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Eric Clapton: Clapton Chronicles – The Best of Eric Clapton
If this were your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of
bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon? This is (as
his early apostles once proclaimed) God? Ranging from the mid-'80s through the
late '90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of
Clapton's '60s and '70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil
Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His
reinterpretation of his greatest recording--the once-gripping, now-placid
"Layla"--perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to
bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging
charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as
"My Father's Eyes," "Tears in Heaven," and the two new
tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost."
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