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i dont like t because i dont like the beat and there is no one is singing, i like the second song i like the beat and ow the guy sounds . i dont like the third song i do not reccomend this album
I kind of like this because his voice sounds weird and I didn't like how the quitar sounded, but I liked the lyrics. I would not recommend this to someone else because I don't think they would enjoy listening to it. I give this a solid 3 stars out of 5.
Little Wing I really like this song becuase of the beaats and the electric guitar is super good and then the singer with the drums joins in and this song is really good cause of that. Layla I like this song because its fast paced song and the electric guitar is super good with the singer singing and then the drums in the background. keep on growing I really like because its how they use both of the guitar and the drums and that makes the singer sound better and I give this album 5
Layla! This album was good, but felt extremely long.
Kind of okayish, classic 70's rock, most of them heard for the first time. Of which Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? was the best for me.
I don't like my songs to long. And some of these definitely went long. Nothing really jumped out to me, other the Layla, which is the best song on the album. I'm sure someone will love this album....just not me
I like the production of a lot of the songs, but it didn't necessarily make an impression on me. I think "Key To The Highway" was a favorite of mine, I look how jaunty it is. It makes me imagine a man taking a sassy walk down a busy street downtown or something.
i know layla. i know the song. the song is one the best songs i have heard, i don't know the rest. i've already wasted a day without listening to this so i'm just gonna get straight to it because i want to do the next one too. TRACK BY TRACK 1 I LOOKED AWAY. it's alright. pretty standard blues rock about a woman running away or something. nice guitar. it's what i would expect from clapton. 6/10 2 BELL BOTTOM BLUES. now this is better. man the verses remind me so much of ballrooms of mars by t rex, and the guitar is really similar too. that's a great song though so it's alright. the chorus is great too, this is a great song. the way it goes when he says "i don't want to fade away" is soo good. really great song. 9/10 3 KEEP ON GROWING. yeah, cool blues rock. that's really all i hear is blues rock, it's so hardwired to the genre, mostly because of clapton. besides that it's a cool song, great guitar solo. 7/10 4 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT. man the guitar is so panned lmao but great song. it's like a slower version of bell bottom blues, very emotional sounding. 60s type progression but i like it. 9/10 5 I AM YOURS. why is this here. 5/10 6 ANYDAY. everything i could say about this song i already said about the first and the third song except i like this one a bit more. 8/10 7 KEY TO THE HIGHWAY. there had to be an electric blues song somewhere in here. i don't mind it, it's pretty chill. has no right being 9 minutes but really nothing bad to be said otherwise. 7/10 8 TELL THE TRUTH. pretty standard but nonetheless head-bop worthy. earns an extra star literally just because of the guitar in the second half, damn. 7/10 9 WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD? well the song isn't. solid jam-rock with good performances from everyone. that sums up the album so far too. 8/10 10 HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN. it's crazy how these songs are good and enjoyable yet still manage to sound like standard blues rock to my ears. still a 7/10 11 LITTLE WING. what a great cover of hendrix. the added psych elements are fresh air from the rest of the album, i wish there was more of it. such a great riff, one of the best songs here. 9/10 12 IT'S TOO LATE. pretty boring and way more so in contrast with the last track. i could really do with an all-time emotional rollercoaster of a song right now. 4/10 13 LAYLA. this is it, this is the song. i understand using piano in the rest of the songs might've undermined this song's singularity but cmon man. this is one of the greatest most moving songs i've ever heard and there is good reason this was used in like 529 movies. the first half is peak blues rock anyway, and then the second half comes in and hits you like a truck. some of the most beautiful piano and guitar put together is just heart wrenching. such an easy 10/10 14 THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN. this guy really made layla and instead of making it the closer he put this offensively inoffensive bland folk song at the end. that falsetto is horrendous. 5/10 overall a solid enjoyable album, with some incredibly high highs and some bland lows (none of the lows are laughably bad though). being hailed as a classic is understandable, but the title is painfully apt. 7/10
Its far too long, hour and 15 minutes and needs to be 45. The songs are too similar overall to justify the length, or to make the album feel tight. Much like some of the songs, the album just. keeps. going. A perfect example: Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix is a PERFECT song at 2:24. Gorgeous, fleeting. Little Wing on this album is 5:33, needlessly drug out, overly indulgent, RUINED, OVER DOUBLE the length?! YEUGH. Its 3/5 because its still better than even some things I've rated 3 on here but there's so much fumbled on this album.
Thought that I would hate this but actually didn't mind it, apart from it being a bit dragged out at times
I liked this one fine. It definitely seemed more like zone out, background music to me tbh, but I also didn't mind how it sounded. At least, I didn't mind how it sounded until I was like 10 songs in. At that point, I felt like all the songs sounded the same and I had been listening to it for ages. It all blurred together and I didn't particularly like that, though that could be from unfamiliarity. If it was unfamiliarity, it will stay that way lmao
This is definitely some hippy hop along music. The title seems a bit off since I find the songs to be more upbeat that lovey. A good love song is slow. It’s made to make love to and allow the make lover to pace themselves to the slow grooves of the songs. 3 songs in and I feel like I’ve listened to 10. More songs in and it’s still the same feeling from when I pressed play. I don’t hate it, I really don’t but it’s just lacking flavor. Momentum. Anything. It deserves to be higher than a 3 star but I’m finding it may not be possible. It fails drastically in comparison to my normal 4 star and above. Choice cut: Bell Bottom Blues
fun sound. Not my favorite. but the type of music I'd like to have on in the background at a dinner party.
Where are the assorted good songs.
I enjoyed this album listen! It was a solid rock album overall. Obviously “Layla” is the standout track but there were some other groovy songs on there too. Would recommend to others!
3/5
It’s okay - there are some gems on here, but they are too far and wide. The album gets too long for me. It should have been a 35 minute album. I could have listened to the songs that are too bluesy on other blues artists’ albums, and perhaps they would also be better there
it's alright but i dont ever want to listen to it again
3.5
Rambling at times, but the highlights make it worth the while
I don't think I've ever actually heard this whole album. I mean I know a few of the songs from it, but to the best of my memory, I've never played the whole thing. I've always felt like Clapton was super overrated as a guitar player (and as a human too I suppose but that's a different conversation...) and never really got they hype. I mean he's good, yes. But there were so many people who did it better than him. Layla is a great song, there's no denying that. I've always like Bell Bottom Blues too. I mean I feel like those are the two songs from this album everyone is going to know. A few others I've heard a bunch of times by a bunch of different artists. The cover of Little Wing is just terrible. The rest of it is...fine. No real complaints it's just exactly what you would expect from a Clapton album. I think this album is on her solely because of Layla, outside of that, there isn't really anything that you couldn't hear from a local band at any number of bars in any city in the US. It's a decent album, but not one I would ever play again. 3/5
Love the jimi Hendrix cover
Took me a while to finally get through the whole thing but I do like how consistently well produced and pretty it sounds. Just a bit too boomer rocky for me but I could definitely see myself enjoying it much more when I’m drunk next to a body of water. Some songs overstay their welcome but I guess that’s kind of the point
a classic and some other alright songs, did not stand out too much
Cooler psychedelic rock
This was very, very middling. Listened to it whilst doing various tasks about the house. Nothing caught my attention, but the didn’t stop listening either.
Real solid blues rock for what it's worth. Nice mix of classics like Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out and more individualistic takes such as Layla itself. The title of this album really nails it, as Layla itself is such a behemoth of a track that all the others seem to drift from memory as soon as Clapton lets that iconic riff rip. Not that the other songs aren't good, as they are quite solid, but they sure aren't Layla. I'll say that Bell Bottom Blues is a great standout as well, in its own George Harrison-feeling way. Testament to the personal and creative friendship between the 2 of them that shared more in common than just Pattie Boyd. The last track Thorn Tree in the Garden feels pretty out of place and unnecessary.. All in all, my core opinion and takeaway from this album is that this album has Layla on it.
The instrumental end of Layla is the most beautiful instrumental ever produced. Gets a star for that alone. Can't say I get into the rest all that much, but it's quality at least.
