Unplugged
Live album by
Eric Clapton
Released25 August 1992
Recorded16 January 1992
VenueBray Studios (Windsor, England)
Genre
Length61:47
Label
ProducerRuss Titelman
Eric Clapton chronology
Rush
(1991) 		Unplugged
(1992) 		Derek and the Dominos Live at the Fillmore
(1994)

Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series.[1] It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla". The album itself won three Grammy awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.[2][3]

Recording

Clapton performed the show in front of a small audience on 16 January 1992 at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England.[4] 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" and a version of "Rollin' and Tumblin'".[5]

Shortly after telling the studio audience "that's it," Clapton said they needed to do "two – no, three - no, five" songs over again, adding "if you don't mind, I don't mind." After the second take of "My Father's Eyes" there was a brief break and cameras were off. He broke into an impromptu "Rollin' and Tumblin'", which he had last performed with Cream. The seasoned musicians quickly picked up on it and the crowd clapped along. The director signaled the crew to record, which is why there is such an abrupt start to the song mid-verse. Clapton was so pleased with it that when the song ended, he asked the director, "did you get that?"[6]

For much of the performance, Clapton played Martin 000-42 acoustic guitars. In 2004, one of the guitars sold for $791,500 (£434,400) at auction.[1][7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[9]

The album was released on 25 August 1992 to some of the best reviews of his career. The album renewed the public's interest in Clapton, and boosted his popularity.[6] Critical reception has been mixed though muted; in general, reviewers report that the album, if unremarkable, is "relaxed" and "pleasant". Stephen Thomas Erlewine for AllMusic feels that people have misrepresented and mythologised the album; that though it came after Paul McCartney's MTV Unplugged album, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) (1991), people often mistake it for "the first-ever MTV album", that they often feel that "it alone was responsible for revitalizing Clapton's career", and that "Tears in Heaven" was first recorded here. Erlewine feels that the songs are "lively and relaxed", that Clapton turns "Layla" from an "anguished howl of pain into a cozy shuffle and the whole album proceeds at a similar amiable gait" while "Clapton is embracing his middle age".[8] Robert Christgau was sharper in his comments, feeling that in an effort to be inoffensive "Clapton-the-electric-guitarist" has been relegated "to the mists of memory", and that "Layla" was turned into a "whispery greeting card".[10]

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune calls the release a "blues album for yuppies" and rates it with 2.5 of 4 stars, saying it is between fair and good.[11] Entertainment Weekly journalist Steve Simels scores the album an A− calling the album "a charmer, a collection of blues standards and recent Clapton songs rendered with just the right combination of intensity (a deeply felt version of "Tears in Heaven") and giddy fun (Clapton actually plays kazoo on "San Francisco Bay Blues")".[12] Steve Hochman in the Los Angeles Times felt that "Tears in Heaven" was "maudlin but moving", "Layla" was "low-key but seductive", but the blues numbers performed in an intimate setting makes the album "Clapton's most passionate collection in years".[13] Commenting on the popularity of the album in his 2007 autobiography, Clapton wishes the reader to understand the great emotional toll he experienced around that time, and suggests that they visit the grave of his son Conor in Ripley to do so.[14] It was voted number 788 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[15]

Accolades

Clapton was nominated for nine Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and won six, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, Best Rock Vocal Performance – Male, and Best Rock Song.[2][16] Although "Tears in Heaven" also earned three Grammy Awards, it was the version from Rush that the judges awarded.[16]

Year Organisation Award Work Result Ref.
1992 Guitar World Best guitar-albums of 1992 Unplugged #9 [17]
Musikexpress Best albums of 1992 #8 [18]
1993 NARAS Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Won [19]
Grammy Award for Album of the Year [20]
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Layla [21]
NCTA CableACE Award Unplugged Nominated [22]
2000 Q Best British albums #71 [23]
2005 Musikexpress Best albums of the 1990s #32 [24]

Personnel

Production

Studio credits
  • Russ Titelman – producer
  • James "Jimbo" Barton – recording engineer
  • Steve Boyer – mixing at The Power Station (New York, NY).
  • Victor Deygilo – mix assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Bill Smith Studio – sleeve design
Live credits
  • Milton Lage – film director
  • Alex Coletti – producer for MTV.
  • Joel Gallen – executive producer for MTV.
  • Mick Double – production manager, stage manager
  • Tom Kenny – lighting operator
  • Wil Roberts – head electrician engineer
  • Buford Jones – sound engineer
  • John Roden – monitor engineer
  • Doug Hall – sound technician
  • Lee Dickson – guitar technician for Eric Clapton.
  • Tom Calcaterra – guitar technician
  • Alan Rogan – guitar technician
  • Tim Myer – keyboard technician
  • John Collins – drum technician

Commercial performance

In Germany the album peaked at No. 3 in the German Albums Chart and sold a total of 1.25 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums in Germany. In Austria, Unplugged held itself 46 weeks in the Austrian Albums Chart and sold more than 100,000 copies in total. In Switzerland the album also reached No. 3 in the country's chart. Selling 60,000 copies in the first two weeks, the live album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry – a record for any British artist.[25] In the U.S. the album peaked at No. 1.

