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From the Cradle | 
 enlarge | Artist: Eric Clapton
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy Used: $0.43
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Avg. Customer Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 4870
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 45735
UPC: 093624573524
EAN: 0093624573524
ASIN: B000002MTU
Publication Date: 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: DISC PLAYS MINT but has a few light marks, inserts clean, case just light shelf wear.
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| Tracks:
| • | Blues Before Sunrise | | • | Third Degree | | • | Reconsider Baby | | • | Hoochie Coochie Man | | • | Five Long Years | | • | I'm Tore Down | | • | How Long Blues | | • | Goin' Away Baby | | • | Blues Leave Me Alone | | • | Sinner's Prayer | | • | Motherless Child | | • | It Hurts Me Too | | • | Someday After A While | | • | Standin' Round Crying | | • | Driftin' | | • | Groaning The Blues |
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Amazon.com
The full-tilt blues album that Clapton had been promising for years, From the Cradle proves the guitarist's enduring devotion to a form he had long relegated to merely a flavor in his music rather than the main ingredient. Clapton's singing on the album is somewhat mannered; he tries to compete with original versions of these songs by Muddy Waters, Charles Brown, and others, and there's no way he's going to win that battle. Still, you can feel the emotional connection Clapton has with these songs, and guitar aficionados will swoon over his fretwork on songs such as "Third Degree," "Someday After a While," and the incendiary "Groanin' the Blues." --Daniel Durchholz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 137 more reviews...
 Not a big clapton fan, but I love this album July 21, 2008
I am a huge blues fan. I love artists like Peter Green, SRV, BB King, Muddy, Buddy guy and so on. I wouldn't rank Clapton up with any of these guys by any means, which most people would agree with me, would be a unfair comparison anyway. I am not a huge Clapton fan, I liked the stuff he did with John Mayall, but after that, I hadn't really heard a Clapton song I really enjoyed. I do agree with alot of people, Clapton doesn't have the phrasing the true greats have, but he does have some chops and a very good understanding of blues music. Its nice to see him go back to his earlier roots. This album is by far my favorite album of his, and I would rank it as one of the top blues albums i've ever heard. His phrasing on this album is exceptional, and his tone is just killer on EVERY track. His voice is fairly soulful on this album as well. But this is definately not your typical Clapton fan's favorite album. This sets Claptons prime for me. GREAT ALBUM! Now go listen to some Peter Green and enjoy the true British blues experience :).
A guitar fan's album July 2, 2008
Anyone who appreciates the blues, especially from a guitarist's paradigm, will enjoy this recording. Clapton is always a delight. However, on this album you get to enjoy a cornacopia of Slowhand riffs and solos throughout every track.
If you do "air guitar", you'll want this disc.
King of the Blues June 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Clapton is God" used to be scrawled on the subways and phone booths of England in the 1960s. From the Cradle shows why. A tour de force of blues solos and techniques, Clapton shows why he is the master of rock and blues guitar, without ever sounding derivative. From the opening slide licks of Blues Before Sunrise through the incendiary riffs of Five Long Years and down to the syncopated jangling of Motherless Child and the choogling grind of Drifting, Clapton lays out the entire blues vocabulary in one tight, very listenable CD. Knowing that every song on here was done in one take with only minimal overdubs only makes this album all the more legendary. A must-have for any student of the blues.
 The Going Through the Motions Blues May 6, 2008
Have to say that I have been a huge Clapton fan since the Cream days...He has just gone soft, it's time to face the facts...It has way more to do with inspiration than his getting on in years...I really had my hopes up that this would be an inspired effort, but nothing could be further than the truth!!! If this is "soul" then you are probably someone who thinks that Michael Bolton is a soul singer.
Clapton's "From the Cradle" April 28, 2008
When this album came out I loved it but didn't see it for what it is, simply put, it is the quintessential Clapton BLUES album of his career. I've played blues for about 25 years and this is good stuff. I had this on tape but decided it definately belonged in my collection of "best sets". You won't be disappointed. Get it on CD and save it.
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