Reviews (page 3 of 14)
Blues rock and guitar-driven soul-rock built from fiery dual guitar lines, tight rhythm section interplay, organ flourishes, and emotionally raw vocals feels like watching a relationship unravel in real time inside a smoky bar where the band refuses to stop playing— everyone is tired and doesn't want to leave while I am dead tired and go to sleep as everything feels dull, lengthy, repetetive and barely motivated any more.
not a big fan of all the muffled sound/ bad sound quality effect or whatever they had going on, some compositions get a bit tiring to listen to. Also after reading the other reviews I am shocked about Eric Clapton. For the music itself? Layla out of 5
Clapton’s finest moment, inspired by peak Duane Allman. Guitar blues rock of the highest order
I doubt I’m alone in thinking this is Clapton’s best project by miles. Better than Cream, Blind Faith, Yardbirds, solo career, all of it by miles. The title track is sublime. Bell Bottom Blues kills. Every other track is at least excellent. Duane Allman elevates what would already be an incredible album into something otherworldly and timeless.
I'd strongly recommend listening to this album by borrowing it from your local library.
This albums simultaneously has lots to like and lots to dislike about it. The guitar work is often brilliant but at other times quite self indulgent. The songwriting is at times very impactful but there are more than a few filler tracks. The flow of the record feels coherent but also too long at 75 minutes. Overall I would say I enjoyed large parts of it without being blown away. 6/10.
Probably amazing at the time, guitar is nice and tasteful, even when going wild. For all his failings as a human being, Clapton is a brilliant guitarist. Not the best per se, he's eclipsed by Hendrix for a start, but it's not a competition. That being said, his playing is pretty much 90% of what he has to offer. His singing is nothing special, and his songs are bland. So what happens when you aren't the best, but you think you are? You get a bloated bunch of noodling about how much you want to fuck your friend's wife. This didn't need to be a double. It's got a hell of a lot of filler. Anyday and the title track are the only real standouts that aren't just an extended blues jam. It could very easily have been an incredible single album. Pretty much nothing else on the album holds a candle to the title track. Quite a lot of this is very inessential.
Layla is a stone cold classic. Scorsese used it to perfection in Goodfellas. It's probably Clapton's magnum opus and features great contribution from Duane Allman. Unfortunately there also a bunch of "other assorted love songs" on here that sound like boring slop. But Layla is almost good enough to carry the rest of it.
Clapton’s best work
I recognize this was very good, it just didn’t grab me
Fantastic - feels great to give out a 5!
lAyla…
I really don’t like bluesy stuff and heard Layla on the radio as a kid enough times for my lifetime
Fun, if a bit dad-rock. But I think it's unfair to judge something uncool just because an older generation got really into it. Even in my youth I've always been a middle aged man on the inside, and this kind of blues guitar rock really makes me want to move. The only song that really stood out to me was Layla (mostly for the incredibly catchy riff), but overall it's nice to get an album where it sounds like the musicians are just having a great time playing. If I could be as expressive on a guitar as Clapton I'd probably never put it down. Shame about the racism though
3 / 10
It's not bad, just drags on too long.
la seconda metà di layla è il mio impero romano
Bell’album, soprattutto alcuni pezzi e anche i blues lunghissimi non mi sono dispiaciuti
Fantastic guitar work, some very catchy songs. Drags a little towards the end.
There is some great stuff on here, not least the title track, but it’s so self-indulgently looooooongggg!!!! He was truly a creator of the blues. Definitely brought my mood down listening through the entirety of this. The bloated length brings it down a star.
prima goed eigenlijk 3.5
I really like this album. So many great songs!
I'd never listened to this one before. Layla's like the 5th best song on the album.
Great album plus it has Duane Allman playing slide & lead on most of the songs!
So technically accomplished; but his music always seems contrived, like it’s just an excuse for him to show off his chops. Fundamentally I don’t find a tremendous sense of melody in his leads. Just widdly widdly widdly WEEEEEE WEEEEE WEEEE WEEEEE WEEEE WERRRRRRRR WEEEEEE. And while he plays around with pentatonic minor, he never comes close to playing the blues the way the legends did.
Pretty good. very chill
Didnt listen to this - but aware of a number of tracks previously
LAYYLAA you got me on my knees
If this was cleaned up a little it would be a 4
It was really long, like an hour sixteen? It was okay, listening to it but am I gonna come back? Probably not. The only enjoyable song for me on there is Bell Bottom Blues. The whole album isn’t generally bad music though, it’s just not for me, I believe. Also … I’ve been doing this for like two weeks now and I just got 70s albums except for one from the 90s. Isn’t this supposed to be like expanding music taste and showing how different genres and decades make different music that still, like needs to be listened to before you die (duh)? But at the moment it doesn’t really feel like it, sorry. I’m not gonna give up though. At least not yet :)
Great album!
“Never rat on your friends and keep your mouth shut”
If this was only about Eric Claptons skill as a guitarist, I’d have to give it a 5. If it was about how good of a person he was, it’d be a 1. But ultimately it’s somewhere in the middle. Layla is truly an incredible song, but the album title couldn’t be more true. The rest of the album just feels like filler to get to the title track. The guitar riffs are genuinely incredible, but doesn’t make up for the other parts of the songs for me. Also little wing doesn’t hold a candle to Hendrix’s version. Favorite song: it’s pretty obvious here
Absolute ripper of an album and Layla may be one of the best songs of all time. People should keep an eye on this Clapton guy, he may be big.
I did not know that Layla wasn't an Eric Clapton solo. This is definitely an album that my parents would have played when I was growing up. Layla is one of my all time favourite songs.
Anyday put the man in the moon, put the dial in the phone, put the grease on the wheel, put the sword in the stone
Dritkjedelig, orker ikke å høre gjennom hele
I didn’t love it or hate it, it’s fine
Nok en megasnill 3'er. Blir for sidrumpa gubbete bluesrock for min smak. Clapton har en ganske kjip sangstemme. Fun fact: Min mor har vært på konsert med Derek and the Dominos. Det er det ikke mange som kan skryte på seg.
Det her var jo en kulere Clapton enn jeg ante fantes. En hyggelig overraskelse som jeg har hørt gjennom 3-4 ganger i dag.
Minus for lengden og litt av kjøttbluesen. Mistenke at det hjalp å ha Duane Allman med på laget. Æ e også en av dem som mene at siste halvdel av Layla e den soleklart beste. Første halvdel? Meh
Den kjedeligste gammelmannsbluesen som tenkes kan. Selvfølgelig har de ei seig låt som er ti minutter lang. Tittellåta og den generelle spillegleden redder stumpene.