Re-release

On 15 October 2013 the album and concert DVD were re-released, titled Unplugged: Expanded & Remastered. The album includes the original 14 tracks, remastered, as well as a bonus disc with six additional tracks, including two versions of "My Father's Eyes". The DVD includes a restored version of the concert, as well as over 60 minutes of unseen footage from the rehearsal.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Signe"Eric Clapton3:13
2."Before You Accuse Me"Ellas McDaniel3:44
3."Hey Hey"Big Bill Broonzy3:16
4."Tears in Heaven"
4:36
5."Lonely Stranger"Clapton5:27
6."Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"Jimmy Cox3:49
7."Layla"
4:46
8."Running on Faith"Jerry Lynn Williams6:30
9."Walkin' Blues"Son House3:37
10."Alberta"
3:42
11."San Francisco Bay Blues"Jesse Fuller3:24
12."Malted Milk"Robert Johnson3:36
13."Old Love"
7:54
14."Rollin' and Tumblin'"Muddy Waters4:11
Total length:61:47
Unplugged: Expanded & Remastered (Disc two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Circus"Eric Clapton4:28
2."My Father's Eyes" (take one)Clapton6:22
3."Running on Faith" (take one)Jerry Lynn Williams6:31
4."Walkin' Blues" (take one)Robert Johnson3:49
5."My Father's Eyes" (take two)Clapton6:43
6."Worried Life Blues"Maceo Merriweather5:32
Total length:33:25
Video edition
No.TitleLength
1."Intro" 
2."Signe" 
3."Before You Accuse Me" 
4."Hey Hey" 
5."Tears in Heaven" 
6."Lonely Stranger" 
7."Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out" 
8."Layla" 
9."Running on Faith" 
10."Walkin' Blues" 
11."Alberta" 
12."San Francisco Bay Blues" 
13."Malted Milk" 
14."Old Love" 
15."Rollin' & Tumblin'" 
16."Unplugged Rehearsal" 

Notes:

Single releases

The acoustic rework of "Layla" was released as the single "Layla (Acoustic)", sometimes titled as "Layla (Unplugged)" in September 1992. The release reached top positions in both 1992 and 1993, reaching No. 1 in the RPM Canadian Top Singles chart[26] as well as peaking at No. 4 in the Canadian Adult Contemporary Tracks the same year.[27] It also became popular in the US reaching No. 4[28] on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at No. 9 in the Mainstream Rock chart[29] and reaching place 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.[30] It also reached the top ten five of other countries.

"Running on Faith" was not released as a single, but reached No. 15 on the Billboard Mainstream rock chart[29] in 1993 as well as No. 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart which are based on radio airplay. "Tears in Heaven" was not released as a single from Unplugged, but from the soundtrack for the film Rush.

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Unplugged
Chart (1992–2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[31] 1
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[32] 12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[33] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[35] 42
Canadian Albums (RPM)[36] 1
Canadian Albums (The Record)[37] 1
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[38] 31
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[39] 1
Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten)[40] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[41] 1
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[42] 2
Finnish Albums (IFPI)[43] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[44] 3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[45] 17
Hungarian Music DVD (MAHASZ)[46] 9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[47] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[48] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[49] 6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[43] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[50] 92
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[51] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[52] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[53] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[54] 2
US Billboard 200[55] 1
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[56] 3
US Top Video Sales (Billboard)[57] 2

Year-end charts

1992 year-end chart performance for Unplugged
Chart (1992) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[58] 45
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[59] 25
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[60] 7
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[61] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[62] 40
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[63] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[64] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[65] 57
US Billboard 200[66] 36
1993 year-end chart performance for Unplugged
Chart (1993) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[67] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[68] 7
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[69] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[70] 2
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[42] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[71] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[72] 1
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[73]
 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[74] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[75] 16
US Billboard 200[76] 3
1994 year-end chart performance for Unplugged
Chart (1994) Position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[77] 47

Certifications

Album

Sales and certifications for the album release of Unplugged
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[78] 4× Platinum 240,000^
Australia (ARIA)[79] 8× Platinum 560,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[80] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Belgium (BEA)[81] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[83] Platinum 700,000[82]
Canada (Music Canada)[84] Diamond 1,000,000^
Chile (IFPI Chile)[85] Gold  
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[86] 3× Platinum 60,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[87] Gold 45,034[87]
France (SNEP)[88] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Germany (BVMI)[89] 5× Gold 1,250,000^
Italy — 150,000[90]
Italy (FIMI)[91]
sales since 2009 		Gold 25,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[92] Million 1,000,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[93] 4× Platinum 400,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[94] 12× Platinum 180,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[95] Gold 50,000*
South Korea — 200,000[96]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[97] 3× Platinum 400,000[98]
Sweden (GLF)[99] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[100] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[101] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^
United States (RIAA)[102] Diamond 10,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[103] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide — 26,000,000[3]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

VHS and DVD

Sales and certifications for the video release of Unplugged
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[104] Gold 25,000*
France (SNEP)[105] Platinum 20,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[94] 2× Platinum 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[106] Gold 25,000^
United States (RIAA)[107] Platinum 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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