Riding with the King by Eric Clapton

Pros: Great Musicians Making Great Music
Cons: Not Violent Enough for a Mosh Pit

I have to be honest with you, dear reader. This is not an unbiased epinion. Even if this album were entitled "Eric Clapton and B.B. King Banging on Tin Cans & Grunting a Lot", you could count on me making a beeline to the music store to be the ...

Pros: Smooth Blues
Cons: none

Let me start by saying that I am an avid Eric Clapton fan, and buy his records whenever I see one I don't have. So last week, when I saw Eric's new album, Riding with the King, I did not hesitate and purchased it then and there. I have...

Pros: The Best Recording of the Year.
Cons: How do you top it?

Riding With The King is the much anticipated collaboration between blues legends B. B. King and Eric Clapton . These two masters have been wanting to get together for some time to cut a CD. Clapton states,"This is something...

Pros: Oustanding blues, played by the best.
Cons: none at all.

Eric Clapton and BB King..does life get any better than this? This album reminds me of the old tag line for the Peanut Butter Cups commercial..Two great tastes that taste great together. This album takes two of the best bluesmen to ever walk the planet...

Pros: Excellent guitar work, with two seamlessly blended styles
Cons: Not enough of that Excellent guitar work

I am not your typical Blues fan by any means. Before I came to college it was only rap that I listened to. Once I got there I was first introduced to classic rock, and it was in my search of new CD's of this genre that I learned to love the music that...

Pros: Historic collaboration with moments of genius.
Cons: Lacks a little fire...but hell, its still worth every penny.

Shame on you. If you are reading this, it means that odds are pretty good you don't have this album. And if you are a blues fan, double shame on you. In fact, I'm not sure I will be able to get through this review with you in the room, but I'll...

Pros: Awesome Sound!
Cons: Kings have no cons

I love the blues! I wanna get that out first because if you know me then you know I love the blues. It's my favorite type of music and I cant live without it. Well I hadn't heard about this album, so imagine my surprise when browsing through WAL*MART's...

Pros: Two of the best guitarrist in the world on one album.
Cons: Not enough Clapton, too much B.B.

I have to admit that I'm much more of a Clapton fan than I'm of B.B. King. I like B.B., but Clapton is just more my style. I bought this album, "Riding With the King" the day it came out. Mainly because it was new Clapton. (I'm now eagerly awaiting the...

Pros: nothing like it...sounds ranging from ocean to mountains in one breathless view
Cons: heard some better pieces as individuals...but not many

I can honestly say that the last track of the cd is what the compilation should have been called. Eric Clapton and BB King are two men who will be loved throughout the world...Come Rain or Come Shine. And together? Well, there has never been a...

Pros: Two blues legends finally collaborate in classic, vintage form
Cons: Why did it take so long to happen??

Though it seems inevitable that these two blues greats would one day collaborate, one wonders, after listening to this great CD, why it took so long! "Riding with the King", featuring blues legend B.B. King and the crown prince, Eric Clapton,...

Pros: King and Clapton
Cons: none

Even people who never listen to the blues know that King and Clapton are two of the best, heck, the best, blues musicians around. Those are the people that should get this album(I assume everyone who calls themself a blues fan already has a copy.) For...

Pros: Two talented musicians jam out some classics
Cons: Product not as interesting as the concept

Eric Clapton and B.B. King. It's one of those collaborations that sounds like a decent enough idea at first, but the more you think about it the less appealing it gets.

Perhaps if this were younger Clapton, it might be something to get...

Pros: great songs
Cons: no solos

This album is great. B.B. King at 74 can still play with a youth enthusiasm, and Clapton uses this to bring some energy back into his work. Both Clapton and King take equal billing on this album. King can be heard with his gritty vocals especially in...

Pros: 2 greats for the price of one
Cons: too short

Riding with the king is a wonderful blend of two of the all time greats of the blues genre. Eric Clapton or B.B. King on there own is enough to get most blues lovers rocking, but the two of them together creates a magic that is hard to beat.

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Pros: the cover
Cons: unless you´ve never heard a single Blues album, this ones´ unecesary

Truth to tell, my expectations for this record weren´t even that high. Eric Claptons´ career has pretty much been destroyed for the last few years (I thought he couldn´t get any worse than “Pilgrim”..but then he did the soundtrack to “Runaway...