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Eric Clapton
From the Cradle
(Reprise)
First Appeared in The Music Box,
January 1995, Volume 2, #1
Written by John Metzger
Eric Clapton truly sold his new album From the
Cradle with his recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, but those
expecting the same firepower to be in evidence here will be disappointed.
Indeed, the outing is merely a history lesson that traverses a number of different blues
artists in a rather blasé fashion. Sure there are a few solid tunes on the
endeavor (such as Five Long Years,
I'm Tore Down, and the acoustic Motherless Child), but the reality is that no new
ground is tread. What's surprisingly worse is that what is covered is by far inferior to the
initial blues excursions of Clapton in conjunction with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and
Derek and the Dominoes. In short, while this is far from Clapton's worst
effort, it certainly isn't his best. 
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Ratings
1 Star: Pitiful
2 Stars: Listenable
3 Stars: Respectable
4 Stars: Excellent
5 Stars: Can't Live Without It!!
Copyright © 1995
The Music Box
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