MTV Unplugged (Florence and the Machine album)
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| Live album by Florence and the Machine | ||||
| Released | 6 April 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 15 December 2011 | |||
| Venue | Angel Orensanz Center (New York City) | |||
| Length | 47:45 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 66/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.9/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
MTV Unplugged is the second live album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 6 April 2012 by Island Records. It was filmed on 15 December 2011 in New York City's oldest synagogue building, the Angel Orensanz Center, as part of the MTV Unplugged series, with the band being backed by a ten-person choir. The album contains acoustic performances of eleven songs, nine from the band's two studio albums, Lungs (2009) and Ceremonials (2011) alongside a cover of "Jackson" with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and "Try a Little Tenderness". Upon its release, MTV Unplugged received mixed to positive reviews by music critics.
In January 2012, it was announced that Florence and the Machine would be appearing on an upcoming MTV Unplugged show.MTV Unplugged was recorded in December 2011 in New York's oldest synagogue building, Angel Orensanz Center, by Florence Welch, a three-person backing band and a ten-person gospel choir, The Voices of Rivers. The performance contained eleven songs from Florence and the Machine's two studio albums, Lungs (2009) and Ceremonials (2011), performed acoustically. The band covered Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" during the show, which Florence Welch described as her favourite song.Rolling Stone's Rob Tannenbaum said that the band's cover of "Try a Little Tenderness" was "the best version" since Otis Redding's. Andy Gill of The Independent chose the cover of the song as a highlight on the show saying that Welch "nails her take" on the song.
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