MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)

album by Bryan Adams

MTV Unplugged is an acoustic live album by Canadian musician Bryan Adams. The album was recorded in September, 1997 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Adams was joined by Irish piper Davy Spillane and Michael Kamen who wrote orchestrations for many of the songs and brought students from the Juilliard School to play them.

MTV Unplugged
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 9, 1997
RecordedSeptember 26, 1997
GenreRock, acoustic rock
Length52:26
ProducerBryan Adams, Patrick Leonard
Bryan Adams chronology
18 til I Die
(1996)
MTV Unplugged
(1997)
On a Day Like Today
(1998)
Singles from MTV Unplugged
  1. "Back to You"
    Released: 1997
  2. "I'm Ready"
    Released: 1997

The album includes only thirteen of the songs recorded at the show. Many more are included on the MTV Unplugged DVD and the song order is also different than the CD.

Track listing change

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Summer of '69"  Adams, Vallance 4:02
2. "Back to You"  Adams, Kennedy 4:30
3. "Cuts Like a Knife"  Adams, Vallance 5:04
4. "I'm Ready"  Adams, Vallance 4:29
5. "Fits Ya Good"  Adams, Vallance 3:02
6. "When You Love Someone"  Adams, Kamen, Peters 3:41
7. "18 til I Die"  Adams, Lange 3:41
8. "I Think About You"  Adams, Peters 2:36
9. "If Ya Wanna Be Bad - Ya Gotta Be Good/Let's Make a Night to Remember"  Adams, Lange, Peters 4:35
10. "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"  Adams, Lange 4:34
11. "A Little Love"  Adams, Kennedy, Peters 3:23
12. "Heaven"  Adams, Vallance 4:31
13. "I'll Always Be Right There"  Adams, Kamen, Lange 4:28