Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)

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Unplugged
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Live album by
Bryan Adams
ReleasedDecember 9, 1997
RecordedSeptember 26, 1997
Venue Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York
Genre Rock, acoustic rock
Length52:26
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Adams, Patrick Leonard
Bryan Adams chronology
18 til I Die
(1996)		Unplugged
(1997)		 On a Day Like Today
(1998)
Singles from Unplugged
  1. "Back to You"
    Released: December 8, 1997
  2. "I'm Ready"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

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".

Contents

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. [5]

CD track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer of '69" Adams, Vallance 4:02
2."Back to You"Adams, Kennedy 4:30
3."Cuts Like a Knife"Adams, Vallance5:04
4."I'm Ready"Adams, Vallance4:29
5."Fits Ya Good"Adams, Vallance3:02
6."When You Love Someone"Adams, Kamen, Peters 3:41
7."18 til I Die"Adams, Lange 3:31
8."I Think About You"Adams, Peters2:36
9."If Ya Wanna Be Bad - Ya Gotta Be Good/Let's Make a Night to Remember"Adams, Peters/Adams, Lange4:35
10."The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"Adams, Lange4:34
11."A Little Love"Adams, Kennedy, Peters3:23
12."Heaven"Adams, Vallance4:31
13."I'll Always Be Right There"Adams, Lange4:28
Japan 2012 SHM-CD Bonus Tracks [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Back To You (Original Demo Version)" (From "I'm Ready" Single)Adams, Kennedy5:06
15."(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear" (Unplugged)Adams, Lange1:31
DVD track listing [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer of '69" Adams, Vallance 4:23
2."Cuts Like a Knife"Adams, Vallance5:15
3."I'm Ready"Adams, Vallance4:39
4."Back to You"Adams, Kennedy 4:28
5."Fits Ya Good"Adams, Vallance3:02
6."When You Love Someone"Adams, Kamen, Peters 3:41
7."18 til I Die"Adams, Lange 3:41
8."I Think About You"Adams, Peters2:36
9."If Ya Wanna Be Bad - Ya Gotta Be Good"Adams, Peters2:19
10."Let's Make a Night to Remember"Adams, Lange2:11
11."(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear"Adams, Lange1:24
12."A Little Love"Adams, Kennedy, Peters3:25
13."Can't Stop This Thing We Started"Adams, Vallance3:17
14."It Ain't A Party...If You Can't Come Round"Adams, Lange1:19
15."Heaven"Adams, Vallance4:39
16."I'll Always Be Right There"Adams, Kamen, Lange4:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]

Musicians

Strings

Production

Technicians

MTV Credits

Charts

Certifications

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