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MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

1994
4.19
Rating
30899
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1%
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4%
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15%
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33%
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47%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Grunge, Acoustic, Live, Alternative Rock

Reviews (page 5 of 16)

Meh, I don't listen to nirvana, but this still seems like really generic nirvana 67/100

Kurt all over my Cobain. Imo the best nirvana album all of the covers are amazing especially lake of fire which i think is the best cover song ever. 5 Stars Very Strong 9 out of 10

A masterpiece. What a performance. My favourite piece of work from Nirvana. These covers truly showcase Cobain's brilliance. So so good. Favourites - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Plateau, Lake of fire, The Man Who Sold The World

Wanted to like so bad. But… bored

This one isn't new to me, but it is magnificent, as is the tv broadcast. It's really impressive how well the unplugged format shows off the strength of the songwriting underneath Nirvana's usual loud-soft dynamics. There are a lot of interesting and well-chosen covers in the set list too. Pennyroyal Tea is the weak link (although it scores points for being just Cobain by himself performing) , but The Man Who Sold The World and Where Did You Sleep Last Night are spinechilling.

I usually skip live albums in any artist's discography (3rd live album I've listened to so far). This one made me fall in love with Nirvana completely. The grunge sound of their normal albums needs a certain mood so I can enjoy them, but this one was a joy from start to finish. The first time I've cried actual tears listening to a song (Where did you sleep last night) without seeing the performance too.

Garbage worst band in the HISTORY Of EVER. Thanks for the 1st one. Next better be better...smh

if i had to show someone one nirvana album that would make them understand why they're such an important and iconic band i would show them this one

Another album integral to my teenage years, so pretty hard to be objective about. But, I think the whole thing stands up, showcasing Kurt Cobain's fantastic songwriting, enticingly vulnerable voice, and excellent taste, exemplified by the cover choices. Love that all the fluffs and between-song faff have been kept in there - keeps a level of honesty, perhaps? But, why oh why must American audiences whoop and clap when they recognise a song?

Possibly the best unplugged album

Gonna need more stars over here

it has a lot of importance and context, the why this concert it's so revered and regarded. but, at the same time, i find it very mood-dependent and far from what you would expect from Nirvana. That said, it still has some of the most interesting and brilliant performances of some songs. I still have "Where you did sleep last night" as a chills-inducing song. And that speaks by itself

Ben blij dat dit bestaat. De Bowie cover is mijn favoriet hier. Maar ook de eigen songs krijgen een andere draai door de setting. 9/10

Absolutely incredible, one of the best live albums ever. Nirvana really shines through an acoustic arrangement like in Unplugged. Where Did You Sleep Last Night is hauntingly beautiful, so glad I got this album today.

I was not a Nirvana fan back in the day. I actively avoided them, writing them off as popular and therefore bad. Now, decades later, my stance toward Nirvana has softened considerably. I cannot see this as anything other than iconic and completely of it's time. One of the easier 5 stars I've given here.

Found some good songs, but felt bad for Cobain’s throat the whole time

Just not that fussed

Will I get crucified if I think this wasn’t that great? Wes Scanlin covered About a Girl and got roasted because of how bad he sounded… he actually sounded a lot like Kurt..

Was surprised how much I liked this.

The unplugged aesthetic is kinda cool at first but really highlights how similar the songs they selected were. Kurt’s voice, the acoustic guitar, the bass, and the light drums aren’t enough to give it a full enough sound. The album got boring around the 3rd or 4th song but had a few nice moments.

Decent 2. I love “All Apologies.” It’s one of my favorite Nirvana songs of all time, but I prefer the studio production or other live versions. I felt overall this album wasn’t a great listen. It was boring and didn’t showcase Nirvana’s best work. I thought some songs just sounded terrible, like “Plateau.” Not their finest.

Nirvana is one of the few bands out of the 90s that I am a fan of (Pearl Jam and Barenaked Ladies are the only others that come to mind). However, I like my Nirvana loud and electric. This live unplugged album was too subdued for me. I’m giving it a 3 because it’s Nirvana, but I’ll take Nevermind over this album any day. I did like the Bowie cover and All Apologies.

4.5/5 Stars Top Songs: Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Something In The Way

An Unplugged classic

Jag har lite svårt för livealbum generellt, och är inte heller förtjust i rockmusik-fast-akustiskt-version. Nirvana var dock ettt band jag lyssnade ganska mycket på som barn. En av mina första två CD-skivor var Nevermind så det spelades mycket Nivrana på min freestyle. Var måttligt imponerad efter första lyssningen. Efter lite Wikipedia-läsande och en andra lyssning (med film denna gång) drogs jag med mycket mer. Han har ju en jäkla ball röst ändå. Mitt agg mot akustisk live platta fick visst se sig besegrat av Wikipedia och nostalgi. Polly var för övrigt en favorit när jag var typ 11. Fattade nog inte alls vad den egentligen handlade om, utan trodde att det var en fin sång om en papegoja haha.

Bättre story än musik, stark trea.

Går inte igång på Nirvana så värst men jag gillade dem i det här formatet. Det är intimt, avskalat, emotionellt, soulful. Har lite svårt för Cobains country-klingande sångröst men gillar omväxlingen från att höra skriksången man annars är van vid.

Kände efter en halvfokuserad lyssning: meh. Men efter tips från Jonas kollade jag hela skiten på Youtube, med mellansnack och allt, och fan vad mycket mer det ger. Utsmyckningen av scenen är magisk, och det avslappnade käftslängandet med publiken ger verkligen känslan av att vara i ett vardagsrum. Gillar också vägran att köra helt akustiskt. Rockhistora! 4a med video!

En favoritskiva sen jag var liten pojk och snodde cdn av min 10 äldre bror. Den börjar lite lite trevande men blommar ut till ett mästerverk. Alla låtar från in Utero är definitivt bättre än studioversionerna. Detsamma gäller nog something in the way. Meat puppets, vaselines och Bowie i all ära men alla covers blir till Nirvanas egna. Alltid gås ner till stjärtskåran av Where did you sleep last night. Inte minst för att den där vansinniga sånginsatsen blir kurts sista. 5a.

Avklätt, rått och alldeles, alldeles bjäring? Känns som jag borde bli skjuten för kätteri, men ah. Det är rätt överskattat för mig. Bonuspoäng för Curts bakisröst. Otroligt bra och så otroligt sliten.

de e starkt och mörkt och ibland vackert men jag har bara så svårt att ta till mig R.E.M-rösten :(

Starkt. För att återkoppla till Axels konstallegori: "Jag ger det här självmordsbrevet fem av fem stjärnor!" Men... Om man ändå ska försöka så kan det här vara världens bästa coveralbum. Helheten med de egna mindre kända låtarna sitter som handen i handsken.

Lesser known songs that I prefer more than the super popular songs I've heard, a different sound I haven't heard from Nirvana. I can see how this is considered one of the best live performances, the setlist is great and the playing was perfect.

This is one I’ve listened to before, but not heard in a while. What struck me was the rawness and emotion througout the whole performance, and I liked that they kept in all the bits between Kurt and the band and audience. This would have been a great performance to see live, and I’m glad this record exists of it. Favourite tracks: Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Lake of Fire, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (that last one especially, wow - bumps it up to a 5 for me).

