MTV Unplugged (Alanis Morissette album)

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MTV Unplugged
Alanis Unplugged album cover.jpg
Live album by Alanis Morissette
Released November 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)
Recorded September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18)
MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Genre Acoustic rock
Label Maverick, Reprise
Producer Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette chronology
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
(1998)Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie1998		 MTV Unplugged
(1999)		 Under Rug Swept
(2002)Under Rug Swept2002
Singles from MTV Unplugged
  1. "That I Would Be Good"
    Released: February 8, 2000
  2. "King of Pain"
    Released: April 19, 2000
  3. "You Learn"
    Released: April 19, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly B−[2]
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[4]

MTV Unplugged is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 9, 1999 (see 1999 in music). It comprises songs performed by Morissette on the television program MTV Unplugged. Twelve tracks were included on the album, but Morissette performed several others, including "Baba", "Thank U" (both from 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie) and "Your House" (the hidden track on 1995's Jagged Little Pill), during her Unplugged concert. These were later released as B-sides on the "King of Pain" single release. The first single, "That I Would Be Good", was moderately successful, and two other tracks, "King of Pain" (a cover of the song by The Police) and "You Learn" were released as singles outside North America. As of March 2012, the album has sold 673,000 copies in the U.S.[5]

In addition to material from Morissette's first two U.S. albums, MTV Unplugged featured performances of "No Pressure over Cappuccino" and "Princes Familiar", two previously unreleased songs from her tours, and "These R the Thoughts", a previously released b-side. Morissette has stated that "Princes Familiar" in particular is one of her favorite and most vocally challenging songs. She performed it on her 2005 Diamond Wink Tour, where she dedicated it to "all of the dads in the audience." The ballad "No Pressure over Cappuccino", one of the first songs she wrote following the release of Jagged Little Pill, "was inspired by [her] twin brother," Wade.[6]

Featuring cleaner vocals, slower arrangements and a few drastic reinventions (particularly in the case of "You Oughta Know"), MTV Unplugged foreshadowed much of Morissette's later, softer work, particularly 2005's Jagged Little Pill Acoustic and the accompanying Diamond Wink Tour.

MTV Unplugged is Alanis's best-selling album in Brazil selling over 1 million copies.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alanis Morissette, all music composed by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "You Learn"   4:22
2. "Joining You"   5:09
3. "No Pressure Over Cappuccino" (Morissette, Nick Lashley) 4:41
4. "That I Would Be Good"   4:14
5. "Head Over Feet"   4:23
6. "Princes Familiar"   4:37
7. "I Was Hoping"   4:54
8. "Ironic"   4:14
9. "These R the Thoughts"   3:26
10. "King of Pain" (lyrics and music: Sting) 4:05
11. "You Oughta Know"   5:00
12. "Uninvited" (Alanis Morissette) 4:37

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Portuguese Albums Chart[7] 1
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[7] 10
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7] 41
France Albums Chart[7] 21
Italy Albums Chart[7] 6
Norway Albums Chart[7] 6
Netherlands Albums Chart[7] 4
UK Albums Chart[8] 56
Sweden Albums Chart[7] 56
Switzerland Albums Chart[7] 4
US Billboard 200[9] 63

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[10] Gold 25,000
Brazil (ABPD)[11] Platinum 125,000
Germany (BVMI)[12] Platinum 250,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[13] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 673,000
Summaries

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ Trust, Gary. "Ask Billboard: What Are the Billboard 200's Longest-Charting Albums Ever?". Billboard. December 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ "No Pressure Over Cappuccino", performed by Alanis Morissette, Berkeley 1996. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 spanishcharts.com - Alanis Morissette - MTV Unplugged
  8. ↑ ALANIS MORISSETTE - The Official Charts Company
  9. ↑ Alanis Morissette Album & Song Chart History
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