No Reason to Cry

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{{Infobox album
| name = No Reason to Cry
| type = studio
| artist = [[Eric Clapton]]
| cover = EC_No_Reason_to_Cry.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 27 August 1976
| recorded = December 1975 – May 1976
| studio = *[[Shangri-La (recording studio)|Shangri-La]] ([[Malibu, California]])
*[[The Village Recorder|Village Recorder]] (Los Angeles, California)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Clapton-No-Reason-To-Cry/release/533781|title=Eric Clapton - No Reason To Cry|website=Discogs|year=1976 |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>
| venue =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blues]]
| length = 45:59
| label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
| producer = [[Eric Clapton]],<ref>As credited on Spotify</ref> [[Rob Fraboni]], [[Carl Radle]]<ref>As credited on Spotify</ref>
| prev_title = [[E. C. Was Here]]
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = [[Slowhand]]
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = No Reason to Cry
| type = Album
| single1 = [[Hello Old Friend (Eric Clapton song)|Hello Old Friend]]
| single1date = October 1976
| single2 = [[Carnival (Eric Clapton song)|Carnival]]
| single2date = January 1977
}}
}}

'''''No Reason to Cry''''' is the fourth solo studio album by [[Eric Clapton]], released by [[RSO Records]] on 27 August 1976. The album was recorded in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] and [[Los Angeles]] between December 1975 to May 1976. The record went [[Music recording certification|silver]] in the U.K.

==Recording==
The album was recorded at [[The Band]]'s Shangri-la Studios in March 1976, and included involvement from all five members of The Band; [[Rick Danko]] shared vocals with Clapton on "All Our Past Times", which he co-wrote with Clapton. The album also includes 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: "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.<ref name=Marty>{{cite book| last =Newman| first =Martin Alan| title =Bob Dylan's Malibu| publisher =EDLIS Café Press| year =2021| location =Hibbing, Minnesota| isbn =9781736972304}}</ref> Clapton passed on it, but [[Ronnie Wood|Ron Wood]] took him up on the offer and released it on his third solo album ''[[Gimme Some Neck]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961–1991|first=Bob|last=Dylan|publisher=Columbia Records (Compact Disc #47382)|year=1992}}</ref> The song "Innocent Times" is sung by [[Marcella Detroit|Marcy Levy]], who also shared vocals with Clapton on "Hungry".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/collection/albums/noreasontocry.shtml|title=Album – No Reason To Cry|publisher=Eric-clapton.co.uk|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> In the bonus track "Last Night", added in the 1990 re-release, Clapton shares vocals with [[Richard Manuel]].

==Chart performance==
''No Reason to Cry'' is one of Clapton's most internationally successful albums from the 1970s. The release reached the Top 30 in seven national music album charts, hitting Top 10 in United Kingdom (peaking at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}8)}} and in the Netherlands, where it topped out {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}9.}} The album was [[Music recording certification|certified silver]] in the United Kingdom. In Norway and the United States, the album charted at {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}13}} and {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}15}} respectively, while in New Zealand and Sweden, it reached {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}18}} and {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}24}} respectively.

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score ={{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM1">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-reason-to-cry-mw0000189488|title=No Reason to Cry – Eric Clapton | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|work=AllMusic|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|access-date=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]] critic William Ruhlmann awarded the release 3.5 of five possible stars, writing: "''No Reason to Cry'' is identifiable as the kind of pop/rock Clapton had been making since the start of his solo career", adding "the most memorable music on the album occurs when Clapton is collaborating with members of the Band and other guests". Finishing his review, Ruhlmann called the release "a good purchase for fans of Bob Dylan and the Band, but not necessarily for those of Eric Clapton".<ref name="AM1"/> ''Rolling Stone'' journalist [[Dave Marsh]] finds, the album recordings are "much more mélange than masterpiece".<ref name="RS1">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/no-reason-to-cry-19761118|title=Eric Clapton No Reason To Cry Album Review | Rolling Stone|date=18 November 1976 |publisher=Rolling Stone Magazine|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> Robert Christgau rated the album with a "B−" and calls the album "a well-made, rather likable rock and roll LP", noting the "singing is eloquent and the instrumental signature an almost irresistible pleasure".<ref name="CG"/>

