquisite and the journey pays off nears the end with the insanely addictive Layla.
Forglemmelig baggrundsmusik
Great album. Couple of classic tracks like Layla. Also, really enjoy "Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?" (what a jam!!!)
Best Songs: Bell Bottom Blues Listen Again: No
Snoozefest except for Layla. 1/5
Listened at the end of Libby's birthday party
just boring. even Layla is tedious, there's nothing to it beyond the riff
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
bad boring bollucks
This album was grown in a laboratory specifically to piss me off, and it’s incredible this has been chosen as my first album. I hate blues riffing, I hate uninteresting production and engineering. These songs feel interminably long and meandering, there’s a 9 minute long song that just blues riffs in the same key with no interesting melodic content. You can make interesting melodies with a guitar! You don’t need to show us how good you are at playing guitar Eric we get it!
It was fine.
Other than Layla didn't care about any of the other songs.
Si
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.
In collection
2/5. Everything sounded the same but Layla was pretty good.
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
Broken hearted men Have their guitars cry for them Shredding memories
Thoughts before listening: I own this album on vinyl and I like it well enough I guess. "Layla" is an all time great song and there are plenty of other winners i.e "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Little Wing". Its also a long album that gets boring at times, so it will be nice to throw the better songs on the playlist. Review: This album is a classic for a reason...and not nearly as boring as I remember. Its full of classic blues-based rock n roll songs played by top notch musicians, including Duane Allman adding slide guitar throughout. "Bell Bottom Blues", "Keep on Growing", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", "Key to the Highway", "Tell the Truth", "Little Wing", and of course "Layla" are all going on the playlist. 4-star album full of 5-star songs.
This list has made me realise just how much I hate Clapton and Springsteen. Here's another one of the former. Tried to hide behind a different band name but within 4 seconds I was suspecting something was up and 20 seconds in I was letting out a groan. And not a good one. Layla the only non terrible song, but they went and ruined it by sellotaping 4 minutes of chaff onto the end and then naming the album "that + other songs". How up your own arse can you get man. Sick of him.
A truly great assortment of rock songs. We got Layla, but the others felt really strong too. Lots of great guitar riffs and love songs. I kept a few. We are getting some good albums now!
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
Love the guitar work Clapton provides along with the stellar blues vibe presented. Feels very dated in the production.
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.
Not my jam
All the good songs became the hits that we’ve already come to know.
One hour and fifteen from the old r****t Eric, a double helping of smug self-satisfied blues rock. There is a little bit of energy that saves it from one star, but the coda to Layla goes on and on and is a classic example of more is less. And it doesn't have Wonderful Tonight on, so there's that.
Boring, noodley grandpa jams.
Really only liked ‘Layla’
quite generic, but not bad
Boy, some of the reviews on this are cranky.
It's a shame this band was short lived. Some of Clapton's best stuff.
Knew it was Eric Clapton from the first track even though I had never heard the song and I didn't know this was a Clapton band from their name. Trying my best to separate the artist from the art, Layla is an all-time great song. It fucking rocks. It's so good it makes the rest of the album seem not as good. But taken on its own, if you removed Layla, it's still guitar riff radness. It doesn't feel like a cohesive album to me but a group of musically talented folks just pumping out solid tracks. Don't think I'll listen back to this whole album often but if I'm making a long summer drive, I'll crank it up.
не ме кефи обложката ;д
Only liked Layla.
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*
Great album, classic.
Between Clapton and Duane Allman, the album is a guitar masterclass. "Layla" obviously stands out but "Bell bottom blues " has always been the song that has blown me away. Reading other reviews, I just dont get how people can hate this album other than because they dislike Clapton as a person, which we aren't rating his humanity, but the album.
not my cup of tea
Solid album. Probably my favorite Clapton after his Blues Breakers stuff. Duane is absolutely brilliant on this. Such a massive talent. I would've preferred a few less tracks and it be a single album. Definitely a classic and worthy of being on this list.
Okay, wouldn’t listen by choice
Booooooo
un poco monótono
Honestly? Just sounded like a Clapton album and that’s not bad.
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.
At first I thought this was just some cover band doing Eric Clapton songs. Turns out it is Eric Clapton. This is an entirely fake band created to hide the fact that the title track, Layla, is about Clapton's infatuation with George Harrison's wife. These songs are still played in blues bars across the country every night. This album really is a hidden gem.
