Clapton, Eric

Clapton, Eric
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Produktbeschreibung

Eric Clapton Reptile CD  

Produktinformation
Audio CD (5. März 2001)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1
Label: Reprise Records (Warner)

Tonträger CD
Jahr 2001
Zeit 64:18
Plattenfirma Reprise Records
Herstellungsland  D
Musikrichtung Blues: Blues Rock
EAN-Nr. 093624796626
Katalog-Nr. 9362-47966-2

     Tracks

1. Reptile 3:27    
2. Got You On My Mind 4:31   
3. Travelin' Light 4:19   
4. Believe In Life 5:07    
5. Come Back Baby 3:57   
6. Broken Down 5:27    
7. Find Myself 5:17    
8. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It 4:51   
9. I Want A Little Girl 3:00   
10. Second Nature 4:50    
11. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 4:48   
12. Modern Girl 4:52    
13. Superman Inside 5:09    
14. Son & Sylvia 4:43


Weitere Infos
Personnel and production

* Eric Clapton : vocals, guitar
* Steve Gadd : drums (01-14)
* Billy Preston : Hammond organ (02,05,13), piano (06,07,08,09), harmonica (14)
* Nathan East : bass (02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,13,14)
* Doyle Bramhall II : Guitar (02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,13,14)
* Pino Palladino : bass (01,10)
* Andy Fairweather-Low : guitar (02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,13,14)
* Tim Carmon : piano (05,13), Hammond organ (03,04,07,08,09,11), synthesizer (12,14)
* Paul Carrack : keyboards (01,06), Wurlitzer (10), Hammond organ (10)
* Paul Waller : drum programming (01,04,08,10,11,13)
* The Impressions : backing vocals (02,03,05,07,08,09,10,11,12,13)
* Joe Sample : Wurlitzer (03,06), Fender Rhodes (04), electric piano (08,11,14), piano (11,14)
* Paulinho Da Costa : percussion (03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,13,14)
* Nick Ingman : string arrangement (06,11,12,14)


Produktbeschreibungen

Wenn die Zeichen nicht trügen, dann ist Eric Clapton derzeit mit sich absolut im Reinen. Drei Jahre nach Pilgrim und nur wenige Monate nach Riding With The King, der puristischen 2000er Blues-Kooperation mit B. B. King, grast der britische Gitarren-Doyen die vielfältigen Stil-Weiden ab, die er auch in der Vergangenheit schon des Öfteren heimsuchte. Der Opener "Reptile", gleichzeitig das Titelstück, ist eher eine Ausnahme und gibt dennoch rein instrumental (!) die Stimmung vor: völlig entspannt und lässig unspektakulär, butterweich jazzy, in federndem Latin-Puls. Ähnliche Nonchalance zeichnet das optimistische Liebeslied "Believe In Life" aus, ein soft getuntes Pop-Stückchen, wie er es in jüngerer Zeit des Öfteren bot.
In diese Kategorie fällt ebenso das zart besaitete "Modern Girl": sacht gezupft, dezent von Percussion durchsetzt, anschmiegsam die Stimme. Und zu relaxt-swingendem Honky Tonk-Piano und DooWop-Chorus, "Find Myself". Weiter greift "Travellin' Light" zurück, wieder mal knöpft sich Clapton da mit sicherem Gespür ein souverän forciertes Stück aus dem Song-Katalog von J.J. Cale vor, das ihm passt wie ein Maßanzug von Armani. Und natürlich kommt der Blues nicht zu kurz: Aus voller Kehle und mit gospeligem Background-Chor intoniert er Ray Charles' schwerblütigen Oldie "Come Back Baby" oder, mit extra kernigen Vocals, "Broken Down". Fett groovt der Klassiker "Got You On My Mind", ganz und gar blue mäandert "I Wanna Little Girl" dahin. Dezentes Swamp-rock-Feeling offenbart "Second Nature", respektabel münzt er Stevie Wonders "Ain't Gonna Stand For It" zum souligen Uptempo-Bluesrock um.

