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Lot of hits on this one. Great rock although may e ‘Territorial Pissings’ and ‘Endless, Nameless’ were a little heavy on the screaming, for me.
My 3rd favourite Nirvana. Wouldn't put it on now but I was once a teen. Can't deny it's influence - both positive and negative.
Since I was a high school junior when this album (and, of course, the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit") rattled youth culture like an earthquake, it's hard for me to offer an objective appraisal of the music 30 years later. Songs like the aforementioned anarchy cheerleader tune-- plus "Lithium", "Come as You Are", etc.-- have become as overplayed in our collective mind as "Sweet Caroline", but you can't penalize a band for ubiquity, and deep tracks like "Lounge Act" and "On a Plain" sound as fresh as ever. Great raging punk-grunge-pop, and (I guess) as good a 90's album as you can ask for to merit a bunch of Gen Alphas to (inexplicably!) buy the t-shirts at Hot Topic and turn Kurt into a Gen X icon.
Once upon a time it would have been perfect but I see some cracks now but only just
8/10
Очень сильный, эмоциональный альбом. Кричащий, посылающий всех нахуй. Но после его прослушивания захотелось кого-нибудь убить. Такого мне точно не надо.
Absolutely brilliant, so close to a 5
Welp that definitely was Nevermind, hasn’t changed from my last listen, when Something in the Way wasn’t quite yet the Batman song. The teen me who thought In Utero was the greatest album ever made could never have predicted I would eventually be more creatively inspired by the producer’s band than Nirvana lol. Teen me also would have been gobstruck learning that I would eventually think Drain You was the best song on here(I would have said On a Plain then). Like that song’s riff has such an enveloping yet bouncy atmosphere to me and that bridge is an awesome left-turn from the rest of song. Also gotta highlight the dour trudge of Endless, Nameless, one of the best hidden tracks ever. Smells Like Teen Spirit is an overplayed song that I still get hyped for whenever I hear it. Yeah it’s classic.
Woof, very front-loaded. This was a solid 5/5 at the beginning, then worked its way down to a 4.5/5, and finally Endless, Nameless cemented it at a 4/5. Shame! Obviously deeply important, groundbreaking, etc. Some absolute bangers, when it's great it's incredible, and when it's bad it's. Eh. Pretty bad. Nirvana always remind me of a guy I dated for a couple of weeks or month or so in very early 2020, who was convinced he would join the 27 club. Absolutely no reason why, the most outrageous thing he did was hillwalking and drinking a bit too much sometimes. He was 27 when we were dating. He's still alive, owns a kitchen in a bar. He's said I can come in for free food if I want, but I don't think I will. Anyway. I'm learning Come As You Are on guitar rn, and that's a lot of fun. Songs added to playlist: - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Come As You Are - Lithium - Something In The Way
Ja, doch
For me, this album came out at the very beginning of 6th grade. My family never had much money but we always seemed to be able to afford MTV, and when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" made it into the rotation, it blew everything up. If you weren't there you might think we're exaggerating but- its true. I was a couple of years too young for Nirvana back in '91, so it took me a very long time to actually listen to this thing. Even though this is one of those Defining Records For My Generation, I didn't glom onto it at the time, and I never really have. The songs are great, but the approach feels very one dimensional to me. There are so many times that Kurt's vocal lines follow the main riff, which is following the bass line identically. So you have three instruments all playing the same thing and it sounds very flat. I like it, it's great, but it's still just insistently, excessively abrasive to me. FOUR STARS
ma koliko ovo bilo isfurano i dozlaboga izmasakrirano radijskim emitiranjem, ne znam, meni valja
Smells Like Teen Spirit - classic, timeless, growly. So good. No wonder its the most popular nirvana song
4/5
Iconic album cover. Very good debut album. Several great songs. Growl is fantastic. Cobain is a great frontman.
Holds up.
Finally I have an answer to the question "how does spotify handle CD hidden tracks?". As for the record itself, it was a breath of fresh air at the time, pounding the final nail into the hair metal coffin. It still holds up, but I listened to it so much at the time it's hard to evaluate it fairly.
A great album. I still enjoy listening to it.
It’s a good ‘un
Classic album. Have heard this a bunch.
Greatness
Never entirely understood the worship for this as some kind of ground-breaking new sound: nihilistic guitar rock has been around since the Velvet Underground. But that doesn't mean it's not a great album. It updates the sound and lyrics for the 90s generation, there's relatively little filler until late in the album (stay away from "stay away"), and the opening 1-2-3 salvo are all stone classics.
4.0 RYM
First half of this album is perfect and I can definitely see how it started a musical uprising of sorts for generation x. The second half isn’t quite as strong with a few filler tracks but still a great listen front to back. 7/10 Favorite tracks- “Come as You Are” “Breed” “Lithium”
I listened to this album to death when it came out, but I haven't listened to Nevermind for decades. I've barely listened to Nirvana at all since my twenties, perhaps just a go of In Utero every few years for a bit of nostalgia. Listening to this again, it's a lot better album than I remember it being, but I just can't get fully into it. I think it's a sadly a case of my overplaying it when I could only afford a handful of CDs ruining it a bit for me.
I have this album, it's probably all been said before; well produced and played, the songs are what made this album.Love it all
Liked everything except the last song?
