Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)

Unplugged
Live album by
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]

  1. ^ Clapton's guitar smashes record BBC News Retrieved 28 January 2011
  2. ^ "35th Annual GRAMMY Awards". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ Steffen, Chris (23 January 2015). "Bassist Nathan East on Eric Clapton and 'Change the World', Plus, Watch His Documentary". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2015.