MTV Unplugged: Korn is an acoustic live album by the Nu Metal band Korn, released worldwide on March 5, 2007. The performance, part of the MTV Unplugged series, took place in MTV studios in Times Square, New York City on December 9, 2006, in front of a crowd of approximately fifty people. It was the band’s first and only live album recorded as a three piece band since drummer David Silveria departed the group earlier that month.
The MTV concert was Korn‘s second televised acoustic performance, after appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on July 18, 2006. The show was broadcast online on MTV.com on February 23, 2007, and was broadcast on television networks in America, Europe and Asia from March 2, 2007.
The exclusive acoustic set had the participation of other big-name artists including the Cure and Amy Lee. Additionally, Korn were joined by an array of instrumentalists and touring musicians, including guitarist Rob Patterson, backup vocalist Kalen Chase, keyboardist Zac Baird, and percussionist Michael Jochum. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at #9, with about 51,000 copies sold in its first week, and experienced 55% decline in sales in the following week.
Tracklist:
- Blind (Korn Album)
- Hollow Life (Untouchables Album)
- Freak On A Leash Featuring (Feat Amy Lee) (Follow the Leader Album)
- Falling Away From Me (Issues Album)
- Creep (Radiohead cover) (Pablo Honey)
- Love Song (See You on the Other Side Album)
- Got The Life (Follow the Leader Album)
- Twisted Transistor (See You on the Other Side Album)
- Coming Undone (See You on the Other Side Album)
- Make Me Bad / In Between Days (Feat Robert Smith, The Cure cover) (Issues & The Head on the Door Albums)
- Throw Me Away (See You on the Other Side Album)
Korn
Jonathan Davis: lead vocals
Fieldy: bass
Munky: guitar
Additional musicians
Rob Patterson: additional guitars
Kalen Musmecci: backing vocals, percussion
Michael Jochum: percussion
Zac Baird: keys
Jeremy Turner, Evie Koh, Julie Green, Erik Friedlander: cello
Bill Ellison, Jeff Carney: upright bass
Mike Davis, Jeff Nelson: trombone
Dale Struckenbruck: musical saw
Bill Hayes: glass harmonica
Morris Kainuma, Andy Bove: cimbasso
Hana Yoshikawa, Heather McPherson, Wynn Yamami, Midori Yasuda, Alan Okada, Merle Okada: taiko drums
Production
Produced by Richard Gibbs and Korn
Produced and Directed for MTV by Alex Coletti
Musical direction and arrangements by Richard Gibbs
Recorded by John Harris
Assisted by Peter Gary, Max Feldman, AJ Maynard
Additional Engineers: Vini Cirilli and Csaba Petcocz
Second Engineer: Jorge Costa
Assisted by Nick O’Toole
Mixed by Terry Date
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
Audio Post Production: Christopher Koch
