Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

It's not horrible, but it's not great and got boring real fast. There's very little chance I put this on again in the future.

I read Eric Clapton's Wikipedia because I know people hate him and omg holy shit lol.

Odd choice to bury a seven minute version of the only great song on the album as the second to last track.

Krasse Gitarren, aber sonst...?

What a slog. Layla is the only thing saving this from being a one star for me. Fuck Clapton as well.

Está ok

The irony of this album is that despite Eric Clapton’s undeserved reputation as a guitar genius, it is the drummer who really shines. That is the only reason this album gets a second star. The guitar work is self indulgent, pretentious guff which gets old fast. A few tracks in and your heart sinks when you realise that Clapton is going to pleasure himself again. With his guitar. For several unnecessary minutes. There is one good track on this album and it isn’t “Layla”. This entire record is a shameless rip-off of the black American soul movement, exploited and monetised by a group of white dudes, of whom the most famous is a known racist, a sexual predator and an all round slug of the lowest order. Love Songs? I suppose that’s another irony. It’s all so unoriginal, predictable, boring and far too long. Even the title is uninspired. Did I mention the w@nky guitar solos? It’s like he was having an early mid life crisis and he wanted attention. That’s 76 minutes of my life I can’t get back and I’m annoyed by that. I definitely won’t be listening to this again.

It's OK, easy to listen to. Layla was fun to hear and its later in the album.

Boomer slop

American mainstream with a punk splash. Old Beatles sound / influence.

It was fine, but not something I'll probably listen to much in the future. At least not based off this first listen.

Holy guitaronie The guitars are amazing, but the album is a bit too long and doesn’t work as an album for me

Layla of course was great but the entire rest of the album was a disappointment.

if this album didn't have Layla this might of been a pure 1/5. I was sick of the album within 30mins of listening to it, and it just KEPT GOING ON. i don't like blues rock and man... it's just so generic and just had NOTHING FOR IT. took all the soul outta me lmao.

Pleasant to listen to, but did not get me hooked. Most of the songs dragged on too long for my preferences. "Layla" is a classic though.

I listened to about half and didn't hate it.

Yep, boring and way too long. Bell Bottom Blues is the best song on here.

Блюз-рок, типичный, но не интересный

I feel like I need to be a middle aged dad with a Strat that he sometimes jams on to really appreciate this album.

Clapton sucks. Most of this is ponderous trash. Only reason it’s not 1/5 is Duane Allman.

1. Bell Bottom Blues 2. Tell the Truth 3. Layla

The album title was an immediate red flag, and it unfortunately proved to be accurate as far as describing the overall experience. Having the album's supposed centerpiece "Layla" as Track 13, after over an hour of tedious, self important twaddle for the most part, is trolling to a sickening degree. It's seriously lacking in the quality control department, and ultimately comes off as pretentious above its station. Could very easily have been a 4 or 5 track EP at most. I'll stick with Blind Faith and what I know of from Cream, thanks.

I can't tell whether this album is overrated or if I need to listen to it more. I didn't find it that compelling, and Layla was nice but not spectacular.

4/10

I've never been a huge fan of Layla to be honest, Bellbottom Blues is the best track on this album and that's a push. Absolutely killed Little Wing, and not in a good way. Unfortunately I went into this with low expectations album title, Layla and some other shite we needed to back it up with to sell a whole album is not a good start to wetting ones appetite with is it?

I’m playing the man, not the ball here. But seriously. Layla, and perhaps one other song aside, this is quite meh.

With the exception of the last two songs, every song on this album sounds the same. I wouldn't mind too much as, while a bit bland, there's nothing too wrong with them. But the album is so overlong that it gets pretty dull.

Teilweise nicht schlecht, aber zu lange für meinen Geschmack. Nichts besonderes.

Layla was great, the rest was a lot less good. The singer was also missing some vocal ability to really make the songs on here work

Meh

Only coz Layla is a banger. Clapton is still a racist bellend.

This would have had to be pretty good to make up for the Eric Clapton of it all. It was not. Layla's a great song but the Little Wing cover before it was actively painful to sit through and the rest was aggressively mediocre.

So much guitar wanking.

Man. It might be because of all the amazing blues I’ve heard the last while but this album feels dull.

not very good

I really do not care for Eric Clapton.

I'm here for the song Layla and the song Layla only

Ugh, this just dragged on and on...and it was only the first song! Nothing about this album caught my attention, with the exception of "Layla", which was definitely the high point. But even that song carried on longer than it needed to. With any luck, I won't be returning to this one any time soon. Standout track: Layla

- Layla is good! - Love Songs, cuddle, Chill Playlist

Don’t understand the Clapton hype. this goes on for way too long

Congratulations Eric, you can play the guitar.

4 for Layla and the sound, 1 for his racist attitude. But I reckon that’s more normal amongst white male musicians of his generation than most let on. But he got drunk and said it out loud.

Nicht schlecht aber auch nicht wirklich Erinnerungswürdig. Viele Gitarrensolos... super generisches Rock album mit blues Elementen und nicht wirklich ein rausch zu hören. 2/5

Not a huge blues rock fan, Layla is a great song but the rest was mostly meh.

1 auuay - 1.5 2. bluez - 1.5 3. grouuing - 1.5 4. nobody - 2 5. yourz - 1 6. anyday - 1 7. key - 2 8. truth - 1.5 9. zad - 1 10. loved - 2 11. uuing - 1.5 12. late - 1.5 13. layla - 3 14. garden - 1.5

I actually fell asleep while listening.

Its alright

Not for me

Some decent, listenable songs but a lot of self-indulgent drivel. Way too long and just background noise.

usually i can separate the art from the artist, but for whatever reason i can’t with clapton anymore. from everything i have seen or read about the man, he seems to be an insufferable prick, and apparently he’s always been that way. many of the songs are too long and as crazy as it sounds, i think he’s kind of overrated as a guitarist.

