{"product_id":"mtv-unplugged-no-2","title":"MTV Unplugged No. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eResurrecting the MTV Unplugged program, \u003cstrong\u003eshe\u003c\/strong\u003e has gone before an audience with an acoustic guitar in her hands to sing a new group of songs. But that unadorned approach is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEverything about the performance is unpolished. One suspects that \u003cstrong\u003eshe\u003c\/strong\u003e would resist even calling it a performance; \"\u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e used to be a performer,\" \u003cstrong\u003eshe\u003c\/strong\u003e notes at the outset. What \u003cstrong\u003eshe\u003c\/strong\u003e is after, in her life and her music, \u003cstrong\u003eshe\u003c\/strong\u003e explains, is \"reality,\" which means everything from being willing to sing the entire set with a raspy voice because that's the state her voice is in on that day to stopping and starting, going up on the lyrics, and even breaking down in tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe style naturally places an emphasis on the words to the songs, which reinforce Hill's unvarnished approach, attacking the music business and anyone who wants her to be what's she's not, and witheringly criticizing institutions such as the judicial system (\"\u003cem\u003eMystery of Iniquity\u003c\/em\u003e\"). The songs themselves would not require two discs to contain, but they are alternated by lengthy remarks, one spoken interlude running more than 12 minutes, in which \u003cstrong\u003eHill\u003c\/strong\u003e elaborates on the importance of being honest and confronting falsehood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe's\u003c\/strong\u003e usually full of herself, and \u003cstrong\u003eshe's\u003c\/strong\u003e often full of it. But that's okay. The point is the unfinished, unflinching presentation of ideas and of a person. It may not be a proper follow-up to her first album, but it is fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":51184330342731,"sku":"2242148","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498448818507,"sku":"1066703","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3661694f-6bbb-4f12-9d45-515fd3b113cd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727748521","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/mtv-unplugged-no-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}