DJ Ryan presents... U.nplugged f.rom t.he l.ast c.entury

In the 1990s there was a series of artistes that launched a genre of "unplugged" albums - recordings of live and sometimes alternative renditions of well-known and not so well-known songs. These were not studio-manufactured productions auto-tuned to mechanised perfection. Instead, there were raw, stripped down performances that captured every lyrical nuance and vocal idiosyncracy, every pull of the violin or the strum of the guitar, and every enthusiastic call-and-respond interaction between the artiste and the participating audience.
This second instalment of the "F.rom T.he L.ast C.entury" series tries to capture some of my favourite performances from this genre. Enjoy.
R.E.M. - I.mitation O.f L.ife
1.0000 M.aniacs - B.ecause T.he N.ight
A.lanis M.orissette - I.ronic
R.od S.tewart - R.eason T.o B.elieve
G.eorge M.ichael & L.isa S.tansfild - T.hese A.re T.he D.ays O.f O.ur L.ives
B.aby F.ace - W.hip A.ppeal
E.ric C.lapton - L.ayla
S.heryl C.row - S.trong E.nough
T.he C.orrs - R.unaway
B.ryan A.dams - I'm Re.ady
A.nnie L.ennox - Y.ou H.ave P.laced A C.hill I.n M.y H.eart
T.he C.ranberries - L.inger
K.D. L.ang - C.rying
C.hris I.saak - W.icked G.ame
E.lton J.ohn - R.ocket M.an
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Time: 63 Mins (60 MB)