Tracks
Side A
- 11994Dutch Top 40: peak position 26 in week 50 of 1994, 4 weeks in the chartAbout A Girl3:38A♯ minor
- 21994Come As You Are4:14A♯ minor
- 31994Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam4:37G♯ minor
- 41994The Man Who Sold The World4:21D♯ minor
- 51994Pennyroyal Tea3:41E major
- 61994Dumb2:53A♯ minor
- 71994Polly3:16A minor
Side B
- 11994On A Plain3:45C minor
- 21994Something In The Way4:02C minor
- 31994Plateau3:38F♯ major
- 41994Oh Me3:26A♯ minor
- 51994Lake Of Fire2:56C♯ minor
- 61994All Apologies4:23G♯ minor
- 71994Where Did You Sleep Last Night5:06A♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of MTV Unplugged In New York
MTV Unplugged In New York sounds darker and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 122 bpm.
Quietest track: Plateau · most energetic: Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Across 14 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The three members of Nirvana around the time of MTV Unplugged In New York, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Kurt Cobain
Krist Novoselic
Dave Grohl19901995Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana released?
MTV Unplugged In New York came out in 1994.
How many tracks are on MTV Unplugged In New York?
MTV Unplugged In New York has 14 tracks, 54 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from MTV Unplugged In New York made the Dutch Top 40?
One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: About A Girl. It got to number 26 in week 50 of 1994.
Which category is MTV Unplugged In New York in?
MTV Unplugged In New York is filed under live and unplugged albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Nirvana.
Which other albums by Nirvana are in the collection?
The collection holds two more albums by Nirvana: Nevermind (1991) and In Utero (1993).
Who was in Nirvana when MTV Unplugged In New York came out?
In 1994, Nirvana consisted of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of MTV Unplugged In New York mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play MTV Unplugged In New York?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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