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Slowhand is the fifth solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November 1977 by RSO Records , and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his most commercially and critically successful studio albums.
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Slowhand is Clapton’s fifth solo studio album and was released in 1977. The album was named after Eric Clapton’s nickname, which he got fom Giorgio Gomelsky, manager of The Yardbirds: On my ...
Jan 10, 2018 · In November of 1977, Clapton released his fifth studio solo album, Slowhand, containing hits “Cocaine,” “Wonderful Tonight,” and “Lay Down Sally.” Slowhand sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States alone.
Slowhand by Eric Clapton released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Jul 20, 2011 · In 1977 Eric Clapton released his fifth solo studio album, titled Slowhand. The album contains three of Clapton's most popular hits, "Cocaine," "Wonderful Tonight," and "Lay Down Sally." Slowhand was viewed as a marked return to form for Clapton after his previous album, No Reason to Cry, failed to produce a Top 20 hit.
Oct 31, 2012 · Slowhand came at a crucial point in Eric Clapton’s career. After more than a decade as rock’s reigning guitar god, the 32-year-old Cream and Derek and the Dominos leader had just released two...
On his fifth solo studio album, Slowhand, Eric Clapton fine-tunes a template sketched persuasively three years earlier on 461 Ocean Boulevard: Rely on a tight band, buttress his own modest original songs with smart cover choices, and reach beyond his home base of electric blues to tap adjacent styles from pop to country to reggae.
