Eric Clapton Classic Albums Timeline
1965
John Mayall with Eric Clapton Bluesbreakers
Not strictly the start of Eric's solo career but might as well be a seminal lead guitar album. The album that launched Eric during the UK blues boom
Tracks
- All Your Love
- Hideaway
- Little Girl
- Another Man
- Double Crossing Time
- What'd I Say
- Key to Love
- Parchman Farm
- Have You Heard
- Ramblin' on My Mind
- Steppin' Out
- It Ain't Right
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1970
Eric Clapton
Tracks
- Slunky 3:40
- Bad Boy 4:17
- Lonesome and a Long Way From Home 4:00
- After Midnight 3:15
- Easy Now 2:55
- Blues Power 3:45
- Bottle of Red Wine 2:55
- Lovin' You Lovin' Me 3:45
- Told You for the Last Time 2:30
- Don't Know Why 3:35
- Let It Rain 5:17
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1973
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert
Live featurning Badge (from his Cream days) and Little Wing by Hendrix
Tracks
- Badge 3:29
- Roll It Over 6:53
- Presence of the Lord 5:37
- Pearly Queen 6:58
- After Midnight 5:11
- Little Wing 6:32
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1974
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric reinvents himself, gone are the blues boom excesses, here is the California soft rock Clapton. Genius!
Tracks
- Motherless Children 4:55
- Give Me Strength 2:51
- Willie and the Hand Jive 3:46
- Get Ready 3:50
- I Shot the Sheriff 4:30
- I Can't Hold Out 4:10
- Please Be With Me 3:25
- Let It Grow 4:57
- Steady Rollin' Man 3:14
- Mainline Florida 4:05
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1975
There's one in Every Crowd
Tracks
- We've Been Told (Jesus Coming Soon) 4:30
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot 3:32
- Little Rachel 4:06
- Don't Blame Me 3:34
- The Sky Is Crying 3:56
- Singin' the Blues 3:23
- Better Make It Through Today 4:04
- Pretty Blue Eyes 4:47
- High 3:32
- Opposites 4:47
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Play 'Little Wing'
1976
No Reason to Cry
Tracks
- Beautiful Thing 4:24
- Carnival 3:41
- Sign Language 2:57
- County Jail Blues 3:58
- All Our Past Times 4:36
- Hello Old Friend 3:34
- Double Trouble 4:19
- Innocent Times 4:10
- Hungry 3:37
- Black Summer Rain 4:55
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1977
Slowhand
Tracks
- Cocaine 3:38
- Wonderful Tonight 3:41
- Lay Down Sally 3:52
- Next Time You See Her 3:58
- We're All the Way 2:30
- The Core 8:42
- May You Never 2:57
- Mean Old Frisco 4:38
- Peaches and Diesel 4:48
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1978
Backless
Tracks
- Walk Out in the Rain 4:10
- Watch Out for Lucy 3:24
- I'll Make Love to You Anytime 3:21
- Roll It 3:40
- Tell Me That You Love Me 3:30
- If I Don't Be There by Morning 4:35
- Early in the Morning 5:25
- Promises 3:01
- Golden Ring 3:30
- Tulsa Time 3:30
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1981
Another Ticket
Tracks
- Something Special 2:36
- Black Rose 3:47
- Blow Wind Blow 2:59
- Another Ticket 5:50
- I Can't Stand It 4:08
- Hold Me Lord 3:27
- Floating Bridge 6:33
- Catch Me If You Can 4:24
- Rita Mae 5:02
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1983
Money and Cigarettes
Tracks
- Everybody Oughta Make a Change 3:17
- The Shape You're In 4:10
- Ain't Gonna Down 4:02
- I've Got a Rock n' Roll Heart 3:13
- Man Overboard 3:47
- Pretty Girl 5:31
- Man in Love 2:47
- Crosscut Saw 3:31
- Slow Down Linda 4:16
- Crazy Country Hop 2:48
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1985
Behind the Sun
Tracks
- She's Waiting 4:54
- See What Love Can Do 3:59
- Same Old Blues 8:12
- Knock on Wood 3:18
- Something's Happening 3:22
- Forever Man 3:12
- It All Depends 5:04
- Tangled in Love 4:07
- Never Make You Cry 6:05
- Just Like a Prisoner 5:30
- Behind the Sun 2:11
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1986
August
Tracks
- It's in the Way That You Use It 4:10
- Run 3:38
- Tearing Us Apart 4:14
- Bad Influence 5:08
- Walk Away 3:51
- Hung Up on Your Love 3:53
- Take a Chance 4:52
- Hold On 4:55
- Miss You 5:05
- Holy Mother 4:54
- Behind the Mask 4:46
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1989
Journeyman
Tracks
- Pretending 4:48
- Anything for Your Love 4:16
- Bad Love 5:11
- Running on Faith 5:27
- Hard Times 3:00
- Hound Dog 2:26
- No Alibis 5:32
- Run So Far 4:06
- Old Love 6:25
- Breaking Point 5:37
- Lead Me On 5:52
- Before You Accuse Me 3:55
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1991
24 Nights
Live
Tracks
- Badge 6:51
- Running on Faith 6:49
- White Room 6:10
- Sunshine of Your Love 9:07
- Watch Yourself 5:39
- Have You Ever Loved a Woman 6:52
- Worried Life Blues 5:28
- Hoodoo Man 5:40
- Pretending 7:08
- Bad Love 6:25
- Old Love 13:01
- Wonderful Tonight 9:07
- Bell Bottom Blues 6:38
- Hard Times 3:45
- Edge of Darkness 6:29
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1992
Unplugged
live and unplugged (acoustic set)
Tracks
- Signe 3:12
