Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977/2013)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 39:19 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Digital Booklet | © Polydor
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Perhaps Clapton’s best-known and best-loved record. This one never lulls from start to finish with familiar favorites like “Cocaine,” “Wonderful Tonight,” “Lay Down Sally,” “Next Time You See Her” and “Mean Old Frisco.” Everyone needs at least one copy of this classic.
After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commercially, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand. 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.
Tracklist:
01. Cocaine
02. Wonderful Tonight
03. Lay Down Sally
04. Next Time You See Her
05. We’re All The Way
06. The Core
07. May You Never
08. Mean Old Frisco
09. Peaches And Diesel
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