Really enjoyed!!

one of my favorite albums of all time omg

Live albums on the list are always great. This is absolutely no exception. My only qualm with this is purely that the album needed more Nirvana tracks. But as a performance, a moment in musical history and an insight into the group, it is mightily impressive.

Very raw emotion put into this, all songs are very good some even better than the original. Excellent album

Absolutely fine.

About a Girl 5/5 Come As You Are 5/5 Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbean 4/5 The Man Who Sold the World 5/5 Penny RoyalTea 3/5 Dumb 4/5 Polly 4/5 On A Plain 4/5 Something in the Way 4/5 Plateau 2/5 Oh Me 3/5 Lake of Fire 5/5 All Apologies 5/5 Where Did You Sleep Last Night 4/5

Pretty fun to hear this live

don’t get mad at me but like … I don’t really care?

I was coming into the album a hater. I don't care for grunge music, the word grunge sounds stinky, and Kurt Cobain ocassionally looks stinky. Needless to say, this was not a grunge album and I am now open to hearing other Nirvana albums now. It was admirable to play mostly deep cuts and covers, and somehow I have heard "The Man who Sold the World" more times from Nirvana and Midge Ure (MGSV) than I have from David Bowie. I don't know much about Nirvana's whole story, but I can tell you that I had this album on loop. I am a reformed Nirvana hater.

super good stuff. I don't have mixed feelings about this particular live album; this version of "all apologies" and "about a girl" are my favorite versions of those songs. i'm not a huge nirvana fan to begin with, but this album is really good and I hadn't revisited it since I was in maybe late middle school or early high school. this was a fun thing to revisit, and now that I remember it exists, i'll probably revisit it again.

Classic Live Album. Wow. rip Kurt you woulda loved TinyDesk

Nirvana has never really been my cup of tea, but I can't deny their impact. This performance specifically, as a legendary live set, was something that I've seen many times and have always respected. Unfortunately, Grunge has never been music that I enjoy listening to on a day-to-day basis. 3.5-4

Great live album, but I don't know if it's one of the "greatest" live albums of all time. There's a lot going on behind the scenes that I think affected the chemistry and energy during the performance. But I live for these covers. Especially "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." I certainly agree that Nirvana was about to reinvent themselves, and that this was a precursor for a new sound. I love their sound stripped bare, which is why "Something in the Way" is always so moving for me.

It’s one thing to do an unplugged album. It’s another to intentionally not play “the hits” in your unplugged set. It’s another STILL to do a bunch of Meat Puppets covers on your hitless unplugged album. But to do a hitless unplugged Meat-Puppets-cover-saturated album and it be the best goddamn live album ever recorded is a testament to a greatness that is the domain of very few.

I don’t like every song on this set, but Kurt Cobain is undeniably good throughout. Highlights for me were Lake of Fire and when Kurt lets it fucking rip in Where Did You Sleep Last Night

OK if my inner teenage fake punk gets to give Green Day 5 stars, my inner teenage angsty whiner gets to give this 5 star.

It's not bad. The recording is surprisingly good for a live album. The covers were interesting enough, too, but I'd rather listen to In Utero or Nevermind.

The only live album that actually deserves to be on this list.

Very good :D love Nirvana

Ive never been a huge fan of nirvana or kurt curban but this is an iconic album

I was never a huge Nirvana fan, but this live performance is superb.

This is one of those albums that I’ve loved for a very long time. Twenty years ago my cousin took me to see a screening of this concert at an old theatre downtown Calgary and it was extremely impactful on me. It was my first exposure to Nirvana beyond the usual modern rock radio singles and equally, if not more important, it was my first exposure to the Meat Puppets. I’ve always loved how many covers they decided to include on this set list. Songs from David Bowie, the Vaselines, Leadbelly, and then the number of songs from Meat Puppets II, an album that’s since become one of my favourites. This record is hauntingly beautiful, dynamic, and in my opinion the best live acoustic recording I’ve heard. I think the best example of just how good this record is lies in the cover of the folk standard that’s most commonly attributed to Leadbelly “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” which starts out slow, soft, and pensive. Over the course of the song Kurt’s vocals build and then crescendo in an almost violent storm of emotions that are so powerful it’s really hard to describe in words. You can truly hear the pain in Kurt’s voice in a way that’s so authentic it’s impossible to replicate. My absolute favourite part of this album, though, is the inclusion of Curt and Cris Kirkwood, the brothers responsible for the Meat Puppets. I love the fact they were included in the covers of their own music not just because they deserved the exposure at the time, but because of the fact that their inclusion and subsequent exposure to me personally gave me the opportunity to fall in love with their music. I couldn’t imagine rating this album anything less than perfect.

Hey, I’ve reviewed this one already! (Reposted from before) I don’t consider myself a particular fan of grunge, but I know many people who do, and I’ve noticed they tend to make a point about how their favorite grunge band is one other than Nirvana. I think they do this because, at least in the greater cultural conscience, Nirvana is THE quintessential grunge band. And though they are the quintessential band of a genre typified sonically by heaviness and distortion, this stripped-down performance is what comes to mind when I think of Nirvana. One of the most striking things about this album and one of my favorite things about it is the number of covers. I love this for two reasons. The first is that it gives the listener very interesting insights into the way Cobain thought about music, both in the choice of songs to cover and the way they are done. Choosing to do three covers in a row of another band is a bold move that speaks to the respect and appreciation he held for them. The second reason is because they’re all very good covers. “The Man Who Sold the World” is one of my favorite David Bowie songs, and this version is way better. “Plateau” and “Lake of Fire” were always two of my favorite tracks from this album, even before knowing they were covers. Their rendition of “In the Pines”, styled after Leadbelly’s version, is very good as well. As for the original material included on this album, Nirvana decided to eschew most of their biggest hits, which is a decision I agree with for the format and again, I think it’s very interesting insight into how Nirvana—I’m assuming Cobain mostly made the executive decisions on the set list but I don’t know—viewed their own work. Although “Dumb” is lyrically one of my least favorite Nirvana songs, I can’t help but love this version, in no small part due to the cello part. The cello throughout this album is really beautiful. Another favorite is “All Apologies”, which I think is suited much better to this acoustic style than the album version. My favorite, though, is “Something in the Way” — this song has such a crushing, hopeless feeling, and the harmonies and its subdued nature just really set it apart for me. Obviously, the success and the impact of this album were hugely impacted by Cobain’s death before its release. It’s likely that this would have been true for any old string of mediocre recordings they managed to dig up, but for this posthumous release to be so intimate, so different from Nirvana’s other material, and so insightful into Cobain’s broader sensibilities as a musician is really wonderful. I can only imagine it must have consoled and comforted many people who felt the loss of such a massive (counter)cultural icon very personally. Regardless of his death, this is a fantastic album and one of very few live albums worth listening to imo. 9/10 ⭐️

