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UncutMar 29, 2013This year's Slowhand again, for the most part, delves deep into bygone songbooks, flitting between styles with consummate ease. [May 2013, p.69]
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Mar 25, 2013It's difficult to tell, though, how much is sock and how much darn.
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MojoMar 12, 2013Though Old Sock ultimately feels somewhat stop-gap, it genre-hops beautifully, Clapton and friends reliably able. [Apr 2013, p.86]
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Mar 12, 2013Per the title, this is comfort music, made by a guy who seems to be chilling with friends. If it sometimes sounds too comfortable, well, Clapton has probably earned it.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 21, 2013Clapton's guitar work [is] sizzling and defiant where elsewhere it merely simmers. [May 2013, p.88]
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Mar 27, 2013This is nostalgia of the honorable variety.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013On Old Sock, he sings some that are to him as comfy as and to us as whiffy as the album's title. [May 2013, p.99]
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Mar 22, 2013It features blues standards remodelled as reggae skanks, bland takes on the Great American Songbook, and too much acoustic guitar and dobro.