super high highs, rest is very solid
I know and like the song "Layla" on this one but I'm not familiar with the rest of this. Thoughts after listening ... Uh oh - this is a double album. I get concerned when I see this since most double albums have too much filler. Oh yeah, I know "Bell Bottom Blues" - it's pretty good. "Keep on Growing" and "Anyday" are pretty good too. "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?" - sounds familiar, but different. Was there another version of this released? This version of "Little Wing" is pretty cool. I have always thought the original by Jimi Hendrix was too short. "Layla" - funny how the best part of this song is the ending with the guitar by Duane Allman and the keyboards by Jim Gordon (which apparently he ripped off from his girlfriend Rita Coolidge). "Thorn Tree in the Garden" - I liked this one for being completely different from everything else on this album. More folky in style and it has Bobby Whitlock and not Clapton singing. Clapton has such a weak voice. Why does he feel he should be the singer? It was a good idea to get Steve Winwood for a short period as part of the Blind Faith group. Jimmy Page (also previously of the Yardbirds) was smart to get an actually great singer for his band (Robert Plant for Led Zeppelin). I got to the 8th song and was thinking this has to be over soon - when I realized there were 6 more songs left. They should have left all of the blues covers off - they are a big part of the "filler" for this double album. I ended up liking the 7 songs mentioned above. I'm glad I got a chance to sit down and listen to this - since I discovered some "new to me" songs. But this is another example why most albums should not be a double album. The cover art is definitely cool. Liked songs on Spotify: 7/14 Rating: 3/5
Eric Clapton is a terrible person and the most overrated guitar player ever. Your local dentist can play dad blooz just as good or better. He can't play fast, his solos have no emotion, his phrasing is generic, I don't get why people always put him in greatest guitar players ever lists. This is one of the most self indulgent and boring albums on this list. Just because you can play blues licks doesn't mean we have to hear them all. This album could have easily been condensed down to 30 minutes. The only good parts on this album are the piano outro to Layla, which apparently he stole from his band mate, and the Jimi Hendrix cover (somehow he makes it sound bad though). People say Jimi Hendrix is a bad singer, which I've never understood I think his voice perfectly suites the music. Now Eric here on the other hand is a God awful singer and makes Jimi Hendrix look like Freddie Mercury. He way he howls and grunts is just soooo annoying. Low 2.
Not my cup of tea. Between this and the Led Zepp album I listened to the other day, a picture has been painted of what white guys in 1970 were complaining about and I don’t find it very flattering or self-reflective. I’d probably like this better as an instrumental album bc the singing guitars are obviously impressive. But even the guitars grew a bit grating for me by the second side of the album.
1. I Looked Away - 8/10 - good leading track. Great guitar weaving in and out and good classic Clapton vocals. Really sets the mood for the rest of the album. 2. Bell-Bottom Blues - 9.5/10 - really really good song. A perfect blend of Southern and British rock, IMO. Melodic when it needs to be. Pained vocals. Twangy yet jangly guitars. 3. Keep On Growing - 5/10 - decent enough guitar battle is its only saving grace otherwise its like a 2. Really a whatever song that I otherwise would not listen to again. 4. Nobody Knows You... - 4/10 - is this a cover? Feels like a cover. And a boring one nonetheless. I do like the guitar solo. 5. I Am Yours - 3/10 - sounds like something I may have heard from a beachside bar sung by an aging musician asking for Venmo donations. 6. Anyday - 5/10 - HOT TAKE: I liked the vocals more than the music in this one. Kept trying to imagine extrapolating the vocals and putting them behind some 90's grunge guitars and distortion - wouldve sounded much better. 7. Key To The Highway - 3/10 - generic ass blues. Did nothing for me. 8. Tell the Truth - 4/10 - more of the same as above. Entire album is really beginning to feel like one note. 9. Why Does Love... - 8/10 - this is rock. Loved the verses. LOVED the guitars. Hated the boring and tired chorus. 10. Have You Ever Loved A Woman - 7/10 - more of the same 10/10 guitar with 1/10 everything else. 11. Little Wing - 6/10 - its ok. Does not hold a candle to the original. 12. Its Too Late - 4/10 - i'm tired chief. 13. Layla - 11/10 - its my favorite song of all time. Looking back, I never listened to this entire album and the song itself seems like an anomaly in it. But it does not change anything about the song for me. Its perfection. 14. Thorn Tree - 2/10 - glad thats over OVERALL - 3. Could easily be a 2 but getting a 1 star bump for Layla.
Interesante, divertido, dinámico
wish clapton wasn't a prick. This album is amazing
Public Masturbation: The Album. Horrible human being aside, I can recognize Clapton’s talent. That’s easy. I can also recognize how furiously he’s beating his noodling, jam banding meat across fourteen tracks for over an hour and I’m not impressed.
I really enjoyed this. Clapton and Allman really went all out. Great rock album, fantastic guitars, expressive lyricism.
It's a decent album but I don't think it's top class. I think Clapton is more gifted as a guitarist than as a vocalist. It's fitting that Layla is like two songs in one, and the back half is all instrumental. Bell Bottom Blues is a good track, as is Tell the Truth. But it's not quite 4-star territory for me.
Positives: It's not all songs that have been over played, and there's some impressive guitar on display at times. Negatives: It's overlong and Clapton is a weird white nationalist anti-vaxxer. Giving this a low 3, but it might actually be a high 2.
Sometimes bluesy, sometimes country, often fucking terrible. Also - never authentic.
Album #104, Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ⭐⭐⭐⭐ First time listening to this gem, despite it always hovering around my radar. Eric Clapton has never really interested me. I feel like I know more about his racist views in the 70s than I do about his music. I do, however, love Cream and know their discography very well. Everything after that though is pretty blank for me. So, bar Layla, this was all new to me, and what a fantastic record this is. It’s much more of an ensemble record than a showcase for Clapton’s guitar playing. The whole band are shining on these tracks. It’s got a great jam feel to it. It’s bright, soaring, and the songs take really interesting turns for the most part. The twin guitar playing between Clapton and Duane Allman will keep me coming back to this. It’s so interesting and well balanced. And the vocals are so good. I never knew Clapton could sing this well. Amazing vocal performances across the whole thing. The only negative for me is very subjective. I love blues music, but I like some styles more than others. I’ve never been that big into that Chicago-style strict 12-bar blues sound as much as I am into Delta blues. This album has loads of that Chicago blues style on it. The songs are long and they just don’t always hold my interest, despite being technically great. The original tracks like Anyday and Tell the Truth are much more engaging to me. So yeah, a super strong four stars and one that I’ll definitely return to time and time again.
There's a lot of samey-ness going on here. Halfway through I fell into numbness and almost gave up on the listen, but it started to redeem itself towards the end. These compilations of songs that were never really designed to go together can become quite tedious, and are not something I would generally choose to listen to. I prefer an album with some structure, some ups and downs of mood, some dynamics. It's also quite annoying having to recognise again that Clapton is insanely talented even if he is a utter twat.
6/10 I remember hearing some of these on my dad's radio. Pretty fun listen
Amazing
1. "Layla" 2. "I Looked Away" 3. "Bell Bottom Blues"
clapton doing clapton things. it’s good! not really my style though
I can't believe I was sleeping on this album. I've heard Layla so many times that it just drags on for me with no reason to explore this Clapton project further. But this album. Phenomenal. One of the best albums that I've heard from this list.
Wow. This was excellent. Did not expect it to be. Truly separated art from the artist.
For his absolutely dogged, “more cowbell" approach to musical adaptation, Eric Clapton has a pass to cover any song he’d like. I love his song construction, his voice, and the way he plays guitar; Little Wing is nearly unrecognizable here, but does it ever still slap; the moxie to go in on Jimi Hendrix… Bell Bottom Blues and Layla are thoroughly perfect.
A rock n rolling groovy time.
Blues is not my thing. Took 3 weeks to listen to the whole album. Half star.
Everybody loves Layla, but Bell Bottom Blues is the star of this album, which could be a better single album than the double disk format of the original release, in my appraisal. If you like it rough, if you like Killers more that Powerslave and Kill-em-All more than the Black Album, then this (and earlier efforts with Cream, Delaney & Bonnie and Blind Faith) is the best way to listen to Eric Clapton. One of the best slide-guitar rock albums in the pantheon (Thank you Duane Allman) and the Zenith of Eric Clapton's career. If you are like me, just skip the last song on the album, you'll live a happier life.