Oh Nirvana. De mensen die herrie naar de mainstream hebben gebracht. Ik heb hun te danken aan mijn favoriete herrie bandjes waar ik jullier maar al te graag mee lastigval. Kurt Cobain is met recht een savant te noemen. De artiest van een generatie. Nonchalant final boss. White boy of the decade. Een contrarian. Een icoon. "The conspiracy towards success in america is immediacy. To expose in great repetition to the minds of small attention spans. Fast, speedy, now with even more nacho cheese flavor! Here today, gone tomorrow because yesterdays following was nothing more than a tool in every individual’s need for self-importance, entertainment and social rituals. Art that has long-lasting value cannot be appreciated by majorities. only the same small percent will value arts patience as they always have. This is good. the ones who are unaware do not deserve false suggestions in their purchasing duties." - Een entry uit zijn dagboek Mijn bus/vliegreis van Andorra naar de Franse Alpen was het perfecte stadium om even een Kurt Cobain deep-dive te doen. Als je interesse hebt, dit is een leuke (niets verbloemende) video over zijn leven en legacy: https://youtu.be/4rq1qbgQQmI. Ik heb het album in het vliegtuig geluisterd, en later ook de volledige performance op youtube gekeken in de bus. Ik raad deze video sterk aan. De opname vond 5 maanden voor zijn zelfmoord plaats. Kurt had gevraagd om de stage te decoreren als een begrafenis. De opname is spookachtig betoverend. Hoewel Kurt er niet gezond of comfortabel uitziet, leek hij tijdens het spelen wel bezeten door een muzikale geest. Tussen zijn laatste twee uithalen ademt hij even in terwijl er een stilte valt, en dan zie je zijn ogen open schieten alsof die bijna een paniekaanval krijgt, alvorens weer terug in de muziek te vallen en de laatste uithaal te maken. De cello voegt ontzettend veel toe, en de (bijna) akoestische sound geeft een nieuwe kwetsbaarheid aan de bekende Nirvana nummers. Bij de video versie van Something In The Way moest ik een traantje laten. De afsluitende tracks All Apologies en Where Did You Sleep Last Night krijgen extra context als je een docu over zijn leven hebt gekeken. Ik ga dit album zeker nog vaker luisteren, en ik ben blij dat ik het heb leren kennen door deze lijst. Liked songs: Come As You Are The Man Who Sold The World Dumb Polly Something In The Way Plateau Oh Me Lake Of Fire All Apologies

Favorite songs: About A Girl, Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold The World, Dumb, On A Plain, Something In The Way, Plateau, Lake Of Fire, All Apologies, Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Yes sir, a classic that doesn’t disappoint

Enjoyed this

Nirvana changed music. I will forever be disappointed that I can't see them live.

Could any find the acoustic version and it had zero pizaz

Great Songs: Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold The World, Pennyroyal Tea, Something In the Way, Apologies, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Good Songs: About a Girl, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Dumb, Polly, On Plain, Plateau, Oh, Me, Lake of Fire Mid Songs: Bad Songs:

Okay hot take from what i've seen in the reviews. It's not bad. But i don't get the hype. It's not bad but it's not great it's okay.

holy meat puppets

Classic acoustic bangers

Brilliant.

Clássico

Det her e sikkert kjempestas om man like Nirvana og har et forhold til sangan demmes og alt det der, men Nirvana har aldri helt vært min greie, sjøl om det ikke e nokka galt med det som sådan, og det kommer nok til å fortsette å ikke være helt min greie i framtida også.

Incredible vocalist

One of my favourite albums ever.

This was my favorite Nirvana album. Kurt really can sing. I even enjoyed the Meat Puppets section.

Absolutely incredible. One of my favorite live albums of all time.

At first I thought this would be a clear five star album, but it seems I only had in mind the songs I really enjoyed. Do not get me wrong, there are no bad songs exactly, but there are a few that just do not hit the same as the rest, which makes them seem worse by comparison. Plateau is the worst in my opinion. Cobain just is not hitting those notes in the chorus and it hurts my ears a bit. The same goes for Lake of Fire. Some songs work well as background music and they sound nice, but I would not necessarily seek them out. Because of that, it is not worthy of a five in my eyes. Half of the songs are amazing and the other half are just good. I need more than that to rank an album higher. Call me pretentious or a perfectionist all you want, but an album has to deserve the highest ranking. The same goes for a one star rating. The lowest and highest ratings require a lot of thought, and I do not just hand them out to any album that I slightly dislike or like.

liked the last song but overall was just a normal album for me

I went through a Nirvana phase in high school so I know and love most of the songs on this album. Gotta love some classic 90s grunge!

Really good, cover to cover. Great, even. Incredible songwriting, great melodies and harmonies, and the live and unplugged feel just works. Really liked basically every track on this album, but the standouts for me were About A Girl, The Man Who Sold The World, Plateau, and Lake Of Fire. 9/10, five stars.

I don't usually listen to albums recorded live casually but there is no question that this is masterfully done. It felt intimate and comforting. Overall very enjoyable experience - might even come back to a few tracks, after all. Favorites: Jesus Doesn't Want..., The Man Who Sold..., Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau.

Great! Like the songs a lot. The sound of an audience can be distracting

I remember thinking this album was so unexpectedly good. I’d been a big fan of Nirvana but had thought that meant the grungy guitars, grohl’s soul inflected drumming, and cobain’s plaintive screaming/moaning. I think I didn’t think they had the chops to do acoustic. And I was wrong. There’s a lot of great songs on here, but their cover of In the Pines/Where Did You Sleep Last Night may be among my favorite songs of the 90s.

Dangerous territory, but imo this album was a little aggrandized in context of the band’s life. It’s a mostly bootleg-quality record, but after Kurt died it became hagiography. There are stellar moments where everyone is together and sounds different and haunting and true, like Man Who Sold The World, Lake of Fire, All Apologies and Polly. But there’s other parts — particularly the beginning — where the sound is bad, the guitar is tinny and flat and the feel is plodding and muddy. Perhaps the press was right: this is an eerie capture of an artist near his end. Or maybe a weak recording became squished into a sad painting because the label had found a terribly reluctant hero, and it wasn’t done with him.

5/5. Obviously this was not intended to be Nirvanas farewell, but even so it feels very fitting as one. Front to Back this is just a fantastic live set and I love how Kurt used it as an opportunity to platform music and artists he loved with all the covers instead of just playing Nirvana’s hits. I especially love their renditions of The Man who sold the world and Where Did You Sleep Last Night. The latter specifically has probably my favorite vocal performance by Kurt.

Yeah it’s very good isn’t it, lovely atmosphere. 4 stars

Easily one of my favorite lps ever. The setting, the performance, the history around it. So hauntingly beautiful.

One of the greatest live albums ever recorded in my opinion. It's just a shame that we couldn't have gotten more music like this before Cobain died.

I'm not really a big Nirvana fan, but all the accolades for this set are deserved. There are a few tracks I could have done without, including 2 out of 3 of the Meat Puppets songs, but the rest is top notch.

Rare I prefer more or less the whole album of live covers but all great love his voice xx

no tämä on sitä mitä Nirvana on. Paitsi kivaa sanailua bändiläisten kesken myös

++: About a Girl, Come as You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Dumb, On a Plain, Something in the Way, Plateau, Oh Me, Lake of Fire, All Apologies, Where Did You Sleep Last Night +: Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly 9,1/10

Nirvana for posers.

Best Track - "About A Girl"

Phenomenal live album that, sadly, was the last one from the band. So many things to love about this one but I especially love the covers of other artists. The two that most stand out are "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", both brilliant. The version of "All Apologies" is stunning. The guests, including the cello player and members of the Meat Puppets, add greatly. The sad thing is, from this album, you can see the direction they would have gone if they made more records. The MTV Unplugged format was a perfect showcase for the band to display the full range of their gifts.

