MTV Unplugged in New York (Nirvana album)

	Chart placements ; (preliminary) ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	MTV Unplugged in New York

chronology
MTV Unplugged in New York
Live album from Nirvana
Publication ; (s)	October 31, 1994
Label (s)	Geffen Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, DVD
Genre (s)	Grunge
Title (number)	14th
running time	53 min 50 s
occupation	Kurt Cobain : vocals , guitar ; Krist Novoselic : bass , accordion , guitar; Dave Grohl : drums , vocals, bass; Pat Smear : guitar; Cris Kirkwood : bass, guitar, vocals; Curt Kirkwood : guitar; Lori Goldston : cello ;
production	Scott Litt , Alex Coletti
Studio (s)	Sony Music Studios in New York City
October 24, 1994	About a girl

MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American rock band Nirvana . It was on 18 November 1993 for the MTV telecast MTV Unplugged recorded and published nearly a year later in October 1994th The concert was televised worldwide and it was not planned to be released on CD immediately afterwards. With Something In the Way and Oh, Me , the album contains two songs that were not shown on television. About a Girl was released as a single from the album .

The concert

Nirvana played mostly less well-known pieces, with Come as You Are only one hit of the band is represented. In addition to his own works, cover versions by David Bowie , Meat Puppets , Leadbelly and The Vaselines can be heard. Curt and Chris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets were guest musicians on stage for the three songs by the Meat Puppets ( Oh, Me , Lake of Fire and Plateau ) and supported the band with guitar, bass and backing vocals.

Artwork

Robert Fisher, who had worked with Cobain on previous albums such as In Utero (1993), was responsible for the artwork for MTV Unplugged in New York . The cover picture shows a total view of the stage, the writing "NIRVANA" is shown with a horizontal color gradient from red to yellow. The two colors are also used in the fold-out booklet, which is decorated with flowers and shows photos of the musicians from the unplugged night. The artwork is printed on coarse-grain paper.

Track list

About a Girl - 3:38
Come as You Are - 4:14
Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam (Original by The Vaselines ) - 4:37
The Man Who Sold the World (Original by David Bowie ) - 4:21
Pennyroyal Tea - 3:41
Dumb - 2:53
Polly - 3:16
On a Plain - 3:45
Something in the Way - 4:01
Plateau (Original from Meat Puppets ) - 3:39
Oh, Me (Originally by Meat Puppets) - 3:26
Lake of Fire (Originally by Meat Puppets) - 2:56
All Apologies - 4:23
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Original by Leadbelly ) - 5:06

Chart successes and awards

The album was released seven months after Cobain's suicide and became a commercial success. At the 1996 Grammy Awards , the album won the " Best Alternative Music " category . The music magazine Rolling Stone selected the album in 2012 at number 313 on its list of the 500 best albums of all time .

In the USA the album was certified eight times platinum for more than eight million units sold, in the UK with triple platinum for over 900,000 units and in Switzerland with double platinum for more than 100,000 units.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	2 × platinum	120,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Belgium (BEA)	3 × platinum	150,000
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	100,000
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(2,000,000)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	24,373
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
Canada (MC)	9 × platinum	900,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	100,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 48 × platinum	12,309,373