Eric Clapton

A somewhat disappointing follow-up to 461 Ocean Boulevard, Clapton's guitar playing is always a selling point in itself. Includes some regrettable Reggae-Gospel numbers, which everyone should hear once, if only to ensure that something like that never happens again.

Eric Clapton's sense of well-being is reiterated on There's One in Every Crowd, but on this
album it seems less a cause for joy than an occasion for musical indifference. As on 461
Ocean Boulevard, Clapton plays guitar with utilitarian economy but here it is also without
the ring of purposeful authority. As on its predecessor, the lack of riveting or
attention-drawing guitar work places the primary focus on Clapton's singing, whi... More >

This is the J.J. Cale record we were afraid Eric was going to make (ho-hum) when he signed up those Leon Russell sidemen (yawn) for 461 Ocean Boulevard. Only for J.J. (think I'll turn in) the nice tunes come naturally. (Grade - C+)