Lots of solid stuff in here, lots of generic blues riffs as well. What's the difference between a toddler & a bag of coke?...
3.5/5 kind of forgettable but I enjoyed it overall.
Over an hour of stolen blues riffs and diddling himself. I’d give this racist piece of shit a 2 if Bell Bottom Blues wasn’t awesome.
Was a 4 star off the first two songs, then devolved and felt like I was just listening to a bunch of guitar solos
An eric clapton vehicle with bluesy tones and the occasional elton john-like melody. The guitars make for such a specific and powerful guitar sound that makes each of the songs feel raw and rich. Sounds straight out of the 70s, some of the songs would fit either into guardians of the galaxy or a jimmy jacks rib shack. I have no specific care for this vibe but it's a very specific mood that I'd coast down route 66 to any day.
Songs overall are pretty good, however the album is waay too long. This then turns the album into kind of a snooze fest.
From one of Eric Claptons bands, This album is a jammy blues album which I enjoy regularly but there's definitely 2 songs here which are 10 times better than the rest of the album. Bell Bottom Blues has a great chorus and verse section and Layla with its iconic opening guitar riff is an instant classic. 6/10 Favourite: Layla Least Favourite: Tell the Truth
Overindulgent. Don’t get me wrong. It has great songs: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, Little Wing…. It would be fantastic listening to them back in 70. But the rest of the songs are the same stuff other artists were releasing. How about releasing a killer 37 minute album instead of a double >70 minute one?
Once again, Clapton proves that with a band, he’s tolerable. And with a good band, he’s even sometimes enjoyable! In its totality, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is a bloated mess of standard blues tunes. When I take it apart piece by piece, though, sure, there’s still a lot of Basic Blues™️ deadweight fat, but there’s also a lot of interesting blues-based hard rock that revels in its maximalism. I get how the chaotic dueling guitar solos can be too much to handle at once, I get how Whitlock’s pressing keyboards and Allman’s syrupy slide guitar can be overwhelming on the ears. I know an onslaught when I hear one. Yet there’s something honest about it here– it feels like a true collaboration, something that seems to otherwise make Clapton physically ill. I think it’s at its best when it’s at its most, so a song like “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Anyday,” or especially “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” work well. By doing the most, it allows everyone here to shine, and you can find something to sink your teeth into each listen. At the same time, though, I think more subdue cuts like “I Am Yours” or “Thorn Tree In The Garden” also work because it highlights the detail of the guitar playing. Hell, I’m even fine with “I Looked Away” as a twist on those old traditional blues. The problem is that for every decent ‘70s Boomer song that is fun but never transcendent, there’s a Basic Blues™️ counterpart waiting to ruin your mood and bore you to tears for at least 5 minutes– and that’s if your lucky. Sometimes, the suffering can last a full 10 minutes! The majority of these problem children are covers, and while that doesn’t mean Derek and the Dominos are incapable of bland original Basic Blues™️ groaners themselves [see: “Keep on Growing” and “Tell The Truth”], the cutting room floor should have been littered with studio jams and covers, and not a single one should’ve ever seen the light of day. If this had been the case, I think you could make an argument that this is the closest Clapton ever got to greatness on a single record, and that’s largely despite himself and thanks to the addition of other musicians of equal caliber. These chaff covers are a sack of stones tied tightly around this album’s ankle, and it’s a shame, because I think their blandness distracts from the actual quality of the original songs. The thing is, we all know why Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs is here, and it’s not because we all need to obsess over Pattie Boyd for 76 minutes. Half this record can be a boring snooze fest that lasts five eternities, and the other half can be messy but fun ‘70s early hard rock chaos, but none of it is transcendent. “Layla” is transcendent. Few songs are a certified powerhouse in the same way “Layla” is. Now, don’t get me wrong– it is still chaotic, there is too much going on with those guitars, and I feel like the front-half and the back-half are stuck together with an Elmer’s glue stick that an elementary schooler left opened in the sun since recess. And yet, despite that, the song just…works. It’s almost inexplicable, which proves its greatness. It’s a song everyone must hear before they die, and if that means you have to first get through a 65 minutes sonic rollercoaster? It might be worth it. Honestly, the hate for Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs is overhyped. In its worst moments, yeah, it’s basic and unoriginal and can and probably should put you to sleep. On the other hand, those lows are just boring, they’re never actually bad, and sure, boredom can feel like torture if it’s back to back to back, but like…have you heard anything else Clapton has ever touched, like, ever? Most of it is way worse than this, and its basicness is maybe the least important reason why. The thing is that this time, even at his worst, this album still has other good musicians on here to save it from plummeting into offensive territory. And for about 50% of this very long-winded album that should never have been made a double album, those other musicians put in so much work that they create some actually enjoyable material here. None of it will change your life, and it’s still bluesy hard rock, so you get what you expect. But with an open mind, it’s pretty enjoyable. One time it even tastes amazing! Obviously, had this been a single album release that cut all the covers, we’d have a stronger record, but I still think it would be a kind of middling album overall, because again, nothing here beyond “Layla” is flawless, but at least it would be easier to stomach. At the end of the day, though, while you can bare the mess of the full release if you’re interested, few people ever need to venture past the epic of “Layla” as a stand-alone track. So just do that instead.
Favorite song on this album was Anyday, followed by Nobody Knows When You are Down and Out, Bell Bottom Blues, and then the Little Wing cover and Layla. This album probably slapped at a live show back in the 70s mixed with some mid weed, but, weed has gotten better, and it's now 55 years later. I've never really been a huge fan of Eric Clapton, but I understand his cultural significance. The only reason why Layla is so popular is because of the super recognizable guitar riff. Other than that, not a big fan of that song. I'm struggling between a 2 and a 3, but I think I'm landing on a soft 3 because it meets my criteria for making it on this list but doesn't go much beyond that.
I didn’t really like it. Boring and hard to sit through because each song was sooo long. I don’t feel like they did much at all here . Don’t really like his voice, there’s nothing special about this. Cool guitars I guess. Wasn’t horrible I just don’t find myself listening and enjoying them
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This is a good album! 3/5.
pretty good radio type songs
Random Thoughts: * This was way more bluesy than I thought it would be. * The hits (Bell Bottom Blues and Layla) are easily recognizable on here for their pop sensibilities. * While the hits were good, they needed more pop oomph on this album. * Did anyone tell George Harrison about this song called ""Have You Ever Loved a Woman?"? Here's a little excerpt from the lyrics: "You just love that woman, yes / So much it's a shame and a sin...But all the time you know, yes, you know / She belongs to your very best friend". * Pattie Boyd you are the ultimate rock muse!!!
Started strong
I’ve always liked Layla and Bell Bottom Blues, the rest played long and tiresome at times. The two hits have enough staying power for a 3.
The album title should be called Layla…and other assorted way-to-long guitar jams that go on…and on…and…on… Rating based on Layla alone. The rest is utterly forgettable.
Pretty solid album and liked the dual guitars. Not sure I knew about Derek & The Dominos…always thought Layla was Clapton solo. I think Little Wing is one of the greatest songs. Similar to Purple Rain with how the guitar touches your soul. SRV’s version is great. This version, not so much. Thought they completely lost the feel of that song.
Approach to this album was: play guitar good; play guitar for long time. Sure Layla is good, but we all skip the last half of it. Clapton seems like a pretty big d-bag. Album is good enough for a mid-range rating but don’t think I’ll be revisiting. 3.5/5
Great bluesy rock album. My Mom definitely had their albums growing up. I actually thought I'd like it more than I did. I LOVE the song Layla.
6/10
Could have got a 4 but I got this straight after a breakup and im bitter lol
Nice folksy blues album, decent tracks but the title says it all: “Layla and others…” great background music, I waited a bit too long to start so I was quite tired and didn’t appreciate as much as maybe I should have. 3.5/5 rounding down as outside ‘Layla’ the songs dropped off a bit.