Un disco con música muy amena, lo disfrute bastante. Difícilmente se pueden encontrar discos con guitarras como en este.
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.
A classic! Great guitar by Clapton and Duane Allman!
Just really good.
I didn’t like the Clapton solo album or the Cream album this project gave me. But three songs into this album and I’m really enjoying it. after listening to the whole thing: can’t stand the bluesy noodling songs. It’s why I don’t like Clapton’s solo stuff. I was going to give it a 3 but Layla is way too good. So 4.
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.
Is Eric Clapton a complete douche: yes We’re some of the songs on the album too long: yes Was it surprisingly very good: yes
Layla and Bell Bottom Blues are so good and theres solid songs inbetween
Good, not my preferred style of classic rock.
One of the best Al albums of all time
One of my favorite albums since it came out.
Great songs. Saloon american vibe.
Aquí está Layla. Suena bien y entiendo que por cultura hay que oírlo. No está mal, pero no me ha entusiasmado.
EC's finest perhaps!
I thought it would be better, but was skipping songs.
I got the clap now too Ok what is the deal with the song “Little Wing???” Jimi Hendrix recorded a version of it with the same lyrics and a similar structure. The difference between the two in other ways is extremely jarring. The Tidal blurb for this album refers to Little Wing as a standard, as well. Overall pretty cool album, I thought it was interesting that Duane Allman played on this record too Also every track on this album is a thousand years long
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and other assorted love songs This review is going to be my first attempt of separating the art from the artist. I'm going to actually review the album on it's own merit, but I can't do so without addressing my thoughts on Eric Clapton. I'm not here to change your mind on an artist, but I also can't praise sometime without discussing their racist past. In the 70s, Clapton went on a racist tirade saying keep Britain White, and that all foreigners and blacks should get out of the country. I'm not going to go into it (just Google Eric Clapton racist and you can get the whole story). And he's known for being a real shit person. And to be fair, Clapton isn't the only horrible person in this band. The drummer, Jim Gordon did some shitty things too . In the song, Layla, there a beautiful piano piece that is attributed to Gordon. However it has come out Gordon stole that piece & melody from his then girlfriend Rita Coolidge. And even though it's widely known to be her piece, Gordon still has writing credit instead of her. (Oh and in 1983, he killed his mother and died in jail in 2023). I know this won't be the only time I have to try and put aside my feelings (not sure what I'm going to do when Michael Jackson, Kanye West, or Marilyn Manson comes around) as I listen to an album. As for this album, it's really good. In fact, it's amazing. It's got history and interesting stories surrounding it. You can also read all about it on the Internet if you want to get all the tidbits and gossip. Duane Allman is a powerhouse, playing on 11 of the 14 songs. It's such a bluesy rock album and I understand why it's so beloved. Playing off my last review (The War On Drugs), I see and understand the influence this album had on rock, blues, and future artists. There will always be shitty people making music. And shitty artists will make great art. I for one can see that and can choose to acknowledge it and to not give my money or time to said artist in the future. Is it worth listening to, yes! For me it's Bobby Whitlock that makes this album so good. He deserves more credit than he gets. And let's not forget the late, great Duane Allman. His signature is also all over this album. 4/5 stars.
Album 290 of 1001 Derek & The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Track : Bell Bottom Blues This is a great album. Kept looking for something specific to rate it lower, but it is just a great album.
Hearing Duane Allman and Eric Clapton together is incredible with every listen. Have always loved this album
Excellent musicianship. Every song is like a little opus on the guitar This will definitely make it into my regular rotation.
Much better than I expected
Not my favorite love album
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.
Just south of perfect. I would have cut a few tracks. Nothing in particular, it just felt a little too long.
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.
Guitar play is amazing. Didn’t realize one of the Allman brothers played with Clapton on this album. Great songs.
4.5-Pretty good. No other words needed
Phenomenal. All those idiots who wrote bad reviews about it are fools. You listen to Clapton play precisely so you can hear him noodle around on the guitar for 3 minutes a song because he is one of the greatest to ever do it. The fact that you believe this isn't how blues "should be" is moronic because have you ever considered that maybe blues could be more than just what you have in your tiny little box or the fact that Eric Clapton transcends blues? Anywho, the album is incredible, best we've had so far, Layla remains one of the greatest songs ever written, and Bobby Whitlock's vocals add so much depth to this album when paired with Clapton and the guitars. So choice.