Learning Clapton was in the group hindered this album completely for me. Highlights: Layla

While I was listening to the album I just thought "all the tracks apart from Layla are kinda boring".

Aside from Layla I just couldn't get into this one. I've never been into Clapton so that could be where the problem is

The most overrated album I can think of.

For some reason I've never really liked Eric Clapton's version of the blues. The man undoubtedly has skills for guitar and he's a decent singer too, but still there is something that irritates me. Feels like he's tryin too hard to be the ultimate blues man or something. If i feel the urge to listen to blues or blues orientated rock music, I'd rather stick to the original blues masters (or Hendrix or even SRV) than this version of it.

Cool signature style guitar sound but that doesn't leave with much as a bottom line.

Title track is good. Guitars sound nice, but still I have no stamina to listen this, it falls to background.

Layla is it's own thing, and it is classic, and it is good. The rest of this piece of shit album belongs in the garbage. Long, generic, annoying. Layla bumps it to two stars - that's how bad the rest of this is.

I may be guilty of an anti Clapton bias and that colors my rating, but this is really tough to listen to. It's just guitar assing off for the entire runtime. The only part of the album that deviates is the piano part in "Layla" but that comes at the end of the song near the end of the album. If you want to hear a pure Strat sound then this is for you. Otherwise skip it.

I’ve spent a lifetime – or at least a lot of one – being deeply mistrusting of Eric Clapton. I think my first interaction was via an ad for a live CD, one where “Layla” was the centrepiece. Something about the dude just didn’t sit right for me. Over the years, I developed that opinion – not through intentional exposure to his music … but rather more begrudgingly. Clapton was a fact of musical life, yet something about his whole deal felt disingenuous, inauthentic. And here we are again. A couple of exceptions aside – the guitar work in “Little Wing” especially is fresh, exciting and unexpected – this is another mass of Clapton I can’t get along with. Not because it’s bad, not really – but because I just don’t believe it. I don’t believe what I’m hearing loves anything as much as it loves itself. And that’s an ugliness it’s hard to look past.

God this shit is boring. Just absolutely drags. Clapton: a confessed rapist, a loudmouth racist who made millions off of distinctly black music, a phenom guitarist, and a severely overrated artist. Harder to separate the art from the artist when the art is also mostly dull and soulless, and his guitar chops don't make up for it. First couple songs and layla are alright (not great), the rest makes for a sleepy listen. An hour and fifteen mins, could you love yourself any more? Boomer through and through.

Started off well with ‘I looked away’ but most of the originals descended into over long doodles. Big Allman influence. The old blues numbers were good.

This album is at least honest in its title. It's a 7* song, surrounded by a sea of kind of middle of the road blues rock. It's certainly not all bad. There are a few great songs here, and a lot of the guitar playing is (as expected!) phenomenal. But overall I don't think I would ever reach out for this album again, which really limits my ability to score it highly.

Hard to listen to. Seems like theft and Clapton is a POS. He is a good guitar player.

Pretty much what the title of the album says, one hit song and assorted filler.

This album cover looks like a middle school doodle. Somehow the art sold for like 2 million bucks, though. Not a bad thing, but just sayin'. I'm so over these 70s bands! What a snoozefest! And it's over an hour, too. I like the name "Layla". Nowadays the kiddos are calling their faves "Shayla", which is another 70s song, as I understand it. Anyway, many of the songs are love songs about George from the Beatles' wife, so that's fun I guess. A 2.5, but since it was so long I will round down. Highlights: 'Keep on Growing', 'It's Too Late', 'Layla' (another rare song where the music is actually more enjoyable for me than the vocals)

I remember first listening to this whole album years ago after my dad played the title track for me, on vinyl. Back then, I didn't love a lot of the songs on this album, other than the obvious one. And I've tried again a couple times over the years, but still--it's just not there for me. I feel like the sound here isn't as groundbreaking as the Clapton's stuff in Cream, and the album overall isn't as good as Cream's best albums. A little too southern rock sounding perhaps. Some bland blues. Anyday has its moments and Tell the Truth, but Derek and the Dominos--taken as an entity--is really just a one hit wonder. His Little Wing cover should put people to rest on the fact that Hendrix is a better guitar player, but I suspect that argument will never die. 2/5 because I really can't justify the 3 even despite how good the title track is. This list is supposed to be about albums, not singles.

Everything just feels too long and too indulgent. Layla - great song for 2 minutes, drawn out to fuck for 4.

The critics had it right the first time. Indulgent, garish and manufactured, it's the kind of shit that could only come from people who think they can do no wrong, and that as long as they can be recorded the world absolutely must hear them. Look no further than the cover of Little Wing, which takes so many liberties in smothering a classic tune in pomp that it loses all character. It gets a star for Layla, but even that seems worse when put in the context of this album.

It’s hard to believe that one of the greatest rock songs of all time could come from such an uneven mess of an album. Layla (the song) is a bit of a microcosm of the album at large: Astoundingly good at the start, but then it just keeps going until the relief of hitting the end. Damn near all of these songs are Slowhand wanking off on his guitar, playing extraordinary blues rock, but failing to keep the listener engaged with the consistent variation and soul of tracks like Bellbottom Blues. There are high highs to be sure, but as a complete package this thing is a bit of a shambles, and I can’t go higher than a two. ⭐️⭐️

Assorted is the important word here. Assorted, like a box of chocolates, and like every other chocolate is dry and flavorless. This album is bloated, too many listless, pointless songs. Listening to this is like listening to a little kid share their rock collection, one rock at a time, and most of the rocks are just bits of asphalt or concrete, and the kid is a racist. The best song on here is little wing, and that's a cover. And there are other covers of little wing out there that are just about as good. To be honest, I'm a fan of this type of music... Southern fried loose jam rock? Love it. Dueling lead guitars? Hell yeah. One song with an extended coda? Yes please. But so much of this is boring and unimaginative... Derek is Eric is generic ha ha got 'em.