6.5/10 I found this frustrating - it started amazingly, I loved it, but then the filler crept in. Indulgent boring studio blues jams. There were way too many of them. But the non-filler stuff verged on magic. Loved the uptempo ones with the high, wailing guitars. Extraordinary musicians playing really good stuff. If this album had lost 20-30 minutes of the lazy filler stuff, it would have been amazing. As it was, I liked it but was getting very bored at times. Best: Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
I've heard this name before, but not the music. It started out alright. A slight 50's vibe mixed with 60's and almost yacht rocky at times, then it moved into long blues songs, which is a turn off for me. I like the Little Wing cover, although Jimi is waaay better. Yeah, this just isn't music for me. Solid 3.
This felt a little long and drawn out, like it could have been enough material for two different albums. The guitar work is wild in spots, especially on “Layla,” and there’s a raw, emotional edge to a lot of it, but some of the blues jams dragged for me, and Clapton’s vocals sometimes got a little repetitive. There's a lot of homage to the blues and 1950s rock and roll. The highlight for me is Layla. The piano coda from Layla is beautiful but always felt a little incongruous to me after the raucous, driving energy of the first part. It always seemed weird that it's longer than the first part of the song, and like it could have been fleshed out into its own track. It does transition nicely into the next quieter track on the album, though. Side note, I heard that this coda was actually written by Rita Coolidge, and stolen with no credit given by the drummer, her boyfriend at the time. 👎🏻 Little Wing is one of my favorite Hendrick songs if not my favorite, so it was interesting to hear this version, but it kind of lost the delicate sweetness that I love about the original.
Solid 70s, dad jam type rock. Layla is the highlight. Keep On Growing really grooves. I can really picture this stuff being played at a pool hall. Check out the Wikipedia on the drummer though.....good Lord!
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Solid, Clapton really is about it guitar-wise
This would have been a 4 if they'd ended it with Layla.
I liked this more than I expected to like an Eric Clapton record under another name. Duane Allman's influence is really evident on this album and it makes the blues sound much more convincing than anything Cream ever did, in my opinion. There's a good handful of songs that just sound like cocaine-fueled guitar jam sessions, but there are quite a few that I especially liked. "I Am Yours" and, of course, "Layla" are the best tracks for me. "Layla" is really a lovely song. 7/10
I felt instantly relaxed by this album Favourite song: Key to the Highway and Layla
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Derek and the Dominos – 3.3/5 Eric Clapton delivers smooth melodies and great guitar tones, making for an easy, pleasant listen. However, aside from the few tracks, none of the songs stuck with me.
a very average rock experience, the songs were enjoyable but nothing particular that was very special. The guitarwork was great and the songs were fine, some of the covers felt a little out of place(Nobody knows when your down and out), but overall the album was fine in its own right, just nothing very special. Favorite track: Little wing. Overall score: 5.0/10
The songs suffer from being too long. Many far too long. The vocals are not great for me. The album is driven by amazing guitar work though. The last song is one of the worst I have ever heard lol. 3 stars for great guitars and Layla being an all timer
This is a high three stars.
Great album, consistent and tuneful. With a better singer, it would have been spectacular.
Never ending guitar solos and a couple dudes harmonizing vocals. 5/10
Was excited about this because i knew two songs off the album and was looking forward to hearing more! But i'll be honest the two i knew were the best lol - nothing particularly bad about the rest it all just kinda blended together for me
held my attention, if by 'held my attention' i mean 'i wasn't annoyed as it played in the background'
again, nice but idk if id really listen to it again. maybe id relisten to some of the songs but yeah
- Obligatory "Fuck Eric Clapton." - Vastly prefer rock Clapton to blues Clapton. If I wanted that, I would go back to the source. "Bell Bottom Blues," "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?," and "Layla" (duh) are standouts. - This album would be half the length if you cut the jamming from 90% of the tracks. - I mean...doesn't the album title tell you what the band thought was their best selling point?
Not really my thing, Layla is great but the rest was just background noise
I was surprised to see that there was only one Eric Clapton album in this collection (and a seemingly early and obscure one at that), but I guess this makes up for that with a double-album Derek & The Dominoes album (not sure whether the Cream album really counts as a full-on Eric Clapton album). I'm not a huge Eric Clapton fan (music or otherwise), and I'm getting a bit tired of how many 70s albums are in this collection (far and away the most of any decade), so I'm kind of grumpy to get well over an hour of somewhat monotonously consistent Eric Clapton stylings. Just picking at random, how different is "Bell Bottom Blues" from parts of the songs before and after on this album? And isn't "I am yours" just "Layla" with water drums? It kind of feels like he has two song styles that he just does endless variations on--the sad ballad and the blues. But at least there are fewer covers on this than on "461 Ocean Boulevard", so at least we get more of his compositions, although I feel like the "Key to the highway" cover is probably the highlight of this album with Duane Allman and Clapton shredding it up together (but his "Little Wing" cover is quite disappointing). I *was* a bit surprised that "Layla" was the only (original) song that I recognized from this album, though.
solid album. Favorite tracks are Bell-bottomed blues and Anyday. At this point, I'm kind of sick of Layla. Sorry, Eric.
It's a good bluesy album. Too bad Clapton is a major douche
Liked it. A bit long. But I appreciate it.
If the artists are so famous and good, why are their timings (rhythm) and the balance (mix) again and again so poor? Do they want it to sound like that? 2,8
Pretty standard british blues boosted by Layla
Uninspired blues, talent that is crammed together and not appropriately tamed with fighting vocals and instruments that do not fit with one another. Strong elements with thoughtless translation to music. Sometimes a decent song is made, but short of Layla this is forgettable. Clapton is highly overrated, and as shitty a person as Kanye (coincidence that I got this right after The College dropout)
A lot of the songs sound the same. I mean it's a nice sound, but I feel that some are too long and overstay their welcome. The cover of little wing was ok. Layla is a great song but sometimes even that one I feel drags out in the second half. With the album coming in at an hour and 16 minutes, my attention lulls a bit in the middle. Certainly not bad music though. Favorite track(s): Layla Will I revisit?: low priority Current rating: 7/10
Fav: Layla Least Fav: I Am Yours The less bluesier it got, the better it was. However I’m not gonna forgive this website for forcing me to listen to over an hour of Clapton
Liked the more non-bluesy ones.
It was okay, but i liked the songs i knew
On paper, Derek and the Dominos should have been excellent. And in many ways, excellent music was produced. Though the band is tight and talented, you get the sense that they knew, even in the midst of everything, that they lacked cohesion. In many ways, I think this describes Clapton... a brilliant guitarist that needs help all around him to be truly great. Despite a few really nice cuts, this album underperforms.
Yeah, it's no disreali gears. For whatever reason, I just love the Cream version of Clapton, and can't really get in to the rest. But obviously Layla, and there are a couple other bangers, but I wouldn't call it consistent. Good album, probably a 4 if I didn't like rock and I didn't think Cream was amazing. Someone will sue me for this later (sorry Mr. Embree)/
I really enjoyed the first 3 tracks, but I felt like the album never really reached those highs again. Maybe Little Wing or Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?, got back there. There's some good shredding and I love the passionate/intense vocal delivery in a lot of these songs, but it's just a lot. Like I don't think Layla needs the 5 minute piano outro, or some of these songs need 3 minute solos. It kinda gets to the point where I'm like "I get it, you Shred, let's go"
Music is decent. Not that into it. Clapton sounds great.
On paper, Derek and the Dominos should have been excellent. And in many ways, excellent music was produced. Though the band is tight and talented, you get the sense that they knew, even in the midst of everything, that they lacked cohesion. In many ways, I think this describes Clapton... a brilliant guitarist that needs help all around him to be truly great. Despite a few really nice cuts, this album underperforms.
Harder than usual to rate this album. I don’t care for Clapton’s pursuit of his friend’s wife, which is the emotional backdrop for this album. Plenty of good music, but I’m never really…surprised. Never fully hooked. I feel guilty giving this three stars but I also feel honest.
3+/5
This was good, especially the bluesier songs, but despite Layla and Little Wing none of it quite held my attention enough for a 4.
The good parts sound like the Allman Brothers, and there's Layla, of course. The question of good artists who are lousy humans hangs in the background, but that's nothing new.