Iconic, unreal first three songs. Then some hits or misses for me, and ending on Endless, Nameless, which is terrible. If I were rating for influence, it's a clear 5, but sticking to how much I enjoy the music, separate from the history (within reason), drops it just a bit for me.
I think I prefer the songs and production of In Utero, but this still rocks.
ih, o piorzim deles, eu acho. tem TODOS os hits da banda aqui, né. mas até que me surpreendi com algumas poucas músicas que são BEM barulhentas, em contraste com os hits limpinhos... não eh ruim não!!! me entristece muito não ter o bleach nesse site, mas o tem o in utero aí tá blz.
4.5/5
Bom demais, muito além das manjadinhas
Such a great album! The only thing that could have been better is if it were the MTV unplugged. Really a 4.5. Thank you, Kurt. 💙
Lovely reminiscing to this. Thinking I was cool listening to this as a nipper. First half is absolute top tier. I do feel it drops off in second and for that I’ve dropped it to a 4
Sterk 4’er. Første halvdel en del bedre enn andre! Men dette spiller
Yeah, it's as good as you've heard.
Classic album.
Etter to mediocre opplevelser med Nirvana så langt i dette prosjektet, må jeg si at Nevermind står seg mye bedre. Det clean fuzz-soundet er fortsatt fremtredende som på In Utero, men det kler låtene litt bedre her. Nå har jeg ikke telt ordentlig, men vil TRO at fleste av låtene på samlealbumet kommer fra Nevermind. Hvertfall gjennom første halvdelen av plata (også kalt side 1 på vinylmunne), er det hitparade. Trekker fram "In Bloom" som høydepunktet her. Det riffet sitter så godt. Det faller litt sammen på side to. Hva er "Polly"? En av låtene som faktisk ble kuttet fra Beatles' White Album? "Territorial Pissings" er et karikert forsøk på punk. Det har ikke gått opp for meg at riffet til "Smells" går igjen på "Drain You". Rare greier. "Something in the way" løfter hele denne siden ut av uføret. Til tross for ujevn kvalitet mener jeg plata fortjener å være blant de 1001, for den er på sitt vis fortsatt nokså ikonisk.
Got a bit screechy towards the end, but other than that all bangers
Album culte autant par son histoire que sa pochette, même si je ne suis pas une énorme fan de Nirvana par ailleurs, c'est vraiment un groupe qui a beaucoup influencé la musique et notamment par cet album. Beaucoup de morceaux connus, même si je l'écouterais pas tous les jours c'était cool de le redécouvrir.
Objectivement un album iconique, mais c'est pas ce que j'écoute d'habitude, 4/5
This album was so close to getting 5 stars… and then the last song played and I was not a fan… -1 point. Sorry nirvana
Absolute banger after banger! The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is so I can give In Utero a higher score.
Some really great classic stuff here. I think I'd have loved this when it came out. Not something I'll put on very often but certainly has it's place firmly on this list.
Nirvanas Nevermind is full of bangers that I’m sick of hearing. Super tight, super brilliant album, but feels like the Americanisation of British music (I might just be ignorant but after spamming Blurs Parklife this feels empty in comparison). Kurt Cobains lyrics just don’t do it for me at the moment. It is amazing art that I’m sure I’ll come around to at some point.
iconische songs graafste cover beetje eentonig #rocknroll
Banger banger banger
Credited with being one of the bands that sent Grunge Rock to mainstream America, Nirvana blasted onto the scene in the 90’s, plastered in flannel, and turned millions of heads immediately. Their heavy drum and distorted guitar-led songs are filled with screamed lyrics of edgy topics like drugs, trauma, death, addiction and mental health issues. Most songs are organized chaos that force you to move to the beat while contrasting slow ballads fill the other spaces of the album; somehow still delivering potent messages to the audience. A great album all around that shocks your system every time you hear it.
Never really got into Nirvana, I think the ubiquity of their shirts pissed/pisses me off, especially when people younger than me, who was born 6 years after Kurt Cobain killed himself, wear them. It's pretty good.
Heard it many times and still really enjoy it. Couple songs that I don’t need to hear every time but overall, a great album.
grunge. original. the moment. the essence.
Undeniably great and influential album, almost every song is great. Almost a 5 star but taking one point off for the closing track, I can't lie is despise that song. Either way, the rest of the album is amazing, spectacular time all around.
the drums sound magnificent, vocals are great - this stands up much better than I thought it would have done
I really like this album. It's fantastic. That being said, I don't really see why some people would prefer it over in Utero. It's a more commercial, less raw sound for them, and when they do try a rawer sound it's not really as perfected as on their next album. It also seems like they maybe didn't have as much artistic freedom with this one in terms of conveying the message they wanted to mostly. Except on Polly. That song is amazing, but also kind of out of place on this album. Legit one of the most scary, sad, creepy songs ever if you dive into the lyrics. Still, this album is packed with bangers - especially the first 5 songs. You have one of the biggest rock anthems ever to kick it off, then a super iconic banger with In Bloom with maybe one of the most iconic guitar solos ever. Come As You Are has one of the best vocal performances, so much pure passion dripping from it. I love Breed because it really plays into their punk background very well and Lithium is my favorite song lyrically, filled with auto-irony but combined with a depressive undertone. Especially the contrast between the dark verses and the continuous Yeah!s of the chorus are super interesting. When you start your album with such a bang it's bound to be kinda frontloaded and that is the case for sure, even if I do like the second half. The chorus of Drain You is so epic and uplifting and every punk song should have as much purpose as Territorial Pissing. I love the drums on Stay Away even if I don't think the song is super essential to the album and I feel kinda similarly about Lounge Act. Great songs but not super standout in the grander scheme of this album. And Something In The Way is very underrated, I never cared for the whispery vocals and the mmmmmmmm humming chorus. Amazing album but very frontloaded and lyrically a bit weaker than In Utero
My second Nirvana album! The cover is iconic and the songs seem to level up to that hype. Hit after hit after hit. This might have truly gotten me into the phenomenon that was Nirvana. No skips for me really even though not all songs spoke to me but there are just so many good songs on the album.
fantastic album. 1st half very good, 2nd half a bit samey aside from something in the way. 4.5 stars.
I was never a huge nirvana fan, but still a great record.
Although Nirvana has never been my first pick when craving some grunge sound, this is one of the albums I would recognize from the first strummed chords. It has most of my favorite songs from the band and it's influence is undeniably huge. Great album.
I'm not a grunge fan but it's hard to deny the quality and influence of this album
this album will never be overplayed imo
I’ve never been much into rock, but I’ve always liked some songs from Nirvana’s Nevermind. It feels really nostalgic — it reminds me of my cousins playing these songs when I was younger. The sound is raw, emotional, and full of energy. Even after all these years, it still feels honest and alive.
Fire
I was so ready to hate on this album not because I wanted to feel special or different by not liking "mainstream Nirvana", but because since I've had use of reason Nirvana has always been overhyped- listening to this album, I fucking understand why. This is nothing less than a 4 for God's sake. It is objectively great quality, creative. melodic, rebellious, a real breakthrough. This will and shall always be in the top charts of music history for a reason. 4.5/5
Bra greier, vet ikke hvorfor jeg ikke har hørt igjennom denne før. Første 5 låtene er peak, etter det dabber det litt av for min del men fortsatt solid. 4/5
It was a breakthrough album in many sense, first of all kicking out the hair metal scene and making GnR old fashioned and cliche... The melodic approach, the quiet/hard moments stolen from the Pixies, the desillusion...and the drums, what a punch !
This becomes a classic and it’s in somehow my maximum of the rock that I do appreciate. Does Nirvana influence that period ?? Without any doubt ! It is a really good album and it really deserves its 4 stars … but it’s not a 5 star gem as well
Nirvana weren’t the first, and maybe not the best, but they were the ones who carried the torch of disillusion after a decade of glitter. The streets, unemployment, drugs, no future… you can blame them for being popular, but the brilliant In Utero which came next (a loud, saturated act of self-sabotage) proves they were genuine, and that Nevermind only really suffers from its glossy production. Not my favorite band of that era, but the era itself was an amazing time for music. I can’t deny the huge influence they had on music in general, and on me too. Nirvana also never made a single bad song, it had to be said.
It’s so funny to listen to this and realise just how many people have totally ripped them off ever since this came out. Unintentionally groundbreaking and forever timeless, ever since the premature loss of Kurt Cobain. Nirvana will only ever be who they were in the early-mid 90s, and I think that is part or the reason why they will never be forgotten. Nothing more can be said about most tracks here that hasn’t been said already, but definitely worth noting that “Something In The Way” is an underrated one. Was cool seeing it featured on “The Batman” a few years ago. I wouldn’t call this a perfect 5 for me; grunge isn’t my favourite; but i’ll always find myself listening to the odd track from Nevermind.
This is THE grunge album. Can’t say I listen to loads of the genre but Nirvana had something special.
It’s hard to write about these select few albums that are so incredibly popular and so incredibly fantastic. It’s nigh-on impossible to say anything new about them, so I’ll just riff on what has already been said a million times already about this album and this band. The main point I made in my In Utero review was my marvelling at just how popular Nirvana was and is, despite their music being quite harsh, quite often. I marvelled at how it’s a great thing that they became so popular, because their popularity fed into the lasting popularity of rock for the next 20 or so years. Having oddly listened to these albums in the ‘wrong order’, Nevermind feels less expansive than In Utero, but far more immediate on first listen, owing to its immortal low riffs and Cobain’s lasting tuneful vocals, especially on the supermassive Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come as You Are. And it’s a true testament to this album’s brilliance that these two tracks are not only great in themselves but also do not outshine anything else on here, be it the faster, manic Territorial Pissings or the slower, brooding Something in the Way. It’s one of a very small repertoire of popular music albums that will last forever, or at least as long as the human race does. It can stand proudly alongside The Dark Side of the Moon or The Velvet Underground & Nico or Pet Sounds as not only one of the most popular, but one of the very best and most important albums ever made.
a classic that still holds up well
This has some absolutely iconic tracks such as Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are, which were the peak of Grunge in my opinion. The rest of the album holds pretty steady.
Do I even have to say anything?Shame, that after this, most post-grunge acts decided that they wanted to sound like this.
classic
I was never into Nirvana(they ruined metal), but the songs are good and iconic to the grunge scene.
