Eric Clapton issued Backless<\/i> twelve months after the release of his classic, Slowhand,<\/i> and while it may not have had the consistent excellence of that album, it was still very good.<\/p>\n
The cover photo says a lot about this release. It pictures a relaxed and laidback Clapton strumming his guitar. The music would likewise be a mostly mellow collection of various styles and traditions, and the best songs run the gamut from rock to blues and even to country. <\/p>\n
\u201cTulsa Time\u201d is an old country tune that receives a rocking adaptation by Clapton and may be the album\u2019s best track. It was released as a single in the United States and deserved better than just cracking the top thirty. \u201cWatch Out For Lucy\u201d is another straight rock tune and has a primitive bar sound, with Clapton cranking up his old guitar for some of his classic playing. <\/p>\n
\u201cPromises,\u201d which did become a U.S. top ten singlem is a subtle song with subdued vocals and some understated slide guitar. It almost has a country flavor as the vocals explore relationships.<\/p>\n
Clapton returns to the blues with the traditional \u201cEarly In The Morning.\u201d He is always at home with a slow blues song and at eight minutes, he has room for a couple of guitar solos and tempo changes. A contribution by Bob Dylan, \u201cWalk Out In The Rain,\u201d is another bluesy, mid-tempo track, this one yielding an excellent Clapton vocal.<\/p>\n
One surprising failure was the J.J. Cale penned \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love To You Anytime.\u201d After the brilliance of \u201cCocaine\u201d and \u201cAfter Midnight,\u201d this one is just a little too relaxed. <\/p>\n
Backless<\/i> is overall just a step below Clapton\u2019s best work. It has stood the test of time well and remains a good listen three-plus decades after its release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5887],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42234","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-eric-clapton","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42234"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}