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| Track Listing 1. Blues Before Sunrise 2. Third Degree 3. Reconsider Baby 4. Hoochie Coochie Man 5. Five Long Years 6. I'm Tore Down 7. How Long Blues 8. Goin' Away Baby 9. Blues Leave Me Alone 10. Sinner's Prayer 11. Motherless Child 12. It Hurts Me Too 13. Someday After A While 14. Standin' Round Crying 15. Driftin' 16. Groaning The Blues
Album Notes Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Andy Fairweather-Low (guitar); Jerry Portnoy (harmonica); Tim Sanders (tenor saxophone); Simon Clarke (baritone saxophone); Roddy Lorimer (trumpet); Chris Stainton (keyboards); Dave Bronze (bass); Jim Keltner (drums); Richie Hayward (percussion).Recorded at Olympic Studios Barnes, London, England.FROM THE CRADLE won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. It was also nominated for Album Of The Year.Some 30 years after cutting BLUESBREAKERS with John Mayall, Slowhand is back--and he's plugged in, too. From the Elmore James-styled slide grunge that heralds Leroy Carr's classic "Blues Before Sunrise," to his sweet, pearly tones on an agonizingly slow "Third Degree," it's clear that FROM THE CRADLE really is your parents' Eric Clapton.Nearly every album Clapton's ever done has had a suggestion of his roots. But there's more than a suggestion of blues on impassioned, unhinged solos like "Five Long Years," "It Hurts Me Too" and "Someday After A While"--Clapton betrays a childlike pleasure in coming out from behind his pop persona, and the joy is infectious.That's because FROM THE CRADLE is recorded live...that is to say, everyone at once, with no instrumental or vocal overdubs (save for the sweet dobro obbligatos on an old-timey sounding "How Long Blues"). The slower tempos, like a lowdown "Sinner's Prayer" and the acoustic "Driftin'" really showcase his growth as a vocalist (particularly that bullfrog groan, by way of Muddy Waters, whom he honors with an especially faithful cover of "Standin' Round Crying"). And when Clapton leaves Earth orbit on Willie Dixon's "Groaning The Blues," you get the feeling Eric may never leave the blues again. More, please. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) Down Beat (12/01/1994) Q (10/01/1994) Rolling Stone (10/20/1994) Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) | |||||||||||||
Reviews  EC is very nearly back to his 'god-like' bestReview created: 02/03/08 by:  From the cradle.........to the grave - this is what he does the best. Great blues songs played with passion, warmth and meaning. No 'pop' fills here, no reggae inspired covers, all blues. Wonderful, enjoyable. Great. Review ID: 10000000005885400 Was this review helpful? Report this review Back to his bestReview created: 21/06/07 by: In which our hero rediscovers his roots again !!. Over 16 tracks Clapton finally puts to bed his miserable 80s period when all too often his playing was more a question of what he could get away with NOT doing. Eric’s love for the blues shines through this “live in the studio” album. With the possible exception of “Hoochie Coochie Man” (and, let’s face it, when faced with Muddy Waters version of that everything else is going to sound a bit “thin” ) this is an album that shows exactly why Eric was once called “God” Review ID: 10000000003841392 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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