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acoustic

Last updated: Sun Nov 02 2025 17:57:52 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Acoustic music emphasizes natural, unamplified instruments like guitars and pianos, creating an intimate and organic sound. The genre strips away electronic production to highlight raw vocals and melodic songwriting. It appeals to listeners seeking authentic, minimalist performances that feel personal and unadorned.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
42		1972-02-25	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	folk singer-songwriter	singer-songwriter # 78 folk # 92
10		1991-11-04	Nine Inch Nails	Still	acoustic
58		1992-08-21	Eric Clapton	Unplugged	acoustic blues	blues # 82 unplugged # 94
87		1994-10-31	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York	grunge acoustic	acoustic rock # 24 grunge # 96 unplugged # 100
54		1995-07	Ben Harper	Fight For Your Mind	acoustic rock singer-songwriter
62		1996-04-10	Alice in Chains	MTV Unplugged	acoustic unplugged	grunge # 17 unplugged # 99
35		1998-11-02	David Gray	White Ladder
3		1999	The Cranberries	Something Else	acoustic irish orchestral strings	irish # 91 orchestral # 94 strings # 98
32		1999-09-24	John Mayer	Inside Wants Out	acoustic	acoustic rock # 2
83		2000	Jack Johnson	Brushfire Fairytales	acoustic singer-songwriter	singer-songwriter # 54
24		2000-11-14	Dashboard Confessional	The Swiss Army Romance	acoustic emo
73		2001-01-29	Kings of Convenience	Quiet Is the New Loud	acoustic indie pop	norwegian # 65
98		2002-07-22	Damien Rice	O	acoustic singer-songwriter folk	folk # 67 irish # 87 singer-songwriter # 93
27		2002-09-21	Beck	Sea Change	singer-songwriter alternative	singer-songwriter # 80
25		2002-09-24	Iron & Wine	The Creek Drank the Cradle	folk acoustic	folk # 33
82		2003-05-06	Jack Johnson	On and On	acoustic	acoustic rock # 56
4		2003-10-07	Howie Day	Stop All The World Now	singer-songwriter acoustic	singer-songwriter # 56
96		2003-10	José González	Veneer	acoustic singer-songwriter	folk # 11 singer-songwriter # 92
16		2004-03-16	Godsmack	The Other Side	acoustic	unplugged # 69
26		2004-03-16	Sufjan Stevens	Seven Swans	folk	singer-songwriter # 32 chamber folk # 65 folk # 71
56		2004-05-11	Donavon Frankenreiter	Donavon Frankenreiter	acoustic surf	folk pop # 32 acoustic rock # 66 surf # 96
91		2004-06-21	Kings of Convenience	Riot on an Empty Street	acoustic norwegian	norwegian # 90
93		2004-06-21	Kings of Convenience	Riot On an Empty Steet	acoustic norwegian	norwegian # 91
94		2004-06-21	Kings of Convenience	Riot on an Empty Steet	acoustic norwegian	norwegian # 93
64		2004-12-07	John Frusciante	Curtains	acoustic rock
52		2004-12-13	Damien Rice	The Blower's Daughter	acoustic
30		2005	William Fitzsimmons	Until When We Are Ghosts	acoustic
55		2005-02-22	Iron & Wine	Woman King	acoustic folk
99		2005-02-28	Jack Johnson	In Between Dreams	acoustic	singer-songwriter # 1 chillout # 65
39		2005-10-27	Secondhand Serenade	Awake	acoustic
75		2005-10-31	City and Colour	Sometimes	acoustic
43		2006	Jack Johnson	Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For The Film Curious George	acoustic
18		2006-01-06	Andy McKee	Art of Motion	acoustic	acoustic guitar # 15
44		2006-02-06	Jack Johnson	Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies For The Film Curious George	acoustic
66		2006-02-17	Rodrigo y Gabriela	Rodrigo y Gabriela	acoustic instrumental flamenco	latin # 60 instrumental # 93 flamenco # 100
89		2006-02-24	Jack Johnson	Upside Down	acoustic
72		2006-04-18	Mat Kearney	Nothing Left To Lose	acoustic
78		2006-06-13	Joshua Radin	We Were Here	acoustic folk	folk # 19
71		2006-11-06	Damien Rice	9	folk singer-songwriter acoustic	folk # 70 singer-songwriter # 72
40		2007-03-18	Justin Nozuka	Holly	acoustic
86		2007-07-08	Bon Iver	For Emma, Forever Ago		singer-songwriter # 61 folk # 100
59		2007-07-10	Colbie Caillat	Coco	pop acoustic
81		2007-09-21	José González	In Our Nature	acoustic
38		2007-10-01	Fink	Distance and Time	acoustic
74		2008-02-01	Jack Johnson	Sleep Through The Static	acoustic
79		2008-02-12	City and Colour	Bring Me Your Love	acoustic
60		2008-05-01	Jason Mraz	We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.	singer-songwriter pop acoustic	singer-songwriter # 84
12		2008-08-04	Anthony Green	Avalon	acoustic indie pop
47		2008-09-30	Joshua Radin	Simple Times	acoustic
46		2009-01-27	Never Shout Never	Me And My Uke	acoustic indie pop pop power pop	power pop # 87
53		2009-05-15	Gregory Alan Isakov	This Empty Northern Hemisphere	rock acoustic americana	folk rock # 26 adult contemporary # 77 americana # 91
17		2009-10	Kings of Convenience	Declaration of Dependence	folk	norwegian # 39 folk # 40
84		2010	Ellie Goulding	An Introduction to Ellie Goulding EP	acoustic electronic female vocalists folk folktronica indie pop pop synthpop	indie pop # 34 folk # 57 female vocalists # 61 synthpop # 74 folktronica # 100
