MTV Unplugged II

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MTV Unplugged II
Live album from Die Fantastischen Vier

Publication
(s)

October 26, 2012

admission

July 25, 2012

Label (s) Sony Music

Format (s)

CD , LP , Download / DVD , Blu-ray

Genre (s)

Hip-hop ( unplugged )

Title (number)

18/19

running time

97:57 / 123: 13 (DVD)

occupation
  • Smudo (Michael Bernd Schmidt)

production

The fantastic Four

Location (s)

Balver cave , Balve

chronology
For You Still Fanta You
(2010)
MTV Unplugged II Record
(2014)

MTV Unplugged II is a live and acoustic album by the German rap group Die Fantastischen Vier from the MTV Unplugged series. It was released on October 26, 2012 on the Sony Music label as CD and DVD versions. The album was recorded on July 25, 2012, like the group's first MTV Unplugged , in the Balver Höhle near Balve .

content

The songs on MTV Unplugged II come from the group's more recent albums and are completely different from the tracks played on their first Unplugged album. It contains titles from the albums Lauschgift (one track), Viel (four songs), Fornika (six songs) and Für dich noch Fanta Sie (seven pieces). On the other hand, no titles were played from the earlier studio albums Jetzt geht's ab , 4 wins , Die 4. Dimension and 4:99 .

The DVD / Blu-ray version also features a making of: Behind the scenes .

Cover design

The album cover is in dark blue tones and shows the band performing in the Balver Höhle . In the upper part of the picture are the white lettering DieFantastischenVier and MTV Unplugged II .

Track list

CDs DVD / Blu-ray
CD 1
  1. Fornika - 6:57
  2. Harvest What We Sow - 4:47
  3. Thanks - 4:50
  4. Then do it - 4:50
  5. Born - 4:18
  6. Ichisichisichisich - 8:13
  7. Smudo in the future - 3:49
  8. Take more - 4:11
  9. Pipis and Popos - 5:47
  10. Mantra - 6:28
CD 2
  1. Mission Ypsilon - 3:43
  2. What more do we want? - 8:11
  3. Bring It Back - 3:43
  4. Feel free to blame us (you can keep the rest) - 4:55
  5. Broken - 4:12
  6. Just be - 4:45
  7. Popular - 4:51
  8. Troy - 9:27
  1. Appearance (opening credits) - 1:54
  2. Fornika - 5:14
  3. Harvest What We Sow - 5:21
  4. Thanks - 4:46
  5. Then do it - 4:34
  6. Born - 4:39
  7. Ichisichisichisich - 4:49
  8. Smudo in the future - 7:11
  9. Take more - 4:12
  10. Pipis and Popos - 5:34
  11. Mantra - 6:38
  12. Mission Ypsilon - 3:33
  13. What more do we want? - 8:34
  14. Bring It Back - 3:40
  15. Feel free to blame us (you can keep the rest) - 4:46
  16. Broken - 4:23
  17. Just be - 4:06
  18. Popular - 5:03
  19. Troy - 8:29
  20. Credits - 3:47
  21. Behind the scenes (Making of: MTV Unplugged II) - 22:00

Chart successes

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
MTV Unplugged II
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 11/09/2012 (12 weeks)
  AT 7th 11/09/2012 (4 weeks)
  CH 5 11/11/2012 (4 weeks)

MTV Unplugged II entered the German album charts at number 1 on November 9, 2012 and was at number 9 and 19 in the following weeks. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for twelve weeks.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
laut.de

David Hutzel from laut.de rated the album with three out of a possible five points. He thinks that “the focus is on the instrumental arrangements” and the Fantastischen Vier take a back seat. Due to the new instrumentation, the pieces played are often far removed from the studio versions, which is partly good and partly bad. He would also have liked the band to play more of their “classics” on the album.

Individual evidence

  1. album cover
  2. Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
  3. Chart tracking MTV Unplugged II at officialcharts.de
  4. Rating: laut.de