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- Eric Clapton
- Band Name: Eric Clapton
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Release Date: Aug 30, 2005
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Clapton's vocals here extend the feeling of renewed energy and direction he revealed on the Robert Johnson album, exhibiting gospel fervor and silky soulfulness throughout. [4 Sep 2005]
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75A couple of indiscretions taint the disc, but hey, nobody's perfect.
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60Clapton's playing is still fluid. [Oct 2005, p.98]
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60When he desists from inserting solos in the middle of otherwise palatable songs, his work can be engaging, even moving. [Oct 2005, p.115]
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Alas, if you're looking for Slowhand to ignite the pyrotechnics, forget it.
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[An] overblown and underwhelming batch of MOR gruel. [2 Sep 2005, p.81]
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Yet heartfelt as his sentiments may be, the songs are a letdown: there's neither angst nor exaltation, just tidiness. [29 Aug 2005]
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40Heartfelt? Yes. But who would have ever thought Eric Clapton's music could become so disposable?
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30A dozen songs of unremitting blandness by a man with absolutely nothing left to say. [Oct 2005, p.96]
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Back Home embodies the featureless, sickeningly pleasant sounds piped unmercifully into department-store elevators. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.121]
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