Friday, 16 November 2007
Nirvana (album)
Nirvana by Nirvana
Editorial Reviews
Essentially a greatest-hits collection with one previously unreleased song, "You Know You're Right," and producer Scott Litt's 1994 remix of "Pennyroyal Tea," Nirvana the album is nevertheless a welcome addition to the band's canon. Crisp, elegant liner notes by Rolling Stone writer David Fricke put us squarely in Kurt Cobain's mindset as he entered a Seattle studio in January 1994--a full two days later than expected--to record what would be his final session with Nirvana. The resulting "You Know You're Right" locates Cobain at the apogee of his disenfranchisement with tongue nevertheless planted firmly in cheek. Bawdy, raucous, and venomous, "You Know You're Right" could have been lifted from Nevermind. A mix of tracks from that album ("Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," "Lithium," and "In Bloom") sits opposite stuff from early EPs and the Bleach disc ("About a Girl," "Been a Son," and "Sliver"), plus two from the MTV Unplugged sessions and several more from In Utero. Not the Nirvana treasure chest we hoped for, but solid nonetheless. --Kim Hughes
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Nirvana was the third Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994, and the first to feature studio material. It contains the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right," a song recorded during the band's final studio session on January 30, 1994. The album also includes a brief selection of the band's more popular songs, culled mostly from 1991's Nevermind and 1993's In Utero, but also containing three pre-Nevermind songs and two recorded during the band's MTV Unplugged set in late 1993. Nirvana opened at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Nirvana was released following the settlement of a long-standing legal dispute between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Much of the dispute centered around "You Know You're Right," which Novoselic and Grohl had wanted to release on a long-delayed Nirvana box set. However, Love blocked the song's release, and sued Novoselic and Grohl over control of Nirvana's legacy.
Love's lawsuit maintained that "You Know You're Right" was a "potential 'hit' of extraordinary artistic and commercial value." She believed that "You Know You're Right" would be "wasted" on a box set, and instead belonged on a single-disc compilation similar to the Beatles' 1. In September 2002, it was announced by the Nirvana camp that the lawsuit had been settled, and that "You Know You're Right" would be released on "Nirvana, a one-CD history of the band." This paved the way for the box set, With The Lights Out which was released two years later.
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Track Listing
All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted:
1. "You Know You're Right" – 3:38
2. "About a Girl" – 2:49
3. "Been a Son" – 2:23 (from the Blew EP)
4. "Sliver" – 2:14
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) – 5:01
6. "Come as You Are" – 3:39
7. "Lithium" – 4:17
8. "In Bloom" – 4:15
9. "Heart-Shaped Box" – 4:41
10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix) – 3:38
11. "Rape Me" – 2:51
12. "Dumb" – 2:34
13. "All Apologies" – 3:51
14. "The Man Who Sold the World" (Bowie) – 3:47
Bonus tracks
1. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)" (Lead Belly) – 5:08 (appears on vinyl and international CD copies only)
2. "Something in the Way (Unplugged)" – 4:01 (appears on vinyl and Japanese CD copies only)
Technical Info
# Audio CD (October 29, 2002)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Extra tracks
# Label: Interscope
# ASIN: B00006V9A0
# Also Available in: Audio CD
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Labels: NIRVANA DISCOGRAPHY
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