Unfortunate about the front loading. Could have been 5 star with a better permutation
An absolute classic of grungy alternative rock, with so many highs and memorable moments. Come As You Are, Territorial Pissings & Lithium are standouts to me. The distorted sound of the guitars are genuinely iconic. So close to getting 5/5 but there are a couple of slower moments that don't quite hit. 4.5/5 for me.
This album defines a music movement..this was Grunge, ,great album, great tunes. Only.reason not 5 star is I was more in Pearl Jam camp.
Iconic album. Turn of the decade pioneers of grunge. One if my all time favorite albums plus introduced us to one of my favorite artists of all time...Mr. Dave Grohl.
It’s good. One of the most influential albums ever
Good! But I prefer Pearl Iam!!
Love this album. Nirvana changed post punk to mainstream, something I will never forgive them for, but that could not have happened if they weren't so damn good.
I get why everyone loved this record. At the time I didn’t, but in the ensuing decades, it’s grown on me. I never cared for the drama around this band and its “importance”, but this is a great record. Hard stop. I could still give or take it and in 1991, there were a lot of great records released.
I think this album is often judged with bias because it’s too famous, but I really like Kurt Cobain’s guitar tone. At first listen, his guitar might sound like it’s played roughly, but when I pay closer attention, it feels to me that the guitar and the vocals as well as the other parts are almost obsessively balanced. Some tracks grow on me the more I listen, like Breed. Maybe, since I’m not a native English speaker, I might not grasp the lyrics directly, so my interpretation could be different. Anyway I envy anyone who got to see them perform live. 有名過ぎてバイアスのかかった評価がされがちだと思うけど、私はカートコバーンのギターの音作りは素晴らしいと思う。パッと聞くとどの曲も適当に弾いているかのようだが、よく聴くとボーカルや各パートとのバランスが神経質に工夫されている気がして、聴けば聴くほど気になっていく曲が多い。Breedとか。私は非英語ネイティブなので歌詞の意味をダイレクトに理解できないから解釈が異なるかもしれない。演奏を目の前で観たことがある人たちが羨ましい。
Pretty cool and iconic music
Classic as classics get up until Polly, then just excellent. 9 out of 10 but saving 5 stars for their Unplugged (if it is included)
Très bon artiste ce Kurt Cobain il manque à la scène Rock'N'Roll 🙏
Having heard this one recently, I am very confidently familiar already, so let me put this down. The hit single Smell Like Teen Spirit is okay, compared to the next track in the album, In Bloom, which is very random and explosive, and it is a much cooler performance in my opinion, Kurt going 0 to 180 so fast within a drum filler, and then soaring into the chorus. The weird half descending melody, I just love it, the rest are also iconic. The second half of this album is much weaker than the first. Ugh. Great album if the energy kept up in general.
Classic
4
Solid. Don’t know that I’ve ever actually listened to the whole album start to finish until now.
The album that changed/ruined/challenged everything. Holds up but I wish there were a grittier version
Da werden alte Zeiten wach...
This albums alright in my book. Very familiar with the hits and enjoyed many of the other songs. I don't know why Polly was so funny to me but it was. Would recommend. Last song not so great.
Good Songs: Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Breed, Lithium, Territorial Pissing, Drain You, Lounge Act, Stay Away, On A Plain, Endless, Nameless Mid Songs: Polly, Something In The Way Bad Songs:
The album that defined the 90s and grunge as a genre. Plenty of iconic tracks on this one, but the second half of the album isn't nearly as gripping. Maybe I just don't prefer this kind of big noise, in-your-face style of rock music. Nevertheless, I cannot deny its status in the world of music.
Even though I know a handful of songs off of this album, this will be my first time listening to all of Nevermind. I was blown away by Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged album when I reviewed it, but I thought In Utero was just fine. I think Nevermind will probably fall into one of those two buckets for me, and I’m hoping that this lands closer to Unplugged. Now that I’ve listened to all three Nirvana albums on the list, Nevermind lands squarely between the other two. Nevermind is really good, but it’s strongest at the beginning and end, with a middle that sagged quite a bit to me. It was interesting to give this album a listen today, because I’ve heard four of the first five songs on it so many times, but I’d never really actively listened to them. When I was able to kick back and really pay attention to those songs, I was really enraptured by the guitar playing. There was so much depth to the sound of those guitars that I’d never noticed before. I’d never really given much thought to the bass playing before today either, but I found it pretty exceptional. The guitars on “Smells Like Teen Spirit” really stood out to me today. I’d never noticed that background shimmering effect of the guitars at end of the verse, nor the beeps on the chorus, but even those small elements show how much thought and intentionality went into one of the most popularly chaotic songs of all time. The drumming is fantastic too, especially during the introduction. The bass on “In Bloom” was fantastic, and I think the fact that it managed to stand out on a song with a really excellent guitar riff shows just how good it is. The guitar tones on “Come As You Are” are fantastic as well. Nirvana did a great job of crafting so many different sounds while operating under the somewhat limiting umbrella of grunge. The guitar on the bridge is truly exceptional, and some of the best guitar playing on the album. “Lithium” is one of my favorite Nirvana songs, second to only “All Apologies.” I love the contrast in sound between the verse and chorus, and despite the serious tone of the lyrics, it’s an incredibly fun song to sing along and rock out to. “On A Plain” was the best song that I wasn’t familiar with beforehand. I loved the guitar, and the multitrack vocals were especially awesome, particularly during the closing. “Something In The Way” is so incredibly haunting, and I loved how much the cello added to the atmosphere. It’s wild to me that this was the only song to feature an additional musician. Nevermind’s sound is even more impressive when you take into account that it’s only a trio making this album. As much as those songs stood out to me, the rest of the album really felt like filler that didn’t do much for me. I think Unplugged showcases just how great Nirvana was, but a bit of the emotion and weight of the songwriting on Nevermind just wasn’t there on some of the weaker tracks. Even though I’ve heard some of the songs on this album countless times, they still hold up really well. I wouldn’t consider Nevermind one of the best albums of all time, but it’s certainly one of the most important, and I’m glad I finally got to experience all of it today.
