MTV Unplugged in New York

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MTV Unplugged in New York
LP by Nirvana
Released	November 1, 1994
Recorded	November 18, 1993, at Sony Studios in New York City
Genre	Grunge
Length	53 min 50 s
Record label	Geffen
Producer	Scott Litt, Alex Coletti, Nirvana
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link
Nirvana Chronology
In Utero (1993)	MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)	From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1995)

MTV Unplugged in New York is the name of a concert by Nirvana, recorded on the MTV Unplugged series. The album was released on November 1, 1994 (see 1994 in music) and is the most popular of the MTV Unplugged sessions, being released posthumously after musician Kurt Cobain's death on April 5, 1994.

MTV Unplugged in New York was a #1 hit on Billboard's Top 200 album chart, and won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Tracks

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) - 3:44
9. "Something in the Way" (Cobain) - 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?" (Leadbelly) - 5:08

Personnel

• Nirvana - Producer
• Pat Smear - Guitar
• Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
• Alex Coletti - Producer
• Dave Grohl - Bass, Drums, Vocals
• Scott Litt - Producer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Krist Novoselic - Bass, Guitar, Accordion
• Cris Kirkwood - Bass, Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• Curt Kirkwood - Guitar
• Lori Goldston - Cello
• Robert Fisher - Art Direction, Design
• Frank Micelotta - Photography

Charting singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

1994   All Apologies                   Mainstream Rock Tracks       No. 4
1995   Lake Of Fire                    Mainstream Rock Tracks       No. 22
1995   The Man Who Sold The World      Mainstream Rock Tracks       No. 12
1995   The Man Who Sold The World      Modern Rock Tracks           No. 6

External links

• MTV Unplugged in New York Lyrics - Nirvana