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| Unplugged | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | December 9, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | September 26, 1997 | |||
| Venue | Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York | |||
| Genre | Rock, acoustic rock | |||
| Length | 52:26 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Bryan Adams, Patrick Leonard | |||
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| Singles from Unplugged | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| Los Angeles Times | [4] |
| Uncut | [5] |
Unplugged is an acoustic live album by Canadian musician Bryan Adams. The album was recorded completely on September 26, 1997, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Recorded by David Hewitt and Bob Clearmountain on the Remote Recording Silver Truck. Adams was joined by Irish piper Davy Spillane and Michael Kamen who wrote orchestrations for many of the songs and brought students from the Juilliard School to play them. Three new songs were included; "Back To You", "When You Love Someone", and "A Little Love". The song "If Ya Wanna Be Bad - Ya Gotta Be Good" makes its debut on an album, originally appearing on the B-side of "Let's Make a Night to Remember" - to which it is paired on the Unplugged album. Absent from both the CD and DVD is "Hey Elvis", which is available on the single of "Back To You". A second single was released in early 1998, an acoustic reworking of the hard rock song, "I'm Ready".
The album included only thirteen of the songs recorded at the show. The MTV Unplugged DVD included a few different songs and the song order is also different from on the CD.
The record sold over 2,500,000 units worldwide.[6]
- ^ "MTV Unplugged - Bryan Adams | AllMusic". AllMusic. 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 6. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times review". Ew.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Williamson, Nigel (March 1998). "Bryan Adams: Unplugged". Uncut. No. 10. p. 77.
- ^ LeBlanc, Larry (October 24, 1998). "Adams Strong On Int't Front". Billboard. Toronto.