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Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton | 
| Artist: Eric Clapton
Label: Reprise
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 12287
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47564
UPC: 093624756422
EAN: 0093624756422
ASIN: B00002DE54
Release Date: October 18, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Blue Eyes Blue | | • | Change The World | | • | My Father's Eyes | | • | Tears In Heaven | | • | Layla | | • | Pretending | | • | Bad Love | | • | Before You Accuse Me | | • | It's In The Way That You Use It | | • | Forever Man | | • | Running On Faith | | • | She's Waiting | | • | River Of Tears | | • | I Get Lost | | • | Wonderful Tonight |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If this is your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon. This is (as his early apostles once proclaimed) God. Ranging from the mid-80s through to the late 90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of Clapton's 60s and 70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His reinterpretation of his greatest recording--the once-gripping, now-placid "Layla"--perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as "My Father's Eyes", "Tears in Heaven" and the two new tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost". --Steven Stolder
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Not so much soft as flaccid June 11, 2006
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
If this was the best of Clapton then there would be none of his albums in my collection. No surprise to see Phil Collins was involved, this is Clapton sans fire, sans soul, sans almost everything. Despite his inconsistent output he has produced some magical albums from Mayall onwards, be picky there are much much better albums than this MOR, corporate moneygrabber.
 Slower Hand May 6, 2006
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a fairly tired album from the blues master; the songs are mush and a bit depressing; hope he never returns to the same ways again
 Mature Clapton at his best August 9, 2001
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
For anyone who enjoys this type of soft....hard rock/blues this must be one of the best Albums ever, especially the unplugged/live version of Layla. The rest of the tracks are just great. One addition could have been an unpugged version of Lay Down Sally
Eric Clapton has slowed down. November 15, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Once a master of blues guitar rock, in the last twenty years Eric Clapton has turned his talents to pop-rock. Chronicles is the definitive introduction to pop-rock Clapton. It is an excellent introduction to Clapton's recent music. The guitar playing is all over the album and is good but not the dazzling stuff of his early years that became the stuff of legend. Highlights of this CD include the beautiful, acoustically based Tears in Heaven, the live, acoustic reworking of Layla and the live version of Wonderful Tonight. Those listeners who want to know why Clapton is regarded as a guitar legend and would like to hear his work before he became Chris De Burgh's older brother of this CD, should buy Derek and the Dominoes' Layla.
Definitely 'the best of Clapton' October 18, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It was a real pleasure to aquire and listen to one of contemporary musics most captivating lyricist, singer/guitarists. From the emotive 'tears in heaven' to the energetic, in your face style of 'its in the way that you use it', Clapton never ceases to disapoint. A combination of good ol' fashioned rock and roll mixed with solefull R & B makes the the Clapton Chronicles a must. Mind you, the chronicles also highlight Claptons mastery as a experienced, insightful story teller. The minidisk version is clean and crisp and truely does justice to this superb artist!
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