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The Cream of Eric Clapton still manages to raise its head as Slowhand's definitive greatest-hits package, despite umpteen albums and an armful of Grammys since its release in 1987. Opening with one of the most famous rock intros ever, "Layla" has been the envy of bedroom guitarists for the last three decades. Next up is a choice selection of Cream's finest with hits such as "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room" plus the breakneck blues of "Crossroads" as a reminder of what Clapton did before his period of substandard covers, such as Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" or JJ Cale's "Cocaine". The latter half of the album is not up to par with the incredible start but does redeem itself with the beautiful ode to love, "Wonderful Tonight" and the chicken-picking "Lay Down Sally", though with its vague chronological order, The Cream of Eric Clapton does slowly regress into the tired ground of a rock dinosaur.--Georgina Collins
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18 track compilation with Cream, Derek & The Dominos & solo hits! Includes 'Layla','Cocaine' etc
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The first three quarters of this album display Clapton's incredible ability in groups such as the cream and derek and the dominos, but tracks such as swing low sweet chariot lack the same talent.the variety in this album is excellent but most people like a certain era of clapton, for raw blues buy from the cradle,or r+b buy john mayall's bluesbreakers featuring clapton,for rock pop buy august or behind the sun,for excellent psychedelic rock/blues buy disraeli gears by the cream.the best albums in my opinion are, disraeli gears,layla+other assorted love songs,ec was here.these cover the majority of claptons quality music. but this album could be a good startin point as it has such variety, and from this album u can find ur favourite clapton era.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Eric Clapton was given the nickname 'god' in the sixties when he was the original guitar hero. This album of 'hits' covers the early and middle years of Erics great career. This is a good place to start if you are new to Eric's music, but be warned you may then need to buy the original albums from which tese tracks were taken. Another suggestion would be to buy 'Crossroads' a more comprehensive collection of Eric's guitar playing and singing.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"The Cream of Eric Clapton" combines neatly "Strange Brew: The Best Of Cream" and "Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton", featuring 6 of the 12 songs on the former album and 8 of the 11 from the latter. in this, it omits the powerful "SWLABR" and the catchy "Born Under A Bad Sign" both by Cream and the fast and very enjoyable "After Midnight" and "Willie and the Hand Jive", a more mellow effort, from Timepieces, omissions which are frankly disappointing. having said that, the songs that are included are, to a man, excellent examples of clapton's undisputed genius. Personally i would recommend buying both albums but this one encapsulates the essence of both into just one cd. which is nice.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The greatest Clapton...
This album represents important section between Clapton's solo work, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Renato Medurecan
concurence!
hello! personally i agree with one of the reviewers, eric has made so so much music that i dont envy the task of selecting tracks for the "cream" of any artist. Read more
Published 14 months ago by warrington england
Excellent
I hadn't listened to anything by old slow hand in years, but I saw this CD going cheap and thought "why not?". All of the tracks on here are as fresh as the day they came out. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by Scotty
Underrated.
I must say I am amazed at the low ratings some of the reviewers have given this cd. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and I agree entirely with Amazon's review. Read more
Published on 15 July 2007 by Rob Dylan
Excellent compilation justifying the album title
Very good compilation of Clapton's early classics. One of the best compilations there is. Some real gems such as the eight listed below.
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Published on 13 Mar 2007 by Jay
What?
Oh, come off it. The guy's guitar sound is nauseating, his solos are slow and boring, and the songs are poor. He just plays a louder, flashier version of Albert King. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Brian O'Hanrahanrahan
Cream of Clapton?
Ahhh... What a feeling when you hear the magnificient opening riff to 'Layla' as you prepare yourself for over an hour of pure Clapton genius. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006 by Ciaran Concannon
get it now
great
Published on 6 Oct 2004 by greg
Someone's idea of The Cream of Clapton
I usually do not go in for short reviews but there is not much to say on this one. This is someone else's (and we do not know who) selection of what they think is the Cream of... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2001 by bernie
Choc full of rock classics
This is a must have album featuring three of the most covered rock songs in existence, Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and Crossroads. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2000
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