Unplugged

One last time for this series, lets revisit a MTV Unplugged performance shall we. And again this is one I swore I had posted earlier in time but I didn't, so with that said lets take a look at 'Unplugged' from Neil Young.

Recorded on February 7, 1993 during the height of Grunge, it seemed logical to let the Godfather Of Grunge to do an Unplugged session. After all Neil has being that for years. This one wasn't without some tension though. The actual released version of this album is the second attempt. Legend has it Neil was unhappy with the way things sounded and everyone's playing in the band. And I'm sure there was some anger directed at MTV. Despite the tension Neil eventually played eighteen tracks in all that night, however four tracks were cut from the release. However there was a treat in all this, an unreleased song in "Stringman". Well the whole album for me is a treat. In all you get a mix of old material, even a Buffalo Springfield track thrown in there, along with some of his newer material from the 'Harvest Moon' record. While the release was cited as average by most critics upon its release, this album stands up to the rest of Neil's Live albums.

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