Love the blues influence coming through-the emotion in the lyrics & guitar are great. Anyday and Bell Bottom Blues are fantastic. Clapton is one of the greats-enjoyed listening to this album more now than I did originally a few decades ago. Fantastic
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.
Good old music
This is a classic. Great to hear it start to finish. Love Clapton.
I loved this album but a few special notes. I heard 5 songs I did not know and I loved all of them. I heard a lot of Allman brothers on the track “Why does love got to be so sad?”. Had to check and see if I bumped something and switched albums 😳 This was my least favorite version of “Little wing” ever.
Did not like… I couldn’t get thru a whole song without becoming disinterested…
Brilliant! Eric Clapton epic.
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.
Not a fan but glad he decided to go solo
This is one I knew pretty well already. Some good tunes.
This was good
Only recognized one of the songs on the album. It was nice to listen to some new stuff (for me). A bit slower and found myself losing interest, but for the time period I think it was pretty unique sounds. Overall, I'd give it a 2.75/5
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
The popularity of Layla overshadows the rest of this stellar album, which is a shame. Great blues rock!
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
I’ve always loved bellbottoms blues!
Meh album. Songs just go on too long. Most are boring for what should be love songs. I only like a few, the rest were a chore to finish. Even the good ones ( Bellbottom Blues and Layla) just kept going…and going… Clapton is overrated. There are much better and more creative rockers. He knows how to play guitar but…meh, most of his songs are forgettable I’m also not above removing a star for being a noxious human being. 1 star
Didn't make personal notes for each tune this time. Was getting ready and listening to it at the same time so didn't have time. Never properly listened to Eric Clapton's stuff before so this was a nice introduction. Obviously Layla is a classssssiccccc which was nice. My fave song was Anyday. Whole album felt very cool, felt like a cool boy listening to this album. Fun, cool and incredibly talented band. Great album.
Guitarren-lastiger (Country-)Sound - und Eric Claptons Lied "Layla".
I never really got the Guitar God label put on Eric Clapton until hearing this album. Definitely better than the Cream and solo album I previously rated. This one will stay in rotation.
Well, that was worth waiting for ! Layla is one of my all time favourite songs for a variety of reasons but I thoroughly enjoyed the album. Clapton is a brilliant exponent of the blues ! 4*
Yeah, fine.
Good players but god this just goes on and on.
Sadly the other assorted love songs were a bit dreary. Blues isn’t for me. They all go on too long. Not my favourite. Layla is fab though!
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.
Eric Clapton's band. Layla is great, and the Love Sad song too, but the rest is pretty bland honky tonk.
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.
The first time I listened to this was about a year ago and was disappointed, but now after listening again it’s a bona fide classic.
Has it’s moments
I definitely should've heard this before
Ok
Not my kind of music, sry
Svo gott stöff. Ég hef sagt það áður og þetta staðfestir það bara, þetta er mitt sound og það sem ég hlusta mest á. Úrvalsplata.
A bit bland. Nothing memorable.
On ne perd jamais son temps à écouter du bon blues. Et Layla demeure inoubliable, fait basculer le tout à 4 étoiles.
Took a minute to figure it out, but then I learned this is a Clapton thing. And it's got Clapton doing what Clapton do, little bit samey at points, but that'sa some pretty good blues guitar
I really enjoyed this for what it was, just over an hour of excellent musicianship. Layla has been overplayed, so it wasn't really the high point it should have been. The other material was great and I loved the Hendrix cover thrown in. Definitely a strong 4 stars.
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]
I mean... It's classis Clapton. He's a dick, but his music was phenomenal
Another instance where you need to separate the art from the artist. Eric Clapton is famously a huge piece of shit. That said, this album is really great. Clapton is obviously a master at his craft and he's got an all-star lineup of musicians around him to add to the vibe. The Bell Bottom Blues drums nearly broke my brain in the best way possible. Overall, a solid blues album that is overshadowed by how massively popular Layla became (and for good reason). Standout tracks: I Looked Away, Bell Bottom Blues, Have You Ever Loved a Woman?, Little Wing, Layla,
I don't really like this kind of blues music. This is fine though. Unremarkable. It's music that was at least two decades old in 1970. Noodley guitar work. It settles quickly into by-the-numbers blues chords and beats you down until Layla comes in (too late) with some genuine passion and clever playing.
solid album.
