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Unplugged...and Seated

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{{Infobox album

| name = Unplugged...and Seated

| type = live

| artist = Rod Stewart

| cover = Unplugged...and Seated.jpg

| alt =

| released = 24 May 1993

| recorded = 5 February 1993, Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length = 69:57

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Patrick Leonard

| prev_title = Lead Vocalist

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = A Spanner in the Works

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/unpluggedand-seated-mw0000618972 |title=Unplugged...and Seated – Rod Stewart: Review |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=25 January 2013}}

| rev2 = Calgary Herald

| rev2score = CObee, Dave (6 June 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Sandow |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Sandow |date=28 May 1993 |title=Music Review: Unplugged and Seated (1993) – Rod Stewart |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=172 |issn=1049-0434 |access-date=25 January 2013 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306718,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830053355/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306718,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2008}}

| rev4 = Q

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |date=July 1993 |title=Review: Unplugged...and Seated by Rod Stewart |magazine=Q |page=100}}

| rev5 = Robert Christgau

| rev5score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=rod+stewart |title=Consumer Guide: Rod Stewart |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |work=Robert Christgau |access-date=25 January 2013}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |date=24 June 1993 |title=Album Review: Rod Stewart – Unplugged...and Seated |magazine=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X |access-date=25 January 2013 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/unplugged-and-seated-19930624}}

| rev7 = Select

| rev7score = {{rating|2|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|first=Clark|last=Collis|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2018/11/albums3.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=July 1993|page=95|access-date=31 December 2024}}

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Unplugged...and Seated is a live album released by British musician Rod Stewart on 24 May 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It is Stewart's second live album and his first (and only) appearance on MTV Unplugged. The unplugged versions of "Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison, "Reason to Believe", "Having a Party", and "People Get Ready" were released as singles, with "Have I Told You Lately" and "Having a Party" reaching success as singles. A special collector's edition was released in March 2009 on Rhino Records. This two-disc package included the DVD of the performance with 13 songs while the CD contained 17 tracks including two songs ("Gasoline Alley" and "Forever Young") not on the original 1993 release.

Album information

The album was recorded on 5 February 1993 at Universal Studios, Los Angeles as part of MTV's Unplugged series. The event aired on television on 5 May of the same year. Unplugged finds Stewart reunited, for the first time in nearly twenty years, with Ronnie Wood, a fellow Faces band member. Stewart performs some of the classics from his repertoire such as "Tonight's the Night" and "Maggie May", but also adds some new material such as "Having a Party" and "Highgate Shuffle". The album title comes from a joke Stewart made during the taping about "Stay with Me" being difficult to perform while sitting down. Four songs were taped but not included on the subsequent album release although "It's All Over Now" was included as the B-side to the single for "Reason To Believe".

Track listing

=CD release=

  1. "Hot Legs" (Rod Stewart, Gary Grainger) – 4:25
  2. *(studio version previously released on Foot Loose & Fancy Free)
  3. "Tonight's the Night" (Stewart) – 4:04
  4. *(studio version previously released on A Night on the Town)
  5. "Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike d'Abo) – 4:25
  6. *(studio version previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down)
  7. "Cut Across Shorty" (Wayne Walker, Marijohn Wilkin) – 4:58
  8. *(studio version previously released on Gasoline Alley)
  9. "Every Picture Tells A Story" (Stewart, Ron Wood) – 4:45
  10. *(studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  11. "Maggie May" (Stewart, Martin Quittenton) – 5:45
  12. *(studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  13. "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 4:07
  14. *(studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  15. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:59
  16. *(studio version previously released as a single with Jeff Beck)
  17. "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison) – 4:08
  18. *(studio version previously released on Vagabond Heart)
  19. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" (Tom Waits) – 4:40
  20. *(studio version previously released on Lead Vocalist)
  21. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 4:12
  22. *(studio version previously released on A Night on the Town)
  23. "Mandolin Wind" (Stewart) – 5:23
  24. *(studio version previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story)
  25. "Highgate Shuffle" (arrangement by Stewart) – 3:54
  26. *(previously unreleased)
  27. "Stay with Me" (Stewart, Wood) – 5:27
  28. *(studio version previously released on A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse by Faces)
  29. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke) – 4:44
  30. *(previously unreleased)
  31. "Gasoline Alley" (Stewart, Wood)
  32. *(bonus track on the "Unplugged…and Seated Collector’s Edition")
  33. *(studio version previously released on Gasoline Alley)
  34. "Forever Young" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
  35. *(bonus track on the "Unplugged…and Seated Collector’s Edition")
  36. *(studio version previously released on Out of Order)

