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
Live at MTV Unplugged, Bray Film Studios, Windsor, England, UK, 1/16/1992
Track Listings 1 Signe (Acoustic) 2 Before You Accuse Me (Acoustic) 3 Hey Hey (Acoustic) 4 Tears in Heaven (Acoustic) 5 Lonely Stranger (Acoustic) 6 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Acoustic) 7 Layla (Acoustic) 8 Running On Faith (Acoustic) 9 Walkin' Blues (Acoustic) 10 Alberta (Acoustic) 11 San Francisco Bay Blues (Acoustic) 12 Malted Milk (Acoustic)
13 Old Love (Acoustic) 14 Rollin' & Tumblin' (Acoustic)
