MTV Unplugged in New York
Live album by Nirvana
Released	November 1, 1994
Recorded	November 18, 1993, at Sony Studios in New York City, New York
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	53:50
Label	DGC Geffen
Producer	Scott Litt, Alex Coletti, Nirvana
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link
Nirvana chronology
In Utero (1993) MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) Singles (1995)

MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in November 1994. It features an acoustic concert the band played at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993. The show, directed by Beth McCarthy, first aired on MTV on December 14, 1993. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996. Cover of Nirvanas album, MTV Unplugged in New York. ... // Many successful recording artists release at least one live album at some point during their career. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “NY” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Scott Litt is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is probably best known for producing six R.E.M. albums (Document, 1987; Green, 1988; Out of Time, 1991; Automatic for the People, 1992; Monster, 1994; and New Adventures in Hi-Fi... Alex Coletti is an executive producer and director for MTV Networks. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American grunge band Nirvana, released on September 21, 1993 by Geffen Records (DGC). ... Singles is a box-set featuring the singles from the grunge band Nirvanas two biggest studio albums Nevermind and In Utero. ... “Grunge” redirects here. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... An acoustic instrument is an musical instrument which does not produce sound using electronics, as does an electronic musical instrument. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Beth McCarthy or Beth McCarthy-Miller was the director of NBCs Saturday Night Live starting in 1995. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album has been awarded since 1991. ...

MTV Unplugged in New York was the first Nirvana album released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It was hailed by critics as proof the band was able to transcend the grunge sound they were commonly associated with. ^[1] MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

It is widely considered by critics to be one of their most memorable live performances.^[2]

Six of the fourteen songs are covers, showcasing the band’s diverse tastes in music, featuring covers of songs by The Vaselines, David Bowie and The Meat Puppets, and of Leadbelly's folk standard, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." The album opened at #1 on the Billboard 200. It was also the first Nirvana album to feature touring guitarist Pat Smear. Of Nirvana's live albums, this is the most successful (selling millions of copies). MTV Unplugged In New York is the most successful post-Cobain Nirvana release, selling 5,000,000 copies in America by 1997. [1] The Vaselines were an indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in the Sunnyslope neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. ... Leadbelly, also known as Lead Belly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 20, 1889 (although this is debatable) - December 6, 1949), was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Where Did You Sleep Last Night, also known as In The Pines and Black Girl, is a traditional American folk song which dates back to at least the 1870s, and is believed to be Southern Appalachian in origin. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Pat Smear (born Georg Rottenberg on August 5, 1959), is a U.S. rock guitarist who has been a regular member of several well-known bands, albeit of different subgenres: The Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ...

MTV Unplugged in New York includes two songs which were not aired on the original television broadcast of the concert: "Something in the Way" and "Oh, Me". Both the album and the broadcast omit a short jam of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s "Sweet Home Alabama", and instrumental jams of "Sliver," "Negative Creep", "In Bloom", and "Scentless Apprentice". Something In The Way is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. ... Oh, Me is a song originally recorded by Meat Puppets on their album Meat Puppets II. Nirvana, with the Kirkwood brothers from Meat Puppets as guest musicians, did a cover on Nirvanas MTV Unplugged show, which was released as MTV Unplugged In New York. ... A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or jam) without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced lÄ•h-nérd skin-nérd) (or IPA pronunciation: ) is an iconic U.S. Southern rock band. ... Sweet Home Alabama is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping. ... Sliver is a song by the band Nirvana. ... Negative Creep was originally on Nirvanas 1989 debut album, Bleach. ... Nevermind track listing Smells Like Teen Spirit (1) In Bloom (2) Come as You Are (3) For the upcoming film, see In Bloom (film). ... Scentless Apprentice is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. ...

Original plans

Contrary to popular belief, there were no known plans to release Nirvana's MTV Unplugged set as an album before Cobain's death.^{[citation needed]} By the time of the band's dissolution, only one song - "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" - had been sanctioned for official release. It was released as a B-side on the "Pennyroyal Tea" single in early 1994, which was recalled immediately after Cobain's death. This article is about the Nirvana song; for the herb, see Pennyroyal. ...

It is rumored that other Unplugged songs were to be released on a tour EP in the summer of 1994, supporting Nirvana's Lollapalooza appearance.^{[citation needed]} The band was to headline the festival, but Cobain pulled out within the weeks before his death in April 1994. // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ...

Track listing

1. "About a Girl" (Cobain) – 3:37
2. "Come as You Are" (Cobain) – 4:13
3. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (Kelly/McKee; The Vaselines cover) – 4:37
4. "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie cover) – 4:20
5. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Cobain) – 3:40
6. "Dumb" (Cobain) – 2:52
7. "Polly" (Cobain/Nirvana) – 3:16
8. "On a Plain" (Cobain/Nirvana) – 3:44
9. "Something in the Way" (Cobain/Nirvana) – 4:01
10. "Plateau" (Kirkwood; Meat Puppets cover) – 3:38
11. "Oh Me" (Kirkwood; Meat Puppets cover) – 3:26
12. "Lake of Fire" (Kirkwood; Meat Puppets cover) – 2:55
13. "All Apologies" (Cobain) – 4:23
14. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (Traditional, Arranged by Leadbelly) – 5:08

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Singles

"About a Girl" was released as MTV Unplugged in New York’s only commercial single in October 1994, with the Unplugged version of "Something in the Way" as the B-side. It was released on CD only, and only in Australia and Europe. Promo singles were released for "The Man Who Sold the World", "Polly", "Lake of Fire", and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". About a Girl is a song by the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Something In The Way is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... A promo single (short for promotional single) is a single that is released to club or radio outlets for the purpose of promotion of a song. ... The Man Who Sold the World is a song by David Bowie. ... Polly is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. ...

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Album charts

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Charting singles

Singles Charts

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Accolades

• Ranked #47 in Kerrang!’s 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die — Editors Choice.
• Ranked #53 in Kerrang!'s 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die — Readers Choice.
• Ranked #52 in Q's 100 Greatest Albums Ever, voted by the readers of Q.
• Ranked #311 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

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Sales

• American sales: 5 million, (Certified 5 X Platinum 9/05/97).
• Switzerland: 2 x Platinum.
• Japanese Sales: 1994/11/02, 4 weeks, 48,290.
• New Zealand: 1994, Platinum.
• Spain: 1995, 2 x Platinum.

Credits

• Nirvana – producer
  • Kurt Cobain – lead vocals, guitar
  • Pat Smear – guitar
  • Krist Novoselic – bass guitar, guitar, accordion on "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam".
  • Dave Grohl – drums, backup vocals, bass guitar on "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam".
• Alex Coletti – producer
• Scott Litt – producer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Cris Kirkwood – bass guitar, backup vocals
• Curt Kirkwood – guitar
• Lori Goldston – cello
• Robert Fisher – art direction, design
• Frank Micelotta – photography

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References

• Nirvana Discography [2]. Digital Nirvana. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
• Mottled review of the Album [3]

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