=Live performance=

  1. "Hot Legs"
  2. "Tonight's the Night"
  3. "Cut Across Shorty" (feat. Ron Wood)
  4. "Reason to Believe" (feat. Ron Wood)
  5. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) (feat. Ron Wood)
  6. *(studio version previously released on Gasoline Alley)
  7. "Every Picture Tells a Story" (feat. Ron Wood)
  8. "Maggie May" (feat. Ron Wood)
  9. "People Get Ready" (feat. Ron Wood)
  10. "Handbags And Gladrags"
  11. "The Killing of Georgie" (Stewart)
  12. *(studio version previously released on A Night on the Town)
  13. "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison)
  14. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)"
  15. "Forever Young" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
  16. "First Cut Is the Deepest"
  17. "I Was Only Joking" (Stewart, Grainger)
  18. *(studio version previously released on Foot Loose & Fancy Free)
  19. "Gasoline Alley" (Stewart, Wood) (feat. Ron Wood)
  20. "Highgate Shuffle" (feat. Ron Wood)
  21. "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" (Chuck Berry) (feat. Ron Wood)
  22. *(studio version previously released on Smiler)
  23. "Mandolin Wind" (feat. Ron Wood)
  24. "Stay with Me" (feat. Ron Wood)
  25. "Having a Party" (feat. Ron Wood)

Personnel

  • Rod Stewart – lead vocals, banjo
  • Ronnie Wood – guitar
  • Jeff Golub – guitar
  • Jim Cregan – guitar
  • Don Teschner – guitar, mandolin, violin
  • Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
  • David Palmer - drums
  • Charles Kentiss III – piano, organ
  • Kevin Savigar – piano, organ, accordion
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion, mandolin
  • Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnessee, Fred White – backing vocals
  • Strings arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock
  • Additional members of the band: Marilyn Baker, Haim Shtrum, Mari Tsumura, Jay Rosen, Kwihee Shamban, Miran Kojian, Brian Leonard, Jean Hugo, Joel Derouin, Bruce Dukov, Joseph Meyer, Ronald Clark, Joan Elardo, David Shostac, Norman Ludwin, Drew Dembowski, David Shamban, Suzie Katayama, James Ross, Larry Corbett.

=Production=

  • Michael Ostin – executive production
  • Joel Stillerman – executive production
  • Patrick Leonard – music producer
  • Alex Coletti – production
  • Audrey Johns – production
  • Milt Lage – directing
  • Jerry Jordan – engineering
  • Charlie Bouis – assistant engineering
  • David Gallo – assistant engineering
  • Marc Moreau – assistant engineering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Neal Preston – photography
  • Greg Ross – design

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1993)

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position

{{album chart|Australia|4|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Austria|7|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=0992|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2025}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|17|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Germany4|15|id=1626|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|13|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Sweden|8|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Unplugged... and Seated|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|UK2|2|date=19930703|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2013}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|M|title=Unplugged...and Seated – Rod Stewart: Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/unpluggedand-seated-mw0000618972/awards|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|refname=am_charts|access-date=25 January 2013}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1993/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1993|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=24 October 2021}}

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{{album chart|Canada|6|chartid=2332|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2025|refname=CA_YE}}
scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=24 October 2021}}

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scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1993|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=24 October 2021}}

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scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993|magazine=Billboard|access-date=24 October 2021}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=Unplugged...and Seated|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certref={{cite web |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |title=Gold & Platinum Discs |work=CAPIF |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date=6 July 2011 |access-date=25 January 2013}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Unplugged|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1993/albums-chart|title=Aria Album Chart|publisher=Aria Charts|access-date=17 October 2019}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Unplugged... and Seated|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1993|access-date=25 January 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Unplugged|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Gold|relyear=1993|access-date=25 January 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=Unplugged|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Gold|certmonth=3|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|access-date=17 October 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Unplugged and Seated|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Gold|id=1993-09-03|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1993}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Unplugged...and Seated|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|award=Gold|certref={{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}|access-date=20 August 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Unplugged and Seated|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Platinum|access-date=25 January 2013|id=7904-1824-2|certyear=1994}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Unplugged. . .|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Platinum|number=3|access-date=25 January 2013}}

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References

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  • {{Cite book| title = Unplugged…and Seated album liner notes | publisher = Warner Bros. Records}}
  • {{Cite web |url= http://www.answers.com/topic/unplugged-and-seated?cat=entertainment |title= Album Review information about Unplugged…and Seated |access-date=26 June 2007 |work= All Media Guide, LLC}}
  • {{Cite web |url= http://www.tv.com/mtv-unplugged/rod-stewart/episode/145362/summary.html |title= MTV Unplugged Season 4, Episode 42, Rod Stewart |access-date=26 June 2007 |work= CNET Networks, Inc.}}
  • {{Cite web |url= http://www.dailyradar.com/articles/home/review-rod-stewart-unplugged-and-seated-collector-s-edition|title=Review: Rod Stewart Unplugged and Seated Collector's Edition |access-date=17 March 2009}}

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