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ERIC CLAPTON "old sock" cd,2013

solo career stats:
studio albums..................22
singles............................26
compilations....................17
live albums......................11
soundtracks......................6

this album...................#7 US.......#13 UK............#22 AU

old-slowhand's twenty-first solo studio album....
I dismissed this one when it was released and only got it when it hit the discount bins...
but its a fine album,allbeit, an album of covers....
these are songs Eric was influenced by,loved as a youngster or ones he liked during his career...
the guest list on this one is a who's-who of music with the likes of McCartney,SteveWinwood, JJ Cale amongst others....
the sound is typical of the slow bluesy-cum-reggae sounds we know of Eric,some songs have been tweaked with slightly to
accommodate this style also,thus, making this album a 'clapton'album...
JJ Cale's last recording session before his death was apparently on this record as Eric covered his "angel" track....
cover art work was a Clapton 'selfie' taken whilst he was on holiday in Barbados....
David Bowie apparently came up with the album title also whilst listening to the album over dinner with Clapton....
all up a pretty good album for a guy paying homage to his roots after fifty years in the industry

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: till your well runs dry
best track: further on down the road

[video=youtube;CgoYbNXdCFQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoYbNXdCFQ[/video]

tracks:

1...further on down the road ***
2...angel **
3...the folks who live on the hill **
4...gotta get over **
5...till your well runs dry **
6...all of me ***
7...born to lose **
8...still got the blues **
9...goodnight irene ***
10.your one and only man **
11.every little thing **
12.ur love is here to stay **

3s=3
2s=9
1s=0

rating: 2.1