Layla? He means Pattie, right?

A white English shitbag borrowing "blues" sounds does not make an album important enough to be one of the 1000+. I've heard Layla quite a few times thanks to classic rock radio, and even then it's one of those "just sit through this and we'll get back to better stuff" tracks for me. Feel free to never listen to this before you die, friends.

Angrily giving this two stars because unfortunately Layla absolutely whips ass.

Listenable enough, and a couple songs are even close to being good. Clapton sucks though.

Quite nice to listen to. One megahit. I can imagine that this was a refreshing album at the time.

It felt like a decent classic rock album. Not much more I can say. Favorite track key to the highway 5/10

Psychedelica and long guitar solos still elude me- some quality songs, but I could not finish this.

I rate Little wing a 2 star because its like country and i don´t really like country but the drums and other instruments are good ⭐⭐. I rate Lala a 2 star because its like country and i don´t really like country but the drums and other instruments are good and the energy is to much ⭐⭐. I rate Keep on growing a 2 star because its like country and i don´t really like country but the drums and other instruments are good and the energy is to much ⭐⭐.

This album reminds me of like a scene in a movie where the main character is driving in like a desert lol don't know why. Other than that it is pretty good!

The more straight rocky stuff on this is ok (like Layla), but when they do blues rock it really rubs me up the wrong way with its soulless pub-rock cover-band energy. Clapton needs to apologise for all the rubbish that he inspired with tracks like that (as well as for being a horrible little racist who is rich thanks to black music). That kind of stuff reminds me of the band Blueshammer in Ghost World. The vocals on "It's too late" honestly sound like they're taking the piss.

Boring

Oh, it has been decades since I played this album, which I used to have on a double play cassette - now long-lost. As I play this album 55 years after its release, I mostly note the generally plodding nature of the music, no matter how excellent the musicianship, and how dull it is lyrically. I suppose it's the late game of the British blue boom of the 1960s, but where the blues boom ultimately led to innovative new genres of rock music, this album is isn't really that exciting. I wonder whether it might be better entitled Layla and Other Assorted Songs of Obsession. Clapton and Allman are great. Did it work to get Clapton back in a band instead of being some kind of mythic guitar god? Not really.

This one runs long and is too bluesy for me. Apart from the title track, not much else from it is memorable. Not surprised the album flopped when released and not sure why its gained acclaim over the years. Maybe the Clapton legacy and for being a sole release from the D&D this has climbed many list rankings. Makes 1001 list probably just for "Layla" though...1.64 stars.

I figured this album would show up on the list. I've never listened to it unison so I was glad for the opportunity. It's a pretty well known blues rock album that checks a lot of boxes with some jams and noodling from Clapton and company. I've never been huge on the Little Wing cover, Bell Bottom Blues is a good track and there's a couple other decent songs sprinkled into the mix. The album is definitely too long so I think a few songs should been trimmed to make it a more palatable listen. The main thing that becomes evident when you finish is that the song Layla is so far ahead of anything else on the album. I can enjoy an occasion blues jam every now and then, but not sure I need to listen to Layla beyond the title track again. Clapton was king at one point, but I'm not sure a lot of his earlier work has held up that well. He's a legendary guitarist no doubt, but I don't care to listen to a lot of his catalog beyond the big hits. Even worse so now that he has emerged as a grade A butthead. 2.23 stars

plus 1 for being ahead of its time

Manageable in small doses. During the first attempt to get through the album, I kept checking how many songs left... Not a great sign.

Without the piano solo in Layla, this album is chock full of tired blues riffs...the drudgery of Have You Ever Loved a Woman and repetitive descending blues chords of She's Gone. Yes Eric Clapton, like Keith Richards and others, helped integrate blues into 60's rock mainstream. Clapton held tightly to the blues roots while bands like The Stones went to a more experimental, hook heavy direction I prefer. Fittingly, the piano solo on Layla, was not written nor played by Eric Clapton, but was most likely stolen by Jim Gordon from Rita Coolidge. Thanks Rita. Eric not so much.

Just gets boring

On the one hand, good guitar playing. On the other, dull, boring, lazy and generic.

this was good fun, but didn't sit with me. i didn't notice when it ended, which is probably not a good thing.

Layla is a great song. The rest is meh. it's too long. Clapton is a twonk.

Gee, what a dickweed

Good album, won’t be a band without Eric Clapton. Good songs.

That's a lot of filler for an album that is supposedly one of Clapton's best. Highlight (apart from the obvious) was Bell Bottom Blues, but it's a low bar. And nobody asked for that Little Wing cover. Eugh. As racists go, I think there are 21st century racists are producing more interesting music than the 1970s racists did.

Album is OK but nothing spectacular most of the songs are very similar These love songs wouldn't win me over only song I like is Layla Fine as background music while working from home

Star for Layla I guess

The art 3/5 the artist 0/5 Half decent tunes for a racist

The irony of such a self-involved and low quality human being as Clapton having a track called Keep on Growing... Layla is a banger though.

I used to love Eric Clapton, then I learned he’s a massive POS and realized that his whole schtick is just stealing black music and claiming it for himself. To this album, it is 1.25 hours of the most repetitive blues guitar saved only by its title track and that is only good due to the coda that Clapton didn’t even write.

Ziemlich lang. Hat mich nicht gepackt, Layla ist der beste Song.

Grew on me somewhat, but still way to muso-noodly for my tastes. Not even *that* much of a fan of Layla tbh..except the piano segment, which apparently was at least part Rita Coolidge anyway...

average album

Ehh, it’s fine I guess. Not the biggest Clapton guy. I prefer him in small doses, and this album seemed to drag. -1 ⭐️ for off album activities. What sort of cunt steals a Beatles wife?

White guys sing the blues. 2/5

Ок, не мій кап оф ті

We just cannot seem to get over this English Rock bands can we? Lyla is obviously a great song, but it seems weird to have a compilation album on this list. Still .. I was able to get through the whole thing and it was mildly enjoyable.

