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No Reason to Cry 
Studio album by Eric Clapton Released August 1976 Recorded 1976 at Shangri-la Studios and Village Recorders Genre Rock Length 45:59 Label Polydor Producer Rob Fraboni Eric Clapton chronology E.C. Was Here
(August 1975)No Reason to Cry
(1976)Slowhand
(1977)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone (?)[2] No Reason to Cry is an album by Eric Clapton, released in 1976. No Reason to Cry was released in CD format on October 25, 1990. The album is notable for containing a duet with Bob Dylan on his otherwise unreleased song "Sign Language." The booklet in Bob Dylan's box set The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 describes his involvement in this album. The sessions were in March 1976. Dylan dropped by and was just hanging out, living in a tent at the bottom of the garden. He would sneak into the studio to see what was going on. Dylan offered his new, unrecorded song "Seven Days" to Clapton. Clapton passed on it, but Ron Wood took him up on the offer and released it on his third solo album Gimme Some Neck.[3]
Rick Danko (The Band) shared vocals with EC on "All Our Past Times," which he co-wrote with EC. The song "Innocent Times" is sung by Marcy Levy, who also shared vocals with EC on "Hungry."[4] Female vocals are also on many of the other songs. Yvonne Elliman, who is thanked on the back cover, sang on some of the songs too.[5]
Contents
Track listing
- "Beautiful Thing" (Rick Danko, Richard Manuel) – 4:26
- "Carnival" (Clapton) – 3:44
- "Sign Language" (Bob Dylan) – 2:58
- "County Jail Blues" (Alfred Fields) – 4:00
- "All Our Past Times" (Clapton, Danko) – 4:40
- "Hello Old Friend" (Clapton) – 3:36
- "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 4:23
- "Innocent Times" (Clapton, Marcy Levy) – 4:11
- "Hungry" (Levy, Dicky Simms) – 4:39
- "Black Summer Rain" (Clapton) – 4:55
- "Last Night" (Walter Jacobs) – 4:52*
*Extra track included on CD.
Singles
- 1976 - "Hello Old Friend"
- 1976 - "Sign Language"
- 1977 - "Carnival"
- 1977 - "Beautiful Thing"
Charts
Album
Year Chart Position 1976 Billboard 200 15[6] 1976 UK Album Chart 8[7] Singles
Year Single Chart Position 1976 "Hello Old Friend" Billboard Hot 100 24[6] Personnel
The liner notes[8] don't identify who played what, but the following artists are credited as:
- Bob Dylan - courtesy of Columbia Records
- Ron Wood (Faces, Rolling Stones) - courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
- Rick Danko (The Band) - courtesy of Capital Records
- Richard Manuel (The Band) - courtesy of Capital Records
- Robbie Robertson (The Band) - courtesy of Capital Records
- Georgie Fame - courtesy of Island Records
The back cover thanks these additional people, without specifying what their contribution was:
- Ed Anderson
- Aggie
- Brains Bradley
- Jesse Ed Davis
- Terry Danko
- Bob Ellis
- Connie
- Konrad Kramer
- Yvonne Elliman
- Geoffrey Harrison
- Levon Helm (The Band)
- Garth Hudson (The Band)
- Marcy Levy
- Nello
- Jamie Oldaker
- Albhy Galuten
- Dick Simms
- Nat Jeffery
- Ralph Moss
- Dick La Palm
- Dread Lever
- Billy Preston
- Chris Jagger
- Carl Radle
- Sergio Pastora Rodriguez
- Wilton Spears
- Dominic Lumetta
- Sandy Castle
- George Terry
- Rob Fraboni
- Larry Samuals
- Mick Turner
- Wah Wah Watson
- Pete & All at Shangri-La
Citation
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991, Columbia 47382 (cd) 1991
- ^ http://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/collection/albums/noreasontocry.shtml
- ^ http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-faq/biographies-band-members-and-collaborators/elliman-yvonne
- ^ a b http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p64692
- ^ http://www.everyhit.com/
- ^ "No Reason To Cry", Eric Clapton, RSO Records, Inc. RS-1-3004 0698 (1976) LP
Categories:- Eric Clapton albums
- 1976 albums
- Polydor Records albums
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