Money and Cigarettes

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Money and Cigarettes
Money and Cigarettes cover
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released Feb. 1983
Recorded Late 1982
Genre Blues-rock
Length 37.08
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Tom Dowd & Eric Clapton
Professional reviews
Eric Clapton chronology
Another Ticket
(1981)
Money and Cigarettes
(1983)
Backtrackin'
(1984)

Money and Cigarettes is an Eric Clapton album, released in 1983. The memorable cover depicts Clapton, cigarette in hand, standing next to a melting Fender Stratocaster guitar. Eric Clapton named the album like this "because, that's all I saw myself having left."[1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Everybody Oughta Make A Change" (Estes) - 3.16
  2. "The Shape You're In"(Clapton) - 4.08
  3. "Ain't Going Down" (Clapton) - 4.01
  4. "I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart" (Diamond/Seals/Seals/Setzer) - 3.13
  5. "Man Overboard" (Clapton) - 3.45
  6. "Pretty Girl" (Clapton) - 5.29
  7. "Man In Love" (Clapton) - 2.46
  8. "Crosscut Saw" (Ford) - 3.30
  9. "Slow Down Linda" (Clapton) - 4.14
  10. "Crazy Country Hop" (Otis) - 2.46

[edit] Charts

The album reached the 16th position on the 1983 Pop album charts, and "Ain't Going Down" reached the 32nd position on the Mainstream Rock Charts.

"I've Got a Rock 'N' Roll Heart" Reached the 6th position on adult contemporary, 24th on Mainstream Rock and 18th on Pop Singles.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Clapton: The Autobiography : Eric Clapton : ISBN 9780385518512