吉他之神迎接千禧年首张精选极品
2首全新作品与13首历年代表作一次收录
包括"Tears In Heaven"、"Change The World"、"Blue Eyes Blue"、"It’sIn The Way That You Use it"、"(I) Get Lost"与2首不插电版本作品"Layla"、"Running On Faith"及现场演唱版"Wonderful Tonight"
从1964年就赢得『Slowhand』外号，人称『吉他之神』的艾力克莱普顿于1999年终于发行了他加入华纳唱片旗下的首张精选集。在七十多分钟的音乐中以电影「落跑新娘」主题曲"Blue Eyes Blue"开场，接下来的「第三类奇蹟」主题曲"Change The World"、"My Father’s Eyes"、"Tears In Heaven"、及三度进榜的不朽情歌"Layla"都是近年来艾力克莱普顿在葛莱美奖中得奖的作品。接下来的几首歌都是八○年代艾力克莱普顿专辑中曾经发行过的单曲，包括保罗纽曼与汤姆克鲁斯主演的「金钱本色」主题曲" It’s In The Way That You Use it"，这些歌曲蓝调风格较明显是他一贯擅长的蓝调摇滚作品。"River Of Tears"选自’98年的「Pilgrim」专辑，而"(I) Get Lost"是精选中另一首新曲，它是布鲁斯威利和蜜雪儿菲佛主演的浪漫喜剧「The Story Of Us」(KISS情人)的电影主题曲，乐风走向现在流行的电子节拍。在亚洲版精选中还加收一首抒情摇滚曲"Wonderful Tonight"的现场演唱版。这张精选是艾力克莱普顿18年来作品的精华，也是收集艾力克莱普顿最超值的选择。
If this were your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon? This is (as his early apostles once proclaimed) God? Ranging from the mid-´80s through the late ´90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of Clapton´s ´60s and ´70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His reinterpretation of his greatest recording–the once-gripping, now-placid "Layla"–perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as "My Father´s Eyes," "Tears in Heaven," and the two new tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost."
曲目列表:
01. Blue Eyes Blue
02. Change the World
03. My Father’s Eyes
04. Tears in Heaven
05. Layla
06. Pretending
07. Bad Love
08. Before You Accuse Me
09. It’s in the Way That You Use It
10. Forever Man
11. Running on Faith
12. She’s Waiting
13. River of Tears
14. (I) Get Lost
15. Wonderful Tonight (live edit)