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- Artist: Eric Clapton
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- Release Date: 1977 11
- Total Time: 39:04
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commercially, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand. The difference is substantial -- where No Reason to Cry struggled hard to find the right tone, Slowhand opens with the relaxed, bluesy shuffle of J.J. Cale's "Cocaine" and sustains it throughout the course of the album. Alternating between straight blues ("Mean Old Frisco"), country ("Lay Down Sally"), mainstream rock ("Cocaine," "The Core"), and pop ("Wonderful Tonight"), Slowhand doesn't sound schizophrenic because of the band's grasp of the material. This is laid-back virtuosity -- although Clapton and his band are never flashy, their playing is masterful and assured. That assurance and the album's eclectic material make Slowhand rank with 461 Ocean Boulevard as Eric Clapton's best albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Cocaine | J.J. Cale | Eric Clapton | (3:41) |
| Wonderful Tonight (Lyrics) | Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | (3:44) |
| Lay Down Sally (Lyrics) | Eric Clapton | (3:56) | |
| Next Time You See Her (Lyrics) | Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | (4:01) |
| We're All the Way (Lyrics) | Don Williams | Eric Clapton | (2:32) |
| The Core (Lyrics) | Eric Clapton | (8:45) | |
| May You Never (Lyrics) | John Martyn | Eric Clapton | (3:01) |
| Mean Old Frisco (Lyrics) | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | Eric Clapton | (4:42) |
| Peaches and Diesel | Eric Clapton | (4:46) |
