| 1 |
About A Girl
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
3:38 | ||
| 2 |
Come As You Are
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
4:14 | ||
| 3 |
Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
Written-By – Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee |
4:37 | ||
| 4 |
The Man Who Sold The World
Written-By – David Bowie |
4:21 | ||
| 5 |
Pennyroyal Tea
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
3:41 | ||
| 6 |
Dumb
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
2:53 | ||
| 7 |
Polly
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
3:16 | ||
| 8 |
On A Plain
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
3:45 | ||
| 9 |
Something In The Way
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
4:01 | ||
| 10 |
Plateau
Written-By – Meat Puppets |
3:39 | ||
| 11 |
Oh Me
Written-By – Meat Puppets |
3:26 | ||
| 12 |
Lake Of Fire
Written-By – Meat Puppets |
2:56 | ||
| 13 |
All Apologies
Written-By – Kurt Cobain |
4:23 | ||
| 14 |
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter |
5:06 |
Mixed at Louie's Clubhouse (NYC, USA).
Recorded live for MTV at Sony Studios (NYX, USA) on November 18, 1993.
Mastered at Precision Mastering (Los Angeles, USA).
Track 3 is a cover of a Vaselines, The song.
Track 4 is a cover of a David Bowie song.
Tracks 10 to 12 are covers of Meat Puppets songs, which first appeared on their Meat Puppets II album.
Track 14 is a cover of a Leadbelly song.
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" is incorrectly credited to Leadbelly as it is a "Traditional' song that was arranged by Leadbelly.
Credits here are as shown on the release.
© ℗ 1994 Geffen Records, Inc.
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTV Unplugged In New York (LP, Pic) | El Disco Es Cultura | GED 24727P | UK | 1994 | ||
| MTV Unplugged In New York (CD, Album) | Geffen Records | SGCD 24727 | Canada | 1994 | ||
| MTV Unplugged In New York (LP, Album, 180) | Original Recordings Group (2), Universal Music Special Markets | ORG 034, B0012764-01 | US | 2009 | ||
| MTV Unplugged In New York (CD, Album) | DGC | DGCSD 24727 | Canada | 1994 | ||
| MTV Unplugged In New York (CD, Album) | Geffen Records | GED 24727 | Spain | 1994 |
The whole album is a satisfying listen. My favourite is "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam". It's another cover of a Vaselines song, Kurt's much loved band. It's a testament to Kurt Cobain that he makes this sound better than the original as he does on the brilliant Vaselines covers on "Incesticide". That's my opinion of course.
The two songs taken from "Nevermind", "Come As You Are" and "Polly" are also superior to the original studio versions in my opinion. Less polished and more genuine in emotion, they just have more resonance in acoustic form.
For all the sadness and melancholy contained in the music here, Kurt is also an engaging host between songs. We get a glimpse at his reknowned sense of humour although this has always been evident in his songwriting to me. Kurt was not all about angst but also full of self-deprecating humour.
Overall a revelatory listen and proof that Nirvana were a highly talented group of musicians and Kurt was and is a true icon of our generation. R.I.P. Dude