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 | Title : One More Car, One More Rider
Author : Clapton, Eric
Release Date : 20021105
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $24.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Eric Clapton's first live album since 1992's zeitgeist-capturing Unplugged, is, as one would expect, full of well-tailored highlights from his back-catalog of bristly, well-kept blues. Recorded in Los Angeles and Tokyo during his 2001 world tour, and featuring the accompaniment from the likes of Andy Fairweather-Low and Billy Preston, it's an album that serves to satisfy both Clapton purists (there's a four-song sequence of tracks from Pilgrim, shorn of their original anodyne synthesizer embellishments) and adult pop fans who prefer their blues from the decanter rather than the bottle ('Tears in Heaven,' a sublime 'Bell Bottom Blues,' a rather poised, applause-riddled 'Layla'). One More Car is an engaging live document that finds EC far from asleep at the wheel.
Buyer Reviews :
One More Car is a snapshot of Clapton reinventing himself yet again. There's enough of the blues material that dominated his early career and mainstream rock stuff from his top 40 days to please both old and new fans.
Like Paul McCartney's Back In The USA (another excellent live album--in fact the best live album Macca's ever made bar none), Clapton's live albums usually act as a summation to date of his career. He reinvents the stronger material from Pilgrim (and album that had potential but was ruined by trite lyrics and overproduction) and even reaches into his back pocket to whip out the classic Derek and the Dominos track Bell Bottom Blues (always a fav of mine). He even picks a couple of nice tracks from Reptile and breathes new life into them.
There are a few drawbacks for long time fans. Eric has chosen to include a number of songs already well represented by his previous live albums. Yes, their classics but his extensive back catalog would allow him to revive a number of great songs (Tell the Truth, Mainline Florida to name two)that haven't had as much exposure over the years. EC should take a look at McCartney's new tour. He manages to pull out a number of old crowd pleasers (Coming Up, Band on the Run, Jet, Live and Let Die)and manages to include a number of material he's never recorded for a live album before. Many of the classic Beatles numbers (and solo hits) are reinvented by the crack backing band Paul assembled. Additionally, he's played with the arrangements on some just enough to make them seem brand spanking new again.
This isn't Slowhand's best live album but he's in fine form throughout. He doesn't have anything to prove and that's to his advantage. As EC ages there's an almost introspective quality that was missing on many of his earlier live albums. That gives this album a freshness that makes it a keeper for long time EC fans.
(by wtdk)
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