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| ARTIST: | Eric Clapton |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Brothers |
| FEATURES: | Original recording remastered |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | It's in the Way That You Use It, Run, Tearing Us Apart, Bad Influence - Dave Bargeron, Walk Away, Hung up on Your Love - Michael Brecker, Take a Chance - Michael Brecker, Hold On, Miss You - Dave Bargeron, Holy Mother, Behind the Mask, Grand Illusion |
| UPC: | 093624773627 |
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Customer Reviews of August
Some good songs and some dated production. I am not a typical Clapton fan. In fact, I will confess, this is the only cd of his that I own.
The lead off track It's In The Way That You Use It has to be the best songs Clapton has ever done. Much better than the extremely overplayed songs such as: Layla, Wonderful Tonight,etc....Rocking guitar solo with strong singing. To me it sounds like Clapton actually meant it in this song!
Hung Up On Your Love, Hold On, Holy Mother, and the extremely hypnotic majesty of Grand Illusion are the reasons this album is good. Now, don't get me wrong. I like 1980's music. However, some of the production does seem dated on this album. Besides the mentioned songs, there does not seem to be much here.
Little did I realize that Clapton (of course around a few years after I bought this cd) released another greatest hits collection covering from around after 1980 to around 1997. Too bad he did nto release it sooner as the lead off track is included on that as well. That may be my next purchase. Take my review with a grain of salt as I am only a casual fan at best. I would only recommend this after getting the greatest hits cd I mentioned. There does not seem to be much of Clapton's other music that I can recommend. Blues just does not inspire me the way that rock by the Beatles, Stones or Police does.
Dated but well concieved effort
As an introduction here, let me say that if you are a die-hard fan of Clapton's guitar playing, you will not hear much on this album. This recording seems to show Clapton in much more of an R+B, pop-oriented mood. While I liked this album in its entirety, I felt the mix was not the best. The keyboards are always out front (weren't they all in the 80's?) which takes away from the feel of Clapton's performance. Most likely, this was due in large part to Phil Collins production efforts as his solo efforts and work with Genesis are extremely keyboard oriented. As far as individual tracks are concerned, "Holy Mother" was my favorite cut. It evoked the same feeling for me as Clapton's much older song "Presence of the Lord". Coming in second would be "Tearing Us Apart", but then again, I am also a serious Tina Turner fan so maybe I'm a little biased here. Overall, this disc is not the best Clapton has done. I gave it four stars rather than five because it just doesn't seem to equal "Backless" or "Slowhand", but it is definitely worth the money.
Fans
call this one "Summetime Bodge" because it is the PERFECT Bodge cd to play in the summer.
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