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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Clapton Compilation!, May 17, 2000
Clapton has a few diferent "best of" CDs, but this is the best. Clapton has an incredible amount of good material. This CD, however, covers most of the very best. It covers some of his songs with Cream. I would reccomend buying Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream, also. It has some of the best songs from Blind Faith and Derek And The Dominos, including Layla. Finally, it does a great job of covering alot of his solo songs up to 1980. Even though he has had alot of great stuff since then, the 60s and 70s were Clapton's best years. If you want one CD by Clapton, this is the one to buy.
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Like cream, it skims the very best of Eric Clapton very well, October 26, 1999
By A Customer
****1/2It is very hard to represent the very best of Clapton's career on one CD. However, this CD does a very excellent job of doing just that. First, this compilation only covers the Polydor years (from I Feel Free by Cream up to I Can't Stand It from 1981). Therefore, later hits like Forever Man, and I've Got A Rock and Roll Heart (Warner Brothers) are not included. Only one hit of any consequence is missing: Lay Down Sally. Strange Brew would have also been welcome, and After Midnight is presented as a single edit due to time constraints (the disc runs over 79 minutes. Excellent liner notes plus superb sound makes this the one choice to own if you want only one Clapton CD.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This CD is what it says: The Cream of Eric Clapton, July 9, 1998
Here you'll find nineteen fantastic songs that tells the story of this musician who was once (and still is) called "God". Here are the best songs of a musician who calls himself a "blues guitarrist". In my opinion he's wrong. He's a guitarrist with his soul in the blues (Crossroads, Bell bottom blues) travelling through rock (Sunshine of your love, Cocaine), Reggae (I shot the seriff, Promises), romantic songs (Wonderful Tonight),... He is a great songwriter, who also performs songs from other people, as in Bob Dylan's Knockin' on heaven's door. If you don't know Eric Clapton, or if you want to have his best songs in one CD, this is it. And take my advice: if you're listening to it for the first time, pump up the volume and start from track 11, Layla. Then you'll know why he's so great.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great album with a but
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$10 for this CD is a steal. Buy a copy for everyone in your family and teach them what real music is.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Where is LAY DOWN SALLY......WHERE ?????WHERE???
Really , someone tell the RECORD LABEL or CLAPTON...."to add this song at the bottom of this track list in a remaster or re-print". Man !!
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Published 22 months ago by Hiram Gomez Pardo
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Published 23 months ago by classic rock fan
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Published on January 10, 2008 by Flight Risk (The Gypsy Moth)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
I wasn't even old enough to enjoy most of the music when it came out. This perpetuates my opinion that you have to look back to find any really good music today.
Published on December 22, 2007 by Katherine Lantto
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Clapton
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Published on November 29, 2007 by M. Dirnberger
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