Highlights: Bell Bottom Blues, Layla, Anyday and Little Wing. 3.8
Nah. He’s a bag of fucking shit.
Eric just doesn't have a pleasant voice
Most is great with an excellent band. Clapton stands out on the blues numbers. Layla was the overplayed radio song, the rest is good.
норм фоновая музыка по своему желанию не слушала бы
ну мне понравилось но чет я ниче не добавил
Omg deze lijst is zo een nostalgiebaiter voor 50 jarigen. Nee ik geef geen fuck om de zeshonderdenzevenste gitaarsolo.
não minha vibe, não gostei uns 5/10
Loved it. Layered guitars, Eric Clapton.
Thank you for letting me listen to this amazing album, every song on this album is a gem with amazing guitarwork. Some songs slower, some faster amazing front to back. 1. Layla 2. Bell Bottom Blues 3. Anyday
Before listening to this album, I knew that Eric Clapton had done a terrible Bob Marley cover, cheesy "Wonderful Tonight" and this album's "Layla". I also had this image of him being both a racist and an anti-vaccination jerk (which is a pretty common combination!), so I was both surprised and annoyed when the first two songs on this album were so good! After "I Looked Away" and "Bell Bottom Blues", the album level dropped. At some point the aforementioned "Layla" came along and pretty soon after that the album ended and I lost 76 minutes of my life.
Amazong album!
lots of noodeling, but also not bad
I am blinded by the whiteness of this band.
overlong but most of the tracks with Duane Allman rip, an absolute virtuoso. ignore all the brave reviewers giving this one star due to Clapton's wrong headed opinions, if you're a fan of guitar music there's a lot to enjoy here. maybe 3.5
I'm not the biggest fan of Clapton but this record is fantastic. Lightning in a Bottle with this lineup, greatly augmented by Duane Allman. One of those albums that could have gone very badly but somehow turned out just exactly perfect
en oo varmaan aikasemmin kuunnellu koko levyä
I think this is pinnacle Eric Clapton. Better than any solo album, Cream, Bonnie and Delany. Why? Probably because of Duane Allman truthfully. But I mean this thing is packed with great tunes. Bell Bottom Blues is ridiculously underrated and deserves as much love as some of the other tunes on here. obviously Layla is the cornerstone, and I appreciate that they stuck it as the penultimate song on here. My only issue is that may overshadow how great that Little Wing cover is on this album. It's a great listen. Highly suggest.
This is porch sittin; sippin' a little whiskey while watching the grandkids play in the yard kind of music. For me it's a 8/10 and if more members of the band were alive besides Eric Clapton I would buy the album to support them. Put your politics aside and acknowledge that Eric Clapton is just like every other rich asshole who gained a crumb of power by becoming famous and you can't deny that this album has some absolute rippers in it. I get that people love to hate and cancel people outside of their work, but Eric Clapton is undeniably showing off what he can do on guitar in this album and it's great. Every guitar player out there can hear the mastery in Clapton's rock & blues skills. Just ignore what comes out of his mouth.
This is the 2nd time I’ve heard this album now, and I loved it, some great guitar, bluesy and cool stuff, I can see why it’s included, I read about it afterwards- very decent
It’s giving old school jovial dad vibes. Listens like a fun uncle who is a hoot to be around, loves blues & karaoke, always wants to join in, is never seedy or inappropriate- he’s brilliant but just can’t quite get his life together. It’s like if Tom Jones had Eric Claptons hands but traded the glitz and glamour for heartache and soul. Feels like he’s experienced great sadness but would never allow the mood of any room dip because of it- instantly neutralising negative space. A fab album with exemplary guitar work.
I like this. Also, the album cover makes me wish that there were more record stores in the world.
This album is pretty long and to me it seems needlessly so. There are some really good songs out here - and I say this despite not liking the genre that much - but they get muddied by some frankly bland ones. I wish that this album was more streamlined leaving only the great songs which I think could push it into that 4 or even 5 star range. Fav Song: Layla (HM: Anyday) Least Fav: Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
Лейла > остального альбома
199 / 1089. Clapton's personal opus, with some heavy help from Duane Allman and his slide guitar. Would be better served by cutting 4-5 tracks. "Bell Bottom Blues," "Anyday," and "Layla" are obvious standouts. While the "Little Wing" cover is not as good as the original, it is very different from Hendrix's and fits with the rest of the album. Ultimately, one of the best guitar albums one can listen to. 8/10.
Good stuff1
So, Layla is one of my favorite songs of all time... but I'd never heard a single other song off this album. When it's rock, it's one of the best I've heard. When it's blues, it's fine for blues, but not really my jam. When it's Thorn Tree in the Garden, it might be the worst album I've ever heard. Overall, I did enjoy the album. As with nearly every double album, there are a couple songs I would have trimmed. Lots of great stuff here though. Glad I finally got around to listening to it.
Almost 5
Layla was the only one i knew from before. Still a good album.
Nice bluesy rock. Songs and album seem longer than needed for something that isn't my favorite genre. Certainly a cool album considering all the history behind it, and what came after. But that context doesn't make it a great album, imo.
My rating is for the album as a whole. Layla is of course incredible, and brings up the rating by at least 1 star, but I don't get why the rest of the album is special? I honestly had a tough time getting through this one. I'm genuinely confused at what I'm missing.
You simply never need to hand it to Clapton and this is no exception. Yet Duane Allman is doing some absolutely legendary work here so it softens my resolve for a collection of pretty great tunes. In fact, I'd almost consider this a strong 4 star candidate if it weren't for the abject whiny, pining cuckoldry Eric is up to trying to woo Patti Harrison. It just leaves a sour taste for what's otherwise a really solid record, but Clapton is good about sucking the joy out of things isn't he...
I really enjoyed this album. It does lose a star for being so long and for having a 9 and a half minute song on it 😑 I like Eric Clapton’s voice in general and just the whole sound of this album was great. Favorite songs are Layla of course, Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, I Am Yours and also Little Wing which received much hate in the comments. I’ll definitely return to this one.
Conor Clapton Committed Suicide Because His Father Sucks Eric Clapton sucks Eric Clapton sucks Eric Clapton's gay And he's fucking gay Your father is the 4th worst singer After Springsteen, Seger and Petty You were sick of his gay fucking songs So you jumped out a really high up window Eric Clapton sucks Eric Clapton sucks Eric Clapton's gay And he's fucking gay Your father sucks so fucking bad You knew you'd get beaten up at school You were sick of hearing "You Look Wonderful Tonight" So you jumped out a really high up window Sometimes I wish you didn't die Because I hate the song "Tears in Heaven" I was glad you died, until I heard that song
I still can't wait until Eric Clapton fucking dies. That said, I must begrudingly accept that this album isn't that bad, although I'm still torn on if it's because of Clapton's songwriting or the fact that I just hold Duane Allman in high enough esteem that his involvement salvages the album for me in some small way.
I gave this one a good rating last time I got it here so I'm gonna give it a 1 out of spite for eric clapton's racist ass
Ok, so the musicianship is stellar, and the band are untouchable technicians. Some of the tracks are legendary, but this record is too damn long, and self indulgent. The tracks are sometimes just an excuse to jam and show off, and sometimes, yeah, that’s the point. But my lord, just pick enough bangers for 45 minutes, and I’ll give you an A+.
