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| Forums > Rock & Prog > Eric Clapton - 1977. Slowhand, 2004 [DIGITAL SOUND] [HYBRID SACD] |
| Posted by: OlCh on 06-04-2005, 13:02 | ||||||||||||||
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commerically, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand... |
| Posted by: OlCh on 06-04-2005, 13:04 |
Thanks KillerRips  Eric Clapton - 1977. Slowhand 2004 [DIGITAL SOUND] [HYBRID SACD] Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine ... The difference is substantial — where No Reason to Cry struggled hard to find the right tone, Slowhand opens with the relaxed, bluesy shuffle of J.J. Cale's "Cocaine" and sustains it throughout the course of the album. Alternating between straight blues ("Mean Old Frisco"), country ("Lay Down Sally"), mainstream rock ("Cocaine," "The Core"), and pop ("Wonderful Tonight"), Slowhand doesn't sound schizophrenic because of the band's grasp of the material. This is laid-back virtuosity — although Clapton and his band are never flashy, their playing is masterful and assured. That assurance and the album's eclectic material make Slowhand rank with 461 Ocean Boulevard as Eric Clapton's best albums. 1 Cocaine Cale 3:41 2 Wonderful Tonight Clapton, Kamen 3:44 3 Lay Down Sally Clapton, Levy, Terry 3:56 4 Next Time You See Her Clapton 4:01 5 We're All the Way Williams 2:32 6 The Core Clapton, Levy 8:45 7 May You Never Martyn 3:01 8 Mean Old Frisco Crudup 4:42 9 Peaches and Diesel Clapton, Galuten 4:46 Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Editing, Design Mel Collins Horn, Saxophone Yvonne Elliman Vocals Marcy Levy Vocals Jamie Oldaker Percussion, Drums Carl Radle Bass, Guitar (Bass) Dick Sims Keyboards George Terry Guitar |