I've loved this one for a very long time, always good to revisit. I think it just proves that Nirvana made fantastically structured songs - yeah, the thrashy grunge enhanced a lot of them, but they never needed it to be a great band. I also love that at the height of the band's fame, Cobain chose to highlight a lot of the work of other artists that he loved, rather than just play the hits. I think that shows what kind of a person he was - a humble music fan and artist who never cared about celebrity. The covers are my favorite part of this, especially the harrowing Where Did You Sleep Last Night as closer

Really good live album. 5 stars or A-.

Absolute stunner of an album. I love the raw emotion that Cobain portrays multiple times throughout the set and the way that you get to see how talented they all are when the electric guitars and screaming are all gone. This album has a way bringing me immense amounts of peace while also making me feel like I can jump up and dance or throw a chair at my wall.

Still not a Nirvana guy but none the less amazing album wouldn't add any of my playlists but still enjoyed the ride

Really great stuff.

Amazing album I love

They were awesome

Good album but not my favorite genre

This is such a great album, and what every live album should aspire to be. We should all be grateful that this album was recorded before it was too late.

I really appreciate the mix of covers and their own songs on this album. The raw performance, the instrumentation and the vocals sound amazing and fit the songs perfectly.

Loved the social and personal aspect on some nirvana classics. Loved the covers too

It's all going to be ok and you don't need that shotgun.

Great album. Kurt sounds awesome.

If you want to be interesting, you say this album is Nirvana's best. (Don't forget to mention how Die Hard is your favorite Christmas movie too.) An album that's almost half covers—three of them Meat Puppets songs—is disqualified from such a distinction, in my mind at least. While Cobain definitely curated his picks, and these versions of "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" are especially great, it's hard not to wish for more Nirvana. These are the definitive versions of "About a Girl" and "All Apologies" as far as I'm concerned.

What a load of absolute keach! Just proves how untalented they were.

One of my all time favorite

Genius. So sad

I think this is their best album. Fantastic.

A pirate's egg. Some great some ok.

A classic performance that drags a bit around the middle. It goes from profound to dull and back again, and there will always be the ghoulish connotation of Kurt's impending suicide. Easy to pick apart everything looking for answers, hard to make any sense of it. The Bowie cover is phenomenol but ¨Where Did You Sleep Last Night¨ is one of the greatest of all time.

Objectively, it's a 4/5, but I don't enjoy Nirvana enough, personally. So 3/5 it must be.

Nothing to make me rethink my original opinion of Nirvana. Decent enough final couple of tracks but on the whole a bland, boring drone throughout.

Okay, not really a fan of acoustic set.

You've been wasting so much time on trash, and not enough time showing albums I actually listen to. I've been playing the albums I actually want to hear, instead of what ever crap you throw at the wall. SMH

I'm already familiar of this album, but not FULLY (heard of it) for its live performance. I really liked how they played the melody on "The Man Who Sold the World", the musicians in this band is good at their instruments and vocals served as well. I also enjoyed "Come as You Are", which I have already listened to in the past. However, sometimes I get confused on what he wants to talk about in the music. It's like trying to write a purposeful essay while drunk. I think I prefer the studio version more, because I didn't like how some songs sounded in this. It was like something was missing. LIKED songs: Come as You Are, & The Man Who Sold the World Honorable mentions: Dumb, & Something in the Way RATING: 3/5 Jan. 17, 2026 (10:07 PM)

a classic

A GREAT album. "The Man Who Sold The World" and "All Apologies" are my favorites.

no me gusta nirvana, o al menos nunca le di la oportunidad para q me guste y creo q es algo curioso para q justamente el primer álbum generado sea de esta banda. Espero cambiar de idea cuando lo termine!!! Lo terminé, por que re carajos no me gustaba nirvana????????

Great album. Not the biggest fan of Nirvana, but its easy to see why this album is so beloved. Their covers are great. Their original arrangements are great. The vibe is great. Its not an album I'll come back too all the time, but its great.

Listening session: january 16th, while commuting to internship Listened to before: yes Thoughts: I love MTV Plugged albums but there are few that can top the rawness of this one Favourite tracks: The Man Who Sold The World, Dumb, Plateau

Tää levy on ollut jo ilmestymisestään asti omassa levyhyllyssä. Erinomainen ja paras näitä MTV Unplegged levyjä. Tykkään biiseistä, eritoten coverit on rautaa ja niitä on paljon. Olis voinut olla tupla, niin olis mahtunut enemmän omia biisejä. 6/5.

One big the greats!

NOTHING ON THE TOP BUT A BUCKET AND A MOP AND AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK ABOUT BERRRDS Highlights: Come as You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Dumb, On a Plain, Something in the Way, Plateau, Oh Me, Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Ich wusste gar nicht, dass er so schlecht singen kann.

Real real good

The quintessential MYV unplugged album.

YESSSSSSSS

I WOULD SHIV-EEEER.... *deep breath* ... the whole... niiiiight throoooouuuugh...

Beautiful performance

top 3 - the man who sold the world, where did you sleep last night, something in the way would listen again

I think this is great because of many reasons: it's acoustic and shows Cobain's skill, it's very well balanced, it shows the breadth of Cobain's musical influences, and it's raw. Genuine. A great record.

This is probably Nirvana’s best album. It has all the pain and tortured angst of Nevermind and In Utero but the quiet serenity of this album conveys it far better.

Icónico

nothing to say master piece, emotional roller coaster, where did you sleep last night perfect ending so angry so real loved it.

This album is in my personal top 100 for sure. Back when MTV actually cared about the Music that was originally part of its meaning there were a whole set of Unplugged, acoustic, one off performances and I imagine MTV were delighted with getting Nirvana, a band at the height of their powers. They must have been excited to see how the band might acoustic wise translate their songs. Equally some fans of the energetic, loud grunge super stars might have wondered how those songs might translate and if it would be ruined. What we actually got in my honest opinion was a master class in how an unplugged show should be. There was no lazy translation of smells like teen spirit instead Nirvana songs were carefully chosen that played out brilliantly in the mainly acoustic environment and also careful cover versions (and friends) were added that showcased Nirvanas influences. Standout in those covers were Bowies The “Man Who Sold the World” and Leadbelly's Where Did You Sleep Last Night. The band and friends got the brief and so there were no attempts at Rock God drums or anything. Cobain's voice sounds fragile in places and he uses his vocals to bring out a range of emotions (the Leadbelly song a vocal masterclass). This turned out for me not to be an add on live album but an essential release in itself. It was never meant to be a final statement of the band but unfortunately due to Kurt’s suicide it was. I remember this being played regularly as a memorial in the immediate aftermath and I was slightly worried that it wouldn’t get a release lest people assumed it to be a cash in. This album is a great part of Nirvanas small but brilliant output, showed the range of the band and what might have been in the future, equally they could have ruined it all so as a final Album (not just a normal live release) it stands the test of time. I couldn’t give it anything less than 5 stars

Absolutely unreal live performance. The vocals are insane. The covers are beautifully done. Effortless flow from one song to the next. Incredible

I like some of their songs but I was never a huge Nirvana fan, even in my youth.