Eric Clapton bietet mit Producer Simon Climie nicht die großen Überraschungen, aber einen vielfältigen, wohl temperierten Repertoire-Streifzug und weit mehr als nur solides Handwerk, woran die schon seit Jahren für ihn aktive Crew von Gitarrist Andy Fairweather-Low über Bassist Nathan East und Drummer Steve Gadd bis zu Keyboarder Joe Sample gehörigen Anteil hat. Dass zum Finale das schwerelos-filigrane "Son & Sylvia" als zweites Instrumentalstück "Reptile" abrundet, signalisiert: Clapton muss sich und der Welt nichts mehr beweisen. --Claus Böhm

Review by William Ruhlmann
For a musician known to strive for authenticity, Eric Clapton has always been curiously obsessed with appearances, seemingly as interested in sartorial details and hairstyles as in the perfect guitar lick. It's hard to find two photographs of him from the 1960s and early '70s that appear to be the same person, and even after he formally launched his solo career he switched looks frequently. Thus, the album sleeve of his 13th solo studio album of new material, Reptile, its "concept" credited to the recording artist, seems significant. The album cover shows a smiling Clapton as a child, and there are family photographs on the back cover and in the booklet, along with a current photograph of the artist, who turned 56 in the weeks following the album's release, in an image that does nothing to hide the wrinkles of late middle age. This photograph faces a sleeve note by Clapton that begins with his explanation of the album title: "Where I come from, the word 'reptile' is a term of endearment, used in much the same way as 'toe rag' or 'moosh.'" (Thanks, Eric. Now, all listeners have to do is find out what "toe rag" and "moosh" mean!) The note then goes on to dedicate the album warmly to Clapton's uncle. All of this might lead you to expect an unusually personal recording from a man who has always spoken most eloquently with his guitar. If so, you'd be disappointed. Reptile seems conceived as an album to address all the disparate audiences Clapton has assembled over the years. His core audience may think of him as the premier blues guitarist of his generation, but especially as a solo artist, he has also sought a broader pop identity, and in the 1990s, with the hits "Tears in Heaven" and "Change the World," he achieved it. The fans he earned then will recognize the largely acoustic sound of such songs as "Believe in Life," "Second Nature," and "Modern Girl." But those who think of Clapton as the guy who plays "Cocaine" will be pleased with his cover of another J.J. Cale song, "Travelin' Light," and by the time the album was in record stores mainstream rock radio had already found "Superman Inside," which sounds like many of his mid-tempo rock hits of the '80s. This diversity is continued on less familiar material, especially the many interesting cover songs. Somebody, perhaps the artist himself, has been busy looking for old chestnuts, since Reptile contains a wide variety of them: the 1930 jazz song "I Want a Little Girl," recorded by McKinney's Cotton Pickers among others; John Greer's 1952 R&B hit "Got You on My Mind"; Ray Charles' 1955 R&B hit "Come Back Baby"; James Taylor's 1972 hit "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"; and Stevie Wonder's 1980 hit "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It." The two earliest of these songs are old and obscure enough that Clapton is able to make them his own, and he recasts the Taylor song enough to re-invent it, but remaking songs by Charles and Wonder means competing with them vocally, and as a singer Clapton isn't up to the challenge. He is assisted by the current five-man version of the Impressions, who do much to shore up his vocal weaknesses, but he still isn't a disciplined or thoughtful singer. Of course, when that distinctive electric guitar sound kicks in, all is forgiven. Still, Reptile looks like an album that started out to be more ambitious than it ended up being. There may be a song here for each of the artist's constituencies (and, more important to its commercial impact, for every major radio format except talk and country), but as a whole the album doesn't add up to the statement Clapton seems to have been hoping to make.
 

Condition: NM: NEAR MINT  


"Item Condition" notes:

SS / OVP:       CD & LP is factory sealed in shrink-wrap or cellophane.

NEU / NEW:      CD & LP is open and not yet played.(Achtung: = Nicht alle neuen CDs werden vom Hersteller eingeschweißt!)

NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one very light scratch.

VG: VERY GOOD   CD & LP  CD has some very minor wear (several very light scratches or marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds, ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!
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