Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (studio album) by Derek & The Dominos
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When this album was released, it was trashed, except for praise for the title track. Years later, it was reappraised as Clapton's greatest album. I don't agree with either of these views.
The former seems like it was expressing disappointment in Clapton not recreating Cream. The latter seems like it was taking the amazing story behind the album and trying to blend that with what is actually heard on the album, inflating it to a legendary status that it clearly does not deserve. The album is indeed very good, but it is not the legendary magnum opus that so many people claim it to be; at least that is my view, and I'm trying to be as objective as possible.
I believe this is an album of OK songs with no memorable melody or lyrics. However, the playing is so good, that it pushes this batch of OK songs up to a very good level, making the album a strong showcase of musicianship.
The title track, which stands apart from my thoughts listed above, is far and beyond anything else on the album; a true classic song that is consistently played on the radio to this day. However, this might have something to do with the multiple authors of the song (including some people who are not credited).
Also, for some reason, sides 1 and 2 have a distinctly different sound than sides 3 and 4.
The album is worth one listen, but not over and over again, in my opinion. 9/10!
Great record
Layla is an all-time great track and there are couple more standouts but outside of that pretty mediocre stuff.

O melhor do blues britânico!
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Du blues et du bon blues, avec un Clapton en feu sur bon nombre de titre et surtout, le mythique Layla.

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.

Three sides of 100-level material with just a couple of question marks.

The album is perfect except for a little filler in the form of Key to the Highway and Its too late

More bluesy than I expected. Some great tracks throughout. Rating (78.21)
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