Bangers on bangers, lovely assortment of covers

All apologies and where did you sleep last night are great songs! worth a second listen

todos quieren ser kurt cobain pero a ninguno le da la nafta, efectivamente

Peak Nirvana, probably my favorite album by them-in part because it strays enough from the groups core grunge identity and through a live acoustic performance softens the aggressive instrumentation and replaces it with Kurt’s Vulnerable and at times indulgent vocals

I have always enjoyed — not *loved* — Nirvana, but I've pretty much only listened to their biggest songs and one or two lesser known songs thanks to an old roommate of mine who obsessively listened to them. I think this has given me a new appreciation of Kurts raw vocals (which I'm enjoying much more live than the studio versions) and the simple yet engaging melodies. I can see why they were as popular as they were, even if I believe their music blew up much more after his tragic death. I decided to watch most of these songs as the videos instead of just listening which made them have a bigger impact, imo. I liked the little bits of him talking. He really didn't understand how good he truly was. My favorite songs - About a girl Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam Dumb Polly Something in the way All apologies Where did you sleep last night Rating 1-5 4

Just incredible! Heard so much of this before but never all the way through. It just keeps getting better and better. Kurt's vocals are so full of pain and torment and it elevates their sound to another level, with each song so full of heart and emotion. The guitars are so clear and sound amazing. I have to go 5 because this is a cohesive listening experience and sequence and I wouldn't skip or delete a single song. Perfectly executed. Top Songs: About a Girl, Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Dumb, Lake of Fire

7 - GOOD

a masterful performance made all the more impressive when you realize cobain was in the throes of heroin addiction (the song pennyroyal tea is pretty haunting if you pay attention to the lyrics). there’s a reason why people say this is one of the best of the mtv unplugged concerts. plenty of quality cover songs too.

Don’t have much to say about this one, it’s one of my all times favourites. I don’t have enough time or space in this box to even try to explain how good this is.

Great from start to finish.

One of the best live albums for sure.

Such a good live album

I could listen over and over!

Dit album heeft me onverwacht diep geraakt. Hoewel ik Nirvana altijd kende en een paar nummers onlosmakelijk bij mijn jeugd horen, had ik me nooit echt verdiept in hun werk. Deze unplugged-registratie voelt niet als een concert, maar als een intiem moment waarin alles wordt teruggebracht tot de kern. Kurt Cobain zet een sfeer neer die breekbaar, eerlijk en bijna tijdloos is. De kwetsbaarheid, de stilte tussen de noten en de manier waarop emoties ongefilterd binnenkomen maakten dit tot een intense luisterervaring. Ik ben heel blij dat ik dit album nu, op deze manier, heb ontdekt.

Hot take: this wouldn't have been as popular if Kurt hadn't died a couple of months after this aired. This isn't even the best MTV Unplugged album, "nevermind" that it's not even the best Nirvana album. 1/5 Pearl Jam unplugged should have made the list instead.

Este disco es uno de los mejores Unplugged de la historia. Y el tono personal que le pone la banda lo hace unico

Hey, hey, my, my Rock and roll will never die Just hang your hair down in your eyes You'll make a million dollars

It’s not abhorrent but I just don’t like Nirvana

A rare front to back

Nirvana is a name I’ve always known, but I had never taken the time to listen to their music. I was missing out. This will be an album I return to again and again.

Excellent!

An iconic album in Nirvana's offerings

Already listened to before thhis but amazing live album and my favourite Nirvana Album

Possibly the best live album ever made.

6/10… grunge / akustik rock / *1994

Go good!!

Obviously have heard of nirvana, never listened to this album. Not sure how I feel about acoustic but let’s see. Kurt cobain can fuckin sing. About a girl is really good. Can’t believe it’s live. Guitar solo is great. Come as you are is a classic. It’s crazy because it doesn’t sound acoustic at all. That guitar riff is just so good. “Jesus” is fine. Not my fave but good enough song. Woah what a rendition of the man who sold the world. Immediately makes me want to listen to the original then go back and listen to this one again. Pennyroyal tea is another really good song. Definitely had heard it prior to this. Great songwriting and guitar. Cello on dumb 🔥🔥🔥. Bass too is so good. Polly is fine. Nothing special. I feel similarly about on a plain, but I’d say the songwriting is really good. Woah I like something in the way a lot. Again the cello is so cool. Plateau was pretty cool. Not much more to say than that. I like oh me better. Good songwriting, good guitar which is a theme throughout. Lake of fire is another really good song. All apologies is one of the best nirvana songs without a doubt and I can’t believe they did this live. Sounds better than the real album version. Cello again is sweet. And I like where did you sleep as a closet. This is a really good album, and the story behind it adds to it as well. Will listen again. 3.9 stars.

I prefer Nirvana plugged in but this is alright as 'a radio friendly unit shifter'

Absolute peak Nirvana

The monochrome sound throughout this album got very tiresome. Favourite song: Lake of Fire - live 8/10 Worst song: About a Girl - live 4/10 Rating of album: 6/10

Fun to listen to, waaaay more up my alley than expected. Would definitely listen to again.

forgot about this one, I used to love it as a teenager ❤️ i love nostalgia

Favorite Tracks: Come As You Are / The Man Who Sold the World / Polly / Lake of Fire / All Apologies / Where Did You Sleep Last Night Rating: 4.7 Own this on vinyl! I have a very nice 25th Anniversary edition. Incredible that this was performed in a single take. While I was in high school in the 90's and a big indie rock guy generally, I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a massive Nirvana fan. But there's a rawness and realness that comes through this entire performance which is a big part of why it has captured so much attention. The covers are fantastic, and it's clear Kurt and the band really wanted the Nirvana songs to feel a certain way, not just "unplugged" as it were. For me it's impossible to listen to this album and not think about "what could have been" if things had been different just 5 months later. I just listened through my headphones at work, and I'll probably go home tonight and put on the vinyl, which is really warm with a great soundstage...sounds almost like being there. Easy 5 stars for me on this one.

there goes the best live album

I am surprised i haven’t listened to this live album before as i do love live recordings, especially now this one. It brings more cause since Kurt Cobain isn’t here tho us anymore so it feels more special. The covers were so good especially the David Bowie one, i will say this is one of the instances where the cover is better than the original (although the original is very good). And the band itself were playing so well with eachother, they compliment eachother so well it’s fascinating. One of the best unplugged performances, a great first listen, also enjoyed the acoustic version of something in the way. RIP Kurt Cobain

kind of cool to get this right acted ybd meat puppets album like very serendipitous . i’m not a huge nirvana fan but still very very cool

5.0 Fuck it. 945 albums in and the first time I can recall giving a 5.0. Haven't listened to about 18 years since rinsing this to death as a teenager but wow. Unlike a lot of other stuff, listening back has given it a whole new perspective: - the absolute fuck you of eschewing every big hit (other than Come as you are? Possibly even then). No teen spirit, no in bloom, no rape me, no heart shaped box. - suffering bad from withdrawals, apparently on Valium, and absolutely smashing it out of the park - decided to add loads of covers which just get better and better. Jesus is the worst track on the album. Bowie cover is great. And then the three Meat Puppets are phenomenal, so much so that I tried and failed several times to actually get into their album since these version are so much better - on that point, so many songs are made better by these versions. Some are a nice compliment (Polly, On a Plain) to the original, but others are elevated by the sombre, acoustic(ish) mood and the occasional strings - something, dumb, about a girl - ending on Where did you sleep. That became our house song in uni because of this album. What a song. - no encore. Again, fuck you. This was a band effectively going out by cementing their status as so much more than just a grunge band that went mainstream. This and the Reading 92 show are probably in my top 10 "if I had a time machine" gigs.

Ya había escuchado algo de Nirvana, pero me sorprendió mucho lo bien que se escuchan en vivo. La voz de Kurt Cobain es increíble, y las guitarras y la batería suenan de lujo. Me sorprendió mucho este álbum, me gustó mucho. Me apetece seguir escuchándolo, siento que me puede seguir gustando más.

I've never really been into Nirvana, but I gave this a shot. Is it sacrilege to say I don't like Kurt Cobain's singing voice? It is sonically boring.

My first 1001 album review starting of with a banger. Having been a bit of a nirvana fan prior to listening this live album I had an idea of what I was getting into, I also already had a couple songs saved to my likes. That being said it is not much of a surprise that I liked this album however there were a couple songs that they covered which I had not heard before, but I felt are well suited to nirvanas style so enjoyed listening to them as well. I normally don’t particularly like live albums but this one I really enjoyed, what I did like is the raw sound of Kurt’s voice where you can really hear the emotion alongside the instruments, the recording is also super crisp which I think factors to my positive review. The songs from the album transition so smoothly into one another but that’s presumably because the recording was done all on one go, I rate it as personally I love that continuous sound. Standout song for me is definitely ‘The man who sold the world’ the gritty guitar riff is just amazing and I am considering buying the vinyl for this album.

Good Didn’t like how it was live

Have this on vinyl ! Arguably one of nirvana’s best albums. Literally goated

2/5. If you like Cobain and co., I'm sure you'll love this. For anyone who isn't already attached at the hip to grunge's Romeo, I really don't think you'll find this album special. The playing is competent. Some of Cobain's signing is great and expressive. Some of the riffs smart and catchy. The mixing is pleasantly raw. But that doesn't change the fact that so many of the songs here are lifeless and uninspired. A touch of the personal here: I understand loving music for the poetry or realness of it. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Elliott Smith, and others fit that for me. Those artists can be musically uninteresting at times, but the sincerity and thought put into the lyrics can win me over. I presume that's what Cobain does for people.

This album is one I was previously familiar with and even just referenced the other day! My preexisting favorites are Polly, Something In The Way, and of course the cover of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World. While I don’t normally seek out live recordings this is recognizably one of the best and I welcomed the opportunity to listen to it in full and dig a little deeper into how the band broke tradition (amplifiers, single take, vocal strain) for their performance. I’ve always said my recipe for what I’d consider a perfect concert or live performance from any artist would be a good mix of hits/throwbacks/ new or lesser known material, a cover song (what artists are important to the artist that’s important to me?), and some interaction with the crowd (tell me a story!) I feel like this recording encompasses all of the above and I enjoyed Cobain’s brief commentary between tracks. It was interesting to read that he was going through withdrawal, nervous about performing an acoustic setlist, and how this album was ultimately released after his death. I think he sounds authentic on the recording which is exactly what I’d want for an in person or unplugged performance.

Yeah I'm sitting here singing along with "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For a Sunbeam." This record was on constant rotation in my household when it first came out. I never play my old Nirvana records anymore, I guess I got a little tired of them and what I like to listen to has changed a lot since then. But I really enjoyed hearing this one again today. I think it feels fresher than the others because of the mix of covers and less-played originals and of course the acoustic setting. 4/5

There is no voice like Kurts. So much emotion, soul, pain. And the song choices are incredible. Bowie??? What an album. Wish I were alive for this moment.

Starting off strong here, see you tomorrow :) -- Loved this, live albums always hit for me. Can't go wrong with nirvana

banger added to discogs

soothing & fun

Another case of it just not being for me. Especially so because I dont think his voice is not very good live. I was not a big fan of Nirvana in the first place.

1995, what a time to be alive. We had this gem to help us memorialize poor Kurt. What a gift he left us. Nary a bad song on the album. Even the songs I was inclined to skip in my younger years sound so great on headphones today. Like a fine wine, this performance has only gotten better.

Always a good album to be reminded of

Pretty good. Chill album, a little longer than expected

great live album, i mean obviously it is THE mtv unplugged performance where did you sleep last night and the man who sold the world are standout tracks most of the other covers are pretty underwhelming

This one disappointed me as their studio albums are just so nice and grunchy.

It's perfect. Great interesting setlist, Where Did You Sleep Last Night has got to be pretty high in my all time list.

Elite album. Listened on vinyl.

Kocham te utwory. Ale album na żywo nigdy nie zrobi na mnie wielkiego wrażenia. Szczególnie jeśli większość utworów już na tej liście było. 8/10

nirvana was never for me and neither was live albums. studio versions always sounds better and I don't really care what he has to say in between songs. but it's ok ig

Good but I personally burned out on nirvana in 1995.

I don’t mind Nirvana but this is like a best of where half the songs are covers

Я не знаю как это комментировать. Мега база и классика, слушал миллион раз за жизнь, но песни “Oh me”, “Plateau”, “Come As You Are”, “The man who sold the world” занимают особое место в моем жизни…

Ik ben niet zo'n fan van live albums. Staan wel goeie nummers op. Vrij veel ken ik. Als het niet een live album was, zou ik een hogere rating hebben gegeven, want de nummers zelf zijn heel goed

I have no ability to be objective about this album. Shout out to my mom who bought this CD for herself and then her eldest daughter cruelly stole it when she went off to college.

live albums are rarely good, and this one somehow manages to be charming even though the interludes are weirder than you'd normally expect and the entire concept of unplugged immediately goes out the window as they are playing decidedly not acoustic instruments. it feels almost lucky that this works as well as it does given the source material and how unprepared they seemed to be.

not to ruin my reputation as a live albums hater, but i really do think this is a different beast. 3.5

ooh wow the performance that helped get me into David Bowie because of the cover of "The Man Who Sold the World" but also the version of "Pennyroyal Tea" that I find most strained/hard to listen to. Overall a fun listen, really wish uhhh well that Cobain hadn't killed himself but you get what you get and you don't throw a fit, I guess

One of my favorite albums: raw emotional power, stark contrast to their usual electric sound, and Kurt Cobain's haunting, it's hard to not love this album.

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It was moody but sounded great. Really liked dumb. And surprisingly the later songs, even with some country influence were good. I do feel like it lacks the energy I gravitate towards usually but would listen again.

Really enjoyed this, what a talent. Think there's some genius in the running order here, placing the only big hit second and going straight into an accordion accompaniment next is risky but the audience is carried along. An inspiration.

-honestly kind of boring -none of the songs stuck out -also didn’t really listen super closely but i couldn’t pay attention because it was so boring

Yes cool

People giving this one star clearly don't have a damn clue, it has nothing to do with personal taste in genres either.

