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Bleach (album) (CD)
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Album Description
According to wikipedia, "...Bleach is the debut album by the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released in June 1989 through the Sub Pop record label. Bleach originally sold only 6,000 copies, but following the enormous success of the band's second album, Nevermind (1991), fans discovered Nirvana's little-known debut album. It has now sold over four million copies worldwide...
The album's working title was Too Many Humans. It was officially named Bleach in February 1989 after the band's frontman Kurt Cobain found an AIDS prevention poster while Nirvana was driving through San Francisco. The poster advised heroin addicts to bleach their needles before use, featuring the slogan "Bleach Your Works"....
Editorial Reviews
When it first appeared, Bleach
seemed like a tuneful approximation of what grunge rock in the Northwest United States was supposed to sound like--gruff, enraged, sometimes tuneful, sometimes silly. Singer Kurt Cobain had the pipes to belt out such power trash as "Mr. Moustache" and the Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz," but considering the sheer volume of frustrated tuneage coming out of Seattle in 1989, it was easy to miss Bleach's subtler textures. In retrospect, "Negative Creep" and "About a Girl" are the obvious standouts that point toward the strum and bang attack that would catapult Nevermind to the top of the charts. But this is also a band without drummer Dave Grohl; his predecessor, Chad Channing (and also the Melvins' Dale Crover), while competent, is no Grohl. Producer Jack Endino gave this album the best sound $600 could buy. --Rob O'Connor Track listing
All songs were written by Kurt Cobain, except where noted.
1. "Blew" – 2:54
2. "Floyd the Barber" – 2:18
3. "About a Girl" – 2:48
4. "School" – 2:42
5. "Love Buzz" (Robbie van Leeuwen) – 3:35
6. "Paper Cuts" – 4:06
7. "Negative Creep" – 2:56
8. "Scoff" – 4:10
9. "Swap Meet" – 3:03
10. "Mr. Moustache" – 3:24
11. "Sifting" – 5:22
12. "Big Cheese" – 3:42
13. "Downer" (only on CD version) – 1:43
Technical Info
Released June 15, 1989
Recorded 1988–1989 at Reciprocal Recordings in Seattle, Washington
Genre Grunge
Length 42:14
Label Sub Pop
Producer Jack Endino
ASIN: B0000035E7
Audio CD (October 14, 1991)
Also Available in: Audio Cassette | LP Record
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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My Views
For me Bleach is a brilliant album and the BEST NIRVANA ALBUM - true Grunge. I love the rawness of the songs and lyrics. It may not be as well produced as Nevermind, but "in my opinion it shows the true Garage sound or Grunge sound".
I highly recommend you to buy this album -- kanx1976
Labels: NIRVANA ALBUMS, NIRVANA CDS, NIRVANA DISCOGRAPHY
posted by kanx1976 at
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4 Comments:
Off to a great start
Nirvana's debut album "Bleach" met with little fanfare upon its release in 1989. At the height of hair-metal, few outside the Seattle underground scene had heard of the band, much less the word "grunge."
"Bleach" was recorded within a few weeks with producer Jack Endino on a six thousand dollar budget. It was released on the legendary indie label Sub Pop.
"Bleach" features core members Kurt Cobain (guitar, vocals) and Krist Novoselic (bass). Recorded before Dave Grohl joined the band, drummer Chad Channing sits behind the kit. While Channing is competent, he is no Grohl. Therefore, "Bleach" doesn't quite have the intensity of their later work, although it's still an exciting power trio. Guitarist Jason Everman is credited as a second guitarist, although he did not play on the album.
Compared to "Nevermind," (1991) and "In Utero," (1993) "Bleach" is grittier, rawer, and far less polished. "Bleach" is more akin to fellow Sub Pop Seattle label mates Green River, Mudhoney and Soundgarden than later-day Geffen-era Nirvana. "Bleach" has a primal, earthy, organic sound. "Bleach" is grunge in its truest sense-distorted guitars, fuzz, feedback etc.
"Bleach" shows a young Cobain at his formative years. While "Bleach" doesn't match the brilliance of later day Nirvana, hints of genius are found in such songs as the down-and-gritty "Blew," the tuneful-but-melancholy "About a Girl," and the full-throttle assault of "Negative Creep."
While the songs aren't as tightly written as those on "Nevermind" and "In Utero," it's still a fine collection of well-crafted songs. "Bleach" would lay the base for the foundation of one of rocks great bands.
So much heavier than expected... 18 years later!
18 Years! This came out in '89! Back when I first bought this on cassette, probably about a month or so after buying "Nevermind", I remember thinking.... "ahhhh, a couple songs are okay". It definitely did not appeal to me. This is not the super-crisp punchy production of Butch Vig. These aren't the pop infused songs that would grace their major label debut. This is Cobain trying to latch on to a sound that his heroes (Melvins being a clear choice) were producing, while also trying to be differnt from that. You can hear a pop sense in there... sometimes you just gotta dig for it. Kurt never hid his influences... the whole band never did... they quite vocally spoke about who inspired them and who they stole from. The great thing is, the bands they liked were actually worth noting in 90's/00's music progresion, unlike today where bands cite their friends as influences. Today this album resonates much stronger with me. The whole grunge "movement" really meant the world to me, and while a lot of meatheads would say the same, the music that came out between '90 and '95 really did shape my entire perspective of what could and couldn't be good. This album is damn good. I'm now a fan of most things "heavy". I can hear these sounds all over bands like High On Fire, Wolfmother, Sunn O))), Queens Of The Stone Age (who didn't need much more influence than themselves... Kyuss), even Black Metal bands like Craft, etc. Real heavy rockers with a penchant for creative flair. Those who want to kill with their music and inspire and make you FEEL and MOVE. This music really moves me today. That's not to say that "Bleach" created a sound, or originated it, but it sure as hell displays it. This album kills. Those who love heavy rock should more than appreciate this. Those who don't appreciate this, don't actually love hard n' heavy rock... you're posing, you're a liar and you should fess up.
No Stains
Bleach was the debut record of the most influential band of the last twenty years, Nirvana. Released on the seminal Seattle label, Sub Pop, the album is an impressive work. Kurt Cobain was a troubled young man and his conflicts, fears and angst drove his music. Bleach has a much heavy grunge sound to it than their subsequent releases, but it still has the crisp melodies that separated the band from the rest of the grunge artists. Songs like "About A Girl", "Negative Creep" and "Blew" have almost pop sensibilities but unlike most happy, sunny pop songs, the lyrics about hurt, obsession, betrayal. Most of the songs are powerful barrages of machine gun guitars and stinging feedback. The band was still evolving at this point as Dave Grohl had not yet joined and they had an extra guitarist. The playing isn't as crisp and powerful as it would become, but the album showed that Mr. Cobain was a force to be reckoned with.
Recorded for a smidgen over $600, some Nirvana die-hards argue that Bleach is Nirvana’s finest work. Such connoisseur’s say that while Nevermind is revered as the soundtrack for ‘Generation X’, its reluctant spokesman, Kurt Cobain, shows his true colours in Bleach – before the unwanted fame that ultimately cost his life took a hold.
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