не дослушала, по половине треков поняла что не моё,....

Seems like the pinaccle of boomer albums. Claptons ego is on full display. These are some pretty silly lyrics. I felt like the run time was too long for me, but I enjoyed many of the instrumentals and a lot of the guitar work. Rating: 2.25

I really don’t have patience for this kind of thing.

Creo que Layla es la razón por la que esté álbum es un clásico. Coincido con las críticas a ser un álbum de "blues" aguado y aburrido. Pobre Patti Boyd.

The background music at a dive bar that doesn't care what the music is. It's fine. Just not my favorite.

so mediocre, expected sth a lot better, even the acoustic version of layla (one that i have known first before) is much better than one on the album

Very long. And not enough variety to justify the length. Probably won’t listen to cover to cover again.

Layla obviously a banger but the rest is super boring and Clapton’s a cunt

Didn’t get through it. Wasn’t feeling it.

Maybe good for some background music to chill to

The first two songs are unlistenable. I tried, but I ended up skipping them, which I seldom do. When I started this project, I knew there would be albums I did not like, but I resolved to listen to them all, to open myself up to new things - except country. Because fuck country. If I’m being completely fair, it gets better after the first two songs. It’s still bog standard 60s blues-tinged rock. Which is fine sometimes, but the country stuff is unforgivable.

i have nothing nice to say about eric clapton. rip ray liotta.

Not my cup of tea...

Didn’t really grab me.

2.5 fine for what it is but a bit boring.

here’s how little i know of eric clapton; my initial thought was “oh that’s fun, they named an album after eric clapton’s iconic song and covered it.” 😆 but now that i’ve listened to it, i did not enjoy it. i didn’t know the 4 minute long outro to layla existed and it completely threw me off and i just cannot make friends with it, i guess i’ve only heard a cover. had it been a separate instrumental track instead, then sure. it’d be good i guess. but i just wanted to hear layla. nonetheless, the fact that layla exists on the album makes it a 2 and not a 1. the last song on the album that was more acoustic and not endless shredding was quite lovely.

This is #day145 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it's the final day of 2024, which turned into a catch-up on January 1st, 2025, as I forgot to listen to the album yesterday. When I was halfway through it, I learned about Eric’s love of russia, its music, and, as he says, "the mythical side of russian history". This discovery, in light of russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and the countless atrocities committed by russian terrorists, made me furious. You must have drunk your brains away, Eric. This album gets a 2 out of 5, only because of "Layla," the dog at my wife's parents' house, whom I named after the eponymous song. Looking forward to #day146.

Little too guitar solo-y for me and otherwise just not grabbing me.

Tittelen passer bra her - dette er Layla, samt diverse uoriginale blueslåter Clapton har skrapt sammen. Utrolig nok er Layla fortsatt kul etter over en time (!) med repeterende klagerock.

I tried to come to this with an open mind- I never cared for the song Layla, so was hoping there would be some hidden gems on here. It sounded like a lot of the same, over and over again-white blues with some noodley jam band bits thrown in. Technically not terrible, didn’t shut it off, but nor would I choose to revisit this. I guess I don’t like any non-Cream Eric Clapton. Unnecessary Little Wing cover was also wanky.

I find this album tired. I know the hits, but the rest sounds cheesy like when a guy who have never played the blues wants to show he can play the blues. Maybe it’s the era? The sound choices? Maybe I just don’t like Clapton.

Second groupe avec E. Clapton (le premier étant Cream). Pas très intéressant, même si quelques parties de guitare se laissent écouter. Et surtout beaucoup trop long ! Je ne l'écouterais pas une seconde fois. =>2/5

Was not conviced, even a bit anoying to listen too.

This very much felt like the same song over and over. I think perhaps the only blues I like are blues christmas songs played over a film scene with drunk santa's hanging out in bars.

Listened to this one whilst working, and I reckon 3 tracks in I think I'd actually stopped "listening" to it, it just didn't hold my attention.....until of course Layla appeared. Layla deeply buried amongst the rest of it, the change in tempo of this song with the piano really does last it's taste in time and I had to re-visit it along with other versions of the song over the weekend to really appreciate it- truly a classic piece of music. Album overall though lets the song down and it'll be unlikely I'd hear it all again. (sorry, would have been a 1 if it wasn't for Layla

It's in the description No need for much diction Layla is a great song but the album is too long Will not listen more let's see what today has in store

ok this has nothing to do with the music itself but i started thinking about how unfair it is that god took sterling morrison from this earth so young when it should have been eric clapton instead so then i got really mad at eric clapton for still being alive. which made me not want to enjoy this album. which is not really eric clapton’s fault i guess. but still…god if you’re listening we are ready and willing to trade clapton for sterling. i LOOOOVED the guitar on “anyday.” and “little wing” also jumped out at me but clapton didn’t even write the goddamn thing. overall this is just atrociously long—the self-indulgent lyrics combined with the guitar noodling and the album’s length really create a sense of tedium. “layla” is a good ass song though i will give him that. except for the extended middle part…again, this guy does NOT know how to self-edit.

Solid but nothing special

Doesn't sound bad, but the songs are long and repetitive.

The album mostly features the kind of boring blues rock I've associated with Eric Clapton for most of my life. The title track, "Layla" suffers from having a better, and more memorable, guitar line than any other part of the song. It was disproportionate how jazzed I got about the guitar and how much I didn't care when the vocals came it. "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad" is a highlight. Having an Allman brother really helps a little, but not a enough.

It’s OK I suppose. Takes me back to the rhythm & blues club I used to visit in Watford in my teenage years.

One for the guitar heads

Was it really worth going through a double album of discomfort, as Eric Clapton plays through the blues despite his racism just to get to Layla. Maybe, I mean it’s the one song in the title of the album. Honestly, it’s the other song to give a shit about. The rest range from ok to forgettable. To be blunt, I’m getting sick of getting double albums. Especially those made by terrible people. Favorite track: Layla Other hits that are not Layla: Bell Bottom Blues, I Looked Away, Thorn Tree in the Garden

Eric Clapton you will start coughing in 7 days

Aside from "Layla" and some nice guitar bits scattered through, I found this to be a generic and mostly unmemorable classic rock album. In one ear, out the other. It also suffers from being way too long. "Layla" is a great track but not quite top tier.

It was allright, as good as an Eric Clapton album can be. Layla is a fantastic riff and song though I think if I had to sum up this album and Claptons career I would say generic classic rock Favourite song: Layla Least favourite: every song is a little meh Album artwork: I love the cover

Een blues/rock album met ontzettend lange gitaarsolos en veel middelmatig werk, allemaal zodat je uiteindelijk Layla kan horen en kan zeggen "Ja dat was inderdaad verreweg het beste nummer van het album, dat had me zo ruim een uur gescheeld als ik alleen dat nummer had geluisterd want dit had ik best wel aan kunnen zien komen omdat het fucking album zelfs Layla en andere nummers heet" Oh en ik ga het toch zeggen; ik vind de MTV Unplugged versie van Layla beter dan het origineel. FAVO: Keep on growing, Layla(ja echt)

Layla is a great track, but it doesn't fit the rest of the album which is bog standard blues with some top notch guitar playing by a known knob.

dry

Better than his solo album but not that much better. I don’t think Clapton being on the list at all is necessary, and if he needs to be, Disraeli Gears should be the one chosen, since it’s at least a decent album. But yeah this is just a nothing album to me

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (that don't deserve a mention and aren't even half as good). It's way too long. One great track, a few good tracks, and then a whole lot of boring or downright bad tracks. Little Wing was horrendous. Sorry boomers. Also, as always, I must stress: fuck Eric Clapton.

Fav songs so far: Why does love got to be so sad? - features some more unusual rhythms from this era of classic rock. Sounds a bit more like the Doors with some extra guitar solos thrown in. Good combo. I’m not really a fan of classic rock so this album hasn’t really been my cup of tea but this song is great! Like previously mentioned, rock from the 70s isn’t really my cup of tea.

I'm only five albums in, but 4/5 have been from the early seventies, and 2/5 have featured members of Cream. this is some freaky RNG! from my very cursory research, it seems like Derek and the Dominos was created out of a desire for Eric Clapton to just play some music, maaan, regardless of how it would be received by the audience he'd built up with Cream and Blind Faith. given that pure intent, and the fact that I'm by no means a Clapton fan—apart from his history of virulent racism and conspiracy-mongering, I think he's merely a good guitarist rather than a great one—I approached this with as open a mind as I could muster. I've certainly enjoyed music by people I find just as repugnant as him (if not more), so I really tried not to let my personal perception of Clapton have an effect on my stance regarding this album. that being said, I am bored to tears by this blues rock sound! every third laundromat, grocery store and radio station in my area serves an endless rotation of songs in this vein, and I am so deeply NOT the target audience for it! I don't really have an issue with straight-up blues guitar playing, but if you're going to infuse a rock element into it, I'm going to need a lot more in the songwriting department! Clapton's middling guitar antics and utterly vacant vocal presence can only take me so far! I can appreciate that this is probably the best batch of guitar performances I've heard from Clapton across an entire album, but when Duane Allman smokes him just about every time they trade solo blows, it's kind of a moot point. Bobby Whitlock's backing vocals really get under my skin, which is a shame since I like his keys. 77 minutes??? I'd maybe return to three tracks here. this truly is "Layla" and some other songs. most of the rest of the covers are utterly banal, and the originals? imagine being down this bad for a happily married woman! I'd maybe be willing to look past that, the ugly core of this album, if the music moved me, but on the whole, it very much did not. I'm gonna go watch some B.B. King clips on YouTube. decent 4/10.

Layla brought this up from 1 star

Bell bottom blues and Layla are great, but the rest is pretty tough to get through

I just don't really care for music like this. Layla definitely feels like the standout track; the others felt a bit meandering and self-indulgent.

If I separate the man from the music, the album is ok. A little self-indulgent at times. Layla is the obvious standout. Eric Clapton is kind of a piece of shit.

Was relieved to get it finished. Songs seemed to go on forever. Enjoyed Layla though.

clapton sökkar. þetta er allt of langt.

Not a fan of Eric Clapton

Good, but loses it's luster by being too long.

Definitely felt that the front half of the album is better than the back half. Front half sounds more structured, like the band took more care writing those songs. The back half sounds like a solo-fest, and not in a really good way. It's not ground-breaking music by any means, there's some parts and songs that are skippable. Layla still bangs though and is just an iconic riff. Overall, 2/5

Layla ist bekannt. Der Rest eher nicht so.

Layla aside it’s pretty disappointing

Layla is completely detached from the rest of the album. Everything else is mediocre at best.

Well I liked Layla!

Faded to the background.

Way too long for bang average dad rock. The first half of Layla is the only standout and even that song drags on too long.

It’s whatever, 70s rock, 2 or 3 stars.

Not so tiny secret - Duane Allman plays the best guitar on this album. Racist shithead Eric Clapton is just riding Duane’s coattails. The drummer was nuts, but plays a nice piano. EC is still racist. And Duane Allman gets forgotten for being the true hero of Layla. Two stars for Duane only - if this was just EC I’d select “did not listen”

Long, aimless solos. Some nice patches but its not for me.

It's another situation where the only thing worth attention is the biggest stand-out track from this one-hit-wonder. Everything else is a collective shrug. And the title of this album is almost aware of that fact, because the title is literally just saying "Hey, remember that one song from us that's pretty good? It's here on this album! What? Oh yeah, there's some other stuff too... but that's just the "other", you can ignore that, because let's be honest - you're really just here for Layla" And so how this entire album is apparently a "must listen" is again, lost to me with the logic of this list. If this list was the "1,000 Singles You Must Hear Before You Die", it'd be insanely more accurate to what's actually here.

