MTV Unplugged

by Pearl Jam

MTV Unplugged cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 November 2019
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:42
  • Community rating: 4.3/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Alex Coletti, David Abbruzzese, Joel Gallen, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documentation of the group's iconic 1992 performance at Kaufman Astoria Studios captures the transition into their commercial and critical peak. The setlist features acoustic reinterpretations that maintain the visceral intensity of the original studio versions, highlighting the band's technical proficiency and vocal vulnerability. Its eventual official release for Record Store Day solidified its status as a definitive document of the early 90s alternative boom.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, live, acoustic, stripped-down, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Oceans - Live MTV Unplugged (3:59)
  2. State of Love And Trust - Live MTV Unplugged (3:43)
  3. Alive - Live MTV Unplugged (5:30)
  4. Black - Live MTV Unplugged (5:30)
  5. Jeremy - Live MTV Unplugged (5:19)
  6. Even Flow - Live MTV Unplugged (5:22)
  7. Porch - Live MTV Unplugged (6:16)

Credits

  • Pearl Jam - primary artist
  • Jeff Ament - bass, written-by
  • Jim Burns - creative director [mtv unplugged series created by]
  • Robert Small - creative director [mtv unplugged series created by]
  • David Abbruzzese - drums
  • Chris Lovett - editor
  • Daniel Krieger - lacquer cut by
  • Mike McCready - lead guitar, written-by

More from Pearl Jam: full discography