This was a combination of all the good things. Don't know if Eric Clapton is my favourite human being, but damn, this album is incredible.
Clapton sucks, but this is decent if wanky, and Layla is an all-timer song.
Particularly like Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad and Thorn Tree In The Gadden
I like the album a bit more. Listening to it this time. Enough to warrant a three, but it's long and padded. Good guitar can only get you so far.
Apart from Layla, but boring
A decent album nothing to write home about but also nothing to stop early because of it.
I absolutely had no idea how great this album is
Gran álbum de blues rock. Interesante, y Clapton rompiéndola toda. Eso si, bastante largo. Y un género que no me atrae tanto. 5/10
Long album. Lots of it is perfectly fine but I realised how soporific I found it when I listened to Green Day straight after and awoke from a semi daze.
Man, I can't imagine a timeline where I interact with my turntable FOUR TIMES to hear this whole thing. It's over an hour of Clapton jerking off overtop of unremarkable blues and rock music. Same as ever. Cut it out with the double albums.
Good album, awesome blues and 70's rock. Some of the songs ramble on a LOT longer than necessary. The signature song isn't until almost the end, which at least makes you go through the entire album before hearing the one you know, and by that point, you might as well finish it out. My Rating: 3/5
Oh boy, 'one of the greatest guitar players of all time' coming at you again with an hour of 12-bar blues.
Jammin. Goes on for so fucking long though. I can only jam for 1-2 songs max man. Fuck Eric Clapton tho fr fr. I wouldn’t want to listen again. 2.
Look if it wasn't Clapton I'd probably give it a two. This is just the most boring bluesy songs played for way too long, maybe it blew some white teenagers mind in the 70s but now? I feel like this album is only on here because it has "Layla" on it, and everyone knows that song. But after the opening riff why go on? You already heard the one good part
A classic but not for me
God I hate the blues, and there is a lot of it to hate here. I learned everything I ever needed to know or wanted to hear of blues guitar from watching the Stevie Ray Vaughan “Live at the El Mocambo” (sp?) DVD a million years ago, and his version of Little Wing completely shreds this band take. Interspersed into these tired, formulaic blues meanderings are a few tired, formulaic straight up rock songs too. Lastly I’ve had a long running gripe about the song Layla and particularly its long-winded outro. To say that the very highest note of the very high guitar motif that plays through much of the beginning of the song successfully bends to the right pitch every one of the million times it’s played would stretch credulity. But tell me the very high slide guitar that belabors the outro is in tune and I’ll call you a fucking liar. It’s annoying as hell, and I think about it every time I watch the end of Goodfellas. It gets one mark for the fact that because of this album my name would have been Layla if I was born a girl.
Just an awful mess. The absolute worst version of Little Wing I’ve heard. I will never, never understand why Clapton is considered some kind of guitar god. If your greatest sin is enjoying music, you’ll be listening to this album in hell.
I found this quite beautiful at times and good fun but maybe too heavy on the guitar for my taste. I don’t really see myself listening to this again
Too long, and unmemorable apart from Layla
Pretty good, but Clapton has never really appealed to me, not sure why.
meh
I liked this a lot and I think I will like it more with time
I found this unforgivably boring
It's really too bad that this gets hijacked by Clapton's Whole Thing because it's actually a pretty good (unexpectedly so) good album.
It's fine. I don't have time for it, but it's fine. Just classic-rock-dad-type music. I don't really care about Clapton. He doesn't do anything for me. Even Cream I'm kinda meh on, and it's really in the strength of the other members of Cream that make anything happen for me. Here's a fucked up joke tho: What's the difference between a bag of coke and a baby? Eric Clapton would never let a bag of coke fall out of a window.
Eric Clapton is a punchdrunk lovesick teenager throughout this album. He pines over his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd for the majority of these tracks. Pattie Boyd is indirectly responsible for some of the best songwriting in rock history: George Harrison wrote “Something” for her, and Clapton wrote “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Layla” on this album to try to win her over. I mean, a good chunk of the rest of the assorted love songs here are about her too. Clapton had it bad. If it wasn’t for Pattie Boyd, and Clapton’s inappropriate infatuation with his friend’s wife, we wouldn’t have this stellar album. It’s a classic and there’s loads to love about it. Duane Allman’s slide guitar shines throughout, as much as Clapton’s own playing. The blues standards that are mixed in among the original compositions are fantastic for a couple of reasons: first of all, it's Clapton and Allman, two of the greats, jamming out. What's not to love about that? Second of all, playing the blues is essentially the native language of guitarists dealing with all the tribulations of unrequited love. Very clever. “Bell Bottom Blues” is my favourite song on the album, and one of my all-time favourite songs in general. It’s heartbreaking, gorgeous and perfect. Moments in music don’t really get much better than the bridge, when Clapton’s voice raises in desperation: “Do you wanna see me crawl across the floor to you? Do you wanna hear me beg to take you back?” The musical progression matches the mental state of Claption’s anguished pleas, from the fragile verse, to the despair of the bridge, resolving in the soulful bargaining of the chorus. It’s really something else. Songs like “I Looked Away”, “Keep on Growing”, and “Tell the Truth” are top tier songs on any album, and show the more mature songwriting chops of Clapton and Whitlock, while “Anyday” brings back a bit of the familiar descending guitar patterns of the days of Cream. Basically, the songs between “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Layla” are anything but filler. The album is nearly over when we finally get to the title track. That guitar riff is possibly one of the most iconic riffs in history. What really elevates this song though is the key shifts between the chorus and verse. The chorus, in D minor, shifts down a semitone to the C# minor of the verse in spectacular fashion. And it catches us all off-guard with that unexpected note to transition us from one to the other. It’s not the only shift in the song either. Just when you think the song is winding towards its conclusion, the chorus/solo blends into a completely new song. I first heard this “second part” of the song in the movie “Goodfellas” as a kid and absolutely loved it. I also didn’t recognise it as “Layla”. At that stage, I didn’t own the album, so I must have had a radio edit version of the song, where it fades out at the end of the “main” song. So, I caused myself a lot of confusion looking through the credits to try and identify what I was hearing, seeing “Layla” listed, and not recalling the song used anywhere in a film that I knew inside out. This coda has since gone on to become my favourite part of the track. It's a really fantastic record with some of Clapton's best songwriting. Mature, interesting love songs with intelligent lyrics, great melodies and phenomenal guitar work, mixed with some epic versions of blues classics. So, I guess we should all say thanks to Pattie Boyd. Because of the effect she had on artists like Harrison and Clapton, we get to enjoy some of the most brilliant assorted love songs ever written, much of which is contained on this album. 4.5 stars
YES If you can separate the art from the artist, this album is great.
Great - Eric shines here
Some cool moments and obv Layla. But other than that it’s such boomer rock. Sterile rhythm section in most songs. Which sucks cuz there are tracks where everything comes together and you know the whole album coulda been 10x more raw and groovy. But it’s mostly just geezer rock, kinda artless
Layla is working overtime to support an album of extremely generic blues.
Layla is really good but as an album not doing a whole lot for me
i guess i’m in my geezer era because i really enjoyed this. it was so easy going and i love how “band” it sounds. i know that layla is a bigdog classic but it was new to me as of a few months ago… sorry eric and derek and the dominos.
