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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can't help but wonder why MTV allowed Bruce Springsteen to play aregular electric "club date" instead of actually playing unplugged. Thereare hours of live Springsteen available, but only a few acoustic songs,and it would have been a lot more interesting to hear him recast some ofhis songs in an acoustic format.
On "MTV (Un)plugged", Springsteen opens with an acoustic solo performance,the dirty but good-natured "Red Headed Woman", after which he completelyabandons the unplugged format, playing a regular (if slightly subdued)electric concert featuring mainly songs from his then-current albums"Human Touch" and "Lucky Town". And while it's a shame that he took theeasy way and played a predictable electric set instead of an acousticshow, this is actually a really good little concert album.
This is from Springsteen's non-E Street Band period, but the mostimmediately recognizable part of his "sound", keyboardist Roy Bittan, isonboard, and the five-piece band plays well, although without a whole lotof personality.
The track list includes a couple of old war horses("Thunder Road", "Atlantic City", "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"), but thevast majority of these thirteen songs are from the 90s, and Springsteenfortunately plays almost all the best songs from "Human Touch" and "LuckyTown", most of which actually sound better in this live setting than onthe original studio recordings.
The pleasant trifle "Man's Job", which features harmony vocals by 70s soulcrooner Bobby King, is really good, as is a slightly subdued by quitemoving version of "I Wish I Were Blind".
"Human Touch" is better in theoriginal rendition, but "Lucky Town" really benefits from the tough livearrangements and a great lead vocal by Springsteen. And the band lays downan extremely hard-rocking 8-minute version of "Light Of Day", a low-keyBob Dylan-like "Should I Fall Behind", and a nice, swinging "BetterDays".
A folkish "Thunder Road" is disappointing compared to the definitiveversion on "Live 1975-1985", but "Atlantic City" and "Darkness On The EdgeOf Town" in particular are good.
The final couple of songs are minor ones, but "MTV (Un)Plugged" generallyholds up very well, and while it is not really a necessary purchase forcasual Springsteen fans, it is a nice collection of small pleasures. Ihave had it since it came out, and I continue to play it now andthen.
3 3/4 stars.
On "MTV (Un)plugged", Springsteen opens with an acoustic solo performance,the dirty but good-natured "Red Headed Woman", after which he completelyabandons the unplugged format, playing a regular (if slightly subdued)electric concert featuring mainly songs from his then-current albums"Human Touch" and "Lucky Town". And while it's a shame that he took theeasy way and played a predictable electric set instead of an acousticshow, this is actually a really good little concert album.
This is from Springsteen's non-E Street Band period, but the mostimmediately recognizable part of his "sound", keyboardist Roy Bittan, isonboard, and the five-piece band plays well, although without a whole lotof personality.
The track list includes a couple of old war horses("Thunder Road", "Atlantic City", "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"), but thevast majority of these thirteen songs are from the 90s, and Springsteenfortunately plays almost all the best songs from "Human Touch" and "LuckyTown", most of which actually sound better in this live setting than onthe original studio recordings.
The pleasant trifle "Man's Job", which features harmony vocals by 70s soulcrooner Bobby King, is really good, as is a slightly subdued by quitemoving version of "I Wish I Were Blind".
"Human Touch" is better in theoriginal rendition, but "Lucky Town" really benefits from the tough livearrangements and a great lead vocal by Springsteen. And the band lays downan extremely hard-rocking 8-minute version of "Light Of Day", a low-keyBob Dylan-like "Should I Fall Behind", and a nice, swinging "BetterDays".
A folkish "Thunder Road" is disappointing compared to the definitiveversion on "Live 1975-1985", but "Atlantic City" and "Darkness On The EdgeOf Town" in particular are good.
The final couple of songs are minor ones, but "MTV (Un)Plugged" generallyholds up very well, and while it is not really a necessary purchase forcasual Springsteen fans, it is a nice collection of small pleasures. Ihave had it since it came out, and I continue to play it now andthen.
3 3/4 stars.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I think this is my favorite Bruce live album as it is in front of a small audience and really captures the magic of Bruce live without being drowned out by the stadium crowd. Songs which don't really jump out at you on the Studio albums Human Touch and Lucky Town turn into materpieces when performed live. My favorite is "I Wish I were Blind" which is a touching heartfelt country rock ballad, which builds up to some great guitar solos at the finish, and inspired Dolly Parton to cover it! Newer material is showcased, and the album does not rely on established Bruce classics like the Live in New York City album did. A new song starts the set, "Red Headed Woman" which is not available anywhere else and is a fun, country, tongue in cheek ballad. The fun atmosphere is felt throughout the live set, and there are a few full band rocking performances of old classics like "Atlantic City". The sound is difference without the E-Street Band, but this allows Bruce's voice to be the centrepiece, rather than the sometimes overwhelming 5 guitars and drumkit of the E-Street Band (excellent though they are!).
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is Bruce doing what he does best, live music! (though there were re-takes)I personally dont understand why this didnt receive the acclaim that it deserved, songs like Atlantic City, Human Touch and Darkness are full of the vibrancy that are the trademark of live Bruce performances. Lucky Town is transformed from the dirge on the album of the same name to a full gutted masterpiece, Fontains note perfect but dull guitar contrasts sharply with Bruces note dropping but exiting performance, all in all a good c.d. that will give years of entertainment it lives permanently in my cars c.d. player. Dennis Garner.
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if one more person says 'not as good as e street' i might scream!
to compare 'the other band' to the e street band is beside the point.. this is bruce doing something different an it is a shame it was compared though understandably so.. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by M. P. Lansley
Really good stuff!
This album is by no means Brucies best work, it doesn't have the fantastic E Street band performing or Bruce does not do most of what you would call his "greatist hits", but there... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2003 by Mr. R. Kitson
Bring back the E-street band !
This concert was recorded in what I think of as Bruce's 'lost period' in the early nineties. I've been a fan for a long time but the overall feel of this concert is not the same as... Read more
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