Eric Clapton : Money and Cigarettes (Expanded Edition)

BEFORE WE GO CRAZY

BEFORE WE EXPLODE

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT ME

BABY, YOU GOT TO KNOW

 Money and Cigarettes

 is the

 eighth

 solo studio album

 by

 Eric Clapton,

 recorded after

 his first rehabilitation

 from alcoholism. 

Produced by

 Clapton 

and 

Tom Dowd with,

 apart from 

Albert Lee, 

a new backing band 

of veteran 

session musicians

 including

 Donald "Duck" Dunn, 

Roger Hawkins, 

and

 Ry Cooder.

 The album was

 moderately 

successful commercially, 

reaching

 Top 20 chart positions

 in several countries.

 Critical reception 

was lukewarm.

Background

The cover depicts

 Clapton, 

cigarette in hand,

standing next to a 

melting 

Fender Stratocaster guitar.

 Clapton chose the name 

of the album 

"because that's all I 

saw myself having left" 

after his first

 rehabilitation from alcoholism. 

After finishing a

 North American tour, 

Clapton and his touring band 

consisting of

 Henry Spinetti, 

Gary Brooker,

 Chris Stainton 

and 

Dave Markee 

went into the 

Compass Point Studios 

in Nassau, 

Bahamas,

 to record tracks

 for a new studio album. 

Listening to the 

new recordings, 

Clapton recalled,

 the songs have got a 

"pub atmosphere"

 and represent a 

"continuation of his work 

with Ronnie Lane". 

Producer

 Tom Dowd, 

however, 

was not pleased with

 the recordings 

and the sound of 

Clapton's band, 

asking Eric

 to change his band, 

except for

 Albert Lee. 

Clapton changed

 his band to the

 line-up as it is 

presented on the 

album's liner notes 

and suffered 

from 

multiple collapses 

during the

 recording sessions

TRACKLIST

Everybody Oughta Make a Change

The Shape You're In

Ain't Going Down

I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart'

Man Overboard

Pretty Girl

Man in Love

Crosscut Saw

Slow Down Linda

Slow Down Linda

I Shot The Sheriff 

 (Live)

  (02/09/83)

BONUS

(Eric Clapton Part)

Everybody Oughta Make A Change 

(Live) 

(ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Lay Down Sally

 (Live) 

(ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Wonderful Tonight 

(Live) 

(ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Cocaine 

(Live)

 (ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Medley :  

Rambling on My Mind/

Have You Ever Love A Woman 

(Live)

 (ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Layla 

(Live)

 (w/Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page)

 (ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

Tulsa Time

 (Live)

 (ARMS Charity Concert London, Royal Albert Hall 08/20/83)

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