The full-tilt blues album that Clapton had been promising for years, From the Cradle proves the guitarist's enduring devotion to a form he had long relegated to merely a flavour in his music rather than the main ingredient. Clapton's singing on the album is somewhat mannered; he tries to compete with original versions of these songs by Muddy Waters, Charles Brown, and others, and there's no way he's going to win that battle. Still, you can feel the emotional connection Clapton has with these songs, and guitar aficionados will swoon over his fretwork on songs such as "Third Degree", "Someday After a While", and the incendiary "Groanin' the Blues". --Daniel Durchholz

1 - Blues Before Sunrise
2 - Third Degree
3 - Reconsider Baby
4 - Hoochie Coochie Man
5 - Five Long Years
6 - I'm Tore Down
7 - How Long Blues
8 - Goin' Away Baby
9 - Blues Leave Me Alone
10 - Sinner's Prayer
11 - Motherless Child
12 - It Hurts Me Too
13 - Someday After A While
14 - Standin' Round Crying
15 - Driftin'
16 - Groaning The Blues