Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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What really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion.
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From the ecstatic sensation of finding someone, to the miserable experience of losing that state of bliss- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs perfectly illustrates all the different sides of love.
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Best known for his blues-playing and pop songs, Clapton rocks harder on those tracks than he's done before or since.
Though Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs drags more than necessary, it also functions perfectly fine as a blues rock festival, filled with (mostly) solid or hypnotizing love beats, which puts the album idea on the forefront. Eric and crew crafted a rock classic that may live in its historical importance but also breathes relatively smoothly to this day and age.
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I've Been Interested in this Album for a Very Long Time Now, And I Got the Chance to Listen to It.
Anyways, This is a Really Amazing and Cute Album With Beautiful Instrumentation and Lyrics.
Best Tracks: Every Track
It's difficult for an album to touch me the way this one does. The guitar play from Eric Clapton and Duane Allman is simply a match made in heaven, the lyrics are very touching, you can clearly absorb the sadness and desperation Clapton shows in his voice, the soul Bobby Withlock put into his keyboard is phenomenal and everything there sounds really great in general.
I guess it was better back in '70. I love all the soloing amd guitar work on this album, but I feel like the rest has been done to death since.
the early 70s are a confluence of genres I don't really love on a personal level and blues rock is one such example. maybe I am just too disconnected from that American West attitude as someone who has grown up in Post-industrial British cities.
Either way, 'Layla' is an exception to how I usually feel about the genre. I suppose I mean the song moreso than the whole album, although I do like 'Bell Bottomed Blues' a lot as well. Also I am aware Eric Clapton is English, although it's hard for me ... read more
An hour and sixteen minutes of heartbroken rocking. The blues standards along with the originals are incredible, like the nine-minute jam of Key To The Highway, or the pure energy contained in Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?, and who could forget the beautiful piano/slide guitar exit of Layla. A must-hear for anyone who's interested in blues rock and for any fans of classic rock.
Favorite tracks: I Looked Away, Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Key ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | I Looked Away 3:04 | 86 |
| 2 | Bell Bottom Blues 5:01 | 94 |
| 3 | Keep On Growing 6:20 | 85 |
| 4 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 4:57 | 86 |
| 5 | I Am Yours 3:35 | 83 |
| 6 | Anyday 6:35 | 83 |
| 7 | Key To The Highway 9:37 | 76 |
| 8 | Tell The Truth 6:38 | 79 |
| 9 | Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? 4:41 | 81 |
| 10 | Have You Ever Loved A Woman? 6:52 | 80 |
| 11 | Little Wing 5:33 | 87 |
| 12 | It's Too Late 3:49 | 76 |
| 13 | Layla 7:03 | 97 |
| 14 | Thorn Tree In The Garden 2:50 | 82 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 16 minutes
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Added on: May 7, 2013