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Unplugged | 
 enlarge | Artist: Eric Clapton
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 2808
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 45024
UPC: 093624502425
EAN: 0093624502425
ASIN: B000002MFE
Release Date: August 25, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Signe - Eric Clapton, Clapton, Eric | | • | Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself) - Eric Clapton, McDaniel, Elias | | • | Hey Hey - Eric Clapton, Broonzy, Big Bill | | • | Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton, Clapton, Eric | | • | Lonely Stranger - Eric Clapton, Clapton, Eric | | • | Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out - Eric Clapton, Cox, James | | • | Layla - Eric Clapton, Clapton, Eric | | • | Running on Faith - Eric Clapton, Williams, Jerry Lyn | | • | Walkin' Blues - Eric Clapton, Johnson, Robert [01 | | • | Alberta - Eric Clapton, Traditional | | • | San Francisco Bay Blues - Eric Clapton, Fuller, Jesse | | • | Malted Milk - Eric Clapton, Johnson, Robert [01 | | • | Old Love - Eric Clapton, Clapton, Eric | | • | Rollin' and Tumblin' - Eric Clapton, Waters, Muddy |
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Amazon.com
Clapton caught the "unplugged" trend just at the right time, when the public was hungry to hear how well rock stars and their material can hold up when stripped of elaborate production values. Clapton himself seemed baffled by the phenomenon, especially when picking up the armload of Grammys Unplugged earned him, including Record and Song of the Year for "Tears in Heaven," the heart-rending elegy to his young son, Conor. That song and a reworked version of "Layla" got most of the attention, but the rest of the album has fine versions of acoustic blues numbers such as "Malted Milk," "Rollin' & Tumblin', and "Before You Accuse Me" that make it worth investigating further. --Daniel Durchholz
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Eric Clapton Merchandise
Album Description
Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of his multi-platinum1992 live acoustic album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limitedto the initial pressing only. #1 for three consecutive weekswhen first released, the album features his top 20 versionof his classic Derek & The Dominos song 'Layla'. 14 tracks total. Gatefold sleeve. 1999 release.
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only
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| Customer Reviews: Read 126 more reviews...
 Worthy Of Its Reputation July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This cd is worthy of its reputation, and is the last great recording by Eric Clapton. "Malted Milk", "Walkin' Blues", "Layla", which he was able to successfully alter to fit an acoustic setting, "Nobody Know You When You're Down & Out", the classic made famous by Bessie Smith and later covered by an aged Scrapper Blackwell, and "Tears In Heaven", are all exceptionally great tracks. "Hey Hey" is not one of Broonzy's better songs, so I'm not sure why Clapton chose to record it. "Old Love" is mediocre, but "Running On Faith" is wonderfully done. This disc would have been even better if Clapton would have performed the material solo, much like the legendary Bluesmen he so greatly admired used to do, day in and day out. However, he has admitted in interviews that he is not a good enough musician to do what his idols did. For those of you who doubt this, simply look up interviews with Eric Clapton done by Guitar Player magazine. This is also the reason that his tribute record to Robert Johnson was not done alone.
 Eric Clapton - Unplugged April 25, 2008
It's Eric Clapton - intimate and unplugged - playing some great blues and acoustic rock. Does life get any better than that? Everyone needs this CD!
respected April 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
eric clapton is and always will be considered as a guitar legend. and this shows it.
a soothing and uncomplicated production in a very intimate atmosphere, "unplugged" has a serene sound that will captivate anyone who has ears for good music. i highly recommend listening to it in a good set of stereo system
Clapton In The Round March 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When you find yourself listening hungrily for the nuances of each individual note, when you find that the performances get better each time you listen to them, when you feel as if there is no bottom to the virtuosity and feeling in a performance, then you know that you've made some little connection with the mind of a genius. I am untutored in guitar technique, regrettably spotty on the history of the blues, but I can tell you that this is simply, modestly, great music.
ESSENTIAL ERIC CLAPTON ! (and MTV Unplugged's proudest moment) November 21, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Who knew? Eric Clapton Unplugged (1992) was just going to be a treat for Clapton fans, and a chance to see and hear one of history's greatest guitarists show his stuff on an acoustic guitar. But Clapton and Unplugged made history by winning six Grammy Awards including Album Of The Year, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song (Layla). It turned out to be MTV's proudest moment and grandest achievement.
There's a lot to like on Unplugged including this cool laid-back version of Layla. It loses none of it's purpose, has a great guitar solo and some nice piano work from Chuck Leavell.
The deep and personal Tears In Heaven won three of those Grammy Awards, and the fact that Eric managed to bravely perform the song he wrote about his son, Conor, who had recently died, speaks volumes.
The acoustic blues songs, Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out, Before You Accuse Me, San Francisco Bay Blues and Robert Johnson's Walkin' Blues and Malted Milk, all sound great, too.
Two huge standouts on the album are Old Love and Running On Faith. They are personal, soulful and include inspired vocal perfomances, fine acoustic guitar work, and excellent slide guitar. Both songs stand with E.C.'s best work.
Unplugged is really more of a perfect storm, where circumstances came together and fell into place, than a great work of art, but it's still a fine example of how talent, tragedy, and triumph can form an inspiring and wonderful creation. Eric Clapton Unplugged isn't perfect, but it's close.
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