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| Platinum album features E.C.’s low-key, laid-back blues groove. Hits Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight and Cocaine, plus Peaches & Diesel, more. |
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| 1 Cocaine |
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| 2 Wonderful Tonight |
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| 3 Lay Down Sally |
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| 4 Next Time You See Her |
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| 5 We're All the Way |
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| 6 The Core |
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| 7 May You Never |
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| 8 Mean Old Frisco |
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| 9 Peaches and Diesel |
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Album Review
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". 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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