Description
Maxwell – MTV Unplugged EP / Columbia Audio CD 1997 / COL 488292 2
UPC 5099748829221
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."
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".
The live version of "Whenever Wherever Whatever" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards, but it lost to "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John.
| Label: | Columbia – COL 488292 2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | MTV Unplugged |
| Format: |
CD, EP
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1997 |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Soul, Neo Soul, Contemporary R&B |
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Suite Urban Theme (The Hush) |
5:18 | |
| 2 | Mello: Sumthin (The Hush) | 3:05 | |
| 3 | The Lady Suite | 4:20 | |
| 4 | This Woman's Work | 4:26 | |
| 5 | Whenever Wherever Whatever | 4:45 | |
| 6 | Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) | 5:10 | |
| 7 | Gotta Get: Closer | 4:38 | |
| 8 | ...Til The Cops Come Knockin' | 3:05 |
- Arranged By [Horns] – Andre Roberson, Musze
- Arranged By [Strings] – David Blumberg, Musze
- Backing Vocals – Khaliq, Latina Webb, Michael Dickerson
- Bass – Michael Neal
- Cello – Susan Poliacik
- Conductor [Strings] – David Blumberg
- Directed By [Musical Direction] – Darrell Smith, Musze
- Drums – Kerry Griffin
- Harp – Gloria Agostini
- Organ [Hammond B3, Rhodes] – Darrell Smith
- Percussion – Angel Luis Figueroa
- Producer – Musze
- Saxophone – Andre Roberson
- Trumpet – Russell Gun
- Viola – Veronica Salas
- Violin – Gerald Tarack, Matthew Raimondi
- Written-By – Kate Bush (tracks: 4), Musze (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8)
- Written-By [Co-written] – I. Shur* (tracks: 6), L. Ware* (tracks: 2), M. Ragin* (tracks: 1), Stuart Matthewman (tracks: 5)
- Written-By [Original Version] – Trent Reznor (tracks: 7)
- Written-By [Strings] – David Blumberg
