10 Greatest Rock Albums That Are Totally Acoustic

10. Clapton Unplugged - Eric Clapton

At the start of the '90s, the rock world didn't really know what to do with their legacy acts. As grunge and alternative music started to become the order of the day, most of the rock godfathers were either breaking up their bands or going through some of the sore spots of their recording career. Despite not really having a set formula for success, Eric Clapton unpacked his acoustic and ended up making history.

Long before MTV Unplugged became a heavyhitter for rock acts to play, Clapton was one of the first to really popularize the practice on Clapton Unplugged, complete with some of the best playing he had done in years. Across blues standards like Before You Accuse Me and the weepy ballad Tears In Heaven, Clapton feels like he's grown into the seasoned rock idol, almost rediscovering these songs in his old age. The standout though has to be his update on Layla, which turns the rock and roll angst of the original into a plaintive bluesy ballad.

While some of this may fall into dad territory pretty quickly, there's no denying that Slowhand still had the chops to wow his audience when he wanted to. Even though the sounds of Pearl Jam were what the kids were listening, this showed that a genius was still walking among us.