Monday, March 10, 2008

Rock Revival Unplugged: Top Best 40 Acoustic Songs for the Perfect Chillout Playlist

Whether it be 1960's folk, country, new folk, americana or MTV unplugged most of us like to balance our love of rock and roll with some laid back tunes, the type you can sit on the verandah to or the type with a message that has to be heard.

Here are Rock Revival's 40 top acoustic tracks, some you will have definitely heard of and some you might not have


1. Season of the witch Donovan

2. I Believe In A Thing Called Love Lemar

3. Eve Of Destruction Barry McGuire

4. Hurt Johnny Cash

5. California Joni Mitchell

6. Wonderwall Ryan Adams

7. The War Drags On Donovan

8. Tracks of my Tears Patty Griffin

9. Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole Martha Wainwright

10.The Faint of Heart Coheed and Cambria

11 Fire And Rain James Taylor

12 Days Like These Janis Ian

13 Tonight We Ride Tom Russell

14 Throw Your Arms Around Me Luka Bloom

15 Jerusalem Dan Bern

16 Here Comes The Sun Richie Havens

17 Hard Travelin' (w/Jerry Jeff Walker) Ramblin' Jack Elliott

18 Message In A Bottle (Acoustic) John Mayer

19 Cigarettes Whiskey & Wild Wild Women Ramblin' Jack Elliott

20 House Carpenter Bob Dylan

21 Happy and Satisfied Toshi Reagon

22 That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart Aimee Mann

23 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan

24 Streets Of Baltimore Gram Parsons

25 Since I Started Drinkin' Again Dwight Yokum

26 Ruby Tuesday Marianne Faithfull

27 Romeo and Juliet Indigo Girls

28 The Motorcycle Song Arlo Guthrie

29 The Long Ride Home Patty Griffin

30 Lay Me Down David Crosby & Graham Nash

31 I Was Only 19 John Williamson

32 Three Hours Nick Drake

33 The Janitor Richmond Fontaine

34 I'm Going To Say It Now Phil Ochs

35 Helplessly Hoping Crosby Stills Nash & Young

36 Father and Son Cat Stevens

37 The Dress Looks Nice On You Sufjan Stevens

38 The Cost Of Freedom Crosby Stills Nash & Young

39 Cold Missouri Waters Richard Shindell

40 Three Roses America

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3 comments:

Acoustic Songs said...

Awesome playlist you've got here. I've got to check out a few of these songs I've never heard before.

mandolin picks said...

Thanks for sharing this! I have never heard most of these songs and would gladly listen to it when I have the time. Exploring different genres and appreciating music as a whole is a great way of living. Who knows in a day or two I might just be chilling in my veranda listening to a playlist with these songs in it. Cheers!

guitar picks said...

For those who wants to listen to feel good music, it would be nice to get to know such songs listed here and find the right tunes for your mood. Music has that 'relaxing' appeal and that is why people just love listening to them.