Albums of Acoustic music

This term covers all kinds of music, whose creation requires instruments producing the sound exclusively through acoustic method, unlike electrical or electronic method. The term originated after the appearance of electric instruments. Acoustic music MP3s are appreciated for their naturalness and pureness.

Popular artists of this genre often increase the output sound through amplifiers. However, such amplification devices are separated from the musical instrument, the sound of which they must strengthen, enabling it to reproduce clear natural sound. Often amplification occurs by placing a microphone, which connects to the amplifier via a wired connection, in front of an instrument.

Origination of the term

Acoustic music downloads, which remain at a high level even today, back to 1990s were caused by the famous TV show called MTV Unplugged. The guests were mainly grange bands that commonly play their music using electric instruments. Their performances at the show were informally called "unplugged" and featured no electric means. At its time, the show also increased popularity of acoustic music shops.

Outstanding representatives

The most common instruments used in this genre are guitar and piano. The list of the most popular guitar songs and hits of acoustic music download includes:

Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Hotel California– Eagles
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Wonderwall – Oasis
Blackbird – Paul McCartney

Be sure that if you listen to this list of incredible performances, you will want to run to the closest acoustic music store to buy a guitar.

Music of this genre may serve as an accompaniment for any audiovisual project or as a background for a calm activity. Therefore, people download acoustic music to help them focus and bring aesthetic pleasure.

Despite the fact that tracks performed in such a manner are usually covers of songs created with the use of modern technologies and electric instruments, some bands even managed to release acoustic albums. This is not a simple task. The quality of songs and mastership of performers have to keep the listener interested, because, the instrumentation and the voice are the only determinants of success.

You also can buy other genres of lossless music for us such as Chillout.

The list of such albums successfully sold in shops, stores and web sites includes:

Foo Fighters’ “Skin and Bones”
Owen’s “New Leaves”
Johny Cash’s “American IV The Man Comes Around“
Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged In New York”
The Rolling Stones’ “Acoustic Motherfuckers“

You can download acoustic music from these albums or even buy it using our site, where it is provided in MP3, M4A, and lossless FLAC quality.