When I listen to double albums I often wonder whether a pared-down version would make a better standard-length album. Often the answer is no; this one is easily yes. A few good-to-great songs and quite a lot of filler.
It was good 👍. My favorite songs were I Looked Away, I Am Yours, Anyday, and Thorn Tree in the Garden. Overall, I would give it a 3.9/5! 🫠👌
Layla needs a 4 minute outro about as much as I need antoher kidney stone.
Totally fine!
there is such a thing as too much guitar, i feel like 3.5/5
These guys really dig a guitar solo. The album is definitely not bad just feels they like overused music tropes throughout. It was a fun listen Highlights: Little Wing, Layla
This was surprisingly nice. It was a discovery for me. I'll have to listen to him again to form a real idea about the guy but I hear the craft. When I saw how many songs the album has, I thought it was a double feature. Turns out the songs were short. I'm so used to 20 minute songs.
I love blues guitar and blues rock so this is right up my alley. A bit too long, but an enjoyable listen all the same. 4/5
saved the best nearly for last. Layla is great, the rest is good i'd say
Great Songs: Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, Layla Good Songs: I Looked Away, Nobody Know You When You're Down and Out, I Am Yours, Anyday, Key To The Highway, Key To The Highway, Tell The Truth, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?, Have You Ever Loved a Woman?, Little Wing, Thorn Tree In the Garden Mid Songs: It's Too Late Bad Songs:
Clapton is an ass, so I figured I was primed to not enjoy this. However, I was pleasantly surprised and had a good time. Outside of Layla I had never heard any of the other songs
More showaddywaddy* than shugi oatis: white boomer blues where it’s more about showing how good a guitarist you are than anything meaningful or soulful. I thought Yngwie Malmsteen was a dull fret masturbator, Eric Clapton somehow made even that look like a rising force. I could not make it through this in one session - even with Layla as a carrot. I seriously need to start tracking these classic double albums that could be a okay if it was a single - might have kept this from being 2 - but I doubt it. * look up Leicester’s “finest” ( actually don’t) - who somehow had 10 top 10 hits - 7 year old me did love thier version of “under the moon of love”not knowing it to be the crappy camp cover it was
There’s something kind of arrogant about naming the album after your best track, as if it is a best of compilation. To be fair it is a classic and I found myself enjoying during this listen but it’s just a bit too long, and although I don’t know much about the why, I’m very aware that Clapton is, to put it lightly, a knob.
The bluesy stuff is good, but when they lean more rock is where this really soars for me. Great album.
Layla is a banger. The over all songs are good but I dont think inspire anything special in me
Some songs in the albums are amazing but it doesn't represent the whole album. The other songs are very generic and bland.
Liked the guitars quite a bit. Voices were just okay. Fun album overall
Goes fairly hard. Really enjoyed it.
Fantastic blues album. All of the players were rock solid.
So, here's Layla. OTOH, there's Clapton. The rest is white guys' blues rock. Go figure.
The album title says it all; Layla is great, the others not so much.
achei legal em alguns momentos
1.5/5
A bit too 70s for me
Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl? ✅
Despite Layla and Bell Bottom Blues being god-tier songs, the rest doesn’t hold up very well.
Not my style, but parts (Layla in specific) resonated well. ★★★
SO many great memories of listening to this with my dad, and I still enjoyed it today.
Not just a clever album title, its Layla and a bunch of forgettable songs. Solid music play however saves it from being lower.
Eric Clapton lol bro is literally clapped. Ok cute. Just white 70s rock. Like put the fucking fries in the fucking bag man. Like I'm sure. Oh my god. Going from rumours to this is crazy. Bro I don't gaf. Genuinely. It's almost worse that it's nice because if it was bad I could just write it off as being a shitty 70s rock album but no it's just nice. It's just there. It's good I just don't fukcinggg care oh my goddddd. It's just unremarkable. I don't care. I don't like their voices the composition the guitar anything really it's just there. I have loved a woman. Kinda reminds me of Kings of Leon. Ok famous track. Oh ok I actually like this. Let's keep these good vibes going. Yeah ok I can get behind this. Why did it have to have a 3 min instrumental bro. Favourite: Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out/Layla Least favourite: I Am Yours
A classic collection of blues rock licks that don’t stop building up to one of the greatest rock songs of the era.
okay so i was halfway through writing my review and my power went out so this is attempt number... 3? woohoo. 1) "I Looked Away" - pretty solid song. i like the refrain. 2) "Bell Bottom Blues" - instant favorite. exactly how it feels sometimes. I DONT WANNA FAADEE AWAAYYYY 3-4) both songs are pretty alright but nothing to call home about. i like the guitar in them. 5) "I Am Yours" - the percussion in this song is really subtle but it adds a lot i think. 6-8) kind of blended together for me, but not in a necessarily bad way? good background music. 9-12) good guitar. send tweet 13) "Layla" - i was ready to brush this song off also but then the PIANO CAME IN and suddenly the whole vibe changed and ouuugh it sounds good. it sounds really good. REALLY REALLY GOOD. 14) "Thorn Tree in the Garden" - from the start the acoustic guitar is so beautiful and then the vocals... beautiful song. FEED ME MEN SINGING HIGH NOTES NOOOWW!!!! while there are a few standouts on this album (and BOY do they stand out) there's also a lot of stuff where im like. yeah. thats okay
Listens pretty good and drivy, but nothing special tbh
Best Track - "Layla"
Great album, with one of the most iconic songs in history, Layla
A few great tunes.
Brilliant
I've never heard of this band, but leave it to a 70s album for such a band to still be very soulful and skilled. (Grateful Dead adjacent? Similar to a few other albums we've heard so far) I recognized the lead melody on "Layla," and sure enough that was their most popular song. This was solid, but also similar to a few other albums we've heard, and nothing absolutely blew me out of the water.
This is a little tough, choosing between 4 and 5. It's often mentioned, I believe, as one of the GAOAT (greatest albums of all time), but, listening to it now, it's not immune to the double album danger, where it's hard not to think that maybe, if they'd have cut out a few songs, it could have been a really GREAT 5-star album. And yet, here, even some (most?) of the lesser songs are, I think, mostly still pretty good. I have to confess I didn't really recognize the name of Bobby Whitlock, but, looking at his Wikipedia page, it seems like I should have. I think he tends to be overshadowed by Duane Allman's famous contributions to this album - especially the dual guitar interplay on "Layla." "Layla" is a great song, of course, but does (for me) suffer a little bit from over-exposure. By contrast, "Bell Bottom Blues" (a lesser hit) and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Bad" (should have been a hit) still sound great, and "I Looked Away" isn't far behind. This album was produced by famous producer Tom Dowd, and I do think it has a good overall sound (Mombo gave me a dvd about Dowd). (After listening a second time, I was noticing even more how good the overall sound is, including maybe especially the - often dual - guitars. Songs like "Keep on Growing" and "Anyday" aren't great, maybe, but the production and guitar work and vocal harmonizing take them to a higher level.) 4 of the 14 songs (5, if you count the Jimi Hendrix cover) fall into the dubious category of white guys covering blues/r&b songs, but these are better than average covers, so not too much of a reduction for that. I think I'll give this a (weak) 5.
white guys doin the blues. . . . it's ok I was going to do 3 stars but then it went on really long the hook on Layla is so good and then just about everything else is wankery
Man this was a surprise! I thought this album was going to be a bunch or boring blues jams but there are some great songs on here and the boring blues jams as executed by this house on fire are slay queen kind of stuff! I’ve now listened to every version available on streaming and the live Fillmore set as well. I’m shocked. I love this. Duane Altman serving a side of sizzling slide from song four on. I’m two days behind bc I’ve had to milk every ounce of goodness from this short lived project. I guess now onto…Cee Lo?
