Acoustic Afternoon
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Music doesn't get any more basic than this: an artist, their instrument, and the raw emotion that brought the song to life. Our handpicked Basics say exactly what you mean.
£21.97 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Simon & Garfunkel 3:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Pink Moon Nick Drake 2:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Fragile Sting 3:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Cannonball Damien Rice 5:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Waiting In The Weeds Eagles 7:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 More Than Words Extreme 5:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Dust On the Ground Bombay Bicycle Club 4:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Light My Fire José Feliciano 3:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 6:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Baby I'm A-Want You Bread 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Leaving On a Jet Plane John Denver 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 You Do Something to Me Paul Weller 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 High James Blunt 3:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Songbird Fleetwood Mac 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 3:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Sandhills The Coral 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 The First Cut Is the Deepest Sheryl Crow 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen 5:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Help Me Joni Mitchell 3:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Alpha Shallows Laura Marling 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen 5:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 You Are My Sun Sun Kil Moon 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Next Steps
Whether it's the agony of heartbreak or the mellow glow of romance, acoustic music moves straight from one soul to another. These songs will speak to you, maybe even for you.
£21.56 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Handbags & Gladrags Rod Stewart 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Guinnevere Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin 4:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Heal Over KT Tunstall 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 A Day In Verona Tom Baxter 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon 4:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker 2:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Falling Mindy Smith 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 The Right Thing to Do Carly Simon 2:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Life's a Gas T. Rex 2:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 On Saturday Afternoons in 1963 Rickie Lee Jones 2:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Late for the Sky Jackson Browne 5:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Couldn't Love You More John Martyn 3:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Fotheringay Fairport Convention 3:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Younger Girl The Lovin' Spoonful 2:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Here, There and Everywhere Emmylou Harris 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Sweet Painted Lady Elton John 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 My Heart Is Yours Justin Nozuka 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Say You Don't Mind Colin Blunstone 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Summer Breeze Seals & Crofts 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Return to Yesterday The Lilac Time 3:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Helpless k.d. lang 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Sweet Adeline Elliott Smith 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 What Color Is Love Terry Callier 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
Just because it's acoustic doesn't mean it's bland: Give the world's greatest artists an acoustic instrument, and they'll create music as thrilling as any rock band at full volume. Here are our Deep (and rich, and lovely) Cuts.
£19.96 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Wrecking Ball Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings 5:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 I Don't Want to Talk About It Crazy Horse 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Castles In the Air Don McLean 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 You Put Something Better Inside Me Stealers Wheel 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Stars Janis Ian 7:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Watch the Stars Bert Jansch & Beth Orton 2:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Willow Joan Armatrading 4:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Under Wraps #2 Jethro Tull 2:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 The Kiss Judee Sill 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Golden Hair Syd Barrett 1:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Triad (Demo) David Crosby 5:26 £0.59 View In iTunes 13 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Classical Gas Mason Williams 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Layla John Fahey 5:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Empty Boxes The Everly Brothers 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Without Her Harry Nilsson 2:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It Buffalo Springfield 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Flowery Noontide Espers 4:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Full Circle Song Gene Clark 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Ripple Grateful Dead 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Cliché Todd Rundgren 4:01 £0.59 View In iTunes 24 De Ushuaia a la Quiaca Gustavo Santaolalla 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
Take away the electricity, and what's left? The human voice, the subtle textures of acoustic instruments, and songs that can carry those intimate moments to the world.
£63.49 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Simon & Garfunkel 3:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Pink Moon Nick Drake 2:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Fragile Sting 3:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Cannonball Damien Rice 5:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Waiting In The Weeds Eagles 7:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 More Than Words Extreme 5:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Dust On the Ground Bombay Bicycle Club 4:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Light My Fire José Feliciano 3:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 6:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Baby I'm A-Want You Bread 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Leaving On a Jet Plane John Denver 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 You Do Something to Me Paul Weller 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 High James Blunt 3:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Songbird Fleetwood Mac 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 3:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Sandhills The Coral 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 The First Cut Is the Deepest Sheryl Crow 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen 5:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Help Me Joni Mitchell 3:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Alpha Shallows Laura Marling 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen 5:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 You Are My Sun Sun Kil Moon 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Handbags & Gladrags Rod Stewart 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Guinnevere Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin 4:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Heal Over KT Tunstall 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 A Day In Verona Tom Baxter 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon 4:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker 2:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 31 Falling Mindy Smith 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 The Right Thing to Do Carly Simon 2:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Life's a Gas T. Rex 2:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 On Saturday Afternoons in 1963 Rickie Lee Jones 2:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Late for the Sky Jackson Browne 5:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Couldn't Love You More John Martyn 3:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 37 Fotheringay Fairport Convention 3:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Younger Girl The Lovin' Spoonful 2:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Here, There and Everywhere Emmylou Harris 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Sweet Painted Lady Elton John 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 41 My Heart Is Yours Justin Nozuka 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Say You Don't Mind Colin Blunstone 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Summer Breeze Seals & Crofts 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Return to Yesterday The Lilac Time 3:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Helpless k.d. lang 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 Sweet Adeline Elliott Smith 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 What Color Is Love Terry Callier 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Wrecking Ball Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings 5:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 I Don't Want to Talk About It Crazy Horse 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Castles In the Air Don McLean 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 51 You Put Something Better Inside Me Stealers Wheel 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Stars Janis Ian 7:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Watch the Stars Bert Jansch & Beth Orton 2:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Willow Joan Armatrading 4:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 55 Under Wraps #2 Jethro Tull 2:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 56 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 The Kiss Judee Sill 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Golden Hair Syd Barrett 1:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 59 Triad (Demo) David Crosby 5:26 £0.59 View In iTunes 60 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Classical Gas Mason Williams 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Layla John Fahey 5:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Empty Boxes The Everly Brothers 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Without Her Harry Nilsson 2:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 66 Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It Buffalo Springfield 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Flowery Noontide Espers 4:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Full Circle Song Gene Clark 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 69 Ripple Grateful Dead 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Cliché Todd Rundgren 4:01 £0.59 View In iTunes 71 De Ushuaia a la Quiaca Gustavo Santaolalla 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 71 Songs
