Unplugged...and Seated

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Unplugged...and Seated
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Live album by
Rod Stewart
Released24 May 1993
Recorded5 February 1993, Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock, pop
Length69:57
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Patrick Leonard
Rod Stewart chronology
Lead Vocalist
(1993)		Unplugged...and Seated
(1993)		 A Spanner in the Works
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Calgary Herald C [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Unplugged...and Seated is a live album released by British musician Rod Stewart on 24 May 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It is Stewart's second live album and his first (and only) appearance on MTV Unplugged . The unplugged versions of "Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison, "Reason to Believe", "Having a Party", and "People Get Ready" were released as singles, with "Have I Told You Lately" and "Having a Party" reaching success as singles. A special collector's edition was released in March 2009 on Rhino Records. This two-disc package included the DVD of the performance with 13 songs while the CD contained 17 tracks including two songs ("Gasoline Alley" and "Forever Young") not on the original 1993 release.

Contents

Album information

The album was recorded on 5 February 1993 at Universal Studios, Los Angeles as part of MTV's Unplugged series. The event aired on television on 5 May of the same year. Unplugged finds Stewart reunited, for the first time in nearly twenty years, with Ronnie Wood, a fellow Faces band member. Stewart performs some of the classics from his repertoire such as "Tonight's the Night" and "Maggie May", but also adds some new material such as "Having a Party" and "Highgate Shuffle". The album title comes from a joke Stewart made during the taping about "Stay with Me" being difficult to perform while sitting down. Four songs were taped but not included on the subsequent album release although "It's All Over Now" was included as the B-side to the single for "Reason To Believe".

Track listing

CD release

  1. "Hot Legs" (Rod Stewart, Gary Grainger) – 4:25
  2. "Tonight's the Night" (Stewart) – 4:04
  3. "Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike d'Abo) – 4:25
  4. "Cut Across Shorty" (Wayne Walker, Marijohn Wilkin) – 4:58
  5. "Every Picture Tells A Story" (Stewart, Ron Wood) – 4:45
  6. "Maggie May" (Stewart, Martin Quittenton) – 5:45
    • (studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  7. "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 4:07
    • (studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  8. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:59
    • (studio version previously released as a single with Jeff Beck)
  9. "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison) – 4:08
  10. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" (Tom Waits) – 4:40
  11. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 4:12
  12. "Mandolin Wind" (Stewart) – 5:23
    • (studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  13. "Highgate Shuffle" (arrangement by Stewart) – 3:54
    • (previously unreleased)
  14. "Stay with Me" (Stewart, Wood) – 5:27
  15. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke) – 4:44
    • (previously unreleased)
  16. "Gasoline Alley" (Stewart, Wood)
    • (bonus track on the "Unplugged…and Seated Collector’s Edition")
    • (studio version previously released on Gasoline Alley)
  17. "Forever Young" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
    • (bonus track on the "Unplugged…and Seated Collector’s Edition")
    • (studio version previously released on Out of Order )

Live performance

  1. "Hot Legs"
  2. "Tonight's the Night"
  3. "Cut Across Shorty" (feat. Ron Wood)
  4. "Reason to Believe" (feat. Ron Wood)
  5. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) (feat. Ron Wood)
    • (studio version previously released on Gasoline Alley)
  6. "Every Picture Tells a Story" (feat. Ron Wood)
  7. "Maggie May" (feat. Ron Wood)
  8. "People Get Ready" (feat. Ron Wood)
  9. "Handbags And Gladrags"
  10. "The Killing of Georgie" (Stewart)
    • (studio version previously released on A Night on the Town)
  11. "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison)
  12. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)"
  13. "Forever Young" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
  14. "First Cut Is the Deepest"
  15. "I Was Only Joking" (Stewart, Grainger)
    • (studio version previously released on Foot Loose & Fancy Free)
  16. "Gasoline Alley" (Stewart, Wood) (feat. Ron Wood)
  17. "Highgate Shuffle" (feat. Ron Wood)
  18. "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" (Chuck Berry) (feat. Ron Wood)
    • (studio version previously released on Smiler )
  19. "Mandolin Wind" (feat. Ron Wood)
  20. "Stay with Me" (feat. Ron Wood)
  21. "Having a Party" (feat. Ron Wood)

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [20] Gold30,000^
Australia (ARIA) [21] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [22] 3× Platinum300,000^
Germany (BVMI) [23] Gold250,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [24] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [25] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [26] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [28] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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