Enjoyed this one a lot, but as with many other albums on this list, I do wish it was shorter.
With a name like that I thought I was gonna love it. Struggled to listen through to the end tbh. Dad rock. Pretty good guitar saved it, but I won’t be revisiting this one.
Just good stuff. Layla is the obvious standout, but the other songs have a nice flow. Enjoyable experience.
Unbelievably and excruciatingly unbearable. This record has achieved something special here. Clapton & Co' have managed to come up with all these different musical passages and not a single time is an exciting idea brought forth. Endless jammy wanks with next to no memorable or stand out parts. Even Layla diverges into a deluge of droney sentimental wankery that bores me to tears. All of this is coming from a massive prog rock fan where over-indulgence is served all night and day. This record is the definition of lights on but no one is at home. Not familiar with Clapton in a general sense but thank god he left Derek behind, as I will now do for the rest of my life.
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.
Eric Clapton’s best record he ever recorded. Everything else pales in comparison to this album.
4.7
pretty sure i could’ve died without ever having heard this album.
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.
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad 🤌🤌🤌 Bell Bottom Blues 🤌🤌🤌 Layla 🤌🤌🤌 Anyday 🤌🤌🤌 Sej fyr, ham Eric Clapton. Han må have så meget respekt for de primært sorte musikere han tydeligvis tager så meget inspiration fra. Nu tager jeg en stor slurk vand og læser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton#Political_opinions
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
Meget positivt overrasket! Fed blues, fed rock! Det holder sgu stadig.
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.
I totally forgot a big part of what makes this album great is Duane Allman's slide guitar. A reminder of just how much emotion some of the early rockstars were able to conjure sonically. Many excellent songs with their influence shown from cover renditions on the album itself. I would've stayed with George Harrison though
I enjoyed a few of these songs but still not really my kind of music
People seem to really hate this Clapton guy! I was not aware of all the vitriol and history. I think this album is great! I don't think it's just Layla, which is so assured to be one of the most memorable songs from this era, everyone knows it. It's the build-up of infatuation, love lost, sadness and despair, that takes you over the edge in the second half. And I kind of did tear up on the last track, "Thorn Tree In The Garden," I'll be honest. I don't think the songs are particularly great, other than a few standouts, but most things *feel* great, and the through-line is convincing and kind of fun to watch him totally fall apart in this super dramatic way. 4/5
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
Not even the slide-god Duane Allman can rescue Eric Clapton from his native bland blues-dad territory. Layla is a good song I never need to hear again, but otherwise the best tracks on here are like filler on an 80s ABB album - big broad major-key southern rock chord progressions, mildly funky basslines, and mostly aimless noodle. The best bits are the harmonized gual guitar leads and Duane's slide solos/fills. Clapton's vocals are flat and soulless and, Cream aside, I've never understood the hype around him as a guitar legend - he's just a technically proficient but very mechanical Buddy Guy/BB King impersonator with nothing special about his phrasing, tone, or anything. There are so many licks on here some are bound to be good, so every couple songs there's something ear-catching like a cool descending run, a minor pentatonic->mixolydian transition, or a big melodic line. It's all very mid, but hey, there's a lot of it - real discount bin stuff...
Okay yes what’s not to like but also this has become such a keystone of a certain kind of rock, a certain kind of not just music but music appreciation, a kind of benchmark against which so much is judged and not to sound like a woke wokerpants wokist but bro the white British dudes doing fast black American blues that have turned into the stodgiest old stodgers, I can’t help but think how many people DIDNT make it in music because “we all” decided at some point that these guys were the baseline? Obviously yes Slowhand is a god—but only *a* god. Not *the* god. And there’s not just a pantheon of gods but a plurality of pantheons. This isn’t fair to Derek and his Dominoes of 1970, and on their own merits, again, what’s not to like? But I can’t unknow all the years since then.
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.
This album lasted forever. Incredibly boring. Being good at guitars doesn’t make up for lackluster songwriting.
