MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)

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MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)
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Live album by
Liam Gallagher
Released12 June 2020 (2020-06-12)
Recorded3 August 2019
Venue Hull City Hall (Hull, England)
Length43:30
Label Warner
Liam Gallagher chronology
Why Me? Why Not.
(2019)		MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)
(2020)		 C'mon You Know
(2022)

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) is a live album by English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher. It was released on 12 June 2020 by Warner Records. It was originally set for release on 24 April 2020 [1] but was delayed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The album was recorded at Hull City Hall on 3 August 2019, consisting of 10 live acoustic performances of solo material by Gallagher and Oasis [3] that were culled from the 15 songs which were performed on the night, including a cover of "Natural Mystic" by Bob Marley and the Wailers that was ultimately not included on the album. [4]

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MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) is the first live release to top the UK Albums Chart since George Michael's Symphonica in 2014, and is the biggest selling vinyl release of 2020. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Clash 8/10 [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album has an average score of 73, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favourable". [6]

Chart performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 50 in Australia, [12] number 19 in Austria, [13] number 26 in Belgian Flanders Ultratop, [14] number 13 in Belgian Wallonia Ultratop, [15] number 34 in Netherlands, [16] number 45 in France, [17] number 8 in Germany, [18] number 11 in Italy, [19] number 15 in Switzerland. [20] On 25 June 2020, the album also ranked at number 1 in Ireland, [21] Scotland [22] and in the UK. [23]

Track listing

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wall of Glass"
4:09
2."Some Might Say"
4:57
3."Now That I've Found You"
3:30
4."One of Us"
3:33
5."Stand by Me"
  • N. Gallagher
5:57
6."Sad Song"
  • N. Gallagher
4:30
7."Cast No Shadow"
  • N. Gallagher
5:05
8."Once"
  • A. Wyatt
  • L. Gallagher
3:56
9."Gone"
  • A. Wyatt
  • L. Gallagher
  • M. Tighe
3:54
10."Champagne Supernova"
  • N. Gallagher
3:59
Total length:43:30
Japanese bonus track [24]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Greedy Soul"L. Gallagher4:11
Total length:47:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 34
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA) [21] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 11
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [25] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [26] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 15
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [27] 34
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [28] 7

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