About This Album

MTV Unplugged in New York is the live album recorded by Nirvana in 1993 at Sony Music Studios, New York City, for MTV’s Unplugged series. Originally released in 1994 via DGC Records, the set departs from the band’s electric sound, featuring acoustic guitars and covers of songs by David Bowie (The Man Who Sold the World), Lead Belly (Where Did You Sleep Last Night), Meat Puppets (Lake of Fire, Plateau, Oh, Me), and The Vaselines (Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam).

About This Pressing

This is the 25th Anniversary Edition, released in 2019 via Geffen Records. Expanded to include five rehearsal performances: Polly, Pennyroyal Tea, Come As You Are, Plateau, and an alternate take of The Man Who Sold the World. Pressed on vinyl in a gatefold jacket with anniversary silver foil detail on both the front and back cover.

Technical Specifications

Format: 2LP Black Vinyl (25th Anniversary — Gatefold + Silver Foil — 17 tracks) │ Label: Geffen Records / DGC (2019) │ Original Release: 1994

Tracklist

Side A (Original Album)
A1. About a Girl
A2. Come as You Are
A3. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
A4. The Man Who Sold the World

Side B
B1. Pennyroyal Tea
B2. Dumb
B3. Polly
B4. On a Plain
B5. Something in the Way

Side C
C1. Plateau
C2. Oh, Me
C3. Lake of Fire
C4. All Apologies
C5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Side D (Rehearsal Bonus)
D1. Come as You Are (Rehearsal)
D2. Polly (Rehearsal)
D3. Plateau (Rehearsal)
D4. Pennyroyal Tea (Rehearsal)
D5. The Man Who Sold the World (Rehearsal)

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