NIRVANA

Release Year: 1994
Artist Origin: USA
Style: alternative acoustic grunge rock live

perhaps the most legendary, essential live show from MTV Unplugged series, very popular in mid nineties, was recorded live at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 18th, 1993, and happened to become the last striking statement of unprecedented ensemble - one of their most cohesive records features a miraculous spectrum of impressive repertoire, refusing the usual stage aggression, opting instead for a more restrained, stripped-down expression that further highlights essence of the songs, while the finale leaves long lasting impression on the listener, among other things including covers of Meat Puppets and David Bowie, while [some of] their own tunes dramatically improve over the originals, except maybe for soul chilling On A Plain - music is stripped of the noise, and Kurt Cobain's voice sounds the most moving in this situation; recent European black vinyl edition comes with an analogue sound mastering and pro-printed inner sleeve