Album
461 Ocean Boulevard
1974 · Rock
60 collectors on Gatefold own this
461 Ocean Boulevard is a Rock album by Eric Clapton, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 344 pressings tracked, owned by 60 collectors.
About
This 1974 release, his first studio album in four years (and first since kicking his heroin problems), announced the arrival of a new Clapton: desperately trying to shed his guitar-god reputation, he emerged as a more polished, more focused mainstream rocker. Sure, there are still a number of blues covers and ample six-string wizardry to be found here ("Motherless Children," "Steady Rollin' Man"), but there's also a laid-back, easy flow. Clapton's own songwriting ("Give Me Strength," "Let It Grow") showed a newfound emotional maturity, and his cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" (amazingly, a chart-topping single) found him expanding his musical horizons. <i>461</i> balances Clapton's guitar mastery, songwriting skills, relaxed vocals, and refined taste as well as anything he's recorded.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Motherless Children4:55
- A2Give Me Strength2:51
- A3Willie And The Hand Jive3:46
- A4Get Ready3:50
- A5I Shot The Sheriff4:30
Side B
- B1I Can't Hold Out4:10
- B2Please Be With Me3:25
- B3Let It Grow4:57
- B4Steady Rollin' Man3:14
- B5Mainline Florida4:05
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- warm
- laid-back
- bluesy
Second studio album by Eric Clapton, released July 1974, and reached #1 on the American album charts. Subsequently reissued with "Better Make It Through Today" replacing "Give Me Strength."
The title refers to the address on Ocean Boulevard in Golden Beach, Florida, where he lived while recording the album.
Singles released:
I Shot The Sheriff (1974)
Willie And The Hand Jive (1974)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Al Jackson Jr.DRUMS
- Albhy GalutenSYNTHESIZER, PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO, CLAVICHORD CLAVICHORD, PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO
- Carl RadleBASS ARRANGED BY, BASS ARRANGED BY, BASS GUITAR
- Dick SimsKEYBOARDS ORGAN
- Eric ClaptonGUITAR GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS, DOBRO GUITAR, VOCALS
- George TerryGUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS PIANO, GUITAR
- Jamie OldakerDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Jim FoxDRUMS
- Marcy LevyBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, HARMONICA HARMONICA
- Tom BernfeldBACKING VOCALS GUITAR VOCALS
- Yvonne EllimanBACKING VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Dave MasonGUITAR
- Thomas BernfeldBACKING VOCALS
60 collectors on Gatefold own this · 344 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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