Eric Clapton – No Reason To Cry (1976/2014) [HDTracks 24bit/192kHz]

No Reason To Cry is Eric Clapton’s fourth solo album and was recorded at Shangri-la Studios (the recording studio of Candian group The Band) in March of 1976. Rick Danko sang on “All Our Past Times”, which he co-wrote with Clapton. The album featured four singles: “Hello Old Friend”, “Sign Language”, “Carnival”, and “Beautiful Thing”. It peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1976.

When he gave a speech inducting the Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Eric Clapton said that after he heard their debut album, Music from Big Pink, he wanted to join the group, the fact that they already had a guitarist in Robbie Robertson notwithstanding. In the winter of 1975-1976, when he cut No Reason to Cry at the Band’s Shangri-La Studio in Malibu, CA, he came as close as he ever would to realizing that desire. Clapton is a musical chameleon; though some of No Reason to Cry is identifiable as the kind of pop/rock Clapton had been making since the start of his solo career (the best of it being “Hello Old Friend,” which became his first Top 40 single in two years), the most memorable music on the album occurs when Clapton is collaborating with members of the Band and other guests. He duets with Band bassist Rick Danko on Danko’s “All Our Past Times,” and with Bob Dylan on Dylan’s “Sign Language,” as Robertson’s distinctive lead guitar is heard rather than Clapton’s. As a result, the album is a good purchase for fans of Bob Dylan and the Band, but not necessarily for those of Eric Clapton.

Tracklist:
01 – Beautiful Thing
02 – Carnival
03 – Sign Language
04 – County Jail Blues
05 – All Our Past Times
06 – Hello Old Friend
07 – Double Trouble
08 – Innocent Times
09 – Hungry
10 – Black Summer Rain
11 – Last Night

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