Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)
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| Live album by Eric Clapton | ||
| Released | August 18, 1992 | |
| Recorded | January 16, 1992 [1] | |
| Genre | Acoustic | |
| Length | 61:43 | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Producer(s) | Russ Titelman | |
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| Eric Clapton chronology | ||
| Journeyman (1989) |
Unplugged (1992) |
From the Cradle (1994) |
Unplugged is an album by Eric Clapton released in 1992. It was recorded live at Bray Studios in London for the MTV Unplugged series. The album includes an acoustic version of the hit single "Tears in Heaven" and a heavily reworked acoustic version of "Layla". Clapton earned two Grammy Awards for the album: Album of the Year and Rock Male Vocal.
Clapton performed the show in front of a small audience on January 16, 1992 at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England.
Clapton was widely praised and criticized for heavily reworking many of his famous songs so they would work in an acoustic context, some to the point of being near unrecognizable (most notably with his version of "Layla"; before he performed it, he commented "see if you can spot this one").
In 2000 Q magazine placed Clapton's Unplugged at number 71 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
[edit] Track listing
- "Signe" (Clapton) – 3:13
- "Before You Accuse Me" (McDaniel) – 3:44
- "Hey Hey" (Broonzy) – 3:16
- "Tears in Heaven" (Clapton/Jennings) – 4:36
- "Lonely Stranger" (Clapton) – 5:27
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Cox) – 3:49
- "Layla" (Clapton/Gordon) – 4:46
- "Running on Faith" (Williams) – 6:30
- "Walkin' Blues" (Johnson) – 3:37
- "Alberta" (Traditional) – 3:42
- "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Fuller) – 3:23
- "Malted Milk" (Johnson) – 3:36
- "Old Love" (Clapton/Cray) – 7:52
- "Rollin' And Tumblin'" (Waters) – 4:12
[edit] Personnel
- Eric Clapton - guitar and vocals
- Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
- Ray Cooper - percussion
- Nathan East - bass, background vocals
- Steve Ferrone - drums
- Chuck Leavell - keyboards
- Katie Kissoon - background vocals
- Tessa Niles - background vocals
- James Barton - engineer