Nice instrumentals, vocals weren’t rlly that good. 4 is generous btw
Great set of power blues. Never actually heard the album start to finish before but really enjoyed this more than expected. Layla is a great song but hearing it for the zillionth time gets a bit old. On the other hand, love Bell Bottom Blues. But this doesn't mean I forgive you, Eric! Duane rocks! 4
Guitars on this album are phenomenal as is the bass. I like this album a lot and probably will listen to it again but there is not one particular song that would stand out for me apart of Layla. Album as a whole works well but songs are really similar. Maybe I'll change my mind as time progress or another listen to whole album. Layla is literally masterpiece, one of the greatest songs of all time in my opinion. Unforgettable guitar riff and piano outro that reminds me of some song from my childhood, some Czechoslovakian movie I can't really put a finger on. Just perfection.
Crazy good. authentic and raw in places, balanced and sure in others. Stands up well today as love songs and rock n roll blues. 4+
Rating: 4.8/5 Short Review: Raw, messy, and completely consumed by feeling. It’s not polished, it just bleeds emotion the whole way through. Feels like love that got out of control and never calmed down. Favorite Track: “Layla.” The contrast between the desperate intensity and that soft piano outro is unfair. It hits twice.
Phenomenal listening experience, was a genuine pleasure to listen to the 14-song album. Very few dislikes throughout. Slide guitar by Duane Allman is a great addition, The Dominos can truly jam across multiple genres - blues, rock, even a little jazzy. By the time you get to "Layla" at song #13, your ears are primed for that quintessential opening riff. "Bell Bottom Blues" is like an old love - you forget why you fell for them until you hear the syrupy guitar, and choir-like chorus. Also, great cover of "Little Wing." Eric MF Clapton Baby!
Es deliciosa la coordinación de los instrumentos y la voz de los cantantes ofrecen una experiencia de "chicanos" hablando de blues.
Well, I was in a record fair last Sunday. I was about to buy this record. But I didn't, because I only knew Layla. And, although I liked it, I can't say I regret not buying it. I am giving it a 4... but mainly for Layla.
doing a deep dive on eric clapton reaaally influenced this rating, sorry man don’t be racist and antivax and a terrible person
Good
Sometimes you forget Layla is the best song in the world. And then you listen to it again and realize that Layla is the best song in the world. And then you hear the rest of this album and realize there is some sick guitar playing here, even though all the songs get overshadowed by Layla, the best song in the world.
I never understood why this album was considered such a big deal. It strikes me as overblown, self indulgent and unnecessarily busy rock and roll. What a waste some of the best players around at the time. Even Duane Altman couldn't rescue this one. It should have been so much more than this. Listening to it now just reinforces how lackluster and disappointing it remains in my opinion. Of course, I have to admit, I never thought much of anything that Clapton did that strayed too far from straight blues (although there were occasional exceptions).
Love the guitar work, such blues. Sometimes the vocals didn't quite live up to what I expected.
Really fun! A little repetitive at times but the guitar was awesome.
Absolutely amazing guitar playing
apparently the song 'Layla' was inspired by a band member's secret love for George harrisons wife lmao was thinking abt how some of the songs sound soo familiar to the beatles discography ! favourites : Bell Bottom Blues Little Wing Layla
beautiful, so well written, give me more of this, i loved it
Drove up to point dume with my mother listening to this. Correct vibe.
It is a good album, not my style but I can see why other people like it 3/5
With each of the two Eric Clapton albums I've been assigned on here, I've been surprised how much I enjoy them. Having most of my Clapton knowledge coming from the 90s where he was releasing cheesy adult contemporary music and dating (later marrying) a girl 30 years young than him from my hometown. Not that this album is a masterpiece or anything, but it's a nice blues rock record. About halfway through I noticed that the "Allman-esque" sound I was hearing was becoming less and less of a coincidence. I was not surprised to find that this album featured Duane Allman on most of the songs on slide guitar! Two guitar virtuosos definitely kicked this one up a notch and is part of what made it so good. I'd probably settle on a 3.5 for this if I could. It's not quite a 4 for me due to the repetitive nature of the blues sound and the fact that I'm unlikely to return to it much. But, it's probably good enough for a 4, so I'll go ahead and bump it up.
I think this era of rock is my soulmate; I can enjoy this any time all the time. Good blend of soft and hard and easy listening.
Best taken in small doses, like Scorsese's "Goodfellas" edit ... also, Eric Clapton sucks as a human being.
great album and listen. super groovy, too, which i loved. i heard the beatles and janis joplin influence. it also reminded me of KISS (slower tracks like "hard luck women." fav tracks: bell bottom blues layla
Not a bad blues rock album
Back to the 70s mines.
amazing second half, first half was a bit lacking tho
beetje blues-achtig, klinkt prima
4.0/5
bo non so, bello ma non bellissimo
Il rock più classico che esista. Cover di little wing clamorosa. Assolo al piano di layla leggendario. Peccato che sia un bastardo razzista misogino. Non si può quindi andare oltre al 3
a tour de force of blues rock, a classic. Some tracks drone on an on with the blues. Those that combine the blues with more melodic signatures attain greater heights. Bell Bottom Blues is the true masterpiece of this album for me, greater than the title song. You have to wait until nearly the end of the whole shebang to get to Layla.
Masterful guitar work kinda slow for the gym but would be great for a date night dance. Really interesting blues inspired songs
This is a great representation of white, bar blues that I don't like.
Some great guitars on this! And Layla is one of my favourite songs EVER. But overall kinda same-y
went on just too long (in some individual songs as well as the album broadly), which undermines some of the good stuff in there unfortunately
Really good, right up my straße
some bangers on here
Very generic love songs. Guitar brings some nice tunes, but otherwise pretty unremarkable. Not personally enjoyable and sounds more like radio material. Or the kind of music played by an unnecessarily loud band in an open space restaraunt a bit too expensive for the overall quality.
Rita Coolidge was robbed of credit for writing the end of Layla, and Clapton is a massive wanker and a boring and derivative guitar player who gets way more credit than he should, but goddamn this is good stuff.
It's a great album, the title track being one of my all time favourites!
Layla - 5/5 Others - 3/5 Eric Clapton - 0/5
Some songs are good
Terrific album! Talented musicians and Clapton and Allman are amazing! Highly recommend!
Fav song: Layla
3.5
It was beautiful
I enjoyed reading about this album more than I did listening to it. Had no idea about this part of the Clapton history. Cheeky sod stealing George Harrison’s wife!
The musicianship is extremely high level, but the genre obsession is too much for me. I feel like I'm a tourist, happy to see the sights and enjoy the hustle and bustle of a foreign place for a moment or two, but not looking to buy a place here and settle.
An album/ band I didn’t really know all that well (apart from Layla). And this was packed full of great songs that kept me interested all the way through.
Had a couple - three whiskeys. At home listening on the old stereo. This is truly great, and I'm sorry Clapton turned into a judgemental weirdo. Because this has a sincerity and desperation that cuts to the bone. EVERY song has the best guitar solo you've ever heard. Clapton's voice is in perfect form. He still has some George Harrison in him. And it's ALL BLUES. Bell Bottom Blues and Layla are two of the best rock songs ever written. Colossal.
i didn’t list to much of the album, maybe just half of it. i think i am usted to a more modern style of music, but the songs bell bottom blues and nobody knows you are really nice.