Classic album. Not my scene but great for what it is.
Phenomenal album, front to back. I loved it more 15 years ago than I do now, but it still holds up and has a solid group of songs that get replayed with no skips fairly regularly.
I can't get too deep about this one, but it sure does sound good loud.
Smells Like Teen Spirit // Come As You Are // Lithium // Territorial Pissings // Something In The Way // 4.5/5
Some of them were really good. Endless, nameless: I could not stand the voice. Good mastering of the drums. I liked it until it got a bit tiresome. Anyway, good.
Fav song: come as you are, lithium Nirvana’s best 9/10
oops last one was way too long lmao a classic. amazing songwriting, songs are catchy as fuck while still bringing tons of raw energy. so many great lyrics and riffs throughout favorites: smells like teen spirit, in bloom, breed
I thought this album would surprise me because I'd never given it a 'full album' listen. It actually doesn't, because I knew every song and they're pretty much in the order I'd expect. Pretty cool
Il manque un petit quelque chose qui rendrait l'album parfait. Je dois être biaisé, Nirvana n'a jamais été mon groupe préféré des années grunge.
honestly When I saw this picture I don't feel like listening to it. But very soon I realized I've never listened to this album as a whole integrity.
More polished than In Utero, but I don't mind that. It's an iconic album for a reason. Lots of great songs on here.
Redefining
Incredible album, all the good parts of grunge on full display. If they had cut the last two tracks it would have been a 5 star.
Some absolute generational bangers in here. Album falls off in the second half.
The beginning of Alternative rock as I saw it.
Still pretty good
What strikes me listening now is the divide between absolute bangers, the names of which go without saying, and absolute dross. Some of the songs, I was amazed at how average and below they were. The bangers are 5s, but the others are 2s. Due to weighting of the bangers, I'm going to level out at 4.
Classic teenage grunge. Second half of the album doesn't really stand up
Another classic. Again influenced a lot by knowing this one so well already that I remembered most of the tracks. Would consider owning this one on vinyl, just lost me a bit on the final song.
I don’t think I’ve listened to this album before, although I recognised all the songs on it (even the poor album closer) so it was clearly playing throughout my youth and was memorable without me going out of my way to listen to it! I liked it more than I thought I would, and can hear influences of the Britpop which I went on to love (it really does sound a bit like Blur’s album 13 in parts). A solid 4.
In high school, i did a project on the grunge movement bc i wanted to be cool soooo bad
Great album, though i prefer In Utero
Loved it, really great album. Hut it felt really short
Yep, v good, well, cracking start, tails off a bit in second half. Either this or I can only take so much grunge...
Incredible opening, but tails off towards the end. First three songs are in competition for the greatest 3-song run on any album.
Nirvana's greatest.
I just keep bopping along listening, and then Endless, Nameless comes on, and I'm just WTF, no. I can't make it to the end of that one song. WHY.
Half of this is very strong, half is merely good
Back half falls off a bit for me
Godt punk grunge. Nok det mest indflydelsesrige rent kulturelt indenfor grunge.
It’s a good album. Surprised that I knew as many songs as I did. It is a standout in its genre, I just don’t live it. 3.5/5 Might listen again
2nd time listening to this album. What to say? it's a good time. Best tunes: smells like teen spirit, in bloom, come as you are, lithium, stay away
This work never felt like a movement in the day but an annoying side-sound. It's a wee whiney. Liked Grohl's drumming. Lounge Act & Territorial Pissings.
