Clapton is the twentieth studio album by English rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton. It was released on 27 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. The album is Clapton's first studio album in four years following his duet with J.J. Cale in The Road to Escondido (2006), and is made up of a mix of new material and cover songs. Clapton has played tracks off this album such as "Rocking Chair" and "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" live on tour.[] Clapton has said, "This album wasn’t what it was intended to be at all. It's actually better than it was meant to be because, in a way, I just let it happen." Clapton debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, his highest charting album on the chart since Reptile from 2001. In the United States it entered the Billboard 200 at number six, selling 47,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[3] The album reached top five positions in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, Clapton received an average of 72 out of 100 indicating generally favourable reviews from music critics, based on ten critiques.[10] In his review of Clapton for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that "there's no record quite like Clapton in Eric Clapton's catalog," and goes on to say that the album "flows easy, the blues never hitting too hard, the New Orleans jazz never getting too woozy, the standards never too sleepy, the sounds subtly shifting but changing all the same."[ he called Clapton, "a serenely masterful engagement with roots – the guitarist co-wrote just one original – that is all over the place in repertoire yet devoutly grounded in its roaming. Irving Berlin's "How Deep Is the Ocean" comes with an earnest, sandy Clapton vocal and lighthouse beams of trumpet by Wynton Marsalis. Little Walter's "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" has the crusty flair of Clapton's 1965 and '66 recordings with John Mayall. A pair of Fats Waller romps are decked out in New Orleans brass and pianos, one of them played by Allen Toussaint."
The track Run Back to Your Side was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, held on 13 February 2011. Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, mandolin Doyle Bramhall II – guitar, percussion, vocals, vocal arrangement J. J. Cale – guitar, vocals Jim Keltner – drums, percussion Willie Weeks – bass guitar, double bass Walt Richmond – piano, keyboards, hammond organ, wurlitzer electric piano Derek Trucks – guitar, slide guitar Paul Carrack – hammond organ Sereca Henderson – organ London Session Orchestra – strings Allen Toussaint – piano Wynton Marsalis – trumpet Kim Wilson – harmonica on "Judgement Day" and "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" Sheryl Crow – vocals Nikka Costa – backing vocals Terry Evans – backing vocals Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals Lynn Mabry – backing vocals Arnold McCuller – backing vocals Debra Parsons – backing vocals
Steve Winwood – guitars, vocals, hammond B3 Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley – producers Doyle Bramhall II – photography Nigel Carroll – photography Debbie Johnson – production co-ordination ^ – Where Is Eric – 2 September 2010 ^ " – Eric Clapton – Clapton". Retrieved 23 January 2016. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Eric Clapton – Clapton" (in German). ^ "Ultratop.be – Eric Clapton – Clapton" (in Dutch). ^ "Ultratop.be – Eric Clapton – Clapton" (in French). ^ "Top Stranih [Top Foreign]" (in Croatian). ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". Note: On the chart page, select 2010-09-27 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Eric Clapton – Clapton" (in Dutch). ^ "Eric Clapton: Clapton" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. ^ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2010. 39. hét" (in Hungarian).
^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2010". ^ ".nz – Eric Clapton – Clapton". ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". ^ "Eric Clapton | UK Albums Chart Retrieved 23 January 2016. ^ "Eric Clapton – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Eric Clapton. ^ "Eric Clapton – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Eric Clapton. ^ "Eric Clapton – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Eric Clapton. ^ "Eric Clapton – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Eric Clapton. Old rockin' chair's got me Cane by my side Fetch me my gin, son 'Fore I tan your hideGet from this cabin I ain't goin' nowhere I'm sittin' here grabbin' At the flies 'round my rockin' chairRemember old aunt Harriet How long in Heaven she'd be Send out my chariot For the end in my trouble, I seeOld rockin' chair got me
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