▁on ▁" All ▁Ap ologies " ▁and ▁Cob ain ' s ▁un ac comp an ied ▁performance ▁of ▁" P en ny ro yal ▁Te a ". ▁Ben ▁Thompson ▁from ▁Mo jo ▁felt ▁that ▁unlike ▁most ▁" un pl ug ged " ▁releases , ▁the ▁format ' s ▁" col our less , ▁generic ▁aspect " ▁and ▁not ▁seeing ▁the ▁actual ▁performance ▁benefits ▁N ir v ana ' s ▁record ▁because ▁of ▁how ▁inten se ▁it ▁seems ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁Cob ain ' s ▁death . ▁In ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly , ▁David ▁Brow ne ▁felt ▁un sett led ▁listening ▁to ▁it : ▁" B ey ond ▁indu cing ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁loss ▁for ▁Cob ain ▁himself , ▁Un pl ug ged ▁el ic its ▁a ▁feeling ▁of ▁musical ▁loss , ▁too : ▁the ▁del ic acy ▁and ▁int im acy ▁of ▁these ▁ac oust ic ▁re arr ang ements ▁hint ▁at ▁where ▁N ir v ana ▁( or ▁at ▁least ▁Cob ain , ▁who ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁fr ustr ated ▁with ▁the ▁limitations ▁of ▁the ▁band ) ▁could ▁have ▁gone ." ▁ ▁MTV ▁Un pl ug ged ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁was ▁voted ▁the ▁fourth ▁best ▁album ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁in ▁P azz ▁& ▁J op , ▁an ▁annual ▁poll ▁of ▁prominent ▁American ▁critics ▁published ▁by ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice . ▁Robert ▁Christ g au , ▁the ▁poll ' s ▁super visor , ▁also ▁ranked ▁the ▁album ▁fourth ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁year - end ▁list , ▁de em ing ▁it ▁a ▁test ament