MTV Unplugged (Maxwell album)

MTV Unplugged
Live album (EP) by Maxwell
Released	1997
Recorded	July 15, 1997
Genre	Contemporary R&B, neo-soul
Length	34:18
Label	Columbia CK 68515
Producer	MUSZE (Maxwell)
Maxwell chronology
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996) MTV Unplugged (1997) Embrya (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(C)[2]
NY Amsterdam News	(favorable)[3]
Rhapsody	(favorable)[4]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)[5]

MTV Unplugged is a live EP by American neo soul singer Maxwell, released by Columbia Records in mid-1997. The album features recordings of Maxwell's performance on the MTV concert series program MTV Unplugged, filmed in New York City earlier in the year. The album includes covers of songs such as Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" and Nine Inch Nails "Closer."^[6]

The singer was asked to do MTV Unplugged, despite only having released only one album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite. Maxwell's episode of MTV Unplugged first aired on the network on July 22, 1997".^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Maxwell (Musze) unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Suite Urban Theme (The Hush)"
2. "Mello: Sumthin (The Hush)"
3. "The Lady Suite"
4. "This Woman's Work" (Kate Bush)
5. "Whenever Wherever Whatever"
6. "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" (Musze, Itaal Shur)
7. "Gotta Get: Closer" (Musze, Trent Reznor)
8. "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'" (international bonus track)

Album

Chart (1997)	Peak Position
The Billboard 200 (U.S.)	53
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	15

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
3. ^ NY Amsterdam News review
4. ^ Rhapsody review
5. ^ Yahoo! Music review
6. ^ Maxwell's Unplugged Session tv.com
7. ^ Maxwell's Unplugged CD mtv.com