Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)

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Unplugged
Live album by Eric Clapton
Released 25 August 1992
Recorded 16 January 1992 [1]
Genre Acoustic blues, folk rock
Length 61:43
Label Reprise, Duck, MTV
Producer Russ Titelman
Eric Clapton chronology
Rush
(1991)		 Unplugged
(1992)		 From the Cradle
(1994)

Unplugged is a live album by Eric Clapton released in 1992.[2] It was recorded live in England for the MTV Unplugged series and includes both the hit single "Tears in Heaven" and a heavily reworked acoustic version of "Layla".

Clapton performed the show in front of a small audience on 16 January 1992 at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England. In addition to the final album tracks, the performance included early versions of "My Father's Eyes" and "Circus Left Town" along with "Worried Life Blues."[3] Clapton played a Martin 000-42 acoustic guitar for much of this performance, and in 2004, the guitar sold for $791,500 (£434,400) in auction.[2][4]

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [5]
Chicago Tribune 2.5/4 stars[6]
Entertainment Weekly 10/12 stars (A-)[7]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[8]
Robert Christgau B− [9]

Clapton earned six Grammy Awards for the album including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Rock Male Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song.[10] "Tears in Heaven" earned three of the six awards.[10] The album reached number one on the Billboard 200, and has been certified Diamond by the RIAA for shipping over 10 million copies in the United States.[11] In 2000 Q magazine placed Unplugged at number 71 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums. In October 2011, the album was ranked number nine (between Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark and Stone Temple Pilots' Core) on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1992.[12]

Commenting on the popularity of the album in his 2007 autobiography, Clapton wishes the reader to understand its great emotional toll, and suggests that they visit the grave of his son Conor in Ripley to do so.[13]

[edit] Track listing (CD and DVD)

  1. "Signe" (Eric Clapton) – 3:13
  2. "Before You Accuse Me" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:36
  3. "Hey Hey" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:24
  4. "Tears in Heaven" (Clapton, Will Jennings) – 4:34
  5. "Lonely Stranger" (Clapton) – 5:28
  6. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 3:49
  7. "Layla" (Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 4:46
  8. "Running on Faith" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 6:35
  9. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 3:37
  10. "Alberta" (Traditional) – 3:42
  11. "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:23
  12. "Malted Milk" (Robert Johnson) – 3:36
  13. "Old Love" (Clapton, Robert Cray) – 7:53
  14. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Muddy Waters) – 4:10

[edit] Personnel


[edit] Hit singles

Chart positions courtesy of the Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1992 "Tears in Heaven" Billboard Hot 100 2
Adult Contemporary 1
"Layla" Adult Contemporary 8
Mainstream Rock Tracks 9
Billboard Hot 100 12
Top 40 Mainstream 4
1993 "Running on Faith" Adult Contemporary 28
Mainstream Rock Tracks 15

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[14] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[15] 3
Canadian Albums Chart[16] 1
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[17] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart [18] 1
German Media Control Albums Chart [19] 3
Italian Albums Chart[20] 13
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[21] 5
New Zealand Albums Chart [22] 1
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[23] 6
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 3
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 3
UK Albums Chart [26] 2
United States Billboard 200[27] 1

[edit] End of the year charts

Chart (1992) Position
Australian Albums Chart[28] 45
Austrian Albums Chart[29] 25
Swiss Albums Chart[30] 25
UK Albums Chart[31] 69
U.S. Billboard 200[32] 36
Chart (1993) Position
Australian Albums Chart[33] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[34] 7
Canadian Albums Chart[35] 1
Italian Albums Chart[20] 39
Japanese Albums Chart[36] 39
Swiss Albums Chart[37] 7
UK Albums Chart[31] 23
U.S. Billboard 200[38] 3

[edit] End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[39] 30

[edit] Certifications

[edit] Album

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[40] 2× Platinum 120,000x
Australia (ARIA)[41] 8× Platinum 560,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[42] 2× Platinum 100,000x
Brazil (ABPD)[43] Platinum 250,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[44] Diamond 1,000,000^
Finland (IFPI Finland)[45] Gold 45,034[45]
France (SNEP)[46] 2× Platinum 532,600[47]
Germany (BVMI)[48] 5× Gold 1,250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[49] Gold 50,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[50] Million 615,700[51][52]
Sweden (GLF)[53] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[54] 2× Platinum 100,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] Diamond 10,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Video and DVD

Region Provider Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States[11] RIAA Platinum

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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