MTV Unplugged (Shawn Mendes album)

MTV Unplugged
Live album by
Shawn Mendes
ReleasedNovember 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
RecordedSeptember 2017
Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
GenrePop rock
Length50:41
Label
Shawn Mendes chronology
Live at Madison Square Garden
(2016) 		MTV Unplugged
(2017) 		Shawn Mendes
(2018)

MTV Unplugged is the second live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. The album was recorded at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles in September 2017.[1] The album was released worldwide on November 3, 2017.

Commercial performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 71 in the United States with 9,000 units; 3,000 of which were traditional album sales. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
3:30
2."Ruin"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Zubin Thakkar
  • Warburton
  • Zmishlany
6:21
3."Stitches"
  • Geiger
  • Daniel Kyriakides
  • Parker
4:23
4."Three Empty Words"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
  • Zmishlany
4:19
5."Patience"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Geiger
3:15
6."Bad Reputation"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
5:11
7."Don't Be a Fool"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
5:37
8."Roses"
4:14
9."Mercy"
3:48
10."Never Be Alone"
4:49
11."Use Somebody / Treat You Better"
5:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Musicians

  • Wynton Grant – violin (tracks 6, 9, 10)
  • Dave Haskett – bass (tracks 1, 2, 6-9, 11)
  • Patrick Laird – cello (tracks 6, 9-11)
  • Shawn Mendes – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4-6), electric guitar (tracks 7, 10, 11), piano (track 3)
  • Cicely Parnas – cello (tracks 6, 9, 10)
  • Eddy Ruyter – piano (tracks 1, 5-9, 11), keyboards (track 2)
  • Mike Sleath – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11)
  • Zubin Thakkar – guitar (all tracks)
  • Geoff Warburton – electric guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 2)

Production

  • J. Mark King – engineer (tracks 1-3, 5-11)
  • Cody Robertson – assistant mixing
  • George Seara – mixing
  • Zubin Thakkar – producer, engineer (track 4)

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 197
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 59
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 16
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[11] 38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[12] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 38
US Billboard 200[14] 71

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Catalogue Ref
Various November 3, 2017 Digital download, CD, vinyl
060256708929 [15][16]

References

  1. ^ "MTV Unplugged by Shawn Mendes [AllMusic]". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Josh Groban's 'Noel' & Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Albums Return". Billboard. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ MTV Unplugged (booklet). Island, Universal. 2017.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Shawn Mendes Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 34, 2018". VG-lista. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  12. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Shawn Mendes – MTV Unplugged". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  14. ^ "Shawn Mendes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "MTV Unplugged by Shawn Mendes". iTunes Australia. 3 November 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  16. ^ "Unplugged Exclusive Double-LP (Vinyl)". Merchbar. Retrieved May 22, 2018.