Old Sock

Old Sock is the nineteenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton.^[13] It includes the two new compositions "Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing", as well as covers. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney.

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Old Sock
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released	12 March 2013
Recorded	2012–2013
Genre	Rock, blues, reggae
Length	57:27
Label	Surfdog/Duck Records/ADA (U.S.)/Polydor (EU)
Producer	Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Simon Climie
Eric Clapton chronology
Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (2011) Old Sock (2013) The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (2014)

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.1/10[1]
Metacritic	58/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
Exclaim!	3/10[5]
The Independent	[6]
The Independent on Sunday	[7]
London Evening Standard	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
The Observer	[10]
Popmatters	5/10[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]

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Old Sock includes two new compositions ("Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing"), and covers of some of his favourite songs from childhood to the current day. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney.^[14] This is Cale's final major recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. It reached No. 11 in the UK Album Chart and No. 7 in the U.S.

Clapton previously considered naming the album 50 Years of Drift in an Open Tuning, a homage to the Derek Taylor book 50 Years Adrift (In An Open Necked Shirt). He was inspired to name the album Old Sock from a conversation with David Bowie. After hearing Bowie's then-new song "Where Are We Now?", Clapton sent a note thanking him "for writing such a beautiful song". Bowie responded, "Thanks for the shoutout, old sock. Really appreciate it." Bowie allowed Clapton to use the phrase for his album title and share the story of their conversation.^[15] Following Bowie's death in 2016, Clapton wrote "Sweet dreams old sock" on his Facebook account.^[16]

The album cover is a selfie Clapton took with his iPhone while on holiday in Antigua.^[17]

1. "Further on Down the Road" (featuring Taj Mahal) (Taj Mahal, Jesse E. Davis) – 5:42
2. "Angel" (featuring J.J. Cale) (Cale) – 3:53
3. "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:44
4. "Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) (Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa) – 4:36
5. "Till Your Well Runs Dry" (Peter Tosh) – 4:40
6. "All of Me" (featuring Paul McCartney) (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:22
7. "Born to Lose" (Ted Daffan) – 4:01
8. "Still Got the Blues" (featuring Steve Winwood) (Gary Moore) – 5:52
9. "Goodnight Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Sr.) – 4:20
10. "Your One and Only Man" (Otis Redding) – 4:27
11. "Every Little Thing" (Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa) – 4:31
12. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:11
13. "No Sympathy" (Bonus Track) (Tosh) – 4:08

• Producers – Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Simon Climie and Justin Stanley.
• Recorded by Simon Climie, Alan Douglas, Steve Price and Justin Stanley.
• Assistant Engineers – Nick Cervonaro, Martin Cooke, Fiona Cruickshank, Joel Evenden, Alex Graupera, Joe Kearns, Paul LaMalfa, Kevin Mills, Harry Rutherford and Kyle Stevens.
• Mixed by Simon Climie
• Recorded at Air Lyndhurst Hall and Angel Recording Studios (London, England).
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Production Coordinator and Musician Contactors – Debbie Johnson and Shari Sutcliffe.
• Cover and Photography by Eric Clapton
• Design – Catherine Roylance, Noiseland Industries.