It would not be wrong for me to say, that it is like a musical song that we often heard in films by Walt Disney." įor the iTunes version of the album, two more additional bonus tracks are added, which are essentially the acoustic version of "Menatap dalam Mimpi" and "Engkau". Recorded at Aubrey's recording studio, according to Siti, "It possesses the musical elements that require me to diversify the usage of my vocal range. He completed the whole song in only 20 minutes.
According to Aubrey, he was inspired to produce the melody for "Menatap dalam Mimpi" upon seeing a poem that was uploaded by Rozi on her Twitter account. The remaining two bonus tracks, "Engkau" (You) and "Menatap dalam Mimpi" (Observing in Dream or figuratively Staring in a Dream) were produced by Aubrey Suwito with the lyrics of the two were provided by Ade Govinda and Rozi Sang Dewi respectively. Inspired from the event of Isra and Mi'raj, a violinist from West Asia was hired to provide an original Arabic sound. One of the tracks, "Mikraj Cinta" (Ascension of Love), a track written by Hafiz Hamidun and Ahmad Fedtri Yahya was actually first performed live during her performance for "Sirah Rasullulah" (Life of the Messenger of God) on 3, 4 and 7 January 2015 in conjunction with Prophet Muhammad's mawlid. The inclusion of bonus tracks to accompany the audio releases of the album was done after the concert. The concert also marked her 20th year in the Malaysian music industry ever since she won 1995 Bintang HMI at the age of 16. Held at Istana Budaya, all the tickets sold out days before the concert date and the concert was lauded by critics especially for Siti's vocal performances. Although the whole process was done at the eleventh hour, the concert was a success. The planning and the execution of the whole live concert took Siti and her team less than three weeks. In the creation process of this record, the main performances are all taken from her one night only 2015 unplugged concert on 7 April 2015. I don’t think I will be able to be where I am today without the strong support from fans and those around me including family and the media." "This is my gift to my fans who have been supporting my career since day one. On December 18, 2016, Unplugged received four awards from seven nominations from 22nd Anugerah Industri Muzik, including for Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Female), Best Nasyid Song for "Mikraj Cinta", Best Musical Arrangement in a Song for "Menatap dalam Mimpi", and Best Album. "Menatap dalam Mimpi" is nominated for the category of Best Artiste (Female) while "Engkau" is nominated for the Best Collaboration (Song).
On 25 August 2015, another two of Unplugged bonus tracks were nominated for the 2015 Anugerah Planet Muzik. On June 21, 2015, " Mikraj Cinta", one of its bonus tracks was released as an official debut single for the album. All were recorded specifically to accompany the three audio releases.
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The CD, digital download and LP record versions of the album however come with three new bonus songs, " Menatap dalam Mimpi" ("Staring in a Dream"), "Engkau" ("You") and " Mikraj Cinta" ("Ascension of Love"). The main live tracks were all taken from her 2015 unplugged concert at Istana Budaya on 7 April 2015. It was released in multiple formats, both physical and digital in Malaysia on 30 June 2015. Unplugged (also known as Dato' Siti Nurhaliza Unplugged) is a live album by Malaysian recording artist Siti Nurhaliza.