"Eric Clapton's defining one-off supernova ... The story of Derek And The Dominos and their ever-astonishing sole studio album starts with Eric Clapton craving anonymity after the failure of Blind Faith, and pouring his infatuation with Beatle George's wife Patti into searing song. It ends less than a year later, fans initially rejecting Clapton as singer-songwriter instead of guitar hero, album not charting, band disintegrating in a blizzard of hard drugs. Then in '72 the incandescent title track becomes a hit, igniting Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' ascension among rock's greatest works".