Eric Clapton: Complete Clapton
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In a nutshell.
Impressive, comprehensive, enduring
What's it all about?
The two-disk compilation charts Eric Clapton's career using the hits that have characterised the great performer's musical life. Starting with his early work with Cream - hits such as I Feel Free and Crossroads - progressing through the Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos phase that spawned the likes of the seminal Layla. The album then follows on to the Clapton solo works of Wonderful Tonight, Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Tears in Heaven. More recent songs, where Clapton has paired his incredible talent with the likes of BB King and JJ Cale, also feature on the album.
Who's it by?
Eric Clapton is one of the most well-known and talented musicians of the last 50 years. A career that spans numerous seminal bands - Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos included - as well as a superb solo catalogue, Clapton has picked up 18 Grammys and has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame an unmatched three times. Since his first solo album in 1970, the self-titled Eric Clapton, he has released some of the best loved albums around, including an MTV Unplugged album that lends its version of the hit song Layla to Complete Clapton.
As an example.
"Layla, you've got me on my knees/Layla, I'm begging, darling please/Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind." - Layla, unsurprisingly.
Likelihood of a trip to the Grammys
With so many Grammys already in the bag, it is unlikely whether Clapton will care either way. Compilation albums do not have a specific category at the Grammys, so to give one to this - however good - would seem a little unfair to the new music on the block.
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So is it any good?
Complete Clapton is what you would expect of a compilation album aiming to encapsulate the 40-year career of a musical genius in just 36 tracks. It offers a number of Clapton tracks that occasional listeners to his music will recognise and enjoy, yet for more passionate lovers of the guitar-wielding maestro there may well be some favourites lacking. To call the album Complete Clapton is a falsehood in itself, yet the tracks included are so strong that every one is worth a listen and the selection charts his career well. Clapton releases his autobiography the day after the album; the two will go hand-in-hand well.
8/10
Chris Webber