From the Cradle is the twelfth solo studio album by Eric Clapton, released on 12 September 1994 by Warner Bros. Records. A blues cover album and Clapton's follow-up to his successful 1992 live album, Unplugged, it is his only UK number-one album to date.

Although he had long been associated with the blues, From the Cradle was Clapton's first attempt at an all-blues album. He would subsequently record Riding with the King with B. B. King; a tribute to Robert Johnson, Me and Mr. Johnson; and a collaboration with J. J. Cale, The Road to Escondido.

The title comes from the last line of a four-line poem written by Clapton (and which he never set to music) and printed in his own handwriting on the second page of the CD booklet: "All along this path I tread / My heart betrays my weary head / with nothing but my love to save / from the cradle to the grave."

Eric Clapton – guitars, vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – guitars
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Dave Bronze – bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Richie Hayward – percussion on "How Long Blues"
Jerry Portnoy – harmonica
The Kick Horns – horn arrangements
Simon Clarke – baritone saxophone
Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
Roddy Lorimer – trumpet

Producers – Eric Clapton and Russ Titelman
Engineers – Alan Douglas (Tracks 1–6 & 8–16); Alex Haas (Track 7).
Assistant Engineers – Giles Cowley and Julie Gardiner
Mixing – Alan Douglas and Russ Titelman
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
Guitar Technician – Lee Dickson
Equipment Technician – Ravi Sharman