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Friday, 16 November 2007

MTV Unplugged in New York (album)


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Editorial Reviews


Appealing to our sense of romantic nostalgia for a time when music making was about connecting flesh and bone to wood and wire rather than the mains socket, Unplugged has seen many occasions when rock songs stripped of all their sonic frills and amplified heat become reinvented and revelatory. When it works best it tells us something new about both the singer and the song. Neil Young’s Unplugged and his version of “Like A Hurricane” immediately springs to mind.

What do we learn from the gentle stroll-through renditions of “Come As You Are” or “About A Girl” that wasn’t said more successfully on the originals? The muted expression in these campfire run-throughs, as though the band are sensitive about having their playing exposed to the kind of scrutiny the Unplugged format invites, makes them tentative and tepid compared to their fiery forebears. Only “Something In The Way” with added cello gravitas seems to be comfortable in its new arrangement.

With more cutting-edge than a sawmill working double shifts, Nirvana’s clout was always located in their sound as much as the songs themselves, whose essence was utterly defined by their reliance on electricity. As with most of the grunge movement their material is so intrinsically linked to the juice that without it, this stuff has a slightly hollow ring to it.

It’s interesting that they seem to audibly relax and stretch a little when playing other people’s songs–notably on the Meat Puppets’ lamentation “Oh Me” and The Vaselines’ “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam.”

Had Cobain lived this set would be viewed as a mildly entertaining but probably flawed diversion from the real action. Released after his suicide in 1994, it was inevitable that the album was greeted with the kind of fervour that in days gone by might have been accorded to the relics of a martyred Saint. For all the hype though, this set fails to get close to the plugged-in bite that was part and parcel of their strength and appeal. - by Sid Smith

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The last Nirvana collection recorded before the untimely death of Kurt Cobain, Unplugged caught many by surprise with its stripped down, neo-acoustic offerings with a bridled fury. When Cobain sings, "I swear I don't have a gun, I don't have a gun" with clenched teeth (instead of an open howl) and when the haunting strains of "About a Girl"--from their earliest LP--chills even with quieted guitars, you discover a new appreciation for the nuances of one of the greatest bands of recent times. Highlights include covers of three Meat Puppets tracks (featuring special guests Curt and Kris Kirkwood of that influential "college rock" band), the weepy cello on the Vaselines' "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam," and their cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World." --Lorry Fleming

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Track listing


1. About a Girl
2. Come as You Are
3. Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold the World
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb
7. Polly - Video
8. On a Plain
9. Something in the Way
10. Plateau
11. Oh Me
12. Lake of Fire
13. All Apologies
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?


Album Info


# Audio CD (November 1, 1994)
# Original Release Date: November 1, 1994
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Live
# Label: Geffen Records
# ASIN: B000003TB9
# Also Available in: Audio Cassette | LP Record

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Thursday, 15 November 2007

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

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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

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