Classic but in utero is better
Not my type of music usually but very good album though
liked songs: pretty much all Great album. 4.5
makes me want to start a garage band
alright tbf
Clearly musically better than most of what we have listened to but kind of got bored towards the last third The girls loved it
When I was fifteen I started noticing something; everywhere I looked I saw kids my age, older and slightly younger kids wearing the same black hooded sweatshirts. A yellow smiley face with X's for eyes and a squiggly smile was printed on the front of these sweatshirts below the word 'NIRVANA', printed in block capitals, also in yellow. The kids wearing these hoodies didn't look like Buddhists. My next door neighbour Ryan started wearing one too, so one day, in his family kitchen I asked him: 'What does the 'Nirvana' on your emotional support hoodie mean?' Well, he looked at me like he'd walked in on me wok-frying his mother's face with assorted vegetables. 'Nirvana...' he said, with more than a hint of disgust in his register, as though it was obvious and one word would resolve the mystery. 'Nirvana...? 'Nirvana' what? What is Nirvana?' I looked at him blankly. He sighed, turned to walk away and said 'The BAND!' Feeling somewhat humiliated I skulked home, loaded up the computer and searched 'Nirvana.' That afternoon, in my neighbour's kitchen, was 20 years ago. On that rainy, mild afternoon I became aware of the Cult of Nirvana. 'Nevermind' is easily one of the best albums of the 90's. But, as with so many pop culture juggernauts, the brilliance of the work is overshadowed by the people who wear the merch and look at you like you've murdered and cannibalised their mother when you indicate that you don't know the work or the artist. At 15 I was put off by the fact that one needed to be SEEN to be a Nirvana fan to actually BE a Nirvana fan. The gatekeeping, the othering...all of it...was enough to put me off. The music was brilliant, but the fans insufferable (I wonder if we can think of some recent artists whose work falls into this trap.) Luckily, we seem to have moved on from this. Everyone knows Nirvana, everyone knows Kurt Cobain and everyone (sadly?) knows Dave Grohl. No one really knows Krist Novoselek - but I think that's how he wants it. My question is this: Are Nirvana still the band of record for today's angst-ridden teens? I don't think they are. There is too much music out there now, and too much access to it. Nirvana has become classic rock. Maybe they're now even considered 'Dad Rock'. This, I think, is a good thing. People have opined (and will continue to opine) on what Kurt Cobain would think of all this and, to be honest, who gives a fuck? Kurt Cobain is dead, but the work lives on. Nevermind was manufactured in a lab to be the perfect rock album for the time. It worked. You can feel the reverberations almost 35 years later. Very few reviews of Nirvana focus purely on the music (including this one) because of the Cobain mythos and because people are drawn to a tortured artist - it adds 'depth.' Depth is the musical equivalent of salt and pepper as seasoning. All art has 'depth.' It's what separates art from what I do in my kitchen with a glockenspiel. 'Nevermind' is an album of its time that stands the test of time. Ever felt sad? Alienated? Alone? Listen to 'Nevermind' - you'll feel less alone, but possibly sadder and more alienated. Life is about tradeoffs. It's still great music. Is it the greatest? Not for me. But I will rarely skip a track from 'Nevermind.' That, I think, has to stand for something. What it stands for I don't know.
Classic album, one of the first cds I got back in the 90s as a kid so this will always have some nostalgia for me but there is a lot to enjoy here.
Love Nirvana
Masterpiece
They're popular for a reason, and this is one of them. Class album all the way through, and some serious heavy hitters.
Another album with a controversial cover. I'm not a huge grunge fan, but this album is probably the best I've heard.
This is still so good, even after all these years. 4.5 stars
Iconic and classic, but all in all Nirvana makes me wanna blow chunks. Not the best example of 90's alt rock and grunge, but one the does capture the sound. I'm over Nirvana ever since I dove in and gave other bands and albums a listen. Go forth, consume the Melvins, QOTSA, STP, Mud Honey etc.
This is obvi a banger album - coming from me who does not listen to albums all that much. Starting off with an icon, Smells Like Teen Spirit. I don't even care that it's 5 mins, it doesn't even feel like it. I could have an hour long version of that song and it still wouldn't be enough. In Bloom. Pretty good. Obviously not as good as Smells Like Teen Spirit. Still has the spunkiness that comes with this album but also somehow lowkey??? Like it keeps the same pace and volume throughout, but it's not boring. My favorite part was the guitar solo. Come As You Are. So what I'm getting is they love repetitive lyrics. Most of the song contains the same lyrics, not really a bridge involved. They spice it up with vocals and guitar playing and layering to make certain parts of the songs more interesting. Interesting technique. Breed. This is giving punk song in the first min. Okay I really like this one. The tempo is up, the vocals are up, the guitar playings is up, the whole song is up. I love me an angry, passionate, fast, song. Lithium. OMG also a banger. I'm eating it up. The quieter start and then passion. I really liked that one too. Less than Breed, but still top 3 so far. Polly. STOP NOT THE POLLY WANTS A CRACKER. Okay why did this get weirdly deep. Wow they love repetitive lyrics I guess. It's okay. I didn't enjoy it as much cause the lyrics sound mostly repetitive and the song sounds the same all the way through. And it's not fast. I like fast songs. Or not like fast, but that there's something that keeps me interested every second. My least fav right now. Territorial Pissings. Okay definitely back on that punk level. Already enjoying it. One of my fav's def fourth place. There is emotion definitely and I enjoy it so much. Like yes, that's where you've been keeping it. Drain You. We might have to move everything down one. This is def number 2 on the list and everything else moves down. Yes give me interesting instrumentals and different lyrics in each stanza and meaning and cool lyrics and passion and feeling and something interesting in every second. Lounge Act. OMG I really like this one too. Again they upped the raw emotion in the singing. Wow. Definitely number 5. Stay Away. Good song to blast from my car when I leave work at 9pm. Good and the emotion is there but we are back to repetitive lyrics. Honestly I really enjoy this one as well. I might just do a top 3 instead of a top 5 because I really like all the recent ones. Ooo nice drum color, giving a spotlight to other instruments other than guitar. On A Plain. Okay the intro ate down. I really like the lyrics. Honestly, I really like it. The lyrics are good and it's fast-paced enough that I enjoy it despite it being repetitive. The outro ate down again. Something In The Way. Okay change of tone here. Holy shit. This almost made me cry. I have no idea how to describe songs I like. It doesn't have to be fast-paced, though I enjoy those more, but it literally has to keep me interested every second of the song or else I get bored. Unfortunately I have always had a short attention span, do not blame social media, it has legitimately always been like this. I really like this one. Okay my ranking is all skewed here let's just forget about it. Endless, Nameless. Okay I get why they call it Endless, there is straight up like 4 minutes of nothing but sounds and instruments so heed that warning. It kept me interested for maybe the first minute and then I kind of just wanted it to be over. Okay time to figure out my ranking I guess. 1. Smells Like Teen Spirit. 2. Something In The Way. 3. Drain You. 4. Breed. 5. Lithium. An overall rating of 4/5. It's honestly a banger album, only a few songs I didn't really enjoy and most of the time the lyrics and the overall song is sort of repetitive, but I really liked about 3/4's so a 4/5. Okay, that's it.
