Eric Clapton Albums Ranked

Eric Clapton had already carved out a good profession earlier than he issued his first solo album in 1970.

In his first six years as a recording artist, he appeared on information by the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Religion and Delaney & Bonnie & Pals (and, shortly after his self-titled debut, Derek and the Dominos).

Since then, he is launched almost two dozen LPs underneath his title. And it has been form of a roller-coaster trip for the guitar hero, with private {and professional} setbacks usually inspiring his work – from a crippling drug dependancy (which saved him out of the highlight for a number of years) to the demise of his younger son (which spurred an enormous comeback hit).

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Via all of it, although, he is hardly ever misplaced the main focus and drive that made him one of the vital buzzed-about musicians within the ’60s. Whereas latest information will not be fueled by the artistic starvation that fed his finest work, he is grown into his older years by taking part in the music that sounds proper for him at this stage. If nothing else, Clapton has aged extra gracefully than most contemporaries.

Nonetheless, his solo profession is spotty. Solely a handful of Eric Clapton albums are on the identical degree as his traditional LPs with the Yardbirds, Cream and Derek and the Dominos. As we rank Clapton’s solo albums from worst to finest, one factor is definite: With as many comebacks as he is had through the years, we’re not counting him out. He should have one other traditional file in him.