Friday, 16 November 2007
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (CD) (Album)
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From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a live compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in October 1996, and features live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994.
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was the second Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It was compiled primarily by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who also penned the album's liner notes. Novoselic and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl had originally intended on releasing a live album in 1994, to accompany what became MTV Unplugged in New York in a two-disc set originally titled Verse, Chorus, Verse named after a Nirvana song, but were emotionally unable to compile it so soon after Cobain's death. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah opened at #1 on the Billboard 200. The name itself refers to a river in Aberdeen, Washington where Cobain was said to have lived under a bridge for a time after dropping out of high school (as referenced in the song "Something in the Way"). The album did not chart as well as the unplugged album which spent over 60 weeks in the charts, spending only 25 weeks in the charts, though still attained platinum album status.
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Kurt Cobain's former bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl clearly had an agenda in compiling From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, the second of what will no doubt be a long line of posthumous Nirvana albums. Because of its somber, intense nature, the first post-Cobain release, MTV Unplugged in New York, was largely perceived as music for a wake--an impression reinforced by MTV's constant airings of the special in the days following Cobain's suicide. But that acoustic detour aside, the Nirvana live experience was always about displaying a lust for life--not a death wish--with all the energy the musicians could muster. Wishkah offers 16 songs spanning the band's career, all delivered in the loudest, most frenzied, and sometimes the sloppiest versions imaginable. In the opening "Intro," a snippet of pre-show noise, Cobain screams his heart out in joyful contrast to the haunted screams on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." Then the group launches into "School," which ends with the spirited chorus "Don't be sad." Indeed, it's impossible to dwell on the maudlin when listening to these renditions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Sliver," "Heart-Shaped Box," and "Negative Creep"--they're too loud and too full of life. But while it should be applauded, Wishkah isn't the great lost Nirvana album--there are no unheard gems to add to the catalog--and in the end, it isn't nearly as essential as any of the band's studio albums--or even the downbeat but revelatory Unplugged. --Jim Derogatis
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Track Listings
1. Intro
2. School
3. Drain You
4. Aneurysm
5. Smeels Like Teen Spirit
6. Been A Son
7. Lithium
8. Sliver
9. Spank Thru
10. Scentless Apprentice
11. Heart Shaped Box
12. Milk It
13. Negative Creep
14. Polly
15. Breed
16. Tourette's
17. Blew
Album Info
# Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
# Original Release Date: October 1, 1996
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Live
# Label: Geffen Records
# ASIN: B000000OVZ
# Also Available in: Audio Cassette | LP Record
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Labels: NIRVANA DISCOGRAPHY, NIRVANA LIVE
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3 Comments:
Nirvana: Live And In Your Face!
The Amazon critic has it wrong: the chorus on "School" is "No recess," NOT "Don't be sad"! Now that we've got that cleared up....It is well documented that Nirvana could be very scattershot live in concert, usually depending on the mental & physical health of troubled singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain. On a bad night, the band could be very ragged and sloppy, even rude---some nights, they wouldn't even play their big hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," much to the dismay of their audience. But on a GOOD night---and there were quite a few of those, too---Nirvana were powerful, rockin' monsters. "From The Muddy Banks of The Wishkah" captures Nirvana live in concert on the various GOOD nights they had over the years, with the live tracks recorded between 1989 and 1994. Nirvana blast through 16 songs, featuring some signature tunes like "Teen Spirit" and "Lithium," as well as some lesser-known songs like "Spank Thru" and "Blew." The band sound incredible, with Cobain, bassist Krist Noveselic and drummer Dave Grohl interlocked together like a three-headed rock beast (though on some tracks, guitarist Pat Smear joins the trio, and original drummer Chad Channing is featured on a couple of tracks instead of Grohl). This is raw, in-your-face, take-no-prisoners rock of the highest order, with no bad performances anywhere, and the louder you can play this CD, the better. "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah" is a brilliant document of what Nirvana could do live in concert on the nights when they *really* gave it everything they had. No Nirvana fan should go without this awesome live set.
GREAT!
THIS CD REALLY CATCHES NIRVANA'S LIVE ENERGY AND PUMPS IT THRU YOUR STEREO!! YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY AND IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THEM LIVE. YOU NEED TO OWN THIS ALBUM.
Awesome
This album is terrific. Having never had the oppurtunity to see Nirvana live, this is the closet that I am going to get. From the intor of the ablum when Kurt screams his lungs out this album punishes you to sit back and enjoy all their great tunes. The first song "School" is a an excellent track that sounds way better than it did on Bleach. The tracks that standout as the best live performances on the album are "Aneursym", "Scentless Apprentice", and "Milk It" these songs are wickedly awesome and make you want to crank the volume all the way up and rock out. Nirvana changed the face of rock music in the ninties, and it is nice to get a glimpse into what the live performances consisted of.
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