I'm definitely not a big fan of 70's sound, but this one i loved instantly.
Good blues album with a decent Jimi cover
Meh
Important blues album, but not my favorite listening.
Great listen, ear candy for guitar players/enjoyers. Really satisfying songs, feels expected but not in a predictable way
Awesome Clapton
Otro clásico más del que difícilmente puede decirse algo nuevo. En mi escala de gustos personal, pongo por delante otras cosas que ha hecho Clapton, como sus discos con Cream, "Slowhand" en solitario, o Blind Faith. Delicattessen, en cualquier caso. Y luego Layla, of course.
I get the accusations of cultural appropriation. But this is still a fine album of 70s blues rock and among the best of Clapton’s work.
Had eigenlijk meer verwacht van dit album, op Layla na erg meh
Heerlijk rock album, de rock en roll afgewisseld met balads slapt hard
There's a lot of foreplay, some pleasurable some not, before Layla opens her legs for the good stuff. Oh, and Clapton is a cunt.
Much better Clapton than Cream. It’s not bad. It’s just Clapton. Music is fine. Not my thing.
Clapton is a racist and the songs all sound the same
Enjoyed it and deserves a second listen. 3.7/5
VERY MUCH ENJOYED
Didn't hate this, but it felt like it went on forever, and all the songs sounded the same.
I really liked this one, will definitely be revisiting it later.
It’s a classic, but this amount of time later not a popular style any more.
Layla is good, rest can be skipped.
Leuk album voor de achtergrond
Hdp
voel em nie zo
Layla ontzettende banger de rest van het album lekker achtergrond muziekje
Jaa ik vind dit mooi
Clapton is a creep but I can't not sing along.
I liked the last two songs, and some parts of others. But it didn't captivate me before then.
Keep On Growing was good, especially with the solos at the end Anyday was good Like the energy in Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? Layla is Layla
Layla is great
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
Something not rock lsl
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.
Really cool. Loved the vocals, production, instrumentation, and the whole thing was just great musicianship
I LOVE ERIC CLAPTON!
Love this one. clapton is a bad man who i used to love dearly.
Not bad, but some of the songs aren't my style.
Oh man THIS is my kind of album. The bluesy rock style is revealing itself to be one of my favorite genres, and this album hits it perfectly.
i have this one .... you can hear the heartbreak in his voice
- some good soft rock but bloated as hell - another boring record that people wouldn’t care about if it wasn’t clappy FAVS: i looked away, bell bottom blues, thorn tree in the garden
1 Banger, a few really good ones, a few boring ones. 7/10
Great blues album that you could also dance to. I love Layla!! 4.1
Best songs: Layla; BBB This is an all time album. A true blues experiment. The guitars by Clapton and Allman are next to none. Truly special.
Got bored
Not really feeling this one
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
Sucks. Just boring white-dude blues rock. I don't get it. Allman bro work on this is decent though, saving it from being a 1/5 2/5
Probably Clapton’s finest work. Terrific blues all around and Duane Allman was a perfect six-string buddy for him. Just misses out on A status for a couple of slower tracks I don’t vibe with and a mid cover of “Little Wing” (dear guitarists- stop covering “Little Wing”), but still essential. B+
Clapton !
Some of dEric’s best if not the, Ocean’s Blvd could be better.
Trevlig blues
Fine. Didn't grab me but I liked it.
WHAT AN ALBUM! It’s right on the edge of a no-skipper! Great guitars, great blues tracks. This thing totally rocks! High 4
Very much Layla and some filler, although most of the filler is pretty good too. Very bluesy, and Clapton hadn't really found his voice as a singer, but I really liked it. Every second song seems to be about him being in love with his friend's wife or girlfriend though - not just Layla - which shows where his head was at!
absolutely amazing. guitar 10/10.
I appreciate it's place in rock history but to me personally this is a 'meh'. Not a bad album, far from it. It just doesn't do anything for me.
Very nice, but a bit too long and too many of the same guitar solos for me.
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
Gostei
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.
Legendary album. Clapton, Duane Allman. Multiple classic hits.
4.4/5
Groovy psychedelic country.
Excellent album
Classic. Great guitar Clapton and Duane Allman.
Great guitar paired with great vocals. Really great music.
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!