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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 7, 1995)
  • Original Release Date: March 7, 1995
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Polydor / Umgd
  • ASIN: B000001EEA
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,989 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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For a single disc, this is an admirable chronological tour of superstar Eric Clapton's mid-'60s-to-early-'80s career. It begins too late to include his gestational work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. However, the singer-guitarist's days in Cream ("Sunshine of Your Love," "Crossroads," "White Room"), in Blind Faith ("Presence of the Lord"), as a fledgling solo artist ("After Midnight," "Let It Rain"), in Derek and the Dominos ("Layla," "Bell Bottom Blues"), and through the rest of the '70s ("I Shot the Sheriff," "Cocaine," "Wonderful Tonight," "Promises") to his '81 hit "I Can't Stand It" are well documented by this collection's 19 cuts. The down side is that the CD also vividly illustrates how insubstantial Clapton's work turned in the mid-'70s. But that won't be a problem for fans seeking hits. --Ted Drozdowski


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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Clapton Compilation!, May 17, 2000
By M. Scagnelli (Brandon, Florida) - See all my reviews
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Clapton has a few diferent "best of" CDs, but this is the best. Clapton has an incredible amount of good material. This CD, however, covers most of the very best. It covers some of his songs with Cream. I would reccomend buying Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream, also. It has some of the best songs from Blind Faith and Derek And The Dominos, including Layla. Finally, it does a great job of covering alot of his solo songs up to 1980. Even though he has had alot of great stuff since then, the 60s and 70s were Clapton's best years. If you want one CD by Clapton, this is the one to buy.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Like cream, it skims the very best of Eric Clapton very well, October 26, 1999
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It is very hard to represent the very best of Clapton's career on one CD. However, this CD does a very excellent job of doing just that.

First, this compilation only covers the Polydor years (from I Feel Free by Cream up to I Can't Stand It from 1981). Therefore, later hits like Forever Man, and I've Got A Rock and Roll Heart (Warner Brothers) are not included.

Only one hit of any consequence is missing: Lay Down Sally. Strange Brew would have also been welcome, and After Midnight is presented as a single edit due to time constraints (the disc runs over 79 minutes.

Excellent liner notes plus superb sound makes this the one choice to own if you want only one Clapton CD.

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is what it says: The Cream of Eric Clapton, July 9, 1998
By roman@planetarium.com.br (Belo Horizonte - Brasil) - See all my reviews
Here you'll find nineteen fantastic songs that tells the story of this musician who was once (and still is) called "God". Here are the best songs of a musician who calls himself a "blues guitarrist". In my opinion he's wrong. He's a guitarrist with his soul in the blues (Crossroads, Bell bottom blues) travelling through rock (Sunshine of your love, Cocaine), Reggae (I shot the seriff, Promises), romantic songs (Wonderful Tonight),... He is a great songwriter, who also performs songs from other people, as in Bob Dylan's Knockin' on heaven's door. If you don't know Eric Clapton, or if you want to have his best songs in one CD, this is it. And take my advice: if you're listening to it for the first time, pump up the volume and start from track 11, Layla. Then you'll know why he's so great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Cream of Clapton
I ordered the cd I believe on a Wed.or on late Tuesday night and recieved it on Sat. Which was several days early when I was told to except the Cd. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation
This is a very good compilation of Clapton's music, which includes very little of the later more middle of the road output, much of which is just not up to the standard of the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. Davey

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have.
$10 for this CD is a steal. Buy a copy for everyone in your family and teach them what real music is.
Published 12 months ago by Poppy

4.0 out of 5 stars Where is LAY DOWN SALLY......WHERE ?????WHERE???
Really , someone tell the RECORD LABEL or CLAPTON...."to add this song at the bottom of this track list in a remaster or re-print". Man !! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The cream of the cream!
To talk about Eric Clapton is like to refer us to one of these untiring and innovative musicians, who are like true hunters in what concerns to fertile creativeness, rhythmic... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Hiram Gomez Pardo

5.0 out of 5 stars the name says it all
indeed the name says it all,if your only going to buy one clapton cd this is it. it spans his career from 67-81 his best years in my opinon (being to weak before and too soft... Read more
Published 17 months ago by classic rock fan

4.0 out of 5 stars Clapton 101
This could be called Essential Clapton, as it covers his progress from ex-Yardbird to plain old Clapton, no additions needed (though he always chooses top-notch people to travel... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Flight Risk (The Gypsy Moth)

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
I wasn't even old enough to enjoy most of the music when it came out. This perpetuates my opinion that you have to look back to find any really good music today.
Published 23 months ago by Katherine Lantto

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Clapton
This has a nice selection of Clapton songs from his Cream days through to the best of his solo career. If you like Clapton (and don't already have these tracks) you can't go wrong
Published 24 months ago by M. Dirnberger

1.0 out of 5 stars Crean of Clapton
I had written to say the CD I received (Cream of Clapton) was empty! Someone wrote back to me saying they were re-sending - nothing yet!
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