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Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1057311

Disk length: 43m 40s (11 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1974

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Motherless Children 4:52
2. Better Make It Through Today 4:08
3. Willie And The Hand Jive 3:30
4. Get Ready 3:47
5. I Shot The Sheriff 4:25
6. I Can't Hold Out 4:14
7. Please Be With Me 3:26
8. Let It Grow 4:59
9. Steady Rollin' Man 3:14
10. Mainline Florida 4:07
11. Give Me Strength 2:51

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Review

The 1974 album on which Clapton's solo career truly caught fire, 461 Ocean Boulevard is best remembered for its hit version of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"--perhaps the first time many in America ever heard the rhythms of reggae music. But it's also an album on which emotions run high, especially on two Clapton originals, the prayerful "Give Me Strength" and the pleading "Let It Grow." Clapton maintains his grounding in the blues with versions of Robert Johnson's "Steady Rollin' Man" and Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out"; revisits a rock & roll classic in Johnny Otis's "Willie and the Hand Jive"; and turns the standard "Motherless Children" into a showcase of snarling guitars. Following a period of dark reclusiveness, 461 Ocean Boulevard was a powerful comeback for Clapton. --Daniel DurchholzThis was Clapton's comeback record after a long bout with heroin addiction. Up through 1970 or so, he had been a restless musical seeker, opening rock up with his guitar experimentation, trying to get to the bottom of the blues. There is none of this on 461. He seems relieved just to be alive. It's a low-key affair, and that suits him. Some of his best songs are here, as well as his cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff." Torn and frayed from the melee inside him, this album may be the most personal blues he ever made. --Steve Tignor

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 43m 43s (+0m 3s)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 44m 2s (+0m 22s)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 39m 34s (-5m 54s)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 39m 34s (-5m 54s)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 39m 21s (-5m 41s)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Tracks: 15 (+4 tracks), Disk length: 1h 9m 2s (+25m 22s)

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