Not my taste

eh, its clapton.... fun fact my neighbor used to be his drug dealer in florida

I was really struggling to see why this album was on this list, then I found out it was an Eric Clapton project and it all made sense. This album is too long, yet still manages to go nowhere. Go and listen to Cream if you want to hear a racist make actual good music.

It's fine, I guess. The songs are generally too long, though, and they're just kind of... so-so.

When I first saw the name of the album and band, I was expecting some 50's blues album. This is super polished and lacks rawness of the genre. It's also long with guitars verging on the wanky side

Clapton was decent with the Yardbirds and Cream, a complete mentalist by this point and on his way to serious MOR bollockery by the 80s. Always lauded by blokes who like their cars just a little bit too much. Even Layla is a bit pants compared to other epic 70s guitar monsters

wasn't bad but alot of the songs blended in together none really stood out. Also, the album was too long

Layla is quite good and the rest was sort of fine. Certainly dragged on too much and felt a little self serving at times

walk out the door you see someone that you know and they ask you how you are and you just have to say that youre fine when youre not really fine but you just cant get into it because they would never understand

I predict sometime in the future there will be a fairly dramatic revision by critics of how many "classic" albums were released in 60s and 70s when rock was in its infancy. People will come to realize that it just happened to be released at the time and is not that good. This album will be first in the firing squad. Boring blues rock numbers with one or two good songs. 2.5*

To extensively paraphrase The Dismemberment Plan's song "Ice of Boston": Turned on the car at 9am, with the radio on, This Derek & the Dominos album on about how Eric Clapton would rather form a fake band in order to write love songs about Patti Boyd than be normal about it and at least not directly involve George Harrison in that whole mess, And I sat there, head spinning, staring at a stop light, And I thought to myself "Oh, Clapton, dude, I hate you but, oh! Get a life!"

I was over this before it even got to Layla. It's fine for the most part. I can see why it would have been amazing in its time thanks to this exercise.

This is the overdone 70s rock that I'm sick of. I also dislike Eric Clapton. I'm also not in a great mood LOL. I wanted this to end.

The two half decent songs on this do not make up for the murder of Little Wing.

Honestly, less dreadful than expected. I am not a fan of Eric Clapton as a person or as a musician, and this does not change that fact, but the first few tracks are solid bluesy 70s rock, and the final two tracks show off the dichotomy of the record beautifully. It is everything in-between that makes me roll my eyes and tune out. It's just half-cooked white guy blues with nothing to stand out, and, man, does every song feel like it goes on forever. The whole album is too long, quite frankly, and it really hurts the album. Just the first three songs and the final two combined would be longer than some blues rock albums, and would make this an all-time, short album great. Instead, the album has to reek of filler treatment, and it is incredibly dull. Not to mention it feels difficult to have any sympathy for the singer whenever he mopes on a song, so that just makes it more difficult to watch. It's fine, I get why people like it, especially classic rock enthusiasts, but this album just feels like an old guy's garage secluded Summer vacation, and that sounds like MY personal Hell.

I don't get the Clapton love. Fairly dull blues rock that goes on way too long. Doesn't help that he's an antivax weirdo and likely a closeted racist.

Obviously the song Layla is iconic. Otherwise this is a slog.

Albumi #3, 30.07.2024 Vaikka bändin nimi onkin tuttu, Derek and the Dominoesia ei ole koskaan tullut kuunneltua. Yhtyeen yhteen albumiin jäänyt tuotanto ei sinänsä aiheuttanut väristyksiä, mutta silti ihan hienoa bluesmeininkiä. Ei sitten paljon muuta. Levyn fantastinen hittikappale "Layla" on itselläni jostain syystä aina henkilöitynyt Eric Claptonin kappaleeksi varmaankin sen 90-luvulla ilmestyneen akustisen version takia, mutta se on siis oikeasti Derek and the Dominoes -kappale josta krediitit menee Claptonin lisäksi rumpali Jim Gordonille. Jos bluesista tykkää, tämä on varmasti merkkiteos. Itselleni ei auennut uusia maailmoita tästä.

Ughhhh dad rock

Weird, kinda meh, basically forgot about it the second it ended

Meh.

Derek & The Dominos has not aged well. These guys make rock/blues boring. I'll take authentic OG blues, thank you.

Was wondering why this suckass dad rock shit was on the list. Then Clapton opened his mouth. There is too much hidden Clapton on this list. Soulless and self-indulgent. This is terrible. Sure, he can play. But the white boy blues act is pathetic. Layla is a decent song, but the singing is worthless. Will never listen to this again. 1.5/5

This album has a bunch of under 3 star songs, maybe some three star songs, and Layla (which is a song I never really liked anyway). It sits pretty consistently at a 2, and that’s what I’m going to give it. And it’s so damn long.

Talented musicians playing boring music. I was going to give this a 3*, but then they absolutely murdered Little Wing, which is one of my all time favorite recordings (Stevie Ray’s version first, Jimi a close second). Controversial statement of the day: Clapton is good, but way overrated.

DNF. Too long. Not terrible.

I expected to love this album because Lola is an absolute banger. However, listening to it made me realise that I’d maybe only listened to a shorter radio edit. Did you know there is a whole second half that’s more piano focused, with noodling guitar over it? I found this to be a common theme on the album, as almost every track would have been more better if the second have was scrapped and there was a bit less fret wanking. Don’t get me wrong, Clapton is a great guitarist. However, too much of a good thing can make it actually become a bit shit.

A couple of genuine rock-and-roll tracks interspersed throughout a bunch typical Clapton hyperformulaic blues-rock tracks. Another 1 hour+ of absolute banality suitable only for boomers to play in their man caves while drinking light beer and being mad about taxes.