The soundtrack to the opening shot of a busy city from a 00’s romcom. Then Layla hits you out of nowhere like a truck
I have heard this one. It has its moments. Lengthy blues jams are just not my thing, I'm afraid. Plus, Clapton...
OK. Some good tunes, but mainly top Gear shite again
Bueno
Quite like it, not particularly my genre. But has some very good songs, especially Layla.
Average
I acknowledge the talent in this band, but goddamn the relentless guitar soloing! Way too much noodling going on here. It makes each song way too busy and unrestrained.
Lots of jam songs and many songs ran one into the other. Some great highlights (Bell Bottom Blues).
Some songs are fun and nice with great technical skills, others where somewhat dull or made me feel they drag on for too long.
I enjoyed most of these songs, obviously Layla casts a long shadow. For good reason, as many times as I've heard it and gotten tired of it it's still some incredible guitar.
Nice
one good one
Eric Clapton is a racist piece of dog shit. +1 for Layla and +1 for Duane Allman
Probably Clapton's best. 3.5
Layla and a lot of stuff I've already forgotten that I know. Beautiful album cover though.
Eric Clapton Bias
Eric Clapton is a wet fart of a human, but this album is okay. Not as good as the Bluesbreakers album or the early Yardbirds stuff (too much hippie noodling nonsense on this one), but it's okay overall.
I had been big Cream fan and even some of Clapton’s earlier work with John Mayall, but 1970 was peak Prog times so had moved on. I did take an interest in this album but to my ears at the time was a bit too country and rockabilly influenced for my liking. I even missed Layla, the standout track on the album, at the time and it was only because of me realising the story behind the track and the end section been used everywhere, that I realised it had come off this album. As time went on so did the standing of this album and it has become a seminal recording. Even so I never bothered to add it to my collection until recently having bought it cheaply second hand. So I eventually gave it my attention that it had deserved all along. There are still roughly half the tracks which do not appeal but the rest are worthy of Clapton at his best. These include of course Layla and my next favourite Bell Botton Blues. 3/5 6/1/25
not for me but cute
Some strong moments on here, I like Bell Bottom Blues a lot. Dig the harmonies. The stuff where they just sound like a divy blues band aren't too exciting. And I'm realizing I'm not much of a guitar guy. Layla is kinda corny to me.
Layla is a fantastic song but the rest of the album mostly blurred together
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Definitely better than the previous Clapton album. However it is 76 minutes of self-indulgent noodling. The title track is that good that it single handedly bumps this up from a 2/5 to a 3/5
Really? A fucking double album from Eric Clapton? Setting my contempt for the man aside, this album is some good Eric Clapton. This album suffers from the same problem that most double albums suffer from, though, which is that it would be significantly better if it were a single album with all of the repetitive filler removed 3/5 Even when Eric Clapton is good, he's still annoying
Une heure et neuf minutes de blues correct, ainsi que LAAAAAAAAAYLAAAAAAAAAA
Some good tunes, some repetitive tunes. 12 bar blues, boring guitars for the most part
schono kuul, am afang hanis recht toll gfunde, aber mit de zit wirds chli langwiilig. aber guet als hintergrundmusig, aber das isch iwie keis kriterium findi..
Probably the best thing Clapton ever did, and I'm saying this in a derogatory manner.
It' a very important Blues Rock album. Too bad I don't like Blues.
The album is too long for what it has to offer, but we can find some excellent blues cuts in there! They were cooking for real.
Decently played blues, but it feels like it misses the soul.
Nostalgic for me.
Not bad, a bit too long. Layla was cool, but also too long.
***An ok album
There's a lot of wankery and noodling on the album. To be expected I guess from a bluesy Eric Clapton record (only found out Clapton was in this band when I got this as my album of the day). But he can't half write a riff or two, and he's a pretty shit hot guitarist as well. That's easily the best part of this whole 75 minutes. It does go on a bit too long for my liking. The material as a whole isn't quite strong enough to carry it for over an hour but there is some great stuff here. I would happily select any of these tracks at random to listen to on its own, but would struggle to listen to the whole album at once.
I love blues rock and I love Eric Clapton. But this album seemed so fucking long and boring. Also I think Layla doesn't fit into the album at all. Expected some good songs like Layla and didn't get it.
Has got some decent tracks, Layla itself is good but I skip as soon as the piano hits and I prefer the Unplugged version of it anyway. People think he's a knob but I think he's a great guitar player and separate his personal life from his songs. I doubt I'll listen to much off of here again but it's a classic.
It started so strong but I found the mid section to be a bit, well, mid.
Layla and other assorted love songs...
that was enjoyable enough. nothing really stood out to me except the titular track which i obviously already knew....so i guess i didn't really get much out of this full album listen through. it wasn't bad though.
Classic album and cover with a bunch of rock radio staples. You can still regularly hear "Bell Bottom Blues", "Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out", "Key To The Highway" & "Layla" (all of which were made popular again with Clapton's "Unplugged" album in the 90's). Add in "Have You Ever Loved A Woman", their version of "Little Wing" & "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad", and you have a classic album that still stands the test of time. The only knock, especially from someone who may not be enamored with Clapton & Allman, is the songs are long, too long in some cases. It has a recorded live feel to it, that's why some of the songs turn into 7 minute jams. I prefer most of the songs that EC takes the lead on. 70's tour de force, influential to all the classic rockers who came after and every jam band on the planet. Stands up today and still gets airplay so it deserves a spot on the Top 1001.
I like this album a lot but when you hear Duane Allman playing you really want to just listen to an Allman Brothers album.
Very aptly named; it's Layla and also some other songs. Love Layla. The other songs were simple, laid back rock tracks. Performed well but not exactly exciting.
Not terrible music. I think this genre is so outplayed that I have a hard time enjoying it for what it is.
2.5/5
Meh
3.6
racist guitar guy is good at guitar. Layla is a bop.
This album was never my favorite Clapton nor my favorite Allman, but I always kinda liked it. I've grown less tolerant of Clapton's wankery over the years, so my rating has fallen a bit. Still, if you're in the mood for some post invasion Brit blues spiced up with some Duane Allman, there's some good stuff here. "Anyday" and "Key to the Highway" were standouts on this last listen. I really just can't stand "Layla" anymore, speaking of extreme wankery. It took me four tries to get through that song this time.
also not really for me, well made though
Very good! A true classic that stands up to time.
I don't really like harmonizing wailing guitars. But I recognize the excellence
Many of the songs need to be shortened. Haha
Was excited for the album, figured it'd be at least a 4 or 5. Enjoyed the first couple of songs, then dragged through the rest of the album for another hour before Layla.
3.5
I thought that the album will be Layla and other songs will mush into non-existance but i was pleasantly suprised. Clapton's guitar is excellent in all songs but one great point is just enough. Other/5.
W porządku. Utalentowany, młody Clapton, jeszcze nie wojujący ze szczepionkami. Słuchało się dobrze, chociaż momentami miałem przesyt, za wiele podobnego. Teksty o życiu i miłości, czasem o banalnych prawdach - to nic złego ofc., ale żaden mnie nie urzekł, żaden banał sie został dla mnie ubrany w ciekawe słowa, dające świeżą perspektywę. Może nie przepadam za tego typu rockującym bluesem, może coś przegapiłem, ale zachwycony po przesłuchaniu nie jestem. Szczególnie rozczarowany też nie... Było OK. PS wolę nowszą aranżację "Layli" przez Claptona solo, ale może to kwestia efektu stałej ekspozycji, bo to ona głównie leci w radiach... na pewno riff w tej oryginalnej jest cool, trzeba przyznać. 2,5/5
Something quite Californian about the sound of this, even though it's meant to be an English riff on delta blues. It's excellent in places, though way too long. Everyone knows Layla of course, but I'd not heard the album in full before. Always that slight lingering thought in the back of my mind as well, that although we can all admire Clapton's virtuoso playing, he is still an absolute knobhead.
