Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)

Unplugged
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 9, 1997
RecordedSeptember 26, 1997
VenueHammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York
GenreRock, acoustic rock
Length52:26
LabelA&M
ProducerBryan 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
Entertainment WeeklyB
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Los Angeles Times

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".

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.

CD track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer of '69"Adams, Vallance4:02
2."Back to You"Adams, Kennedy4:30
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, Peters3:41
7."18 til I Die"Adams, Lange3:31
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
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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer of '69"Adams, Vallance4:23
2."Cuts Like a Knife"Adams, Vallance5:15
3."I'm Ready"Adams, Vallance4:39
4."Back to You"Adams, Kennedy4:28
5."Fits Ya Good"Adams, Vallance3:02
6."When You Love Someone"Adams, Kamen, Peters3:41
7."18 til I Die"Adams, Lange3:41
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.

Musicians

Strings

  • Michael Kamen – arrangements and conductor
  • Tom Nazelli, Douglas Quint and Scott Starrett – additional arrangements
  • Jesse Levy – coordinator
  • Students of the Juilliard School of Music:
    • Darrett Adkins, Maria Ahn, Raphael Bell and Nina Lee – cello
    • Pete Donovan – double bass
    • Ed Malave, Tania Halko and Alejandra Mahave – viola
    • Angella Ahn, Cornelius Dufallo, Ani Gregorian, Ara Gregorian, Lyris Hung, Amy Kauffman, Jennifer Newell and James Tsao – violin

Production

  • Bryan Adams – producer, arrangements
  • Patrick Leonard – producer, arrangements
  • Bob Clearmountain – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Hewitt – engineer
  • Phil Gitomer – assistant engineer
  • Dean Maher – mix assistant
  • Chris Potter – mix assistant
  • Olle Romo – mix assistant
  • Phil Western – mix assistant
  • Glen Collette – monitor mixing
  • Joey Perpick – live sound mix engineer
  • Ron Vermeulen – technical assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
  • Val Dauksts – production manager
  • Don "Toe" Prodaehl – tour manager
  • Tom O'Quinn – art direction, design
  • Glen Ross – art direction, design
  • Sandy Brummels – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Bruce Allen – management
  • Chris Chappel – tour management

Technicians

  • Dennis Fitzmartin (keyboards)
  • Lance Stadnyk (Bryan Adams' guitars)
  • Rick Salazar (Keith Scott's guitars)
  • Lorne Wheaton (drums)

MTV Credits

  • Milton Lage – director
  • Alex Coletti – producer
  • Jac Benson – co-producer

Charts

Certifications


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