Editing Derek and the Dominos (section)

===Album release===
''Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' was issued in November 1970. According to Shapiro, relative to the band and Dowd's high expectations, it was a "critical and commercial flop".<ref name="Shapiro p 123" /> Clapton similarly describes ''Layla'' as having "died a death" on release.<ref>Clapton, pp. 136–37.</ref> Although it received favourable reviews in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[The Village Voice]]'', the album missed the top ten in the United States and failed to chart at all in the United Kingdom, until a reissue on CD resulted in a one-week stay at number 68 in 2011. It garnered little attention,<ref name="Santoro p 69">Santoro, p. 69.</ref> partly as a result of a lack of promotion by [[Polydor]], and partly due to the public's ignorance of Clapton's presence in the band.<ref name="Shapiro p 123">Shapiro, p. 123.</ref> Dowd said that he "felt it was the best album I'd been involved with since ''[[The Genius of Ray Charles]]''" and was disappointed at the lack of acclaim it initially received.<ref name="Santoro p 69" />

"Layla" was included on ''[[The History of Eric Clapton]]'' in 1972, and Atlantic issued the song as a single in July that year.<ref name="Shapiro p 123" /> It became a hit, reaching number 10 in America and number 7 in Britain.<ref>Sandford, p. 119.</ref> The success of the title track in 1972 led to a reappraisal of ''Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs''. It has since received widespread critical acclaim and has been ranked among the best albums of all time by [[VH1]] (at number 89)<ref>{{cite web|title=VH1's List of Greatest Albums| url=http://www.dailycelebrations.com/vh1_albums.htm|website=Dailycelebrations.com|access-date=2006-10-06}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone'' (number 115).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938178/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409210802/https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938178/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time |access-date=15 September 2018|url-status=dead |archive-date=9 April 2006 }}</ref> ''Layla'' is considered one of Clapton's most outstanding achievements.<ref name="SuperSeventies" />