MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album)

MTV Unplugged
A photograph of Dylan playing guitar onstage in front of a microphone
Live album by Bob Dylan
Released May 2, 1995 (1995-05-02)
Recorded November 17–18, 1994, Sony Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Folk rock, rock and roll, folk
Length 69:24
Label Columbia
Producer Jeff Rosen
Bob Dylan chronology
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
(1994)
MTV Unplugged
(1995)
The Best of Bob Dylan
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1995 by Columbia Records (reissued in 2007 by Sony).[4] It documents Dylan's appearance on the then-highly popular MTV Unplugged television series, recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 17 and 18, 1994. It gave Dylan his best sales in years, reaching US No. 23 and going gold, while hitting No. 10 in the UK.

The singer-songwriter had originally wanted to do a set of traditional folk songs. At MTV's behest, he instead performed mostly classics from his early albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan.

US release
No. Title Length
1. "Tombstone Blues"   4:54
2. "Shooting Star"   4:06
3. "All Along the Watchtower"   3:36
4. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"   5:48
5. "John Brown"   5:22
6. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"   3:31
7. "Desolation Row"   8:22
8. "Dignity"   6:30
9. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"   5:30
10. "Like a Rolling Stone"   9:09
11. "With God on Our Side"   7:16
UK release
No. Title Length
1. "Tombstone Blues"   4:54
2. "Shooting Star"   4:06
3. "All Along the Watchtower"   3:36
4. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"   5:48
5. "John Brown"   5:22
6. "Desolation Row"   8:22
7. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"   3:31
8. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"   5:22
9. "Dignity"   6:30
10. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"   5:30
11. "Like a Rolling Stone"   9:09
12. "With God on Our Side"   7:16

Personnel

Additional musicians
Technical personnel

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. MTV Unplugged at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 169". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. Richardson, Susan (2 February 1998). "Rolling Stone : Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged : Music Reviews". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. "MTV Unplugged releases". allmusic. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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