Slowhand

Infobox Album | Name = Slowhand
Type = Album
Artist = Eric Clapton


Released = November, 1977
November, 2006 (CD remaster)
Recorded = May 1977
Olympic Studios, London
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:13
Label = Polydor
Producer = Glyn Johns
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nxfm965o3ep7 link]
* Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=429&name=Eric+Clapton link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/141577/slowhand link]
Last album = "No Reason to Cry"
(1976)
This album = "Slowhand"
(1977)
Next album = "Backless"
(1978)

"Slowhand" is an album by Eric Clapton, released in 1977. It contained three of his most popular singles, the bluesy "Cocaine", the ballad "Wonderful Tonight" and the country-flavored #3 U.S. hit "Lay Down Sally", as well as other songs that became Clapton classics on its own like "The Core" and "Next Time You See Her". The album proved to be a big success and a step forward after the relative failure of Clapton's previous album, "No Reason to Cry". It was both critically and commercially well received, reaching #2 on the Billboard Album Charts, only surpassed by the blockbuster "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. RS500|325

Track listing

#"Cocaine" (J.J. Cale) – 3:41
#"Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 3:44
#"Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 3:56
#"Next Time You See Her" (Clapton) – 4:01
#"We're All The Way" (Don Williams) – 2:32
#"The Core" (Clapton/Levy) – 8:45
#"May You Never" (John Martyn) – 3:01
#"Mean Old Frisco" (Arthur Crudup) – 4:42
#"Peaches and Diesel" (Clapton, Albhy Galuten) – 4:46

ingles

*1978 - "Wonderful Tonight"
*1978 - "Lay Down Sally"
*1980 - "Cocaine"

Personnel

*Eric Clapton: Vocals, Guitars
*Marcy Levy: Vocals
*Yvonne Elliman: Vocals
*Carl Radle: Bass Guitar
*Mel Collins: Saxophone
*George Terry: Guitar
*Jamie Oldaker: Drums, Percussion
*Dick Sims: Keyboard