‘MTV Unplugged In New York’: Nirvana’s Career-Defining Live Album

“We hadn’t rehearsed. We weren’t used to playing acoustic. We did a few rehearsals and they were terrible”: Why everyone involved in Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance was expecting a disaster

We look back on the broadcast, 32 years after it first aired.

‘MTV Unplugged In New York’: Nirvana’s Career-Defining Live Album

The first – and arguably most essential – Nirvana release following the death of Kurt Cobain, MTV Unplugged In New York debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, went on to go quintuple-platinum in the U.S., and won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996. Browse Nirvana’s music on limited edition vinyl and CD here. The statistics speak for themselves, and the album has received accolades since its initial release, on November 1, 19…