MTV Unplugged (Alanis Morissette album)

MTV Unplugged
Live album by Alanis Morissette
Released	November 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)
Recorded	September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18) MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Genre	Acoustic rock
Label	Maverick, Reprise
Producer	Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette chronology
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) MTV Unplugged (1999) Under Rug Swept (2002)
Singles from MTV Unplugged
"That I Would Be Good (Live)" Released: February 2000 "King of Pain (Live)" Released: April 2000 "You Learn (Live)" Released: April 2000

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

MTV Unplugged is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 9, 1999 (see 1999 in music). It comprises songs performed by Morissette on the television program MTV Unplugged. Twelve tracks were included on the album, but Morissette performed several others, including "Baba", "Thank U" (both from 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie) and "Your House" (the hidden track on 1995's Jagged Little Pill), during her Unplugged concert. The first single, "That I Would Be Good", was moderately successful, and two other tracks, "King of Pain" (a cover of the song by The Police) and "You Learn" were released as singles outside North America. As of September 2008 the album has sold 646,000 copies in the U.S.^[3]

In addition to material from Morissette's first two U.S. albums, MTV Unplugged featured performances of three previously unreleased songs from her tours: "No Pressure over Cappuccino", "Princes Familiar" and "These R the Thoughts". Morissette has stated that "Princes Familiar" in particular is one of her favourite and most vocally challenging songs. She performed it on her 2005 Diamond Wink Tour, where she dedicated it to "all of the Dads in the audience". The ballad "No Pressure over Cappuccino", one of the first songs she wrote following the release of Jagged Little Pill, is presumably about the singer's twin brother, Wade.^{[citation needed]}

Featuring cleaner vocals, slower arrangements and a few drastic reinventions (particularly in the case of "You Oughta Know"), Alanis Unplugged foreshadowed much of Morissette's later, softer work, particularly 2005's Jagged Little Pill Acoustic and the accompanying Diamond Wink Tour.

MTV Unplugged is Alanis's best-selling album in Brazil.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alanis Morissette, all music composed by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Learn"		4:22
2.	"Joining You"		5:09
3.	"No Pressure over Cappuccino"	Morissette, Nick Lashley	4:41
4.	"That I Would Be Good"		4:14
5.	"Head over Feet"		4:23
6.	"Princes Familiar"		4:37
7.	"I Was Hoping"		4:54
8.	"Ironic"		4:14
9.	"These R the Thoughts"		3:26
10.	"King of Pain"	Sting	4:05
11.	"You Oughta Know"		5:00
12.	"Uninvited"	Morissette	4:37

Personnel

• Alanis Morissette - vocals, guitar, harmonica and flute
• Nick Lashley - guitar
• Joel Shearer - guitar
• Deron Johnson - keyboards, background vocals in "King of Pain"
• Chris Chaney - bass
• Gary Novak - drums and percussion
• Brad Dutz - percussion
• David Campbell - musical arranger and viola
• Suzie Katayama - cello and string arrangement for "You Oughta Know"
• Joul Derouin - violin
• Laura Seaton - violin
• Erik Friedlander - cello
• Juliet Haffner - strings contractor

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[4]	10
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4]	41
France Albums Chart[4]	21
Italy Albums Chart[4]	6
Norway Albums Chart[4]	6
Netherlands Albums Chart[4]	4
UK Albums Chart[5]	56
Sweden Albums Chart[4]	56
Switzerland Albums Chart[4]	4
US Billboard 200[6]	63

Notes

1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic review
2. ^ Rolling Stone review
3. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Losing 'Flavor'". Billboard. September 8, 2008.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} spanishcharts.com - Alanis Morissette - MTV Unplugged
5. ^ ALANIS MORISSETTE - The Official Charts Company
6. ^ Alanis Morissette Album & Song Chart History