Eric Clapton returned in February of 1983 with his second studio release of the \u201880s. Money And Cigarettes <\/i>ranks somewhere in the middle of his vast catalogue \u2013 it\u2019s not as good as many of the releases which preceded it, but it\u2019s is better than many that were to come. <\/p>\n
To his credit, Clapton assembles a small but talented band to support him. Albert Lee is back for the second album in a row but this time Ry Cooder also joins him as an additional guitarist. Donald \u201cDuck\u201d Dunn is the bassist and drummer Roger Hawkins rounds out this talented quartet. <\/p>\n
I think that Clapton put it on cruise control for this album; it\u2019s just too easy and too laidback. The brilliant guitar licks are still present, but they mostly come in very short bursts. All in all, it would prove to be one of the least commercially successful releases of his career. <\/p>\n
The most memorable song is \u201cI\u2019ve Got A Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Heart,\u201d which was a big hit single in the United States. It is a rocking celebration of the music he loves. <\/p>\n
There are several other worthwhile tracks. \u201cThe Shape I\u2019m In\u201d features some fine guitar interplay between Clapton and Lee. \u201cAin\u2019t Going Down\u201d is a nice return to his Derek and The Dominoes days. And he revs up the sound on the old Johnny Otis tune \u201cCrazy Country Hop\u201d for a fun filled performance.<\/p>\n
The best track, however, may be the ballad \u201cPretty Girl,\u201d which includes one of the most unique guitar performances of his career. <\/p>\n
Many times it is positive when someone refers to an artist producing a mature work, but in this case Clapton is a little too mature in places. I wish he could have cut loose a bit more. It is also mostly a rock album and I would have preferred some more blues.<\/p>\n
In the final analysis, Money And Cigarettes<\/i> is pleasurable but not essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5887],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-42235","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-eric-clapton","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42235","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=42235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42235"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}