Pretty good

Undoubtedly a seminal recording and the timing of it, coming as it did mere months before Kurt was discovered dead, along with it's intentional funeral ambience and some retrospectively foreboding song picks that spoke of Kurt's mind state at that point, almost make it a historical document as much as a concert. I first watched this following Kurt's death as BBC2 showed it and I recorded it on VHS and watched it to death. That's not the last time I listened but it has been a while, as I've been more enamoured in the years that followed with both the Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam Unplugged gigs, but I can't deny that culturally this far outweighs either of those and possibly any other for significance. And that's not to belittle the actual performance! What I enjoy most about this, is that the band not only picked some of their less well known tracks rather than trying to de-electricise(?) Teen Spirit; they also introduced a number of covers which are often the highlights and make up close to half of the set. From the bluesy cowpunk of guests The Meat Puppets to the classic covers of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World and the reworking of Leadbelly's interpretation of the traditional folk song In the Pines into Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, the gut-wrenching closer where Kurt lays all his pain to bear.

Probably the most famous MTV unplugged performance that exists. Still a bucket list of mine to go back and watch all of these as there are many other famous performances and artists, but I do not recall many others talked about aside from this.

Irreverent in its capture of the zeitgeist of an angst-ridden era. Crack a fucking smile gents.

eh mid and the songs all sounded the same

整体感觉很经典。但不是非常吸引我，也许在90年代算牛逼。主唱似乎某些地方在扯嗓子

I've never really been able to get into Nirvana.

Nirvana has always been a fringe band to me. Knowing them from the radio but not deeper. My friend Said is a big fan and loves them.. I heard a story about how Kurt recorded a song and then everyone left the studio and he was laying on the couch with the guitar on him playing quietly and the producer made him stay there, moved the equipment into the room and re recorded it to get the raw heavy, yet gentle version. That song was something in the way… If you are feeling lonely or suicidal please reach out to someone. Even me if your reading this.

One of my favourite live albums ever.

Possibly my favourite Nirvana album. I think the stripped-back treatment of the songs really suits (and enhances) their trademark uneasy chord progressions, and Kurt sounds great. The cover versions are great choices to sit amongst the Nirvana songs, too. I remember watching the MTV version occasionally in the 90s, and always found Kurt's performance magnetic. I'm not quite there for five stars but it's great.

How this is rated one of the best live albums ever is beyond me, AIC and PJ did it better in my opinion in the Unplugged series, the best song on here is a cover which says it all.

Day723 - the unplugged series was amazing but this album stood out above all the others. as we’re about to say goodbye to mtv we can all look back and agree that this was one of the top performances in the forty plus years.

“I think im dumb” - mood. A Polly é simplesmente um sequestro? “Im on a plain, i cant complain” uhum, os mamonas assassinas discordariam 💀 “And I'm living off of grass (…) t's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings” - como vegetariana identifico me com a primeira parte. O mini solo de guitarra na “oh me” ✨✨ “Everyone is gay” - well não há muito a discordar Um álbum bem chill vibes Músicas que conhecia: - come as you are - The man who sold the world (não conhecia a versão dos nirvana) - Something in the way (nunca tinha ouvido com muita atenção)

Chyba nie za bardzo..

Haven’t really listened to nirvana before I liked the acoustic and heard songs I didn’t realize were nirvana

Album: MTV Unplugged in New York Artists: Nirvana First spin mood: live albums get such a bad rep, but I enjoy watching and listening to live sets. so it’s great that the first album of this passion project is a live album. Nirvana is one of those bands that everyone should know so you pretend to know them as well. I’ve never been a huge listener other than a couple of their hits, but lately I’ve turned a new leaf and decided to listen to albums in its entirety to grasp the experience that the artist tries to take you on. The album really started up for me after plateau, with of course come as you are and man who sold the world are great but something in plateau seemed to change the atmosphere of the album for me. What it stirred in me: curiosity and impatience maybe One lyric or sound that stayed with me: Polly want a cracker lol whaaat haha. The voice in plateau resonated with me Where I was: started listening to this on a road trip from California to Colorado going through a snowstorm on i70 passing vail. What I felt: high expectations, which weren’t met until plateau. Didn’t know that song so it was cool to discover something new.

Un album normal de nirvana, no soy muy fan de la banda pero personalmente me gustaron varias canciones que se presentaron

We get it kurt died

Easy 5 stars. Really like Nirvana and also very much like that it is MTV Unplugged

I really like live albums, but I felt like too much of this record was dull. I'm definitely missing the hype somewhere but at the end of the day I can't force myself to rate it high just because

Iconic. I didn't realize the timing of this, released 4 months prior to his death. This was another album in the heavy rotation at my house growing up and at first glance i would have thought easy 5 stars, but didn't really blow me away on the re-listen. It is definitely impressive they sound this good with an "acoustic" set, but the self depreciation and silliness of the songs are clashing with the highly serious presentation. Cobain wanted the set to look like a funeral... I also don't think I would send any of these tracks to a friend "Have you fucking heard this!" Some cool moments - the cello and guitar solo at the end of Man Who Sold the World. Cobain missing the initial note to the riff was very relatable. Novoselic playing accordion with Grohl on bass, also cool. One less cool moment was seeing Cobain grinding his jaw, wonder if he was also doing uppers. Good album, probably the second thing I'd point to after Nevermind if someone asked why they were the best Grunge band or if they were overrated etc.

Ever since I caught a few clips of this show on YouTube 15+ years ago, Ive been obsessed with it. After I learn more context of Cobain’s crew/influence at the time (e.g. Meat Puppets, Bowie, ), I can say that my affinity for this album continues to grow. Nothing against their studio albums, this showcases the bands range without losing its edge. Apparently Grohl had never played with brushes before this? Lol Plugging more unplugged: I also love Alice In Chains’ show (which I know this group overwhelmingly hated their albums). Layne Staley is near the end (just like Cobain here) and the band comes together to deliver an amazing performance. The crowd is seeing a totally strung out and depleted singer muster up the strength to deliver one more.

Live compilation albums feel a little like cheating on this list, but I think this one deserves an exception. When I was very young and first learning guitar, I had some adolescent snobbery about acoustic guitarists and music being better than electric - my thinking was that acoustic guitars and harder to play and more electric guitarists hide behind effects. Back then, Frank probably would have shoved me into a locker (plastered with Led Zeppelin stickers). Thankfully my tastes evolved, but I still think there is something special about songs being stripped down, like they did here - really shows off Cobain’s chops as a song writer.

Not really my music Taste

me gusta

Det er sku et godt album med fede vers og mellemspilninger/outroer

Killer acoustics (style: garage), certains très bons morceaux (Come as you are, Dumb, Oh me), une autre moitié de morceaux moins bons

I like some nirvana songs, just not the live versions on this album this much, the voice wasn’t for me

Probably my all-time favorite live recording. There's not a song on here that I could listen to daily and get sick of. Kurt delivers his best vocal performance during the tracks, ending with his all-time great cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". Between songs, his personality really shines through as he banters and cracks jokes with the audience. Overall just an incredible performance that has stood the test of time.

