Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
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| Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) | ||
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| Live album by Paul McCartney | ||
| Released | 20 May 1991 | |
| Recorded | 25 January 1991 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 58:29 | |
| Label | Parlophone/EMI | |
| Producer(s) | n/a Recorded by Geoff Emerick |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Paul McCartney chronology | ||
| Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! (1990) |
Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) (1991) |
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (Paul McCartney and Carl Davis) (1991) |
Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is a live unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. Following the enormity of his world tour recently captured on Tripping the Live Fantastic, McCartney relished the opportunity to strip back his songs and appear on the newly-launched acoustic-only show. Consequently, McCartney was among the first in a long line of artists to release an unplugged album.
Using the same line-up that recently backed him (save for Blair Cunningham who replaced Chris Whitten on drums more late), McCartney used the opportunity to dust off some of his more rare tracks, including three from his 1970 debut album McCartney, alongside some obscure covers amid a helping of familiar Beatles hits.
With McCartney in a loose and carefree context, critical response to Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) was very warm.
Initially released in a limited edition run in 1991, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) - with artwork that recalls CHOBA B CCCP's - was reissued in a more permanent fashion in the late 1990s. Upon its original issue, it reached #7 in the UK and became McCartney's highest peaking US album in almost ten years, reaching #14.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted.
- "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent/Davis) – 4:04
- "I Lost My Little Girl" – 1:45
- The first song McCartney composed at the age of 14
- "Here, There and Everywhere" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:16
- "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe) – 4:21
- "We Can Work It Out" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:48
- "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:29
- "I've Just Seen a Face" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:01
- "Every Night" – 3:24
- "She's a Woman" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:39
- "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higgenbotham) – 4:08
- "And I Love Her" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:17
- "That Would Be Something" – 4:02
- "Blackbird" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:09
- "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) – 4:05
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 3:42
- "Singing the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) – 3:46
- "Junk" – 2:26
[edit] Personnel
- Paul McCartney: Guitars, drums, vocals.
- Linda McCartney: Piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals.
- Hamish Stuart: Bass guitar, double bass, guitars, vocals.
- Robbie McIntosh: Guitars, piano, dobro, vocals.
- Paul "Wix" Wickens: Piano, keyboards, accordion, percussion, vocals.
- Chris Whitten: Drums and percussion.
- Blair Cunningham: Drums and percussion.
