Nirvana – Unplugged in New York (CD)
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Recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993, just five months before Kurt Cobain's death, this performance captured a band deliberately stripping away everything that made them famous. Cobain's choice to lean into David Bowie, the Meat Puppets, and Leadbelly rather than the expected hits said everything about where his musical curiosity was pointed, and the candlelit atmosphere made it feel less like a TV taping and more like a wake that nobody knew was coming.
Sadly, MTV Unplugged stands as Nirvana's last album. While it's an album of covers and old songs, it ranks as one of the band's most cohesive records. Instead of relying on the trio's overpowering sonic force, Unplugged concentrates on Kurt Cobain's subtly shaded songwriting and Nirvana's deceptively simple musical power. Every version of their previously recorded songs, with the possible exception of "On a Plain," dramatically improves the original, and the covers reveal more about Cobain than he intended. By the time Nirvana close with a wrenching, spine-chilling version of Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," the emotional complexity of Nirvana's music is clear. It's also clear that they could have made even greater music.
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UPC: 720642472729
Label: Geffen Records
Release Date: 11.1.94
Format: CD