- Before You Accuse Me 3:44
- Hey Hey 3:16
- Tears in Heaven 4:34
- Lonely Stranger 5:28
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 3:49
- Layla 4:46
- Running on Faith 6:29
- Walkin' Blues 3:37
- Alberta 3:42
- San Francisco Bay Blues 3:23
- Malted Milk 3:36
- Old Love 7:53
- Rollin' 'n' Tumblin' 4:11
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1994
From the Cradle
Tracks
- Blues Before Sunrise 2:57
- Third Degree 5:08
- Reconsider Baby 3:20
- Hoochie Coochie Man 3:15
- Five Long Years 4:47
- I'm Tore Down 3:02
- How Long Blues 3:08
- Goin' Away Baby 4:01
- Blues Leave Me Alone 3:37
- Sinner's Prayer 3:20
- Motherless Child 2:57
- It Hurts Me Too 3:19
- Someday After a While 4:28
- Standin' Round Crying 3:38
- Driftin' 3:08
- Groaning the Blues 6:06
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1998
Pilgrim
Tracks
- My Father's Eyes 5:24
- River of Tears 7:22
- Pilgrim 5:50
- Broken Hearted 7:52
- One Chance 5:55
- Circus 4:11
- Going Down Slow 5:19
- Fall Like Rain 3:50
- Born in Time 4:41
- Sick and Tired 5:43
- Needs His Woman 3:45
- She's Gone 4:45
- You Were There 5:31
- Inside of Me 5:25
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2000
Riding With the King
The king in question is B.B.King
Tracks
- Riding With the King 4:23
- Ten Long Years 4:40
- Key to the Highway 3:39
- Marry You 4:59
- Three O'Clock Blues 8:36
- Help the Poor 5:06
- I Wanna Be 4:45
- Worried Life Blues 4:25
- Days of Old 3:00
- When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer 7:09
- Hold On I'm Coming 6:20
- Come Rain or Come Shine 4:11
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2001
Reptile
Tracks
- Reptile 3:26
- Got You on My Mind 4:30
- Travelin' Light 4:17
- Believe in Life 5:05
- Come Back Baby 3:55
- Broken Down 5:25
- Find Myself 5:15
- I Ain't Gonna Stand for It 4:49
- I Want a Little Girl 2:58
- Second Nature 4:48
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 4:47
- Modern Girl 4:49
- Superman Inside 5:07
- Son and Sylvia 4:43
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2004
Me and Mr Johnson
Robert Johnson, the blues legend is the Mr Johnson in question and Eric reworks his tunes
Tracks
- When You Got a Good Friend 3:20
- Little Queen of Spades 4:58
- They're Red Hot 3:25
- Me and the Devil Blues 2:56
- Travelling Riverside Blues 4:31
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:35
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues 2:30
- Milkcow's Calf Blues 3:18
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues 4:07
- Come on in My Kitchen 3:35
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day 3:27
- Love in Vain 4:02
- 32-20 Blues 2:59
- Hell Hound on My Trail 3:51
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2005
Back Home
Tracks
- So Tired 4:47
- Say What You Will 4:35
- I'm Going Left 4:02
- Love Don't Love Nobody 7:13
- Revolution 5:00
- Love Comes to Everyone 4:35
- Lost and Found 5:21
- Piece of My Heart 4:22
- One Day 5:20
- One Track Mind 5:04
- Run Home to Me 6:18
- Back Home 3:32
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2006
The Road to Escondido
with JJ Cale
Tracks
- Danger 5:32
- Heads in Georgia 4:09
- Missing Person 4:27
- When the War Is Over 3:48
- Sporting Life Blues 3:31
- Dead End Road 3:27
- It's Easy 4:17
- Hard to Thrill 5:10
- Anyway the Wind Blows 3:54
- Three Little Girls 2:44
- Don't Cry Sister 3:08
- Last Will and Testament 3:57
- Who Am I Telling You? 4:07
- Ride the River 4:34
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2010
Clapton
unplugged again
Tracks
- Travelin' Alone 3:54
- Rocking Chair 4:04
- River Runs Deep 5:52
- Judgement Day 3:14
- How Deep Is the Ocean 5:30
- My Very Good Friend the Milkman 3:21
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer 4:09
- That's No Way to Get Along 6:07
- Everything Will Be Alright 3:52
- Diamonds Made From Rain 4:24
- When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful 2:52
- Hard Times Blues 3:45
- Run Back to Your Side 5:17
- Autumn Leaves 5:39
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2013
Old Sock
Tracks
- Further on Down the Road with Taj Mahal (harmonica
- banjo)
- Angel with J.J. Cale (guitar
- vocals)
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill
- Gotta Get Over with Chaka Khan (vocals)
- Till Your Well Runs Dry
- All of Me with Paul McCartney (upright bass
- vocals)
- Born to Lose
- Still Got the Blues with Steve Winwood (Hammond organ)
- Goodnight Irene
- Your One and Only Man
- Every Little Thing
- Our Love Is Here to Stay
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2016
I Still Do
Tracks
- Alabama Woman Blues
- Can't Let You Do It
- I Will Be There
- Spiral
- Catch the Blues
- Cypress Grove
- Little Man
- You've Had a Busy Day
- Stones in My Passway
- I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
- I'll Be Alright
- Somebody's Knockin'
- I'll Be Seeing You
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