Tampoc coneixia cap canço però això ja es una altra cosaaa! Es ritme m'agrada i encaixa més amb jo. Ara be, anava a dir que te bastante guitarreta i aixo m'agrada pero ufff se passen per jo, la mitad de cada canço (o més) es únicament acustic i amb lo que m'agrada a mi cantar ses lletres... No es un disc que me posaria de normal però m'ha agradat més que es altres dos que havia escoltat, sobretot com canta/canten. M'he guardat qualque cançoneta.
Not my favorite album but definitely has some bangers. Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, and Thorn Tree in the Garden.
Sooo good
A bit drawn out and few too many long blues numbers, but it’s definitely a strong contender for best guitar album. Lots of great solos.
Nä, faktiskt inte så bra som man skulle vilja med tanke på deras historiska betydelse. Layla är en fantastisk låt i tre minuter, sen urartar det i 4 minuters instrumental onani. Blä! En tvåa
A bluesy, groovy, loose masterpiece full of musical variety and soaring fretwork that remains consistently surprising over its double discs
Да кроме Лейлы то прям интересных песен то и нет. Остальное сливается в однообразную блюзроковую массу. Ну, это конечно неплохо, но ничего выдающегося я в этом не вижу и не особенно то цепляет.
Love it sm
good classic rock
Layla is great the rest is competent
Favourite Songs: Bell Bottom Blues
I'm sorry, but "the most cookie-cutter dad-bait blues rock you've ever heard over and over" is not enough to carry a full double album. It's very clear why Layla was the flagship song from this, because it's the only one I really found memorable. Bell Bottom Blues was pretty good I suppose, and Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out was done way better by Nina Simone. If it were a single album it might get a 6 or even a 7 out of 10, but as is it's too little variety and too little excitement for too long. Fuck Eric Clapton, man.
Layla And Other Songs That Don’t Make This 1001-Worthy … DAMN Layla is a banger though
That's enough, Mr. Clapton, please, no more today. Standouts: I Looked Away • Keep On Growing • Layla
Trash. Fuck Eric Clapton. They should have called this album "Layla and 70 Minutes of Boring Shit I Wrote. Bell Bottom Blues had me fooled that I might need to reassess. I did not. For the ten thousandth time in this challenge, your album probably doesn't need to be over an hour. I think what makes this album suck is that there is arguably so much talent (I still have no idea what's special about Clapton but I'm not a dad) and it's just so boring and forgettable. That's way worse in my mind than trying something bold and failing to stick the landing.
Excellent!
Is this patient zero for white guy blues? Guys who collect Corvettes blues? What do they have to be sad about? *Harmonica riff* oh my dividends were light, my new neighbour isn't white, my wife is playing tennis and my mistress is out of town for the night, ohh I've got the insufferable white guy blues ohhhh the insufferable white guy blues. *lame guitar riff*. By the way, piano makes blues sound like it's being played by the Chuck E Cheez animatronic band. Eric Clapton suh uh uh UCKS. He perpetrates the worst "blues" ever. Cream is alright, but this annoying rich white dad shit is devoid of feeling. It's sterile. Let me bring up a niche pro wrestling analogy that will completely alienate anybody reading this. Modern day wrestling is lauded for having higher "workrate" and it is largely agreed by nerds that matches have never been better. I was one of these people for awhile, until watching everybody kick out of every move kind of left me nowhere to go as a viewer. It's cool once, but once you've seen it, well, you've seen it. I also realized that today's wrestlers are just fans, meaning they're also nerds. They watched Benoit, Angle, Funk, Flair, Steamboat, Hart, MISAWA, KAWADA etc. and made it so that they were essentially just tributing one or more of these people. Add in Foley for the deathmatch crowd but don't even get me started on fat bald guys cutting their nuts off with razor wire in front of somehow fatter and balder people doesn't even begin to resemble the emotionally brilliant physical storytelling of Mick Foley. What I'm trying to say, is that if you are going to draw influence from an original and beautiful piece of art, make it your own, make it original, and most importantly, make it good. Don't just copy what you see/hear. Whether it's Mississippi Delta blues or a 45 minute AJPW main event from the 90's, it was never just about the parts, it was always about creating something new from the heart. You know the how, but not the why. You aren't the originator, so when you just put the notes and spots where you've seen them put before, you're simply doing karaoke, and Jesus Christ, who wants to do that?? 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Wait I thought we were going to see that new karaoke star at that big stadium because we love that guy who shabbily warbles through "The Gambler."
Could create a new pathogen with how SICKKK that was
Chápu proč se to jmenuje LAYLA and other.... Layla je naprostou dominantou. Žádná další píseň mě nezaujala tolik. Album je to asi krásné, ale asi nezvládnu ocenit tolik. Je to pořád to stejné dokola.
Definitely a combination of rock and roll and blues music. The songs were entirely too long though. Because the songs were so long, the album got tiresome and about halfway though I just wanted to shut it down. I forced myself to finish listening to it, in spite of my feelings about it. I'm glad that I did as the best song on the album was the last song titled, "Thorn tree In The Garden".
Top to bottom, a really well-crafted album. I think it is a shame that this is the only studio album by this band, but what we got was great anyway. This is a really sonically strong album right from the start. Some songs stood out slightly more than others, and I feel that, unfortunately, 'Thorn Tree In The Garden' didn't do this album justice as the closing song. I think an album should finish the way it started, and with 'I Looked Away' starting the album off strong, it just feels disappointing for the album to finish this way. Favourites: Layla Bell Bottom Blues Tell The Truth Have You Ever Loved A Woman?
new genre for me, but i liked it! It was very dancable for me. Would losten again
3.5/5
One of the most inspirating albums of the 70's Amazing and with one incredible song: "Layla".
I am not a huge Eric Clapton fan, but I liked this well enough. Three solid stars
I guess this was OK. It should have been two separate albums or edited down to one. Nothing here particularly grabbed me. I've heard enough of Bell Bottom Blues and Layla to last me forever and the rest got a bit tedious.
62# Chill, good grooves, good afternoon watching the sunset vibes, nothing too flamboyant, natural stylishness.
Buenos solos de guitarra
Layla <3
There are some solid tunes here, but like 75% of this just sounded like wanky blues dad stuff to me. No way did this need to be an hour+.
Surprisingly good. Gonna add to my daily listen.
This record was excessive, I'd say maybe half an hour too long for my tastes. After an initial listen, side D has the bangers, this version of Little Wing is particular and it's solid, and a few songs later we get Layla. Now, don't get me wrong, these songs felt better because they're already in my head, but if you stop to pay attention anywhere else on the record there's undeniable talent going into the music of it. It just results in a pretty general idea of what rock and roll should be, it nails it, but it's emotionally bland. I can see why it took a while to receive recognition, though it also feels ahead of its time for 1970. 3.2/5
I still really like this album though for Duane not Clapton.
Ah start to finish - what a bop. Always loved Layla, what can I say, I'm a human being. As my first time listening to the album in its entirety, I was hooked from the first song. I love the blues for the familiarity. It's like comfort food - you know what to expect as a whole but each artist add their own special blend of spice. This album is also super nostalgic as I am CERTAIN. It was blasted down the highway on a few overnight drives to the put in with mom and dad
great album .,
Title track is great but the rest is lame.
