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
Guitarist (magazine) Guitarist Guide To Home Recording". In late 2013, "Guitarist" launched a quarterly sister-title, named "Guitarist Presents Acoustic". As the name suggest, this title provides the same mix of gear reviews, interviews and playing tuition as the primary title, but is focussed purely on acoustic guitars and guitar players. "Guitarist" was purchased by Future Publishing from Music Maker Publications in 1997, and became part of the company's Music Making portfolio, which includes guitar titles "Total Guitar" and "Guitar Techniques", as well as "Rhythm", "Future Music", "Computer Music" and others. From 2008 onward, Future made "Guitarist" part of their MusicRadar website, along