Eric Clapton is one of the few solo performers who has had great success not only with a string of previous bands but also a pile of solo albums. Everyone has their favourite EC album for various reasons that make sense to them. I certainly have my favorite EC work. I'm sure many of you have yours.

It's certainly been a while since we have had a 'best of' career poll and so I'll offer a new one for us. It's certainly a more entertaining practice than my usual spouting of various things, musically related. With that I'll ask you which Eric Clapton solo album (we'll save his band work for another day) was his career best. I already know that my favorite Clapton album (No Reason to Cry) will NOT make the cut. In fact, I might be the only one here that reveres it as much as I do but I'll seed this Poll with its selection as the best of Eric Clapton's post-band career.

It should be interesting to see what kind of response we get for this Poll selection. Give me your choice here. I'll post the consensus on Monday, July 19.

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