==Track listings==
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Beautiful Thing
| length1 = 4:24
| writer1 = [[Richard Manuel]], [[Rick Danko]]
| title2 = [[Carnival (Eric Clapton song)|Carnival]]
| length2 = 3:41
| writer2 = Eric Clapton
| title3 = Sign Language
| length3 = 2:57
| writer3 = [[Bob Dylan]]
| title4 = County Jail Blues
| length4 = 3:58
| writer4 = Alfred Fields, arranged by Eric Clapton
| title5 = All Our Past Times
| length5 = 4:36
| writer5 = Eric Clapton, Rick Danko
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = [[Hello Old Friend (Eric Clapton song)|Hello Old Friend]]
| writer6 = Eric Clapton
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = [[Double Trouble (Otis Rush song)|Double Trouble]]
| writer7 = [[Otis Rush]]; arranged by Eric Clapton
| length7 = 4:23
| title8 = Innocent Times
| writer8 = Eric Clapton · [[Marcy Levy]]
| length8 = 4:11
| title9 = Hungry
| writer9 = Marcy Levy · Dicky Simms
| length9 = 4:39
| title10 = Black Summer Rain
| writer10 = Eric Clapton
| length10 = 4:55
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1990 CD Bonus Track<ref name="WE1">{{cite web|url=http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-solo-audio-recordings-studio-all-recordings-ordered-release-12|title=NO REASON TO CRY – Where's Eric!|publisher=Whereseric.com|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>
| total_length = 50:51
| title11 = Last Night
| writer11 = [[Little Walter|Walter Jacobs]]
| length11 = 4:52
}}

== Personnel ==
The listed personnel was taken from the album's [[liner notes]]. The back cover also thanks additional people, who worked on the album, without specifying what their contribution was.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=No Reason to Cry|year=1976|chapter=Liner Notes / Back Cover|first=Eric|last=Clapton|last2=RSO Records|pages=1 – 2|type=LP Liner Notes|publisher=RSO Records|id=RS-1-3004 0698|location=United States}}</ref>

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* [[Bob Dylan]] – guitar and more on "Sign Language"
* [[Ron Wood]] – guitar on "Beautiful Thing", "Sign Language", "County Jail Blues" and "All Our Past Times"
* [[Rick Danko]] – bass
* [[Richard Manuel]] – piano
* [[Robbie Robertson]] – guitar
* [[Georgie Fame]] – keyboards
* Ed Anderson
* Aggie
* Brains Bradley
* [[Jesse Ed Davis]]
* [[Terry Danko]]
* Bob Ellis
* Connie
* Konrad Kramer
* [[Yvonne Elliman]]
* [[George Harrison|Geoffrey Harrison]]
* [[Levon Helm]]
* [[Garth Hudson]]
* [[Marcy Levy]]
* Nello
* [[Jamie Oldaker]] – drums
* [[Albhy Galuten]]
* [[Dick Simms]]
* Nat Jeffery
* Ralph Moss
* Dick La Palm
* Dread Lever
* [[Billy Preston]]
* [[Chris Jagger]] (vocals)
* [[Carl Radle]]
* Sergio Pastora Rodriguez
* Wilton Spears
* Dominic Lumetta
* Sandy Castle
* [[George Terry (musician)|George Terry]]
* [[Rob Fraboni]]
* Larry Samuals
* Mick Turner
* [[Wah Wah Watson]]
* Pete & All at Shangri-La
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''No Reason to Cry''
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1976-1977)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|title-link=Kent Music Report|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|15
|-
{{album chart|Canada|25|artist=Eric Clapton|album=No Reason To Cry|chartid=5096a|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Danish Albums ([[Hitlisten]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danskehitlister.dk/?artist_id=750|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101160649/http://danskehitlister.dk/?artist_id=750|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=dead|title=Danske Hitlister – Eric Clapton|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|language=da|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
|3
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|9|artist=Eric Clapton|album=No Reason To Cry|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row" | Finnish Albums ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=48|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Eric Clapton|page=48|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|language=fi}}</ref>
| 23
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
|11
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Eric Clapton|album=No Reason To Cry|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|13|artist=Eric Clapton|album=No Reason To Cry|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|24|artist=Eric Clapton|album=No Reason To Cry|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|8|date=19760912|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Eric Clapton|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''No Reason to Cry''
!scope="col"|Chart (1976)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS"/>
|98
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN"/>
|76
|}
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==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''No Reason to Cry''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|relmonth=08|region=Australia|award=Gold|certyear=1976|certref=<ref name="AUS"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=35,000|salesref=<ref name="JPN"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|relmonth=08|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|certyear=1976|id=4611-3230-2|artist=Eric Clapton|title=No Reason To Cry|access-date=22 February 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|nocert=yes|salesamount=350,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-11-06.pdf|title=49 Gold LPs In Top 100|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=6 November 1976|page=18|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|84053|No Reason to Cry|type=album}}

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[[Category:1976 albums]]
[[Category:Eric Clapton albums]]
[[Category:RSO Records albums]]
[[Category:The Band]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Rob Fraboni]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Shangri-La (recording studio)]]

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