Эрик Клаптон? Значит будет скукота смертная. Лучшая песня - Layla.

It was aight. Kinda bland for most of it tho

Layla er en ganske, men ellers et jævnt, men småkedeligt album...

Too long

2.5 really besides for Layla and and bell bottom blues there really ain’t much great about the album

right up my alley, but it didn’t quite grip me the way I was wanting it to

Only knew Layla and never really liked that song. Rest is not better, too long and with a "Look at me being brilliant" vibe. Don't hate it but don't like it either.

No me ha parecido interesante

A little long but I had way more fun with this than I thought I would. Feels like Clapton flexing his blues roots a lot more. Don't know if i love it as an "album" experience but there are some good cuts on here besides Layla which is the standout track.

Honestamente, se você me coloca 10 segundos de cada música e pedisse pra mim identificar, eu não acertaria uma. Tudo soa parecido nesse álbum. Só Layla se salva, e por qualquer motivo esqueceram de separar duas músicas diferentes nela. Então assim: Álbum cheio de música genérica e 3 minutos de uma das melhores músicas que eu já ouvi seguido de 4 minutos de mais do mesmo.

Liked Song Layla

Bit too country folk for my tastes. Also the songs are loooong, especially those solos. Layla slaps though so have to give it to them for that.

All songs are very same-ish and no real bangers except for Layla

Despite iconic tracks like "Layla," the album feels uneven and overindulgent. The musicianship is impressive, but the emotional impact falls short. A few standout moments, but overall, it doesn’t fully connect.

dur nur nurt

This fits in the class that Dylan and Young used to fill for me, boring folksy music that just doesn't grab me. But I eventually came to appreciate D & Y, but I'm just not there with this album. 2 stars, sorry Layla.

Eric Clapton is a cunt. Bell Bottom Blues is a killer song tho and Duane Allman is always a welcome edition

Avoided this for a couple of days for I am not a fan of Clapton both as a musician and as a personality. The guitar work on this album is impressive, but I much prefer the moodier or poppier tracks such as "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Little Wing" over the meandering blues improvisation numbers. There is an audience for this type of album, but it is not for me. Favorite Track: Keep On Growing Rating: 5/10

Hes one of the best. Didn’t know about this album really but enjoyed it along with some of his classics.

dreary

Tedious noodling blues-rock. The second half of Layla is good though.

Standard blues rock with Laila as yhe stand out track

Okay. A bit too much guitar solos... Not my thing.

nope

What a strange album. It should get a prize for worst album name as well, I think. Cheese deluxe. Some pretty sweet blues here and there, but got quite boring quickly. Whole album was hovering around 2 stars for me until I got to 'Layla'. That was also when I thought "wait, isn't this an Eric Clapton song?". And that's when I realized this was his band before he went solo. Interesting. Anyways, that song slaps so hard it's ridiculous. I have heard it before many times, but either this version had more energy than I'm used to or I had just forgot how good it was. Perhaps the 2nd half could be cut off, but still. It definitely doesn't fit in with the rest of the album's theme or sound, but it's without a doubt the best song of the album, and the only reason to listen to it in my opinion. It also explains why they put it in the album title. Even though 'Layla' is superb, I still have to give this album 2 stars since most of it was a drag.

Not necessarily bad, just kind of generic and bland blues rock. Failed completely to grab my interest. Sure "Layla" is a good song but I can't remember any of the others. Actually that is not entirely true, the cover of "Little Wing" stood out. Not a great cover as the original is better but I didn't think it was terrible either.

Tl;dr: this album is a mess. I love how Derek & The Dominos got there name by someone messing their original name Eric & the Dynamos up. And they just said "that sounds better" and kept it. I had to look at the wiki because I remembered that there were a few covers on this album. Out of the 14 songs, 5 are covers. That's a lot for a debut album... Honestly, they could've done maybe one or two and maybe had a more cohesive album. The covers stand out from the originals for sure. But they all flow in a way... The guitar tone isn't great in this record. And the vocals sound bad. The recording of the vocals do not due this record justice. I think this record I plagued by a lot of talent and ego. There is a lot of ideas going on and often times the record sounds noisy, in a bad way. There isn't room for instruments or vocals to breathe, per se. The song Layla is about Claptons creepy infatuation of Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's then wife. The fact this record is called 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' and knowing the meaning behind the focal song, Layla... Clapton really comes off as a douchebag. I picture Clapton being that guy at a party who picks up a guitar and tries to impress every woman with his guitar skills. He doesn't care if they are single or not... He's Eric Clapton, he is better than everyone. That's how I feel about Clapton after this record. Anyways, back to the record... Again, it's not terrible. It's not the worst thing ever written.. But do I want to go back to it? Is there something on this record that I need to show anyone? That I need to make reference to? Other artists in this genre and era have just written better records. And that's not to slam the abilities of the force that this band is capable of... But there is a reason why this record was a failure at first.... Really enjoyed Key To The Highway. Great guitar work. But not an original.... Soo, like I said, the talent is there. The original's just aren't interesting. Even the song Layla... Yes, it's overplayed, and without a doubt it has fatigued everyone's ears.. But the unplugged Clapton version is far superior. The ending solo is just musician masterbation at its finest... And not a lot is going on. Could easily just had a fade out. The final song should've been axed.

the album does have a few okay songs, however, all of them but one are covers (and still can't hold a candle to the original). Layla is not included in that list, by the way, and is highly overrated – it's the epitome of dad rock, but the uncool one. Clapton is a decent guitar player, but that isn't enough to redeem this extremely boring and derivative album. ugh

Every once in a while I would be talking to my dad and I’d start talking shit about Eric Clapton. My dad wasn’t a very opinionated guy, but would always say, in that situation, “I never liked much of his stuff either, but Layla is a really good record.” He didn’t seem to care much one way or another, he wasn’t passionate about Layla or anything, but he still always put it out there. Anyway it had been a long time since I had listened to Layla, and now I have again, and I still think my dad was wrong about this one. It is what it is.

An impressive showcase of guitar playing - but a disappointing album.

Divorced dad blooz 1-3-5 pretty boring tbh. Waaaaay too long.

Can you die several times of boredom? I naively thought that you couldn't. Thank you for Clapton and friends to help me push the boundaries of the Unknown. OK, let's aknowledge the fact that Clapton gave here an almost Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Licks in only 75 minutes.

I don't like Eric Clapton. I heard way too much dad rock growing up, and I'm pretty sick of it. However, I can't deny that Delaney and Bonnie were a great group, and I can't hate this album, but I have to draw the line at these wanky long jams that the classic rock years are known for. Nine-and-a-half minutes of "Key To The Highway"?! Three or four minutes makes the point. Get over yourselves.

Why does love have to be so sad’ and a couple of other bits where they do the fast blues/country rock thing (largely I think as one of the Allman brothers plays). Otherwise it’s pretty dull blues rock about how much Eric Clapton wants to steal George Harrison’s wife. I think this album marks the point post Cream and Blind Faith where Eric Clapton loses any interest to me. 2/5

Overstays it's welcome. There's no reason this needs to be nearly as long as TPAB. Definitely a "one and done" type of album, where I find the tracks I like first listen and then return to those and those alone.

This album starts off very weak. Meaning almost the entire first half and most of the start of the second half (outside of Bell Bottom Blues of course). But man oh man, does this album ever end strongly, with its 3 best tracks right at the end. Still though, it took a literal hour to get there, and I'm already not really a Clapton fan

It was ok

Meeeeh

Best Song: Layla. An iconic riff that's just smooth as butter. Worst Song: I Am Yours. I just really don't like this kind of "beach-y" guitar riffing. Overall: Overly long. Everyone knows that Clapton can play the guitar, but he also (to my admittedly ignorant ear) doesn't feel like he has a ton of variability or even originality. His solos are incredible, but the rest of the songs feel largely uninteresting. Every Clapton guitar track sounds the same, and that sameness is sleepy.

A couple decent tracks (quite enjoyed the cover of Little Wing) but all starts to sound the same. Not sure where the hype for this album really comes from. I maintain the only great thing Clapton ever did was his involvement with Cream 2.5

Fin baggrunds lyd, men hvis jeg lytter efter, så keder musikken mig, og lyricen kan jeg heller ikke fokusere på. Så alt i alt er jeg glad for at kunne bruge en hel weekend på at kæmpe mig igennem. Layla virker bekendt.... 🤷

Pretty good need to keep listening

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.

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

cool to hear eric doing this stuff but not for me

..

White men playing middle of the road blues music. Layla is alright.

This just feels kinda... bland? I ended up listening to this a few times and it never stuck. 4.5/10

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)

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

Racist

Very boring

Very bluesy

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.

Bygone era

Best Songs: Bell Bottom Blues Listen Again: No

just boring. even Layla is tedious, there's nothing to it beyond the riff

Other than Layla didn't care about any of the other songs.

2/5. Everything sounded the same but Layla was pretty good.

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’

Only liked Layla.

un poco monótono

Good, not my preferred style of classic rock.

I thought it would be better, but was skipping songs.

Not my favorite love album

Not a fan but glad he decided to go solo

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

Eric Clapton's band. Layla is great, and the Love Sad song too, but the rest is pretty bland honky tonk.

Has it’s moments

A bit bland. Nothing memorable.

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.

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.

pretty sure i could’ve died without ever having heard this album.

I enjoyed a few of these songs but still not really my kind of music

Meh

Much better Clapton than Cream. It’s not bad. It’s just Clapton. Music is fine. Not my thing.

Didn't hate this, but it felt like it went on forever, and all the songs sounded the same.

Layla is good, rest can be skipped.

voel em nie zo

Layla is great

Something not rock lsl

- 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

Not really feeling this one

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

Fine. Didn't grab me but I liked it.

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.

It's ok. Has a country, bluesy twang to it. I gave up 3/4 of the way in, though.

2 stars for generic 60s wibbling UK blues. +1 star for Layla (although, even now, that songs drags on after the monster opening doesn't it?) -1 star for being a racist bigoted prick

Samey. Not engaging for me.

Ok

Wow, this thing is bloated. This thing is a chore to sit through because most of the songs are three minutes longer than they need to be. Those extra three minutes just sound like noodling. Just very generic dad rock from Clapton. Not saying it sounds bad, there’s some ok songs in here, but it’s just a drag to get to them.

The guitars are good. Not much else though

I won’t be such a Goodfella in reviewing this album since Layla was the only song that got me on my knees.

I don't know how this got extended to a double album, it has one good song, and even that is good not because of Eric Clapton, but Jim Gordon's piano in the coda. The rest is filler.

Overly long and so loses a star. But I do enjoy his guitar playing.

Not a good workout album so far. Kind of old school cool patio drinking vibes. Was Eric Clapton in this band? Bluesy complaints about women.

There’s some good white-guy-Blues in here but man…what a gauntlet to have to run. Such a bloated and ostentatious record. This certainly falls in the time period where Clapton wasn’t outwardly enough of an asshole to make him totally unlistenable, but the signs are certainly there. Trim this down a bit and you’ve got a solid album, but as it stands right now it’s rough.

Overstays it’s welcome. This did not need to be an 1 hour 17 minutes long. Plus the two best songs are about wanting to bang George Harrison’s wife.

Incredibly bland, surface level rock. I find eric to be a rather faceless guitarist, especially for someone who has such a large tendency to overshine the other group members. Sadly, the rest of the lyrical and musical content follows suit with Clapton's guitar and only Layla, which is a fantastic song, manages to look at all beyond the bare minimum for rock in its peak era.

Yeah I dont know…. Nothing really exciting for me… Not even Layla

Ganske kjipt