The address of the Criteria Recording Studios in Miami gave this album the title. Here EC was back after years of excessive drug use, depression and musical setbacks to his bluesy rock roots and developed since the binding style for him. The album is a milestone and is the actual trigger for his solo career. We can enjoy a private and foreign material here, which leaves a very fresh impression. The hitherto little-known Bob Marley presented "I Shot The Sherriff" available, which for Clapton a megahit and Marley deserved break was. Especially nice is also "Please Be With Me" by CS Boyer. But it's the closed arc of the album, which defines the true value over time. Here lies the secret of the outstanding homogeneity of the LP in the variety of nuances that Clapton in his typical form elicits the wide Song offering. He is supported by an excellent band. Here nothing disintegrates into individual moments and it also dissolves no detail to come to the fore. On the other hand, one must precisely why omit any song while listening. But who wants this already at such a brilliant album, at whose pleasure comes true enthusiasm?
