Forever man

"It's a chronologically jumbled selection whose opening two tracks- the first from '83 and the second from 2013- cover the 30 year span and show how musically consistent Clapton has been throughout this period ... The question remains;who is this for? Casual fans already have most of these and won't care about the more obscure items. Harder core and longtime admirers own the rest (there is no previously unreleased music) and the thought of yet another Clapton assemblage that repeats the overplayed to death acoustic "Layla," "Wonderful Tonight" (a dreary, nine minute live version that seems endless) and "Cocaine" can't have much appeal".

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"Man kan sætte spørgsmålstegn ved, om "Forever Man" er udgivelsen, som cementerer Claptons position. Ikke rigtigt. Den giver et nydeligt overblik over, hvad han har præsteret i årenes løb, fra tidlige hits som "Layla" og "Cocaine" til senere succeser som "Tears In Heaven" og "My Father's Eyes". Med en særskilt blues-cd bliver det samtidig understreget, at Clapton altid har haft en respekt for den gamle genre. Man kunne have ønsket, at der var blevet gravet lidt dybere efter mere kvalitet af ældre dato. Det er heller ikke ubetinget smart, at de gamle klassikere leveres i liveoptagelser af nyere dato".

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