Money and Cigarettes

Money and Cigarettes
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released	Feb. 1983
Recorded	Late 1982
Genre	Blues rock
Length	37.08
Label	Duck / Warner Bros.
Producer	Tom Dowd & Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton chronology
Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies (1983) Money and Cigarettes (1983) Backtrackin' (1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+[3]

Money and Cigarettes is an the eighth studio album by Eric Clapton, released in 1983. The cover depicts Clapton, cigarette in hand, standing next to a melting Fender Stratocaster guitar. Clapton chose the name of the album "because, that's all I saw myself having left," after his (first) rehabilitation from alcoholism.^[4] The single "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" became a hit in the US, peaking at No. 18, but was relatively unsuccessful in the UK, where it did not reach the Top 50.

Track listing

1. "Everybody Oughta Make a Change" (Sleepy John 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" (Steve Diamond, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) – 3.13
5. "Man Overboard" (Clapton) – 3.45
6. "Pretty Girl" (Clapton) – 5.29
7. "Man in Love" (Clapton) – 2.46
8. "Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) – 3.30
9. "Slow Down Linda" (Clapton) – 4.14
10. "Crazy Country Hop" (Johnny Otis) – 2.46

Personnel

• Eric Clapton – guitar, slide guitar, vocals
• Ry Cooder – guitar
• Albert Lee – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Chuck Kirkpatrick – background vocals
• John Sambataro – background vocals
• Peter Solley – Hammond Organ

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

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