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Old Sock

Old Sock
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Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released 12 March 2013
Recorded 2012-2013
Genre Rock, blues, reggae
Length 68:16
Label Surfdog/Duck/ADA (U.S.)/Polydor (EU)
Producer Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Simon Climie
Eric Clapton chronology
Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
(2011)
Old Sock
(2013)
The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
American Songwriter 4/5 stars
Exclaim! 3/10
The Independent 2/5 stars
The Independent on Sunday 3/5 stars
London Evening Standard 3/5 stars
musicOMH 2.5/5 stars
The Observer 1/5 stars
Popmatters 5/10
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

Old Sock is the twenty-first studio album by Eric Clapton. It includes the two new compositions "Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing", as well as covers. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney.

It includes two new compositions ("Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing"), and covers of some of his favourite songs from childhood to the current day. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney. This is Cale's final major recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. It reached No. 11 in the UK Album Chart and No. 7 in the U.S. Clapton explained in an interview with the BBC that he came up with the album title after a conversation with David Bowie. The album cover is a selfie Clapton took with his iPhone while on holiday in Antigua.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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