Great blues
I've never been a fan of noodly 70s music, but I had hoped this project might expand my appreciation for it. It has has not. If anything, it's made the genre sound even more homogeneous and indistinguishable to my ear. It's not HORRIBLE, but it's hard for me to imagine any album of this ilk escaping the 3 purgatory the rest of the way.
Ugghhhh...
I've listened to this before and left the experience unimpressed. The first couple songs made me think I had prematurely dismissed it. By the time I go to minute nine of Key To The Highway, I had calibrated my feelings.
3.5, really. Two great songs: Bell Bottom Blues (my favorite) and Layla, a bunch of quite listenable blues-rock jams, and a clunker (I'm Yours). Couple of other thoughts: (1) Clapton's voice is fine, but I just don't like the harmonies. I think they sound actively bad. Not sure why. (2) A bunch of basic blues lyrics in succession is kinda boring. BBB is poetry; the rest are blah.
2/5 - Layla is a great song. I have limited patience for Clapton in general, and the rest of this album didn't change that.
Relax, i like it
This was great! I think it was the guitars and sick vibes that sets this album apart. Also, I was listening to I Am Yours when I got to work yesterday, which is why I was crying at 8:26 AM. There’s emotion and radness combined in this album, which is why I really liked it and plan to come back to it.
I Looked Away Bell Bottom Blues Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Layla Thorn Tree in the Garden This album goes on way too long and the middle ten tracks of the album have the same guitar tone, tempo, and style. I felt like I was going crazy and then the piano comes in during Layla (way too late in the album) and is so refreshing. 55/100
I’ve heard Layla before, but I never knew the artists. Very talented blues guitar.
At his rare best, Clapton marries the laidback w/ the desperate, effecting a sort of soft style of yearning, a self-weakening, self-deprecating passion. I usually wouldn't go for that kind of thing, being evidence of self-pity & all the bad qualities of white-boy blues. Indeed, it's often the downfall of solo Clapton, who's as underwhelming as any proclaimed god can be. But Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs is a justified classic, Clapton's most realized work this side of what he did w/ The Bluesbreakers, & that has to do w/ the fact that he can be his casual, heartbroken self. He'll never be a big deal in my listening life, & I'll never understand what all the fuss is about. But then again, I'll never 'get' Fleetwood Mac, tho I recognize Rumours for what it is.
I'm not going to get into the whole debacle of separating the art from the artist. I'll let you all fight about that. And no, this rating is not an April Fool's Day joke. The band inferred in the title that this album is mainly known for one massive hit song, and not much else. There are worse things out there, but an entire album composed of love songs by a disgusting bigot, and womanizer should not be considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Favorite Track: "Layla".
este disco te da un montón de ganas de estar enamorao, es esto lo que ofrecía eric clapton constantemente? puede haber sido el harry styles de su época? hay que investigar más
Honestly better than I expected some solid poppy blues rock, Layla is definitely a stand out but all the tracks were pretty solid
Tiene canciones muy buenas y relajadas con letras bonitas, me gustó que duraran más de lo habitual y la portada es muy bonita ☺️
A surprising number of deep cut bangers, with the obvious hits being fairly tired and overplayed.
Eeeeeehm... este... que te puedo decir ahre. Nota: 3.1
Great album, iconic songs. Great selection of track order. L A Y L A
cant even enjoy the titular song after an hour of whatever even though its objectively not bad
Man there’s a lot of talent at play here Bell Bottom Blues was probably my favorite, but Layla’s a classic for a reason so it’s pretty hard not enjoy that one. I liked Clapton’s singing a lot more in this one than I did for Cream, just think it’s a better fit. Pretty confident at this point that I just really like blues and blues adjacent genres, something about way guitars are tuned just sounds great. There’re some amazing guitar solos on here, and though I’m not sure whether it’s Allman or Clapton on those, they’re close to the top of what I’ve heard I don’t have a whole lot of complaints, but there’s definitely some songs that just kinda exist and by the end of the album I think I got a little tired of the vocals since it’s on the long side. Pretty criminal this is all we got out of them, if only Clapton kept his needle out of the spoon and didn’t piss off everyone he worked with.
This is a little note of mine: i hate unbalanced stereo mixing it was a blip in the history of music, but please dont but the bass in my left ear and then the guitar in the right. sounds abosolutely awful Anyway! I know this is supposed to be the Eric Clapton album, but it sounds so much more like the allman brothers its not funny at all, especially in the back half. That does mean its mostly slower blues grooves. Less pop and melody and riffs, more solos and technicality. Layla is a good song. I really can't be a hater. Eric Clapton sucks though
Soulmates Eric Clapton and Duane Allman recorded this in 1970, before Live at Fillmore East. I didn't know this, always assumed it was after ABB made it big. Supposedly loads of heavy drugs were employed in the making of this album. One article I read a long time ago said "not little bags but BIG bags." Good songs, solid blues based rock and roll. Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, and Tell The Truth all solid. Layla often considered Clapton's magnum opus, it dominated the end of the album. Perfectly used in Goodfellas and it was the star on Unplugged, Layla has stood the test of time. Little Wing included, I'm guessing, because Hendrix died while they were recording in Miami. Not my favorite version though. Good but not great album, mostly still obscure even today. More of a 3 1/2, but not going 4.
This album is really boring aside from the one song this album is named after. I felt like I was just waiting for Layla to come one and that didn't really care for any other song that was playing.
First Eric Clapton album on here, and we know he's a real gem of a person. I try to not let awful people influence my ratings, but I also found this album to be pretty mediocre. It's very bluesy, lots of guitar solos (and he can play the guitar well of course). Every song is unnecessarily long though, and the double album (76 minutes) just kind of drags on in a bit of an uninteresting way. It feels like a knockoff Rolling Stones album or something, with less variety than they usually give. It's not terrible or anything, and I know it's pretty highly reviewed generally (and "Layla" is a classic of course). This just isn't something that I feel like I need to listen to in full again, and very few tracks really stood out to me. Fine album, bad person, meh overall. I definitely think I'm losing a bit of my early steam on '70s soft rockers at this point in the list. It was all new to me for awhile, but not so much anymore.
Love bell bottom blues
thank you community chicken fingers goodfellas episode, community always putting me on
Okay. i might get strung up for saying this. But i just didn't care for it. maybe because its been so long since it came out, but its just not my vibe? the music is beautiful and i guess the guitar playing is really impressive... but idk. its just kind of the same song over and over again, and i dont like his voice. honestly? i dont even like Layla.
That was hard to listen to. Sure, Layla is good, maybe the guitar playing is technically good, but it’s just boring old blues
On the fence
Layla is a classic, but the album as a whole did not do much for me.
Hendrix Style
Idk its fine. Some cool solos by Clapton. "Layla" is the best track and its not even close. It does not need to be an houre and twenty minute long. It suffers from its lenght.
Shoulda just named this one ✨💖Pattie Boyd💖✨
Another blues rock album? You don’t say. Not bad, but I got bored.
It’s a very calming album and it is such a comfortable listen. Makes me wanna sit back and relax and cross my legs and put my arms behind my head. I feel like this will be a great beach music album.
Wayyy too long of a runtime. I enjoyed the first few songs but soon I got tired. Then I got REALLY tired of the album. Not bad though- just too long and repetitive at a point.
It was fine. British 60s blues rock is a genre I've never clicked with.