Definitely felt like one of their first records. It feels very raw and unpolished in all the best ways. In certain eyes, it can be seen as the most undistilled version of the band. I already liked a couple of their bigger hits but listening to this front to back was gratifying all things considered.

This isn't exactly the kind of oldies I go back to regularly (more of a Motown and classic rock kind of guy) but I'd be liar if songs like California Dreamin' and Straight Shooter aren't classics. The harmonies and production are on point but it doesn't change the fact that this isn't my thing.

Great album, I'm very glad to hear other members in the group like Brian May get the lead on some of the songs on the album. Seven Seas of Rhye and March of the Black Queen have been some of my favorites of theirs since I was a kid.

Walk the Line was my shit as a kid so it's really nice to hear the album from the man himself. To know the context behind the record and concert makes this a much more gratifying listen and this hits home as soon as it begins.

Not my type of music. It ain't bad but not my wheelhouse

Dawg how have I not found this gem earlier. This is the progenitor to some AMAZING music following this. Not to discount the talent on the record itself, Clapton really came into his own on this record. Somehow 6-9 minute songs just glide by and I wouldn't be mad at the 12 minute mark on some of these. Truly lost to modern music history but definitely worth going back and spinning through a couple of times.

Honestly didn't think too much of it. Hate to be that guy but I feel that other people launched off of his sound and did it much better.

This is definitely not an album of its time. It feels 12 years too late but its such a gem regardless.