Blind Faith is a good album, but the weakest of Clapton’s so-called “supergroup” years before he started working as a solo act. The step back from the in-your-face guitar heroics of Cream to largely laid-back accompaniment works well for him. Winwood’s soulful vocals are excellent, and his organ playing enhances most of the songs.

Each of the Winwood compositions—“Had To Cry Today”, “Can’t Find My Way Home”, and “Sea Of Joy”—are very pleasant, plaintive pseudo-ballads. The main section of Clapton’s “Presence Of The Lord” is similar and also of similar quality, but the psychedelic middle, which is also interesting on its own, does not really seem to fit. Ginger Baker’s “Do What You Like” is built on a great jazzy, 1-bar ostinato in 5/4, but drags on for far too long.

The only significant disappointment in the album is that there is so little material. There are albums that can seem complete with only five originals and a cover, but this is not one of them.