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If this was the best of Clapton then there would be none of his albums in my collection. No surprise to see Phil Collins was involved, this is Clapton sans fire, sans soul, sans almost everything. Despite his inconsistent output he has produced some magical albums from Mayall onwards, be picky there are much much better albums than this MOR, corporate moneygrabber.


Rating: 1 out of 5

This is a fairly tired album from the blues master; the songs are mush and a bit depressing; hope he never returns to the same ways again

Rating: 3 out of 5

Eric Clapton, as a guitarist, is one that is held in the same heights as Hendrix but with 'best of' albums like this no one in their right mind is going to compare 'Wonderful Tonight' to 'All Along the Watchtower".Annoyingly, the acoustic version of 'Layla' from the unplugged sessions is included, that even its change of arrangement is verging on criminal in expelling the Domino's truly classic rendition from this package. And the acoustic sessions make a number of unwanted appearances, along with the horrible (as all ready mentioned) Wonderful Tonight. Fair play to Clapton if he didn’t want to add Cream, Blind Faith etc, but if you want the Clapton I and most people love – then get the Cream of Clapton.

Rating: 2 out of 5

For anyone who enjoys this type of soft....hard rock/blues this must be one of the best Albums ever, especially the unplugged/live version of Layla. The rest of the tracks are just great. One addition could have been an unpugged version of Lay Down Sally

Rating: 5 out of 5

Once a master of blues guitar rock, in the last twenty years Eric Clapton has turned his talents to pop-rock. Chronicles is the definitive introduction to pop-rock Clapton. It is an excellent introduction to Clapton's recent music. The guitar playing is all over the album and is good but not the dazzling stuff of his early years that became the stuff of legend. Highlights of this CD include the beautiful, acoustically based Tears in Heaven, the live, acoustic reworking of Layla and the live version of Wonderful Tonight. Those listeners who want to know why Clapton is regarded as a guitar legend and would like to hear his work before he became Chris De Burgh's older brother of this CD, should buy Derek and the Dominoes' Layla.

Rating: 5 out of 5