Nirvana may be an overrated band but this is not an overrated album. However, it is top heavy--the album is severely front loaded. Nevertheless, "Nevermind" has plenty of stone cold classics and energy.
Have never listened to this all the way thru, and am really shocked at how well it holds up. I've never been a big Kurt guy (I think the best thing to come out of the grunge era was Foo Fighters) but he's on one in this, Dave is playing the fuck out of the kit, and Krist is hammering some steller bass runs. Good shit!
It’s a fine album in and of itself, I am perhaps a little jaded by it as of today with no real desire to listen to it again, oversaturated? Overrated? Over mythologised? Tired of the mythos of Cobain rather than the music itself but I can’t listen now to the music without the former. Not the musics fault but there for me, should be a 5 star but because of this 4 Star
This was good! Whilst I’ve heard a few of the songs, I’ve never listened to the album in it entirely and it really is something special!
Probablemente de los más iconicos de la historia, pero las 5 estrellas me las guardo para in utero
Today I‘d give 3 stars. But my 15 years old me came out of the older parts of my heart and demanded a 4-star-rating.
This is the only Nirvana album I have on vinyl. It's very good. I like In Utero slightly more, which I got from this generator a while back. But honestly, it's really close. Two great records, neither of which I love enough to be a 5. But still very good.
Pretty nice grunge music.
Very good.
On Nevermind, Nirvana kicks down the door that punk and metal only rattled. Sure, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" blew up the airwaves and anointed Kurt Cobain as the reluctant voice of a generation, but listen closer and you'll hear a band just as obsessed with melody as they are with volume. Tracks like "In Bloom" and "Come As You Are" show off Cobain’s knack for writing instantly memorable hooks, even when he’s wallowing in alienation. “Come As You Are” might lift its bassline from Killing Joke, but it transforms it into a slow-burn anthem of distrust and distance. “Lithium” perfects the quiet-loud-quiet formula that everyone from the Pixies to Sonic Youth dabbled with, but here it's weaponized for sing-along catharsis. And honestly, the deeper cuts are where Nevermind feels most alive. “Lounge Act” is a jittery little gem, Kurt’s slightly flat vocals giving way to a key-change scream that could peel paint. “On a Plain” plays it half-sarcastic, half-sincere, riding a wave of fuzzed-out guitars and mumbled self-loathing. Throughout it all, Krist Novoselic’s thick, rubbery bass holds the chaos together while Dave Grohl pounds the drums like a guy who still can’t believe he gets paid to do this. If Nevermind was supposed to be an accident, it’s the kind you can’t stop replaying.
Light almost everything on there
Good
The Good: Where in Nirvana! The Bad: Turns out that you have to live in Seattle to experience it, wear flannel, and do drugs… The Ugly: Oh well, whatever, nevermind… I am genius! When this album came out, it was not my cup of tea as I was still enjoying other rock related music back then… looking at The Black Crows, not so much the hair bands. Together with countless others, we were wondering what the hell an albino, a mosquito, made one fear ones libido… They certainly were interesting times. Personally I listened to Temple of the Dog, as well as Pearl Jam more so than Curt and Co (unfair towards Novoselic and Grohl, and I probably wrote the same thing while rating In Utero). So what do I think of this album? I think that ANY BAND IN THE WORLD would sacrifice their drummer to have the first 5 songs on their record be Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Breed, and Lithium… to follow that up with Polly… the only downside is that the remainder of the album just kinda disappears on you… And that is the reason that I can not score this album a 5*, because at the end of the day, it would never be able to finish a marathon as it starts off as a sprint. I will repeat though, and smile whilest remembering those lovely years of the early ‘90s while in college, chasing women and being happy with a D in Anthropology! 4 1/2* downgraded...
As a whole, this is their best work. Great album. Drain You is my favorite nirvana song!
