Blind Faith
by Blind Faith

I find the interchangeable personnel that happened in the late 60's - early 70's that created short lived supergroups fascinating. Clapton, Steve Winwood & Ginger Baker being the prominent figures on this. I also find it fascinating that in the early 80's when I was a record buying fanatic, this was always labelled in the Heavy Metal section. Metal it ain't. But it is decent late 60's classic rock.

A good album, 80 plus for me. Like all the songs possible the last song is a bit to long.

I remember when I bought this album back in 1969 that my favorite track was "Had to Cry Today". It still has the good riff, but the song feels a little too longwinded when listening to it today. The highlights for me are the other Winwood songs "Can`t Find My Way Home" ( both versions ) and "Sea of Joy" ( great violin solo by Rick Gretch ).
Clapton`s "Presence of the Lord" is also a good song; maybe a little overrated. "Well Alright" sounds a bit dated today. Baker's "Do What You Like" was always a bore, and it goes on for way too long, and actually spoils what could have been a great album.

Of the bonus tracks on CD 1, both versions of "Sleeping on the Ground" are good performances. Reminding me of early Fleetwood Mac. The electric version of "Can`t Find my Way Home" is great. "Time Winds" is an instrumental track; okay but not particularly interesting.

The rest of the CD release a long jamming, that some may find interesting, but most people will find pretty boring.

If "Do What You Like" had been edited down to 4-5 minutes and the electric version of "Can't Find my Way Home" + one or both versions of "Sleeping on the Ground" had been included on the original album, it would really have been a classic.

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From Jboy56 07/21/2022 10:22 | #287664

Way better than most people can remember. A forgotten gem

From Lastings 07/08/2022 14:40 | #287206

Steve Winwood is an amazing musician. not to say that the rest of this group isn't.. but man can that dude sing and play guitar, and keys.

"Can't find my way home" is an all time great song.

From lleon79 07/08/2022 13:42 | #287203

Thanks "album of the day" for introducing me to this! I really enjoyed it. Last track is really underrated.

The one & only album from a "supergroup" ~ Clapton, Winwood, Baker & Grech. I played the album quite a few times in the early 70's and, for its time, it was up there with the best. There is no 'filler' - each track has merit; and it plays an important part in the history of UK music (& the music makers) of the late 60's.

From llibnanoon 08/19/2020 14:56 | #257208

Didn't realize there were only 6 long tracks. Rating (75.00)

This is a bit of an underrated classic in my view. Just picked it up on vinyl re-release and was surprised how listenable and ahead of its time it is. Even the drum solo is enjoyable as it doesn't go on forever!

I am sure that the album sleeve turns a lot of people away in this day and age...

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