23		2010-01-26	Never Shout Never	what is love?	acoustic
48		2010-03-12	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way	folk acoustic australian	folk noir # 35 folk # 53 dream folk # 63 australian # 96
49		2010-05-26	Jack Johnson	To The Sea	acoustic
7		2010-08-23	Never Shout Never	Harmony	acoustic
69		2010-09-17	Agnes Obel	Philharmonics	acoustic ambient instrumental	ambient # 1 classical # 15 dansk # 79 dream folk # 81 instrumental # 83
50		2010-10-12	A Day to Remember	All I Want (Acoustic)	acoustic
31		2010-10-25	Benjamin Francis Leftwich	A Million Miles Out	acoustic folk indie folk singer-songwriter	indie folk # 29
100		2011	Ed Sheeran	Shape of You	acoustic british folk pop singer-songwriter	pop # 52 singer-songwriter # 98 folk # 98 british # 99
15		2011-01-01	Ben Howard	Every Kingdom	folk	folk # 76
9		2011-06-13	Fink	Perfect Darkness	acoustic folk alternative
95		2011-09-09	Ed Sheeran	+	acoustic british pop	singer-songwriter # 55 indie folk # 71 british # 97 folk pop # 97
34		2012	HAIM	Forever EP	acoustic alternative book folk indie rock new wave rac rnb soft rock usa woman	soft rock # 59 rac # 93 usa # 94 book # 100 woman # 100
67		2012-06-26	Sleeping with Sirens	If You Were a Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack
57		2012-10-15	Tom Odell	Songs from Another Love	acoustic chillout folk goregrind nsbm	chillout # 77 nsbm # 86 goregrind # 93
13		2013-01-29	Justin Bieber	Believe Acoustic	acoustic
45		2013-03-22	Vance Joy	God Loves You When You're Dancing	acoustic
21		2013-08-02	The Civil Wars	The Civil Wars	acoustic alternative country americana folk indie folk indie rock rock usa	indie folk # 22 americana # 83 usa # 91 alternative country # 98
33		2013-09-13	Jack Johnson	From Here To Now To You	acoustic rock
19		2013-11-29	The Civil Wars	Between The Bars (EP)	acoustic folk singer-songwriter
65		2014	MCCAFFERTY	Beachboy	acoustic dance-punk folk punk midwest emo pop punk	pop punk # 38 folk punk # 99 midwest emo # 99 dance-punk # 100
51		2014-10-31	Damien Rice	My Favourite Faded Fantasy	acoustic folk
61		2015	Colter Wall	Imaginary Appalachia	acoustic americana gothic country outlaw country	americana # 93 gothic country # 100 outlaw country # 100
20		2015	Natalia Lafourcade	Hasta la Raíz (Edición Especial)	acoustic alternative female vocalists folk indie pop pop singer-songwriter
8		2015-02-17	José González	Vestiges & Claws	acoustic indie folk	indie folk # 13
11		2015-09-21	Flatsound	Four Songs for Losing You	acoustic
97		2016-02-26	Ed Sheeran	The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift)	acoustic alternative alternative pop easy listening indie pop	alternative # 68 indie pop # 83 alternative pop # 95 easy listening # 100
88		2016-04-08	The Lumineers	Cleopatra	acoustic folk folk rock indie folk	folk # 74 indie folk # 93 folk rock # 98
29		2016-04-16	Glen Hansard	Music from the Motion Picture Once	acoustic soundtrack
92		2017-03-03	Ed Sheeran	÷ (Deluxe)	acoustic
77		2017-05-05	ruth b.	Safe Haven	acoustic sadcore	sadcore # 100
5		2017-09-22	Ocie Elliott	EP	acoustic folk indie folk	indie folk # 7
90		2018-09-12	Lana Del Rey	Mariners Apartment Complex	acoustic folk alternative pop	folk # 84 folk pop # 90 alternativo # 92 acoustic pop # 94
1		2018-09-28	Kodaline	Politics of Living	acoustic rock alternative	irish # 43
6		2018-10-05	AdriAnne Lenker	abysskiss	acoustic indie folk singer-songwriter	indie folk # 10
37		2018-10-05	Gregory Alan Isakov	Evening Machines	acoustic male vocalists singer-songwriter	male vocalists # 89
63		2019-02-08	Aries	WELCOME HOME	acoustic rap
14		2019-04-26	Billie Marten	Feeding Seahorses By Hand	acoustic
85		2021-07-23	Taylor Swift	Spotify Singles	acoustic pop
28		2021-11-20	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Paper Mâché Dream Balloon	acoustic folk rock psychedelic pop	folk rock # 71 psychedelic pop # 72
80		2022-04-30	jaydes	romanticism	acoustic ambient	ambient # 95
41		2022-11-03	Selena Gomez	My Mind & Me	acoustic ballad	ballad # 89
70		2022-12-02	Lewis Capaldi	Spotify Singles	acoustic pop
2		2022-12-16	Delaney Bailey	(i would have followed you)	acoustic folk indie folk indie pop	indie folk # 6
22		2023	Jonatan Leandoer96	Nectar	acoustic indie pop indie rock jangle pop singer-songwriter	jangle pop # 87
68		2023-07-21	Montell Fish	jamie	acoustic rnb
76		2023-11-11	Winter Aid	The Wisp Sings	acoustic folk indie folk irish singer-songwriter	folk # 42 singer-songwriter # 68 indie folk # 79 irish # 99
36		2024-07	Taylor Swift	folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special) [deluxe edition]	acoustic alternative folk folk pop indie folk singer-songwriter	indie folk # 37 folk pop # 92

Related genres

• folk
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