I get that this group was going for a warm, empassioned, bluesy setlist with a host of guitar-heavy epics to go down in history. They get about halfway there, and the main things holding these songs back are their long runtime and inter-track similarity. Half of these songs sound completely identical, including the solos – and oh boy are there a lot of solos to choose from here. Most of them are technically good, but hardly are very memorable. I do quite like the vocals here and they almost outshine the guitars even though they're clearly not meant to. (Take that, Clapton!) Shorter tracks that are more singing-focused, like It's Too Late, Layla, and Have You Ever Loved A Woman? are strong. The guitar playing is obviously good – almost too good. It's not nearly raw or passionate enough for ideal enjoyment, and it remains extremely consistent in this regard. The party-blues atmosphere, consisting of lots of jam-session-style pieces and background whooping/chatter, sort of works, but does get old towards the latter half of the album. 3/5 Key tracks: Bell Bottom Blues, It's Too Late, Layla
# 363 : They've done a pretty decent job, it's ok, if over-long. I like the hits of course, A few decent songs. If it wasn't for all the bland twaddle and screaming guitar instrumentals, this would be a really good record. Sometimes this list feels like things are included just because they were really popular at the time, but does anyone actually still listen to this album? Favourite track : Layla
Ok. Nothing special
Wow that is a lot of bluesy guitar to sit through to get to Layla. I did find it interesting trying to pick out the different guitar parts and it’s not unpleasant on the ears. But it does get a bit much.
Pleasant songs with a few standouts. Bell Bottom Blues is great and obviously Layla is amazing. 7/10
The Good: People say EC = God The Bad: Some people say the earth is flat… The Ugly: Other people say a 1 + 1 = 3 TLDR is almost applicable to this album, as after a while you wonder what the hell the producers were thinking when they said “sure, go on for a bit more lads!” Little Wings was terrible, several of the tunes were just WAY too long and the artist trying too hard being Blue is way too evident… guess drugs are bad after all! Yet, one can not deny that, overall, the album is what it is, from a period that was what it was… so, 3 1/2 * that translate to 3, as we will downgrade due to excessive trying...
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - I Am Yours - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? - *Layla* - Thorn Tree In The Garden ^^^^ songs i liked I can totally hear why is it so high rated album. It's very well made musically. Sadly, I'm bored to tears by this genre and the overdriven guitar. Maybe if i'd give it few more listens, it would grown on me, but i'm clearly not the target audience. Anyway the song LAYLA. That shit fucking slaps.
Used to like Clapton and it’s hard to deny that this is a ‘Classic” Despite this, it’s important to acknowledge Clapton’s controversial history, including openly racist remarks in the mid-1970s, and anti vax bat shit craziness of recent years so despite absolutely classic tracks like Layla it’s not for me anymore
Not memorable in my opinion
A little overrated....its fine.
Really nice album but the instrumentals are too high to the point it causes me headaches. Wouldn't listen to it on repeat.
Too long, generic dad rock
Rating: 6/10 Best Song's: Bell Bottom Blues, Layla, Thorn Tree in the Garden. A plethora of love songs relating to several kinds of relationships, whether you and your gal are slow and romantic or energetic and loving. Regardless, There is a song for you on this album.
Didn't get to listen to it fully due to having a busy day, most of what I heard was a bit superficial but there were a few great songs nonetheless
Ok
Aside from the hit songs this album didn't impress me that much. I've never been a huge fan Eric Clapton's voice either. In the words of a good friend "it's thin."
hvítingja blús, góðir sprettir inn á milli. ekki spenntur fyrir stefnunni í heild eða þessari plötu sem slíkri.
Meandering at times, and I didn't think you could have too many bends in guitar licks. But the good tracks are very good
Some good licks, and cool dueling guitars.
Decent but not super exciting.
Clapton er rosa góður gítarleikari. Við vissum það, ekkert nýtt.
Nothing special. 2.5
Ganska meningslös lyssning. Det är inte dåligt det är bara inte bra. Inget som sticker ut förutom Leyla då som är helt okej. Sången är inte bra dock. Kanske blir det bättre om man lyssnar om men det har jag inte tid med.
Långt in på skivan fattade jag att det är Eric Clapton som håller på med sin jävla gitarr. Noterade inte att Layla var med (kopplade inte titeln på albumet). Är det nåt problem med det? Ja, lite väl mycket gitarr och långa låtar som känns som ett jam. Gitarr är ballt nån gång ibland och när det passar i låten i övrigt. För Eric Clapton känns det mer som att han gärna vill ta sig till ett solo eller låta gitarren komma först. Så intressant/bra är det inte. Layla är ju en bra låt annars. Resten är rätt meh.
Gillar att det är så gitarrdrivet, även om det bitvis blir lite väl utdraget. Layla är förstås enastående bra, men utöver den inte så mycket som verkligen sticker ut. Skulle säkert växa med fler lyssningar, men hinner inte med det så får bli en stark trea.
Just thought it really dull
3.9 Really enjoyed it
When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
Solid album.
Very much a garage band sound. Lots of long melodic riffs. Not exactly my bag, but fun to listen to. Notable song: Layla obv. 3/5
Some Stand out tracks but sounded like white boy blues…missing the soul
Love the bluesy feel and the guitar work between Eric and Duane Allman is just so good.
The songs themselves are fine, even enjoyable. The five minutes of masturbatory guitar solos at the end of each one are wholly unnecessary. The last song ("Thorn Tree in the Garden") was by far the best song on the album.
Good album title. Layla is pretty good. Will I listen to again: 5%
I’m close to really liking this. There’s some sweet slide guitar and swoonful chord changes in the first few tunes that hit the spot. My complaints are familiar ones: it goes on far too long, and the extended jamming over blues covers completely kills my interest. Compare and contrast Layla, rightly considered Clapton’s best song: it’s urgent, concise (barring that piano outro), energetic and has a killer riff. So many of the tracks in the middle of this album are the complete opposite of that, and it’s a shame, because there are 6 or 7 others that I really enjoy. 3.5
Bluesy rock that's pretty alright. Not much else to say past that.
This is a pretty solid classic rock album. I wasn’t ans into the tracks that leaned more blues. Eric Clapton’s talent was on full display, but I never really loved the tone of his guitar. This album reminded me of that pretty often. I don’t particularly love Eric Clapton’s vocals either. I’m just not a Clapton guy. Bobby Whitlock’s backing vocals were excellent, apparently he was going for a Sam and Dave style and I think he did great. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Anyday and Keep On Going were standout tracks.
I like the rockabilly vibe. Bell bottom blues was good
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. Blues is my dad's favourite music and it's very easy to listen to, but I wouldn't generally seek it out. The first half of the album was pleasant, but not terribly exciting. The back part was way better though with both Little Wing and Layla coming in strong. The guitar was lovely the whole way through with way more guitar solos and fade ins/outs than I was expecting. It works very well with Derek's voice being complimented by the strings. Many of the songs had a sorrowful slant to them with the emotion coming through. I plan to recommend this to my dad. Favs: Layla, Little Wing, Bell Bottom Blues.
Bluesy rock. Your enjoyment of this album will depend on how much you like blues guitar. if you love it you’ll love this album. If you’re like me though, it starts to take over and be a little much. The title track is truly excellent, but I didn’t feel like there was any other track on the album that really stood out.
Alle sange var fine men kun layla var virkelig interessant
Layla is amazing, the rest kind of dull.
Layla is by far the best track on this album. Cut 30 minutes out, just take the best songs, and give Duane Allman more time on the album and we'd be looking at a 5, but this is more of a soft 3.
Some generic tracks and a few standouts
Layla distinctly carried the assortment of love songs here. We enjoyed, but Layla is clearly the standout track.
