Customer Reviews
Not so much soft as flaccid - By: DaveG, 11 Jun 2006 
If this was the best of Clapton then there would be none of his albums in my collection. No surprise to see Phil Collins was involved, this is Clapton sans fire, sans soul, sans almost everything. Despite his inconsistent output he has produced some magical albums from Mayalll onwards, be picky there are much much better albums than this MOR, corporate moneygrabber.
Slower Hand - By: Gavieboy, 06 May 2006 
This is a fairly tired album from the blues master; the songs are mush & a bit depressing; hope he never returns to the same ways again
Mature Clapton at his best - By: , 09 Aug 2001 
For anyone who enjoys this type of soft....hard rock/blues this must be one of the best Albums ever, especiallly the unplugged/live version of Layla. The rest of the tracks are just great. One addition could have been an unpugged version of Lay Down Sallly
Eric Clapton has slowed down. - By: russo@few.eur.nl, 15 Nov 2000 Once a master of blues guitar rock, in the last twenty years Eric Clapton has turned his talents to pop-rock. Chronicles is the definitive introduction to pop-rock Clapton. It is an excellent introduction to Clapton's recent music. The guitar playing is alll over the album & is good but not the dazzling stuff of his early years that became the stuff of legend. Highlights of this CD include the beautiful, acousticallly based Tears in Heaven, the live, acoustic reworking of Layla & the live version of Wonderful Tonight. Those listeners who want to know why Clapton is regarded as a guitar legend & would like to hear his work before he became Chris De Burgh's older brother of this CD, should buy Derek & the Dominoes' Layla.
Definitely 'the best of Clapton' - By: , 18 Oct 2000 It was a real pleasure to aquire & listen to one of contemporary musics most captivating lyricist, singer/guitarists. From the emotive 'tears in heaven' to the energetic, in your face style of 'its in the way that you use it', Clapton never ceases to disapoint. A combination of good ol' fashioned rock & roll mixed with solefull R & B makes the the Clapton Chronicles a must. Mind you, the chronicles also highlight Claptons mastery as a experienced, insightful story teller. The minidisk version is clean & crisp & truely does justice to this superb artist!
