Maybe it was the recording environs of Nassau, Bahamas, that made this such a laidback effort. Maybe it was the presence of trusty Clapton pals Albert Lee, Ry Cooder, and Donald Duck Dunn. Money is a relaxed collection of simple songs summed up by the album's sole hit, I've Got a Rock and Roll Heart. Old-time boogie-woogie and '50s rock is the key inspiration on tracks such as Slow Down Linda (which even sounds like a second Lay Down Sally), the Eddie Cochran-esque Man in Love and The Shape You're In, which features a nice lead tradeoff between Clapton and Lee. Covers of the Albert King staple Crosscut Saw and Sleepy John Estes's Everybody Oughta Make a Change boast the album's best blues fills and flurries, while the freight-train jump blues of Johnny Otis's Crazy Country Hop closes out the low-key LP with something more resembling a bang.