This really is Layla and other assorted songs. A lot of jam banding around on very uninteresting blues progressions and pentatonic scales. It seems on paper as if it's sprawling epic rock and roll, but most songs drag and don't really go anywhere worth writing home about. Fave Tracks: I Looked Away, Layla, Thorn Tree In the Garden 3.2/5
Ah, le voilà, le monument, la pierre angulaire, le monolithe, l'album que tout le monde, de ton pote hippie qui sent encore le patchouli à ton oncle qui pense que la musique s'est arrêtée avec les Stones, te cite comme LE chef-d'oeuvre absolu du blues rock, de la guitare, de la complainte amoureuse. Je parle bien sûr de "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" par Derek and The Dominos. Et là, j'arrive avec mes gros sabots et je balance un "gros 3/5". Un Gros Trois Sur Cinq. C'est presque une insulte, une hérésie, c'est comme dire que "Citizen Kane" est un "petit film sympa" ou que la Chartreuse, c'est "pas mal pour se rincer la bouche". Cette note est une provocation et j'adore ça car elle résume parfaitement le malaise que l'on peut ressentir face à certains colosses de l'histoire du rock. On nous dit que c'est génial, on lit que c'est fondamental, on sait que c'est important. Mais au fond, est-ce qu'on aime vraiment ? Est-ce qu'on se le repasse en boucle ? Est-ce que ça nous parle, à nous, les enfants du post-punk, les adeptes de la dissonance et du bruitisme ? Derek and The Dominos, déjà, le nom c'est un paravent, une tentative désespérée d'anonymat pour un type qui, à l'époque, était tout sauf anonyme. Eric Clapton, c'est le mec que des graffiti à Londres avaient proclamé "Dieu". Après la trinité blues rock quasi divine de The Yardbirds, la déflagration psychédélique de Cream et le supergroupe avorté Blind Faith, "Dieu" voulait redescendre sur terre, se faire humble, jouer le blues avec des potes. Louable intention, sauf que le moteur de toute cette entreprise n'a rien de divin, et encore moins d'humble car il s'agit de la plus vieille et de la plus triviale des motivations humaines : une obsession amoureuse, bien lourde et bien poisseuse. Clapton est raide dingue de Pattie Boyd. Problème : Pattie Boyd est la femme de son meilleur ami, George Harrison. Oui, LE George Harrison, l'un des quatres Fab Four. Alors plutôt que de gérer ça comme un adulte, ou de se trouver une autre groupie (c'était pas ce qui manquait, j'imagine), Eric décide d'en faire un double album, un putain de double album. La quintessence du drame de rockstar. "Je ne peux pas avoir la femme de mon meilleur pote, alors je vais écrire 77 minutes de musique pour le crier au monde entier". On a connu plus discret comme approche. Et c'est là que réside toute la force et toute la faiblesse de ce disque. C'est un journal intime mis à nu, suintant la frustration, le désir inassouvi, la douleur, la jalousie. Ça transpire l'honnêteté la plus crue, la plus pathétique. Quand Clapton chante, il ne joue pas un rôle, il est ce mec au coeur brisé, ce type qui rampe. Cette authenticité, cette impudeur, est touchante, on ne peut pas lui enlever ça. C'est un torrent de lave émotionnel qui a dû en consumer plus d'un à l'époque, et qui continue de fasciner. Musicalement, c'est l'apothéose du blues rock de l'époque. C'est gras, ça suinte, ça dégouline de feeling. Et puis, il y a le miracle, l'intervention divine qui n'est pas celle de Clapton. Elle s'appelle Duane Allman et c'est le guitariste de l'Allman Brothers Band, invité sur la plupart des titres, qui vient poser sa slide et qui, soyons francs, vole la vedette à tout le monde. Le duel de guitares sur le morceau-titre, "Layla", est entré dans la légende. Ce n'est plus un dialogue, c'est un corps-à-corps, une joute furieuse et désespérée entre la plainte rageuse de Clapton et les arabesques célestes, presque vocales, d'Allman. Chaque note de Duane est une larme, un cri, une fulgurance. C'est lui, l'âme véritable de cette chanson et, par extension, de l'album. Sans lui, "Layla" ne serait qu'une bonne chanson, avec lui, c'est un monument. Alors pourquoi, mais pourquoi diable, ce "gros 3/5" ? Parce qu'un monument, c'est souvent chiant à visiter. C'est long, et "Layla and other assorted love songs" est long, terriblement long. C'est un double album, et il en a tous les défauts. Des jams qui s'étirent sans fin, des reprises de blues correctes mais pas transcendantes ("Key to the Highway"), des moments où l'on sent que les musiciens se font plaisir, mais qu'ils ont un peu oublié qu'on était là, à écouter. Pour chaque "Layla", il y a un "Thorn Tree in the Garden" qui nous achève par sa langueur. Pour moi, cette démonstration de virtuosité et d'épanchement sentimental peut vite devenir indigeste. C'est une question de culture, je vient d'un monde où le silence, la dissonance et l'économie de moyens sont des armes. Ici, je suis dans l'opulence, le débordement, le "plus c'est long, plus c'est bon". Ce n'est pas une critique de la qualité intrinsèque, mais un constat de fossé culturel. Et puis, il y a le fond de l'affaire. Un type richissime, adulé, considéré comme un dieu de la guitare, qui pleurniche sur 77 minutes parce qu'il n'arrive pas à piquer la femme de son pote. Avouez qu'il y a un côté légèrement indécent. C'est un chagrin d'amour de luxe, une peine de coeur de la jet-set. Voilà pourquoi ce 3/5 est si juste, c'est une note qui refuse de se laisser impressionner par le statut de l'oeuvre. C'est un 3 parce que l'album est pétri de longueurs, d'auto-complaisance et qu'il représente une esthétique du rock parfois difficile à digérer aujourd'hui. C'est une musique de son temps, et ce temps n'est plus tout à fait le nôtre. Mais c'est un GROS 3, parce que c'est un témoignage brut, une capsule temporelle chargée d'une émotion palpable. C'est pour la fulgurance de Duane Allman qui illumine chaque titre où il apparaît. C'est pour la démence de "Layla", ce standard absolu qui a transcendé son créateur. C'est un album qui, même s'il nous agace, nous oblige à l'écouter, à le respecter. "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" est un passage obligé dans ce projet "1001 Albums". Il faut l'entendre, ne serait-ce que pour comprendre une partie de l'histoire du rock, il faut s'y confronter. Mais l'aimer d'un amour inconditionnel ? Pas obligé, on a le droit de rester un peu sur le bas-côté, de regarder le monument avec un mélange d'admiration et d'ironie, et de se dire que, décidément, on préfère nos chapelles plus modestes et nos prières plus bruitistes. Et puis, entre nous, piquer la femme de son meilleur pote, ça reste moche, même si ça donne un classique du rock.
Sept. 9 2024 First album for this project. Already I can tell that I'm going to have to decide how to rate based on whether these albums are objectively musically good or based on how much I like it. Because I'm super specific in the music I like. Like I objectively think this album is good so far, but it's none of the songs I would listen to again so far. 10 songs in and yep very bluesy. Ah yes Layla is very good and I've def heard it many times. Idk why this album would be one of the best of all time with only one banger IMOOOOO. I think this is a perfect first album for me because I am very neutral about it, so I will give it a 3/5. Fav song is the first two minutes of Layla lol. Actually I also like Thorn Tree in the Garden too.
Why is this album an hour and 16 minutes long I enjoyed it but it was ! Too long
Classic Clapton
Layla was good
First Eric Clapton album on here, and we know he's a real gem of a person (/s). 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. Favorite song: Layla Other: Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, Tell The Truth, Have You Ever Loved A Woman? 9/7/24
Ahh it just kinda looks waits to show its hand. The 3 is all for Layla!!
Enjoyed this, never heard before other than Layla. Loved the bluesy sounds, would give another spin to.
I liked the sound of this but I got bored. 3/5
6/10 - There were some good songs and some alright ones. Layla is pretty popular so I had heard it before but I also liked Bell bottom Blues. Overall it was decent but nothing amazing.
Really enjoyed this overall album!
Nothing special.
Not that interested until Layla came on. I like that song, although I think it would be improved if it was 5 instead of 7 minutes. Feels a little repetitive. We get it already, you're on your knees!
Duane Allman's guitar work makes this album worth a listen. Some of the covers are good, and Clapton still plays them in concert. I didn't much like the cover of "Little Wing", though.
This isn't a bad album, but at an hour and a quarter, it is a long album. The production isn't stellar, but both the drumming and the bass progress by leaps and bounds as it progresses. The end ends well, but it is overindulgent to the point of annoyance. Tone it down and trim it down and it'd be a dozen times better.
