MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)
Live album by Liam Gallagher
Released	12 June 2020 (2020-06-12)
Recorded	3 August 2019
Venue	Hull City Hall (Hull, England)
Length	43:30
Label	Warner
Liam Gallagher chronology
Why Me? Why Not. (2019) MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) (2020) C'mon You Know (2022)

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) 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[1] but was delayed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The album was recorded at Hull City Hall on 3 August 2019, consisting of 10 live acoustic performances of solo material by Gallagher and Oasis[3] that were culled from the 15 songs which were performed on the night, including a cover of "Natural Mystic" by Bob Marley and the Wailers that was ultimately not included on the album.[4]

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 is the biggest selling vinyl release of 2020.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Clash	8/10[8]
NME	[9]
Pitchfork	5.9/10[10]
Q	[11]

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album has an average score of 73, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favourable".[6]

Chart performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 50 in Australia,[12] number 19 in Austria,[13] number 26 in Belgian Flanders Ultratop,[14] number 13 in Belgian Wallonia Ultratop,[15] number 34 in Netherlands,[16] number 45 in France,[17] number 8 in Germany,[18] number 11 in Italy,[19] number 15 in Switzerland.[20] On 25 June 2020, the album also ranked at number 1 in Ireland,[21] Scotland[22] and in the UK.[23]

Track listing

MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wall of Glass"	Andrew Sidney Fox Andrew Wyatt Greg Kurstin Liam Gallagher Michael Tighe	4:09
2.	"Some Might Say"	Noel Gallagher	4:57
3.	"Now That I've Found You"	L. Gallagher Simon Aldred	3:30
4.	"One of Us"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher Damon McMahon	3:33
5.	"Stand by Me"	N. Gallagher	5:57
6.	"Sad Song"	N. Gallagher	4:30
7.	"Cast No Shadow"	N. Gallagher	5:05
8.	"Once"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher	3:56
9.	"Gone"	A. Wyatt L. Gallagher M. Tighe	3:54
10.	"Champagne Supernova"	N. Gallagher	3:59
Total length:			43:30

Japanese bonus track[24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Greedy Soul"	L. Gallagher	4:11
Total length:			47:45

Personnel

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 (track 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) James Russell – multi-camera director for MTV

Charts

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

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	34
French Albums (SNEP)[17]	45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19]	11
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[25]	33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[26]	26
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[27]	34
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[28]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]	Silver	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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External links

• MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) at Discogs (list of releases)