MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)

MTV Unplugged is a live album by English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher. It was released on 12 June 2020 by Warner Records. It was originally set for release on 24 April 2020[8] but was delayed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The album was recorded on 3 August 2019 at Hull City Hall and contains ten songs, consisting of acoustic performances of Oasis and Gallagher solo tracks.

MTV Unplugged
Live album by Liam Gallagher
Released	12 June 2020 (2020-06-12)
Recorded	3 August 2019
Venue	Hull City Hall, Kingston upon Hull
Length	43:30
Label	Warner
Liam Gallagher chronology
Why Me? Why Not. (2019) MTV Unplugged (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Album of the Year	70/100[1]
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	8/10[4]
NME	[5]
Pitchfork	5.9/10[6]
Q	[7]

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) is the first live release to top the UK Albums Chart since George Michael's Symphonica in 2014, and as of June 2020 is the biggest selling vinyl release of 2020.[10]

Critical reception

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 10 reviews.[2]

Chart performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 50 in Australia,[11] number 19 in Austria,[12] number 26 in Belgian Flanders Ultratop,[13] number 13 in Belgian Wallonia Ultratop,[14] number 34 in Netherlands,[15] number 45 in France,[16] number 8 in Germany,[17] number 11 in Italy,[18] number 15 in Switzerland.[19] On 25 June 2020, the album also ranked at number 1 in Ireland,[20] Scotland[21] and in the UK.[22]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Wall of Glass"	Andrew Sidney Fox Andrew Wyatt Greg Kurstin Liam Gallagher Michael Tighe	As You Were	4:09
2.	"Some Might Say"	Noel Gallagher	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	4:57
3.	"Now That I've Found You"	L. Gallagher Simon Aldred	Why Me? Why Not.	3:30
4.	"One of Us"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher Damon McMahon	Why Me? Why Not.	3:33
5.	"Stand by Me"	N. Gallagher	Be Here Now	5:57
6.	"Sad Song"	N. Gallagher	Definitely Maybe (LP version)	4:30
7.	"Cast No Shadow"	N. Gallagher	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	5:05
8.	"Once"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher	Why Me? Why Not.	3:56
9.	"Gone"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher M. Tighe	Why Me? Why Not.	3:54
10.	"Champagne Supernova"	N. Gallagher	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	3:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[23]

Musicians Liam Gallagher – lead vocals (all tracks) Drew McConnell – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7), guitar (tracks 3) Andy Marshall – double bass (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Andy Waterworth – double bass (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Dan McDougall – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7), percussion (tracks 3, 4, 5, 8, 10) Jay Mehler – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) Mike Moore – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Paul Arthurs – guitar (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7) Christian Madden – keyboard (all tracks) Klara Schuman – cello (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 10) Llinos Richards – cello (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Maia Colette – cello (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Neil Broadbent – cello (tracks 4, 5, 6. 8, 9, 10) Helen Sanders-Hewwt – viola (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Helenah Logah – viola (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Rhiannon James – viola (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Vince Green – viola (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Alex Afia – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Eugene Feygelson – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Gareth Griffths – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Hazel Ross – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Jonathan Hill – violin (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) Lizzie Ball – violin (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Frida Touray – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) Holly Quin-Ankrah – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) Rhianna Kelly – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)

Production Eduardo Puhl – engineer (all tracks) Adam Noble – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Chris Elliot – arranged strings (tracks 4, 8, 9) Stephen Hussey – arranged strings (tracks 5, 6, 7, 10) Robin Schmidt – mastering (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Charts

Chart performance for MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	34
French Albums (SNEP)[16]	45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17]	8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[20]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18]	11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[24]	34

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