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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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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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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 27, 2013This is nostalgia of the honorable variety.
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Mar 25, 2013It's difficult to tell, though, how much is sock and how much darn.
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Mar 25, 2013Its versions of tracks by everyone from Peter Tosh to Gershwin, Taj Mahal to JJ Cale seldom amounting to anything more thrilling than might be heard in the back room of a pub.
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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.
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Mar 15, 2013Clapton never sounds clichéd, artificial or forced as he delivers this material with low key charisma and a laid back exuberance that’s charming and inspired.
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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, 2013Old Sock [is] a pleasant, but ultimately uninspired collection that ranges from country and folk standards such as "Born to Lose" and "Goodnight Irene" to the classic jazz of "All Of Me" and "Our Love is Here to Stay."
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Mar 12, 2013He leaves all those classy trappings behind, picks up his guitar and plays a bunch of songs he likes, maybe even loves. It's not an especially compelling reason to make an album but it's not a bad one, either, and the same can be said about the experience of listening to Old Sock: it's a pleasurable way to while away the time.
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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.