Re: Album of the day (#7250): Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

DommeDamian — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:21:07 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 06/24/2026 22:21

This is a good album.

Album of the day (#7250): Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

BestEverAlbums — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:28 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 06/24/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1970.
Country:
Derek & The Dominos discography rank: 1 (out of 4 listed on BEA)
1970 rank: 14
1970s rank: 73
Overall rank: 306
Average rating: 81/100 (from 971 votes).

Tracks:
1. I Looked Away
2. Bell Bottom Blues
3. Keep On Growing
4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
5. I Am Yours
6. Anyday
7. Key To The Highway
8. Tell The Truth
9. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
10. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
11. Little Wing
12. It's Too Late
13. Layla
14. Thorn Tree In The Garden

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"Great band cutting loose, recorded badly but what can you do. Even if you're sick of the title song, the first three sides are great for just hearing Clapton and Jim Gordon and all these guys doing their thing.

Bobby Whitlock, of course, is the piano player and second singer on this album. If you go to YouTube and find his channel, he has in the last few months been doing a bunch of little talks sitting at a table with his wife, reminiscing about this album and All Things Must Pass especially, and his encounters with other rock stars, everybody from Keith Moon to Elvis. He has many, many stories and thoughts about this album, he's been putting up a video nearly every day recently; highly recommended.

He responds to comments sometimes, but I don't have the guts to ask him how he feels about the sound quality of the thing. The legendary producer Tom Dowd gets lots of respect, deservedly so for much of his other work. But this is a great album for the playing, not for the sound, which is famously bad. One thing Whitlock did take exception to was Dowd saying in his memoirs that they had run dry of inspiration after the first three songs and then Duane Allman came in and energized everything. Whitlock said that was totally false and is angry that Dowd wrote it and made it history. Anyway, in addition to being a natural born musician, he's a good storyteller and you might want to check out his channel."
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"‘Layla’ is an extremely raw album with minimal production and a loose, laid back feel. It is also an emotionally raw album with Clapton’s soul laid bare. He was in turmoil during this period with personal problems involving Patti Boyd, then George Harrison’s wife, running like a thread through the album. He was also indulging in heavy drugs, which would result in heroin addiction and a personal rejection of his ‘guitar God’ status.

Despite these difficulties the playing is exceptional with Clapton being spurred on to greater heights by Duane Allman’s sublime slide guitar playing. The two join together effortlessly throughout the album and the extended jams are a joy."
- Willie24 (Rating: 70/100)
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Re: Album of the day (#7250): Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Album of the day (#7250): Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos