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Eric Clapton - Old Sock

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This week's rollout of new albums from two rock icons --  David Bowie's"comeback" The Next Day and Eric Clapton's Old Sock -- serves as an intriguing and stark comparison in strategy. Where Bowie embraced the major label infrastructure and promotion, Clapton went indie for the first time with little fanfare. Bowie chose the dramatic in both sound and style while Clapton opted for the more simple and casual approach, leaving Bowie's cosmopolitan world behind for a mostly warm and sunny musical climate and a collection of songs -- none his own -- made for imbibing like a rum drink on a sandy beach. The feel is loose and playful for most of Old Sock with Clapton's tough blues licks getting something of a mellow rasta makeover as he covers Peter Tosh and turns tracks by Otis Redding and Taj Mahal into loping, reggae-tinged nuggets. Only on his salute to fellow blues axman Gary Moore ("Still Got the Blues") and the driving "Gotta Get Over" does Clapton sound more interested in generating heat than soaking it up. Still, like the 40-year-old 461 Ocean Blvd., the aptly titled Old Sock is a supremely understated album where "lazy" is meant as a compliment and mellow vibes rule.

Eric Clapton - 'You're One and Only Man' from Old Sock)

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