I've heard the album before. I've listened to this album before, but I'm not a big fan of it. I realize that Clapton's voice is the weak link. I'm also generally not a fan of British artists covering blue songs. The version of Little Wing included here completely robs it of it's beauty. I'm not a huge fan of the Allman Brothers, and this album sounds like an Allman Brothers (Duane Allman contributed). There are lots of screaming vocals here... Not in a good way. A couple of classic songs, so I'm giving it a soft 3.
The guitar work is phenomenal of course and the music is solid, but the vocals aren't super strong which holds it back in my mind from the next level
Definitely heard of these guys. I actually thought it was more 50's Jazz. Never actually listened to them. That I am aware of. Did not know it was also Eric Clapton. Typical classic rock.
enjoyed this more than i expected. as a lifelong audio-processing-disorder haver, til that song is called Layla. 3.5
This was good but then it just kept going. When I thought it was almost done there were still five songs before Layla.
This should be called "Layla....and some other songs." There's some good blues on here, but Layla will always be the top track.
Solid
There's some gold on this album, and some meh filler. I'm not going to listen more than once because I don't want to give Clapton the money
Good sound good songs. Only ever heard Layla from them before.
This album is the epitome of classic rock. Major blues influence combined with meandering guitar solos, over an hour of runtime, songs purely about love, no conceptual theme between said songs, and a lead singer who turns out to be a complete piece of garbage. Not to say classic rock is bad, per say. I’ve probably listened to hundreds of these type of songs, per my dad’s constant playing of them on the radio/song recommendations from his youth. I’ve come to really enjoy most of it. But when you listen to so much of the same sounding song, it becomes a bit over saturated of a genre, and songs don’t hit the same anymore. Still, this album has its highs. Obviously Layla is a masterpiece and there are other songs here that match the vibe, but the album title does really fit the album: it’s Layla and some other love songs you’ll never hear again. All in all, it’s an alright album.
Cool 70s sounds. Layla is, of course, a classic, as well as Little Wing (although I'm partial to Sting's rendition!) but other songs are also nice.
75% Best: Keep on Growing, Anyday, Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?, Layla Must-Hear? No
Clapton on a beach holiday tired out after the excitement of cream. But a couple of good tracks.
Clapton can rip guitar and I love a good blues riff. Some good songs and some duds. Also I learned today that Eric Clapton is a shitty guy so that sucks.
This is your typical white-man blues nonsense. Some very good guitar playing mired by awful singing. It’s enjoyable, but I’d rather listen to Muddy any day
Solid stuff here, but, bar Layla, nothing really stands out.
Not for me. Somewhat bland.
An interesting listen to say the least. "Bell Bottom Blues" is my favourite. I also like that Pink Floyd-esque guitar solo in one of the songs. Clapton was good at his job like with many of his projects. However some of the songs were a bit boring. 3 stars for "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs".
Pretty standard issue blues based rock. Nothing world beating and nothing bad. This is definitely 5/10 not 3/5. 3/5
goated, enjoyed all songs Layla will always be a hit for me. However is the type of music you can get sick of.
I try to separate the music from the musician as much as possible, but Clapton makes it hard. Beyond that this is a fine album, I like blues, but the meandering blues gets a little old and repetitive, the only thing interesting after a while is the guitar solos, even that gets a redundant. Layla is a classic, but so much so that it gets filed under songs I never need to hear again.
I enjoyed listening to this album. I had never heard of the band and was surprised to hear Eric Clapton's guitar and vocals. I had heard Layla but never attributed to Derek & The Dominos. This was a good album, it had some good gems such as Have You Ever Loved A Woman?, a very good rendition of Little Wing, Layla of course, and one of my personal favorites Thorn Tree In the Garden. It was a good album.
Could be shorter tho
Could be a 4 on relisten, but I feel like it's a pretty long listen for just a small payoff of two or three strong songs at the very end 3
My second album with Clapton on it in three days, oh boy. This one starts quite strong, but when the nine-minute jams start rolling in is when I start to lose interest. The title track is remarkable in some places (the beautiful instrumentals of the second half) and irritating in others (LAYYYLUHHH!!!). Overall worth hearing if far from a masterpiece. Best song: Bell Bottom Blues
Heard the album before; it is simply very mediocre. I always thought Eric Clapton was full of crap. I'm convinced most people who listen to his music are just nostalgic about The Yardbirds or Cream.
The thing that keeps this from being irredeemably bland is the presence of Duane Allman and some top notch musicians. Clapton always gets under my skin.
Jebenom brit naziju nije bilo dosta šta je pokra crnce nego ovdje manje više više izravno krade sourhern rock do te mjere da duane allman svira slide i ritam gitare. Uz sve rečeno vjerojatno njegov najbolji solo album
Good stuff!
The title sums this album up perfectly. Competent music, but for a collection of love songs it feels cold and perfunctory.
It's a perfectly fine album, even if it is a little bloated. But Layla is so obviously superior to almost everything here.
Goshdarnit. I went in thinking I was over Clapton, but then Bell Bottom Blues started playing and that is still a five star song. Most of the rest of the album is a beaten-horse-meh. Layla is still pretty good I guess.
Getting this out of the way early: Eric Clapton is a garbage person. That definitely impacts my rating of this album. That said, about a third of this is pretty good. Can’t deny the power of Layla, Bellbottom Blues sounds like an outtake from Let It Be, and Little Wing is gorgeous. But there are way too many cliche 12 bar blues songs that all sound the same. Ultimately pretty shrug worthy overall.
3/5 The songs on this album are mostly ok and rarely great. It can be a bit of a boring listen at times. However there are still enjoyable movements, including the Hendrix cover and the inescapable Layla, and you have to give it credit for starting and finishing strongly. I Looked Away 4/5 Bell Bottom Blues 4/5 Keep On Growing 2.5/5 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2.5/5 I Am Yours 2.5/5 Anyday 3.5/5 Key To The Highway 3/5 Tell The Truth 3/5 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? 2/5 (LEAST FAV) Have You Ever Loved A Woman? 3/5 Little Wing 4.5/5 It's Too Late 3/5 Layla 5/5 (FAV) Thorn Tree In The Garden 4.5/5
Ah old slow hand - using your guitar prowess and some old school classic rock to steal your best friend’s woman
Decent songs, Clapton over noodling on like all of them.
Never heard of this band yet they sound very familiar.
This album is kinda fun, on the whole I did enjoy it, and to be honest I can't find a lot to criticise about it. It's just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo looooooonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg.
'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' is exactly right because that's exactly what this is. Layla is a great song, the rest is just a mish-mash of rock and blues tracks with varying qualities. Pretty fine way to spend an hour though, just not mindblowing.
I have a strange relationship with Eric Clapton’s music
Boring
Cozy, and nostalgic. Nice sounding, but not sure I would listen to the whole album again. Great guitar and voice throughout, but some of the song went on for just a bit to long.
Virker lidt nostalgisk selvom jeg aldrig har hørt det før. Måske bare fordi det falder ind i den her Tarentino/James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy stil af musik? Hits er hits. Layla er best men stadigt lidt lang.
Eric goes pretty hard on the guitar solos in most songs and it becomes a bit self-indulgent. Especially "Key to the highway" is pretty much just a 10min guitar solo. The lyrics are often pretty simple, and the solos often aren't very imaginative either. As a whole the album comes across very cookie-cutter with some notable exceptions. The album gets progressively better towards the end after "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?". Layla is obviously the big draw here and is indisputably a classic Tentative 3/5
Eric Clapton med sin Stratocaster er altid en fornøjelse :) Musikken fylder dejlig meget på albummet og balancerer fedt mellem blues og rock. Mine favoritnumre er ikke på denne plade (Tears in heaven & Knockin on heavens door), men genkendeligheden er der bestemt. Men Layla er selvfølgelig stadig et vildt fedt nummer. Fedt album og godt indspillet.
Totalt hygge - som at være tilbage i mit barndomshjem en fredag aften, når min mor havde fået et glas rødvin eller to og pladespilleren blev tændt.
Eric goes pretty hard on the guitar solos in most songs and it becomes a bit self-indulgent. Especially "Key to the highway" is pretty much just a 10min guitar solo. The lyrics are often pretty simple, and the solos often aren't very imaginative either. As a whole the album comes across very cookie-cutter with some notable exceptions. The album gets progressively better towards the end after "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?". Layla is obviously the big draw here and is indisputably a classic Tentative 3/5
Hello!!!
The name of this album is very fitting because it's really Layla and other assorted love songs, which are at times nice, but mostly way too long and filler-y. I generally didn't mind this; it would have for sure gotten a four if it wasn't so bloated. 3.5 stars
Most of the blues is fine-good, however Layla is one of the best rock songs I have ever heard. The opening guitar riff coming in after the rest of the album is akin to the sun setting after a rough day knowing that you are alive and okay. That musical moment alone is why you should listen to this album. Is the rest of the album at the same caliber? No and it doesn't even come close.
Overall solid blues rock album. Layla is the standout song here as expected. A couple gems that are nice too. Standout Tracks: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, I Looked Away, Little Wing Worst Track: Have You Ever Loved A Woman? ( It just really bored me)
LOVE LAYLA
I am tempted to give this album 5/5 because it brought us Layla, but I simply can't. 3/5 - It's sad when an album that should be meant for me ends up missing the mark :( Now, let me talk about Layla. When I hear that riff, I ascend to another plane of consciousness. I see the clouds next to me, I see a bright blue sky above and I get higher and higher until I am floating, existing merely as a vessel for these vibrations to enter through my ears all the way towards my heart. I am complete for the 7 minutes and 3 seconds this song lasts, and I thank the universe I could live in a time after 1970. Those poor souls who died in 1969, they missed out big time.
Not bad. Enjoyed some of the songs but wasn't my favorite all the way through.
OK, so clapton is a scumbag so we're gonna lose some stars there but I actually agree that this album belongs on the list. It stands alone for the year it was released as one of the best rock albums with some of the most talented musicians of the time and its very well produced. Tell you what, if clapton wasnt the garbage human that he is it would have been a 5 star album but lets say it loses 5 stars for clapton but then gets 2 stars back for the production and Duane Allman and then gains one more star for the track "Layla." 3/5
3.5, not enough listening time
This album has some really nice guitar parts and I especially enjoyed "Layla". However, it did go on for longer than I would have liked and thus became a bit repetitive.
I only knew Layla before, but otherwise, I thought Derek & the Dominos were a one-hit-wonder. Which it kind of is. But Layla is such a legendry track.
Good old classic rock
Великая песня Layla (которую я больше люблю в анплагед версии) + блюзовые джемы = приятно, но утомляет. Плюс в блюзе мне не нравится этот стандартный рисунок 'ту-тудум-тудум-ту-тууту'
Fine. Too long. Gets old halfway through.
Layla is a classic banger but the rest of the album is pretty meh.
I'll give it 3 stars, only because it has the song Layla on it. The rest of it is basic blues, but not that bad. If it wasn't for Layla, I would have given it somewhere around an 1.75
So, what is it, the absolute best - or complete bore? I bought this album when it came out, and probably listened to the whole thing once. Then, since it was 4 sides - only listened to side one and side four. Too much, too long.
Blues Eric Clapton
The whole album has the classic rock sound that seems to be present across the decade but is really refined here. The guitar solos are epic and amazing. Overall most of the tracks seem to drag on longer than they need with the same riff repeating too many times. The title track "Layla" is great with a wonderful transition into a softer more melancholy tone. The closer for the album also is a beautiful sendoff. Overall the album was good, but each track was a little long.
Some lovely moments!
Not bad. Some well known songs. But the songs went on too long and some were too rocky and not bluesy enough. I give this 3.5 stars.
Don't understand all the hate, it's not that bad. Some of the songs are wayyyy to long
Honestly, I was mainly excited to just finally hear the song 'Layla' when I started listening to this - having heard nothing but incredible things about it. 'Layla' unfortunately overshadows most other songs here in terms of being an incredible standalone blues-rock staple - especially those first 3 minutes right before it mellows out and cruises through this stunning sun-kissed piano-driven outro. As for the rest of the album, it's just some solid blues-rock with some decent covers sprinkled in here (including Hendrix's 'Little Wing'). I'd say Eric Clapton and company wear their influences on their sleeves. However, they still have a solid foundation and intricate understanding of blues-rock and they cultivate it into this grimy and dirty hour-plus experience. While not every song blew me away, especially on the songwriting and vocal side of things, I have to credit the virtuosity that's put on full display here - especially in Clapton's sharp and tight playing. This album won me over on the long blues epic that is 'Key to the Highway' and I love the general chorus on 'Anyday' and slicker rhythm guitar on 'Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?'. While I do think it's a tad long and there were quite a few forgettable songs here (personally wasn't a fan of 'Have you Every Loved a Woman'), you'd be hard-pressed to find a (white) blues-rock album that delivers this consistently while still paying homage to its parent genre. Despite some of its shortcomings, when it delivers it DELIVERS.
01) I Looked Away - 7,0 02) Bell Bottom Blues - 8,0 03) Keep On Growing - 6,5 04) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 7,0 05) I Am Yours - 7,5 06) Anyday - 7,5 07) Key To The Highway - 7,5 08) Tell The Truth - 7,0 09) Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? - 7,5 10) Have You Ever Loved a Woman - 7,0 11) Little Wing - 8,0 12) It's Too Late - 7,0 13) Layla - 10,0 14) Thorn Tree in the Garden - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100) Current ranking: 103/186 It seems that Eric Clapton is an asshole, but one cannot deny that he is a master on the guitar. As the name of the album itself says, it's really all about "Layla" and not much about other assorted love songs. And while "Layla" is a supreme rock masterpiece, other assorted love songs... are not that much. I liked "Bell Bottom Blues", "Little Wing" is also one of the better ones, while the others sound more or less the same. The guitars are great, but the album is too long, so I lost interest in them after a while.
Good album, loses a star for being dead racist 3
This feels like a watered down version of Jimi Hendrix's "Band of Gypsys" album, which came almost a year before this. Is there a connection or influence? I have no idea. But if they are drawing from the same well, I would take the Hendrix album just about every time. It's not bad! But it pales in comparison.
Really loved the last song, overall pretty solid performance from this Clapton colab
For the sake of trying to separate art from the artist, I did actually find this album mildly enjoyable. But I must mention that Clapton is a real pos and shouldn’t be glorified the way he is in the music industry.
Layla alone holds this album up, rest is very generic blues rock and album on the long side, but Lyla makes it worthy of the list.
Guitar guy music… can’t fully enjoy without a fedora and a fender shirt
I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would
decent album great guitar from Eric Clapton' but the only memorable song was Layla, the rest weren't really noteworthy.
This sounds like generic dad rock.
Early Clapton. Generic bluesy-rock. 2.5 stars
the jams where both guitars are soaring are the highlights of this album (e.g., keep on growing). People pay too much moms to Clapton and not enough to Allman, who is a monster player and shines often. Solid tunes and playing throughout - some great songs and some alright. Could take or leave it overall, but this album certainly has its moments of power.
- no idea this was Eric Clapton - gritty, raw, great guitar and organ - distortion Faves: I looked away and nobody knows you
This is pretty classic stuff, but I don't find it terribly relevant or interesting in today's world.
Layla is so much better than all the other songs that they’ve even reflected this in the name of the album. I’m not sure it even helps it sneak a 4. Simpsons: No
Some of the songs are a little to long, but it's easy to listen to and Layla is an absolute tune
The first song reminded me of That One Night by The Hunted. Layla is like the opposite of Synergy. It’s 2 songs that when put together are worse than the sum of their parts. The rest of the album was fine.
Se eu conhecer alguém algum dia que não sabe o que é blues, eu usaria esse álbum para apresentar. Ele tem todas as características definidoras do gênero, é do início da carreira solo de Eric Clapton e tem simplesmente Layla, um dos riffs de guitarra mais famosos da música (ironicamente em uma música que tem 7 minutos dos quais 4 são um instrumental de piano). Uma pena que blues não é um gênero que me cativa muito.
Great album. A lot of these songs I love but didn't realize were Derek & The Dominos.