Eric Clapton
461 Ocean Boulevard
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Date:  1974
Length:  43:37
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock
  Category:  rock
  Ref#:  rock-0038
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Motherless Children    4:52
      2.  
      		 Better Make It Through Today    4:08
      3.  
      		 Willie And The Hand Jive    3:30
      4.  
      		 Get Ready    3:47
      5.  
      		 I Shot The Sheriff    4:25
      6.  
      		 I Can't Hold Out    4:14
      7.  
      		 Please Be With Me    3:26
      8.  
      		 Let It Grow    4:59
      9.  
      		 Steady Rollin' Man    3:14
      10.  
      		 Mainline Florida    4:07
      11.  
      		 Give Me Strength    2:51
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      The 1974 album on which Clapton's solo career truly caught fire, 461 Ocean Boulevard is best remembered for its hit version of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"--perhaps the first time many in America ever heard the rhythms of reggae music. But it's also an album on which emotions run high, especially on two Clapton originals, the prayerful "Give Me Strength" and the pleading "Let It Grow." Clapton maintains his grounding in the blues with versions of Robert Johnson's "Steady Rollin' Man" and Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out"; revisits a rock & roll classic in Johnny Otis's "Willie and the Hand Jive"; and turns the standard "Motherless Children" into a showcase of snarling guitars. Following a period of dark reclusiveness, 461 Ocean Boulevard was a powerful comeback for Clapton. --Daniel Durchholz
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