Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

Blues Breakers, colloquially known as The Beano Album, is the debut studio album by the English <a href="/facts/Blues_rock/8R8cjQYc">blues rock</a> band <a href="/facts/John_Mayall_%26_the_Bluesbreakers/WYYXWYT4">John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers</a>, originally credited to John Mayall with Eric Clapton. Produced by <a href="/facts/Mike_Vernon_(producer)/v2XdvrwC">Mike Vernon</a> and released in 1966 by <a href="/facts/Decca_Records/R59314eK">Decca Records</a> (UK) and <a href="/facts/London_Records/QWn34YXE">London Records</a> (US), it pioneered a guitar-dominated blues-rock sound.
The album was commercially successful and most critics viewed it positively. In 2003 and 2012, <a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone/HhCFoJ9F">Rolling Stone</a> ranked it number 195 on its list of the "<a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time/40CPshrf">500 Greatest Albums of All Time</a>". It was voted number 391 in <a href="/facts/Colin_Larkin/ft5ob0MF">Colin Larkin</a>'s <a href="/facts/All_Time_Top_1000_Albums/SXP7sznY">All Time Top 1000 Albums</a> (2000).

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Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton