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NME named MTV Unplugged in New York the greatest live album in 2011, [43] and Kerrang listed it among the 11 best live albums of all time. [44] [when?] In 2014, Guitar World ranked named MTV Unplugged in New York one of the "50 iconic albums that defined 1994", [45] and in 2019 named it one of the best live albums. [46]
Grammy Award for Album of the Year – Unplugged; 1995 – 37th Grammy Awards to Tony Bennett. Grammy Award for Album of the Year – MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett; 1996 – 38th Grammy Awards to Nirvana. Best Alternative Music Album – MTV Unplugged in New York; 2000 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 to Shakira. Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ...
Nirvana was an American grunge band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, with drummer Dave Grohl joining the band in 1990. The band recorded three studio albums ; Bleach , Nevermind and In Utero , with other songs available on live albums , compilations , extended plays (EPs ...
The MTV show titled Unplugged, drawing on this phenomenon, was created by producers Robert Small and Jim Burns. [1] Songwriter Jules Shear hosted the first 13 episodes. [4] The pilot and first seven episodes were produced by Bruce Leddy, after which Associate Producer Alex Coletti took over for the remainder of the series, producing the show through 2001. [5]
The MTV Unplugged version of "About a Girl" was released as a single in October 1994, to promote the album MTV Unplugged in New York, released the following month. It was the only commercial single released from the album, and featured the Unplugged version of "Something in the Way" as the b-side. Cobain opened the song by saying, "This is off ...
The discography of Nirvana, an American rock band, consists of three studio albums, twenty-one singles, five live albums, two extended plays, four compilation albums, and three box sets. Nirvana was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic , with the position of drummer being filled by various musicians.
According to a Cashbox article published the same month, the Unplugged version was "enjoying ultra-heavy rotation, stoking radio interest in the song". [63] The Unplugged version has reportedly gone on to receive more radio airplay than the studio version, [64] and appears on both of the band's greatest hits albums, Nirvana (2002) and Icon (2010).
The song gained widespread exposure when it was covered, along with two other songs from Meat Puppets II, by American rock band Nirvana during their MTV Unplugged appearance in November 1993. All three songs during the performance featured Curt on guitar and his brother and Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood on bass and backing vocals.