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Summary:
JJ Cale, Chaka Khan Paul McCartney, and Steve Winwood guest on the British singer/guitarist's covers album that includes two original songs.
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- Record Label: Surfdog Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 12
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Mixed: 8 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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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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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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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 27, 2013This is nostalgia of the honorable variety.
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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 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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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jul 28, 2013
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