It has a liveness and warmth to it that is very difficult to capture, but is reflected on this recording. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. Nirvana's 'Unplugged in New York' was named one of the 10 best live albums of all time by Rolling Stone.

Kurt Cobain’s songwriting was revealed to be just as emotionally hefty, even without the dynamism of Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl’s normal volume - indeed, the thought of Grohl drumming with brushes is a strange one even now. The double-vinyl package features the original tracklisting, in addition to five bonus rehearsal performances that were previously only available on the DVD edition. No other band could have offered covers of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” and the folk standard “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” on the same record, turning in chilling performances of both — performances that reveal as much as their original songs. The album had a huge impact when it came out, selling seven million copies within six months of its release.We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.

About half a year prior to the death of Nirvana's front man Kurt Cobain, the recordings for the MTV Unplugged show were made. The bonus rehearsal material is a nice time capsule extra to boot (Pennyroyal Tea is especially interesting as it is in a different, higher key, the performance version is much better).

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Your hankies should be at the ready’, and by Melody Maker as ³a fine and unreservedly recommended album, a melancholy masterpiece", it grants the acoustic treatment to Nirvana classics ‘About A Girl’, ‘Come As You Are’ and ‘All Apologies’, as well as a cover of David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ and closing with Leadbelly’s ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night? These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.