Released Feb. 1983
Recorded Late 1982
Genre Blues-rock
Length 37.08
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Tom Dowd & Eric Clapton
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] The single "I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart" became a big hit in the U.S. for Clapton, peaking at #18, but was relatively unsuccessful in the UK, where it did not reach the Top 50.
Track listing
"Everybody Oughta Make A Change" (Sleepy John Estes) - 3.16
"The Shape You're In" (Clapton) - 4.08
"Ain't Going Down" (Clapton) - 4.01
"I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart" (Steve Diamond, Troy Seals, Tony Seals, Eddie Setzer) - 3.13
"Man Overboard" (Clapton) - 3.45
"Pretty Girl" (Clapton) - 5.29
"Man In Love" (Clapton) - 2.46
"Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) - 3.30
"Slow Down Linda" (Clapton) - 4.14
"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
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