Slowhand guitar solos were played by George Terry and feeling Clapton had regressed as a singer, "sounding like he's blown his voice. Doing what, I wonder." In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the confident, virtuosic quality in the band's playing and the diversity of the songwriting made "Slowhand" "rank with "461 Ocean Boulevard" as Eric Clapton's best albums". Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino said the record was full of hits and "tasteful" music. In 2003, "Slowhand" was ranked number 325 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The rock song "Cocaine" was
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