Slowhand

Slowhand is an album by Eric Clapton, released in 1977. It contained three of his most popular singles, the bluesy “Cocaine”, the ballad “Wonderful Tonight” and the country-flavoured #3 U.S. hit “Lay Down Sally”, as well as other songs that became Clapton classics on their own like “The Core” and “Next Time You See Her”. The album proved to be a big success and a step forward after the relative failure of Clapton’s previous album, No Reason to Cry. It was both critically and commercially well received, reaching #2 on the Billboard Album Charts, only surpassed by the blockbuster Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. In 2003, the album was ranked number 325 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.