| Slowhand |  | Artist: Eric Clapton
Category: Music
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 13,130
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 731453182523
EAN: 0731453182523
ASIN: B000002G8H
Release Date: September 11, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Cocaine | | • | Wonderful Tonight | | • | Lay Down Sally | | • | Next Time You See Her | | • | We're All The Way | | • | The Core | | • | May You Never | | • | Mean Old Frisco | | • | Peaches And Diesel |
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From Amazon.co.uk
Clapton had already established himself as a guitar legend by the time he released Slowhand. His heroin habit long behind him, Clapton's songwriting mastery was fully evident on the album, particularly in the stunning ballad "Wonderful Tonight". It fully actualised all of the potential hinted at in his earlier "Promises", and Clapton trusted himself enough to slow things down. Some of his most expressive guitar work can be found throughout this album, not just within "Wonderful". Ironically enough, Slowhand is probably best known for the hit "Cocaine"--built upon a simple repeated riff, the song had Clapton's trademark smooth voice with its wear around the edges, and yet another stellar guitar solo. Flashy runs and licks were never the most integral part of Clapton's catalogue, his blues background being the primary source for his sound. Slowhand, with its phrasings, both guitar and vocal, established Clapton as the possessor of one of the most extensive vocabularies in rock. --Steve Gdula
Amazon.com essential recording
Clapton had already established himself as a guitar legend by the time he released Slowhand. His heroin habit long behind him, Clapton's songwriting mastery was fully evident on the album, particularly in the stunning ballad "Wonderful Tonight." It fully actualized all of the potential hinted at in his earlier "Promises," and Clapton trusted himself enough to slow things down. Some of his most expressive guitar work can be found throughout this album, not just within "Wonderful." Ironically enough, Slowhand is probably best known for the hit "Cocaine." Built upon a simple repeated riff, the song had Clapton's trademark smooth voice with its wear around the edges, and yet another stellar guitar solo. Flashy runs and licks were never the most integral part of Clapton's catalog, his blues background being the primary source for his sound. Slowhand, with its phrasings, both guitar and vocal, established Clapton as the possessor of one of the most extensive vocabularies in rock. --Steve Gdula
Chronique amazon.fr
Eric Clapton était déjà une légende de la guitare avant la sortie de Slowhand. Débarrassé de son penchant pour l'héroïne, les talents de compositeur de Clapton s'expriment pleinement sur cet album, notamment sur la superbe ballade "Wonderful Tonight". Il confirme tout le potentiel qu'il avait montré avec son précédent "Promises". Clapton avait suffisamment confiance en lui pour ralentir les choses. Cet album contient certaines de ses parties de guitare les plus expressives, qui ne se limitent pas à "Wonderful". Il est amusant que Slowhand soit pourtant plus connu pour le tube "Cocaine". Construite sur un simple riff de guitare répétitif, la chanson porte la marque de la douce voix du guitariste, parfois un peu fatiguée, et d'un de ces solos de guitare qu'il semblait jouer depuis une autre galaxie. Clapton n'a jamais vraiment été un adepte du jeu rapide ou léché, car le blues est la principale racine de sa musique. Avec les harmonies de guitare et de voix de Slowhand, Clapton s'est hissé parmi les plus grands du rock. --Steve Gdula
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 Clapton Is God! November 22, 2003
Morton (Colorado)
Clapton Is God! I mean it the man rules over Hendrix, Zappa, Page, Van Halen you name em and Clapton will knock them all down! I love Eric Clapton as a guitar player, I mean no one can touch him he is truly in the top 2 (right behind Joe Perry of cource) Slowhand was his biggest album in the 70's well as far as his solo material goes. Every song on Slowhand is a Classic I mean 'Cocaine' and 'Wonderful Tonight' are worth the price of the album alone. The solo on 'Cocaine' is just killer I mean Clapton tears it up on the track, and 'Wonderful Tonight' has amazing lyrics and the guitar is mind blowing! 'Lay Down Sally' was another Clapton classic. 'The Core' to me is probly the best track I mean its just to perfect, well the album as whole is really nearly perfect! Its a must own classic you cant call yourself a Clapton fan without it!
