Resumen
Blues es un álbum recopilatorio de blues rock de Eric Clapton publicado en 1999. El lanzamiento incluye canciones de los álbumes de Clapton en RSO de los años 70, así como algo de material inédito de la misma época. El segundo disco presenta grabaciones en vivo.
Lista de canciones
Disco uno (blues de estudio)
"Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)" (Ellas McDaniel) – 4:39 (Toma acústica inédita previamente de Backless, 1978)
"Mean Old World" (Walter Jacobs) – 3:50 (Toma descartada de Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970)
"Ain't That Lovin' You" (Jimmy Reed) – 5:26
"The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James) – 3:58
"Cryin'" (Eric Clapton) – 2:52
"Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 6:51 - Derek and the Dominos
"Alberta" (Traditional) – 2:40 (Toma descartada inédita previamente de Slowhand, 1977)
"Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 7:55
"Give Me Strength" (Clapton) – 2:51
"Meet Me (Down at the Bottom)" (Willie Dixon) – 7:04 (Toma descartada inédita previamente de 461 Ocean Boulevard, 1974)
"County Jail Blues" (Alfred Fields) – 3:56
"Floating Bridge" (Sleepy John Estes) – 6:33
"Blow Wind Blow" (Muddy Waters) – 2:59
"To Make Somebody Happy" (Clapton) – 5:11
"Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)" (McDaniel) – 4:39 (Toma eléctrica inédita previamente de Backless, 1978)
Disco dos (blues en vivo)
"Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 12:49 (Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England, 27 April 1977), from Crossroads vol. 2: Live in the Seventies
"Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 5:57 (Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 28 November 1978), from Crossroads vol. 2: Live in the Seventies
"Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 7:11 (Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 3 December 1979), from Just One Night
"Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 7:47 (Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 19 July 1974), from Crossroads vol. 2: Live in the Seventies
"Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 6:23 (Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, 24 November 1978), from Crossroads vol. 2: Live in the Seventies
"Kind Hearted Woman" (Robert Johnson) – 5:11 (Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, 24 November 1978), from Crossroads vol. 2: Live in the Seventies
"Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 8:02 (Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 3 December 1979), from Just One Night
"Driftin' Blues" (Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Eddie Williams) – 6:57 (Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 25 June 1975), from Crossroads vol.
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