MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album)
| MTV Unplugged | ||||
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| Live album by Bob Dylan | ||||
| Released | May 2, 1995 | |||
| 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 | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| 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 on November 17 and 18, 1994. It gave Dylan his best sales in years, reaching US #23 and going gold, while hitting #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
- Bucky Baxter – dobro, pedal steel, steel guitar, mandolin
- Tony Garnier – upright bass
- John Jackson – guitar
- Brendan O'Brien – Hammond organ
- Winston Watson – drums
- Technical personnel
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Ed Cherney – mixing
- Randy Ezratty – engineering
- Kim Gaucher – illustrations
- Scott Hull – mastering
- Frank Micelotta – photography
- Jeff Rosen – executive production
- Don Was – mixing
- Allen Weinberg – art direction
References
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album) at AllMusic
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 169". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "MTV Unplugged releases". allmusic. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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