 Very overrated July 31, 2003
Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae)
This album just doesn't work for me.
I have almost all of Eric Clapton's albums, the good ones, the great ones and the mediocre ones, and everybody but me seems to count this one among the great ones.I've had it for fifteen years or something like that, and it absolutely refuses to grow on me. Sure, it's got "Lay Down Sally", "Wonderful Tonight", and the lesser-known but quite charming "May You Never". But the rest is not just filler, it's incredibly dull filler, with no hooks, no groove, nothing! Even Clapton's takes on "Cocaine" and "Mean Old Frisco" aren't particularly good. "Wonderful Tonight" is perhaps not the kind of song that most people associate (or would like to associate) with EC, but it is a really good pop song nonetheless. And "Lay Down Sally" is a catchy little number as well.
But come on....nothing, absolutely nothing on this record comes close to Eric Clapton's best. Maybe part of the reason that I find "Slowhand" so uninspiring is Glyn John's awful, flat, dull, lifeless, one-dimentional production (the drums sound like somebody banging away on an overturned plastic bucket), but that's not the whole story. The songs just aren't good enough.
Sure, Clapton's playing is excellent, but how can anyone say that this is some of the best work of a man who has recorded "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues", "Blues Power", "Let It Rain" and "Tell The Truth"? To me, almost every other album Clapton recorded in the 70s and early 80s is better than this (with the exception of the critical and commercial failure "There's One In Every Crowd"). It does have its moments, sure, but they are few and far between. Three stars is certainly being generous.
No arguments here-- a great album May 15, 2003
Tom Tuerff (That there Phoenix place)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yeah, we've all heard the "hit" songs off this album about 10,000 times, which in the case of "Wonderful Tonight" is about 9,997 times too many. But there's so much good music on this album that the radio-listening public didn't get to hear that you should still have a copy of "Slowhand" on hand. It's all good. The best song on here, in my opinion, is a toss up between the rollin' and rockin' blues "Mean Old Frisco" and John Martyn's hopeful, amusing "May You Never." Marcy Levy's vocals throughout the album are a treat, too. And EC contributes some of the most tasteful (if not particularly inventive) guitar playing of his career. One more thing: If you have the vinyl version of this album, next time you have a party, take the cover out, open up the gatefold and then hold your head above Clapton's guitar-playing body on the cover. I guarantee you drunk people will laugh.
All the tracks are amazing December 25, 2002
Gergellor (Supimpalândia)
Seldom an album has all of its tracks such great, even varying a lot in speed, style and interpretation.Clapton did that in SLOWHAND. The album is simply superb to listen, highly, I mean HIGHLY pleasant. His band for this 1977 album was Dick Sims on keyboards, George Terry on guitar, Carl Radle on bass, Jamie Oldaker on drums and Yvonne Elliman on vocals, basically the same band that recorded 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD back in 1974. This is an album whre one will have absolutely nothing to complain about. It's that perfect.
 Certainly Solid October 30, 2002
G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA)
Slowhand is clearly one of Eric Clapton's stronger solo releases. Whereas there are plenty of guitar solos and effects, many of these tunes are quite pleasing. A little bit mellow but certainly quite focused.The lead off track, Cocaine features a very distnictive riff and steady instrumental support. Like the gutiar solo in the middle. Wonderful Tonight will always be known as a classic wedding song. One of Eric's best compositions. Lay Down Sally features some mellow guitar picking and a nice chugging rhythm. Next Time You See Her features some good drumming by Jaime Oldaker in addition to some tasty guitar licks. We're All The Way is a pleasant focused ballad. The second half kicks off with a riveting duet between Eric and Marcy Levy on the Core. Super guitar solos by George Terry and Eric as well as a good saxaphone break by Mel Collins. May You Never is a catchy tune with cute vocal styling by Eric. Mean Old Frisco is a fine blues number and Peaches And Diesel is a pretty instrumental with touching guitar parts. A solid if not overly spectacular release that showcases the mellow side of Eric Clapton.
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