This album generator has graced me with Nirvana appreciation. That doesn't mean I need an acoustic Nirvana recording, I think the mood for Nirvana rarely merits an acoustic version. This is still a lovely sound, and it's offering something special for the fans, authenticity and intimacy. I feel like Kurt fucked the intro to Come As You Are, but we're human, and his vocal performance is top notch everywhere else. We also see the interactions between the bandmates, the audience, the energy of the night, attitude and respect. It's probably my 2020s devolved cell-phone-brain, but visually this was a chore. I like this one, just because I'm a fan. I'm not super excited about the covers, I prefer their original work. I'm sure a lot of people could get into this project because it features a lot of quality Cobain poetry under a more generally accepted guitar sound. Otherwise, it's fun to see the body language, the cigarettes, the sarcasm. 3.8/5

Yes this is still very good.

Enjoyed this album. I understand why it is held in such high regard. Nirvana is iconic and this is obviously their best performance.

Great listen, live version of the Lead Belly cover is amazing. Love the stripped back approach, a wonderful record.

I used to love this album. Now it’s sad and strange. This is the version of Cobain that people wanted. The sensitive, troubled rock star in the frayed sweater, striped down, intimate, unplugged. But this was contrived. It feels like a proximate cause of Cobain’s death. The sanded-down anaesthetized version of the man they could put in the spotlight and make millions of dollars from. Still a decent listen though.

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana One of the most famous bands of the late 80s through the early 90s. I don’t know them like I know other artists from that period (I like others more, no shade!). I know pop rock and grunge were big at the time. But for me, it’s fine. Like, Kurt Cobain was loved by everyone at the time. That’s not the case here. The songs didn’t click for me! I’m not denying their success, and I’m not trying to drag their art either. I just tried to listen with an open mind, but it didn’t hit though!

무슨 말이 필요할까?

I mean this and the AiC unplugged are two of my all time favorites.... listened to this a million times and never skip a song. Easy 5

Brilliant!!

Easy listening, harmless.

Lo volví a escuchar luego de mínimo 10 años y puedo decir que aún le guardo mucho cariño a este álbum. Agradezco haberlos encontrado a los 12 años y no hoy (porque sé que hoy no me gustaría), pero como crecí con Nirvana solo tengo buenas sensaciones al escucharlo. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I liked this album. Not all the songs tho. Since I've never listened to Kurt Cobain sing live, this was a new experience in the sense that i got to hear his raw vocals. That said, most of the songs I've liked on this album were covers of the Meat puppets songs. So I'll definitely give them a listen. The last song was amazing because he let all the rage out. The songs also taught me about his tragic life story where he drew most of the inspiration from. We'll see if i go back to it.

It’s ok

masterpiece

Cool and nostalgic. Glad to have revisited

Liked about half the songs. Great voices and instrumentals a touch repetitive. Favourite song Dumb.

“In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don’t ever shine I would shiver the whole night through” MTV Unplugged was a really fun and interesting concept that gave us reimaginings of some all time classic tracks. Nirvana’s set became the standard to which all other bands were held and it’s easy to see why. Some of the songs here are actually my preferred versions. The opener “About A Girl” is a prime example of this. It works so well as a slow, gentler number and allows you to pick up on the subtler emotions that Kurt Cobain was so good at expressing when you strip Nirvana’s songs back. There’s also room on Unplugged for a good number of covers. The highlights are David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World” and a truly haunting rendition of Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night”. Both of these again demonstrate Cobain’s talent for making you feel a certain way without being vocally gifted on a technical level. There are some brilliant choices in terms of instrumentation which help boost certain moments. Having a live cellist in order to retain the strings on the choruses of “Dumb” and “Something In The Way” was definitely needed and works perfectly. There are a few moments of interaction between Cobain and the audience in between songs and he comes across as quite shy but charming. You certainly get the feeling that the crowd can tell they’re witnessing something special. They go completely quiet during each song but burst into rapturous applause as soon as they are certain they won’t be clapping over the music. Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged set feels like a snapshot in time. Even the staging and the clothing has gone down as iconic and it’s really hard not to get swept up in it as Cobain belts out the final lyrics of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” to close the album. An incredible crescendo that gives the performance a well deserved and satisfying ending. This show will no doubt provide many with their abiding image of Kurt Cobain in his grey cardigan with an acoustic guitar resting on his lap. I know that is what I see in my head whenever I think of him. It is tragic that he would pass away so soon after this gig, the same age that I am as I sit here writing this. His performance here cements him as one of the all time greatest front men in rock music despite how short his career ended up being.

Masterpiece. 10/10.

Kinda chill laid back listen; the song that I feel like had the most raw emotion would be "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", banger.

Another classic

Best of Nirvana?! ya, it's very good.

It was okay

Great album, captured the band really well. Prefer this to the studio albums

It's an iconic performance from the 90s. I'm not sure I can give it a 5, though, as I generally prefer the original album versions of each track.

It’s iconic, and I get why this album means so much to people

I don't think it's an unpopular take that Nirvana is the band that mastered the format of MTV Unplugged. While there have been some great performances since that day in 1993, when people think of Unplugged they think of Nirvana. Fresh off the release of In Utero, the band was arguably at their best, and playing a show combining some of their great originals with absolutely brilliant covers cemented their legacy. I believe in letting the covers shine above their originals, they really set this performance apart from others who have historically just "played the hits". The Man Who Sold the World and Where Did You Sleep Last Night steal the show, offering a completely new side of Nirvana and reinventing incredible songs for the modern generation. The track selection perfectly complements the acoustic environment combined with the roots of everything that made Nirvana so memorable. There's a good reason that this is THE MTV Unplugged recording and frequently considered among the greatest recorded live performances of all time.

After over 200 albums I've finally found one i actually owned at some point in my life. This is a great album.

Great live album. Every song is awesome.

love live recordings so personal and special

Automatic 5d. Arguably one of the best live albums of all time. Great stripped down versions of their originals, and fantastic covers. Not even gonna pick favorites cause they're all favorites.

Spotify now has a feature where you can sometimes watch a video associated with the song. It was pretty cool to watch, especially unplugged like this. They still acted a bit like a house band even while playing such a big show

So good that Courtney had to kill Kurt shortly after recording this

Still a melancholy listen after all this time. But to have a band like Nirvana largely avoid their own massive hits to expose their fans to some great music that influenced them, all delivered by one one of the most recognizable frontmen ever, this album hasn’t lost any of its power or awesomeness.

It’s always somewhat bitter-sweet reviewing albums that you thrashed in an earlier stage of life. This was still a great listen, but couldn’t quite recreate the highs of experiencing the record while young and impressionable

Iconic performance. Classic songs.

Pretty good

Not my favorite album, it's fine but pretty same-y. Not a fan of the jokes between songs

I like it but I don’t think the lyrics relate to me. Alternative.

A week ago, I heard a man say that he hated Nirvana. He said that aside from Dave Grohl, they were all talentless and that they did irreparable damage to the music industry because they made people believe that they could be “bad” at music and still successful. When he said this I rolled my eyes and thought— that can’t be right. But I honestly hadn’t listened to too much Nirvana, so I was in no place to argue effectively. The one thing I did know, is that he fundamentally misunderstands music as an art form. This album was intimate and raw and every little conversation, every voice crack, every lyric, every cheer or chuckle from the audience proved what I’ve always known. Music can’t be bad as long as the artist has something to say or something they want the audience to feel. Anyway, my favorite track was Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam. And that guy was an idiot.

Oh so whiney. Nirvana are not my cup of tea.

Good album, not my favorite cause the voice of Kurt

Not heard it for years, brought back memories