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. Those
expecting the same firepower to be in evidence on the album itself, however, will be disappointed.
Indeed, the outing is merely a history lesson that traverses material by a number of different blues
artists in a rather blasé fashion. Sure, there are a few solid tunes on From the Cradle (such as Five Long Years,
I'm Tore Down, and the acoustic Motherless Child), but the reality is that
Clapton fails to break any new
ground on the effort. Even worse, his perfunctory displays are inferior to his
initial excursions into the blues with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and
Derek and the Dominoes. In short, while From the Cradle is far from Clapton's worst
effort, it certainly isn't his best. 
Of Further Interest...
John Mayall - In the Palace of the King
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone: 25th Anniversary Edition
From the Cradle is available from Barnes & Noble.
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Ratings
1 Star: Pitiful
2 Stars: Listenable
3 Stars: Respectable
4 Stars: Excellent
5 Stars: Can't Live Without It!!
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