Nevermind

by Nirvana

Overview

Twenty years after the release of an album that irreversibly altered the landscape of popular music comes this enormous five-disc box set that features, alongside the original album, three CDs of previously unreleased recordings, rarities, B-sides, BBC radio appearances, alternative mixes, rare live recordings, and a DVD featuring an entire previously unreleased concert.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2011
Label:	Geffen Records
UPC:	0602527779089
catalogNumber:	001588702
Rank:	4534

Tracks

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Polly
7. Territorial Pissings
8. Drain You
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. On a Plain
12. Something In the Way

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nirvana   Primary Artist
Kirk Canning   Cello
Chad Channing   Drums
Kurt Cobain   Guitar,Vocals
Dave Grohl   Drums,Vocals
Krist Novoselic   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Nirvana   Producer,Engineer
Kurt Cobain   Composer
Dave Grohl   Composer
Krist Novoselic   Composer
Butch Vig   Producer,Engineer
Robert Fisher   Art Direction
Kirk Weddle   Cover Photo
Chet Powers   Composer

Editorial Reviews

Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the Zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana 's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzzbox distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleach . This doesn't discount the record, since it's not only much harder than any mainstream rock of 1991, its character isn't on the surface, it's in the exhilaratingly raw music and haunting songs. Kurt Cobain's personal problems and subsequent suicide naturally deepen the dark undercurrents, but no matter how much anguish there is on Nevermind, it's bracing because he exorcizes those demons through his evocative wordplay and mangled screams -- and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that transcends the pain, turning into pure catharsis. And that's as key to the record's success as Cobain's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed"). In retrospect, Nevermind may seem a little too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but even though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better

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