MTV Unplugged (Maxwell EP)

MTV Unplugged is a live EP by American neo soul singer Maxwell, released by Columbia Records in mid-1997. The album features recordings of Maxwell's performance on the MTV concert series program MTV Unplugged, filmed in New York City earlier in the year. The album includes covers of songs such as Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" and Nine Inch Nails "Closer."^[1]

The singer was asked to do MTV Unplugged, despite only having released only one album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite. Maxwell's episode of MTV Unplugged first aired on the network on July 22, 1997".^[2]

Background

Despite only having released only one album, the music video television channel MTV saw his burgeoning popularity and asked him to tape an episode of the concert series MTV Unplugged in New York City. The show was taped live on June 15, 1997, and he performed his own songs as well as covers of songs by Kate Bush ("This Woman's Work") and Nine Inch Nails ("Closer").^[3] (Unfortunately he clashed with his label about the release of a full album of his session, resulting in the release of only an extended play, or EP instead,^[4] containing seven songs.) The episode of MTV Unplugged first aired on the network on July 22, 1997".^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	(C)^[7]
NY Amsterdam News	(favorable)^[8]
Rhapsody	(favorable)^[9]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)^[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Maxwell (Musze) unless otherwise noted.

"The Suite Urban Theme (The Hush)"
"Mello: Sumthin (The Hush)"
"The Lady Suite"
"This Woman's Work" (Kate Bush)
"Whenever Wherever Whatever"
"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" (Musze, Itaal Shur)
"Gotta Get: Closer" (Musze, Trent Reznor)
"...Til the Cops Come Knockin'" (international bonus track)

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak Position
The Billboard 200 (U.S.)	53
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	15

References

↑ Maxwell's Unplugged Session tv.com
↑ Maxwell's Unplugged CD mtv.com
↑ "Maxwell Unplugged". tv.com.
↑ Maxwell Unplugged CD entertainment.circuitcity.com.
↑ Maxwell's Unplugged CD mtv.com
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ NY Amsterdam News review
↑ Rhapsody review
↑ Yahoo! Music review

MTV series albums

Amp	Amp Amp 2

The Grind	MTV Grind 1

Party to Go	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Platinum Mix '98 '99 2000 Remixed

MTV Unplugged	10,000 Maniacs Bryan Adams Alice in Chains Babyface Tony Bennett Björk Mariah Carey Eric Clapton The Corrs Dashboard Confessional Bob Dylan Cássia Eller Florence and the Machine Lauryn Hill Jay-Z Juanes Alicia Keys Kiss Korn La Ley Legião Urbana Maná Mando Diao Ricky Martin Maxwell Paul McCartney Alanis Morissette Nirvana Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Os Paralamas do Sucesso Katy Perry O Rappa R.E.M. (video) Alejandro Sanz Shakira Soda Stereo Bruce Springsteen Staind Rod Stewart Thirty Seconds to Mars Los Tigres del Norte Titãs Diego Torres Los Tres El Tri Julieta Venegas Hitomi Yaida Neil Young Zoé

MTV ao Vivo	Daniela Mercury Nando Reis e Os Infernais Skank Titãs

Maxwell

Studio albums	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996) Embrya (1998) Now (2001) BLACKsummers'night (2009)

Other albums	MTV Unplugged For Lovers Only: The Best of Maxwell

Solo singles	"...Til the Cops Come Knockin'" "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" "Sumthin' Sumthin' "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)" "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" "Luxury: Cococure" "Matrimony: Maybe You" "Fortunate" "Let's Not Play the Game" "Get to Know Ya" "Lifetime" "This Woman's Work" "Pretty Wings" "Smile" "Bad Habits" "Cold" "Fistful of Tears"

Tours	Now Tour (2001-02) Maxwell 08 Tour (2008) BLACKsummers'night Tour (2009) Maxwell & Jill Scott: The Tour (2010)

Related articles	Discography

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