MTV Unplugged (Shawn Mendes album)

MTV Unplugged
Live album by Shawn Mendes
Released	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
Recorded	September 2017 Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop rock
Length	50:41
Label	Island Universal
Shawn Mendes chronology
Live at Madison Square Garden (2016) MTV Unplugged (2017) Shawn Mendes (2018)

MTV Unplugged is the second live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. The album was recorded at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles in September 2017. ^[1] The album was released worldwide on November 3, 2017.

Commercial performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 71 in the United States with 9,000 units; 3,000 of which were traditional album sales. ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"	Shawn Mendes Teddy Geiger Geoff Warburton Scott Harris	3:30
2.	"Ruin"	Harris Mendes Zubin Thakkar Warburton Zmishlany	6:21
3.	"Stitches"	Geiger Daniel Kyriakides Parker	4:23
4.	"Three Empty Words"	Harris Mendes Warburton Zmishlany	4:19
5.	"Patience"	Mendes Harris Geiger	3:15
6.	"Bad Reputation"	Harris Mendes Warburton	5:11
7.	"Don't Be a Fool"	Harris Mendes Warburton	5:37
8.	"Roses"	Mendes Tobias Jesso Jr. Tom Hull	4:14
9.	"Mercy"	Geiger Ilsey Juber Mendes Daniel Parker	3:48
10.	"Never Be Alone"	Mendes Harris Martin Terefe Glen Scott	4:49
11.	"Use Somebody / Treat You Better"	Caleb Followill Nathan Followill Jared Followill Matthew Followill Mendes Harris Geiger	5:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[3]

Musicians

• Wynton Grant – violin (tracks 6, 9, 10)
• Dave Haskett – bass (tracks 1, 2, 6-9, 11)
• Patrick Laird – cello (tracks 6, 9-11)
• Shawn Mendes – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4-6), electric guitar (tracks 7, 10, 11), piano (track 3)
• Cicely Parnas – cello (tracks 6, 9, 10)
• Eddy Ruyter – piano (tracks 1, 5-9, 11), keyboards (track 2)
• Mike Sleath – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11)
• Zubin Thakkar – guitar (all tracks)
• Geoff Warburton – electric guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 2)

Production

• J. Mark King – engineer (tracks 1-3, 5-11)
• Cody Robertson – assistant mixing
• George Seara – mixing
• Zubin Thakkar – producer, engineer (track 4)

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5]	51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6]	197
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7]	35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8]	65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	59
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	16
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [11]	38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12]	35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13]	38
US Billboard 200 [14]	71

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Catalogue	Ref
Various	November 3, 2017	Digital download, CD, vinyl	Island Records Universal Music Group	060256708929	[15] [16]

References

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3. MTV Unplugged (booklet). Island, Universal. 2017.
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14. "Shawn Mendes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
15. "MTV Unplugged by Shawn Mendes". iTunes Australia. 3 November 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
16. "Unplugged Exclusive Double-LP (Vinyl)". Merchbar. Retrieved May 22, 2018.