MTV Unplugged NYC 1997

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 | type = Live | artist = Babyface | cover = Babyface unplugged.jpg | alt = | released = 25 November 1997 | recorded = Hammerstein Ballroom | venue = | studio = | genre = R&B | length = 63:11 | label = Epic | producer = Alex Coletti | prev_title = The Day | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Christmas with Babyface | next_year = 1998 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r328512|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|12}} (C) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290451,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421155203/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290451,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2009|title=MUSIC REVIEW: ''MTV Unplugged NYC 1997'': Kenneth Babyface Edmonds/Various artists|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=1997-11-28|accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-22-ca-56461-story.html|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|work=Los Angeles Times |title=Babyface Shows Expertise as Bandleader on 'Unplugged'|date=1997-11-22|access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The New York Times'' | rev4score = (Favorable) <ref>{{cite web|title=CRITIC'S CHOICE/Pop CD's; Yes, It's Live, With Give-and-Tak|last=Parales|first=John|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/02/arts/critic-s-choice-pop-cd-s-yes-it-s-live-with-give-and-take.html|date=1997-12-02|accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> }} '''''MTV Unplugged NYC 1997''''' is a live album by R&B artist Babyface. It includes other performers such as Eric Clapton, Shanice, K-Ci & JoJo, Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds, Sheila E. and Stevie Wonder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Babyface-MTV-Unplugged-NYC-1997/release/2519624|title=Babyface - MTV Unplugged NYC 1997|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Notes | title1 = Change the World | note1 = | extra1 = feat. Eric Clapton | writer1 = Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick | length1 = 7:33

| title3 = Whip Appeal | writer3 = Edmonds, Perri "Pebbles" Reid | length3 = 4:38

| title4 = Breathe Again | extra4 = feat. Shanice | writer4 = Edmonds | length4 = 2:49

| title5 = Exhale (Shoop Shoop) | extra5 = feat. Beverly Crowder | writer5 = Edmonds | length5 = 3:57

| title6 = Medley: "I'll Make Love to You"/"End of the Road | writer6 = Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons | length6 = 5:56

| title7 = I Care About You | extra7 = feat. K-Ci & JoJo, Kevon Edmonds & Melvin Edmonds | writer7 = Edmonds | length7 = 5:05

| title8 = The Day (That You Gave Me a Son) | writer8 = Edmonds | length8 = 7:59

| title9 = Gone Too Soon | extra9 = feat. Stevie Wonder | writer9 = Larry Grossman, Buz Kohan | length9 = 5:08

| title10 = How Come, How Long | extra10 = feat. Stevie Wonder | writer10 = Edmonds, Stevie Wonder | length10 = 9:30

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==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Chart !Peak<br>position |- |align="left"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="aus chart2">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/u3IpYlW | title=Babyface ARIA chart history (1989-2020), received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=July 14, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> |align="center"| 141 |- |align="left"|Japanese Oricon Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/235430/1/|title=アンプラグド／ベイビーフェイス-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック|trans-title=Highest position and charting weeks for ''MTV Unplugged NYC 1997'' by Babyface| language=Japanese| work=oricon.co.jp| publisher=Original Confidence| accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> |24 |- |align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="USchart">{{cite web|title=Allmusic: ''MTV Unplugged NYC 1997'' : Charts & Awards : Billboard Albums|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r328512/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> |106 |- |align="left"|US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums<ref name="USchart"/> |33 |- |} {{col-2}}

===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Babyface|title=Unplugged|award=Gold|relyear=1997|access-date=June 1, 2012}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=ベイビーフェイス|title=アンプラグド|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|access-date=2014-03-02|certyear=1998|certmonth=1}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Babyface|title=Unplugged|award=Gold|relyear=1997|access-date=June 1, 2012}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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