Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Chemical Smile — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:39:34 GMT

Author: Chemical Smile

Posted: 03/27/2012 19:39

I was never, and still am, a big Nirvana fan, but Unplugged is a great album. Great acoustic versions of well known songs, great choice of covers, and that Leadbelly song is a perfect haunting finish!

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:49:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:49

Not sure if this is on the DVD, but it's pretty awesome 😁

Link

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:38:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:38

purple wrote:

some deathbed utterance of what they wanted to be, not what they were

Very insightful...

That is pretty much how I feel when I listen to this album (which is what I am doing right now)!

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

RoundTheBend — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:06:07 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:06

Amazing Leadbelly cover tops this one off. Nirvana's music isn't the best acoustic music, thus I find it awesome that he brought the Meat Puppets in to do that, especially since Nirvana's career had taken off. They didn't waste their time trying to turn all their stuff into acoustic, rather let others shine.

I am so glad they got the opportunity to do this so we could see this side of them.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

TracyJacks — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:37:01 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 03/25/2012 19:37

My favourite album by Nirvana, I love this album (yes, maybe I am the only one, but I listen to it more than Nevermind...)
Maybe because I am an acoustic-fan and I often prefer acoustic versions more than the original recordings. This album is a good example for that.

It shows us Cobain's very personal side, he sings with so much pain through the whole concert. The songs all have a special mood. It was a special show.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:08:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2012 18:08

Norman Bates wrote:

Every time I listen to this, I end up thinking it's not really Nirvana.

some deathbed utterance of what they wanted to be, not what they were

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Hermes_requite — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:40:42 GMT

Author: Hermes_requite

Posted: 03/25/2012 08:40

Doesn't get any better than this one. My personal favorite song on this album would be this one.

Link

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Norman Bates — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:35:57 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/23/2012 22:35

joyofdivision wrote:

Anyway, this is Michael Stipe's tribute

Link

Best track from Monster, by far.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:31:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/23/2012 22:31

This could have been the way forward for Nirvana if Kurt hadn't got himself into such a bad place. His favourite album at the time was 'Automatic For The People' and REM's Michael Stipe had been trying in vain to reach out to Kurt and collaborate on some tracks... It wasn't to be 😢

Anyway, this is Michael Stipe's tribute

Link

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Norman Bates — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:05:57 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/23/2012 22:05

Every time I listen to this, I end up thinking it's not really Nirvana.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Hayden — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:40:29 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/23/2012 21:40

This is the first time I actually bothered looking at what the cover was...

And it was a good show 😄 Not sure if it should be considered a 'great album' though. I wish he had recorded an acoustic set of covers....but I guess that's a hopeless dream 😕

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Error Finn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:15:26 GMT

Author: Error Finn

Posted: 03/23/2012 21:15

Where Did You Sleep Last Night - is even more amazing cover (Leadbelly)

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

junodog4 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:07:17 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/23/2012 21:07

Fantastic. Great versions of Nirvana tracks, but also the Meat Puppets and Bowie. Showed the personable side of Kurt Cobain.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Applerill — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:04:47 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 03/23/2012 21:04

Was just listening to this in the car the other day. Great record, better than In Utero IMO.

Re: Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

HigherThanTheSun — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:26:45 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 03/23/2012 20:26

Love the Bowie cover.

Album of the day (#493): Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

BestEverAlbums — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:00:20 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 03/23/2012 20:00

Today's album of the day

Unplugged In New York by Nirvana (View album)

Year: 1994.
Overall rank: 99.
Average rating: 85/100 (from 359 votes).

Tracks:
1. About A Girl
2. Come As You Are
3. Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold The World
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb
7. Polly
8. On A Plain
9. Something In The Way
10. Plateau
11. Oh Me
12. Lake Of Fire
13. All Apologies
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.