The last song was not my cup of tea, but the rest is good
So many of these songs are so ever-present that it's hard to hear them now and experience them as anything more complex than wallpaper. It's also kind of a weird album... It's super clean sounding, missing a lot of the rough edges from Bleach, but it isn't fully fleshed out and rich like In Utero. The songs themselves are stuck in an in-between space too, sometimes raw and sometimes pop but never really both or either somehow. All of that being said, it's a good listen, and worth repeated listens. But after it's massive impact on everyone and everything ever since I kind of wish I hadn't been force fed so many repeat listens and could hear it just one more time without all of the baggage of every public space I've heard these songs in over the years.
I wasn't really a Nirvana fan in the 90s, but this was way better than I thought it was going to be.
I mean, it's Nirvana. The album is pretty front-loaded, like most albums, but halfway through I have yet to hear something that I can even say is mid, save for maybe "Territorial Pissings". Even the overplayed songs are pretty good; they're overplayed for a reason. "Endless, Nameless" is the only song I'd say I could do without (not that it's bad by any means) but given that it was supposed to be a hidden track, its composition makes more sense. Overall a very solid album, as to be expected.
Edzeni jó
-finally getting to listen to a Nirvana album properly… this day was long overdue -yeah, this is good. really good. which i was expecting, so maybe that influenced my opinion unfairly, but idk it’s just. so good -i am obsessed with the most popular songs on here honestly, ig they’re popular for a reason. not totally flawless i guess but an absolutely breathtaking album -Favorites are Smells Like Teen Spirit, Breed, and On A Plain
Ofc listened to this album back in my teenage years! Still good. Admittedly didn't listen to Endless Nameless much before, but that song must have been interesting live!
clássico é clássico. breed a mais mais do álbum.
I get it now. This is from that 90s era where I wasn't listening to a ton of music and even less new music. Grunge, indie rock, nu-metal all passed by me, not interested. Obviously I know who Nirvana are, I know their most well-known tracks, but I had never listened to a Nirvana album all the way through. I get it now.
bop after bop, hit after hit. however some of the tracks sound like they recycle the same melody. its a good melody, but the same melody nonetheless.
The greatness of this album is assured by its musicality alone, but back in the day I hated it for the same two I hate many genres of music - the lyrics are - mumbling, slurring mess requiring me to look them up to divine what the artist is trying to say. Music, like a good joke, losses something when you have to explain it.
its nirvana. that being said, im not the biggest grunge guy.
83/100.
Not really a Nirvana fan but this is a good album. 4 stars or B-.
Great. Legendary tracks. Only the ending fell flat when the grating, discordant guitar noises of grunge get a little too much for me to handle.
Jeg prøver at lægge min første indskydelse (overrated!) fra mig og bare lytte, og altså det er sgu nogle meget fede numre
Classic - reference album for grunge.
I always assumed that Nirvana broke out in a way that their predecessors never did because Kurt was pretty (unlike, say, Black Francis) and was willing, at least at first, to play the game (unlike Paul Westerberg). But listening to this again now I realize that it's also because the album sounds so clean, with crisp drums and chiming guitars, so it goes down easy, and the masses loved it. Kurt hated that. I found it a little jarring as well. The songs themselves hold up pretty well.
Legendary album (but i dont love it)
The quintessential grunge album. A bit over the top for my liking in places but overall really enjoyed and dotted with 90s classics.
Pretty fucking great album. Listened to this throughout the day while I dealt with a SNAFU at work. It’s weird being in a position where I want to work but can’t. It’s more that I know if I don’t get it done today I’ll have double the work on Monday. Even then I left early because I had a few medical appointments today. One was to get some lumps in my chest and stomach checked by a dermatologist. They also took a look at the discoloration on my side. I got it checked last year and they confirmed it’s Morphea. That’s basically a localized form of scleroderma, which is a systemic auto-immune disease that targets the collagen in your skin cells. Good news is they can be removed. Even more good news is I was able to get a pretty short appointment for an ultrasound so the lumps themselves can get scanned. It was hot as fuck in town today, but these jams were just so nice and cool and heavy to have. I’ve definitely heard most of the songs on the album, but had never really listened to it cover-to-cover. Or if I had it was only once many years ago. Each song had energy, but it was a huge difference from the last album recommended - that Urban Hymn shit from the Verve. Night and day difference between that schlock and this very well composed and powerful album.
Great Album! Must have.
Nirvana Good
First half: absolutely classic. Back half of the album is kinda all over the place. Overall a good listen but I wouldn't turn the record over
Classic
Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are are the most overrated rock songs of all time 9.35/10 album
Ah… to go back.
a classic four out of five
It’s nirvana, people won’t like this as it’s not to everyone’s taste but this is what I grew up with. It’s the start of grunge music in the 90’s, giving way to lots of music we have today. Some big tracks on here that are heard to this day. 8.4/10.
Some of the later songs were a bit annoying to listen to
There are some absolute classics on this album, but also a lot of misses.
Smells Like Teen Spirit In.Bloom Come As You Are Lithium ~ Polly Something In The Way
Amazing how many of these albums I own on vinyl. Bought this one on the strength of Teen Spirit but found the rest of the album didn’t let me down. I struggled through the 80’s with the overproduced image conscious direction that pop was taking but this album felt link a return to authenticity that the Clash and the Pistols delivered in the 70’s. Come as you are and lithium feel simple but are reality are emotionally powerful. love it
4 out of 5. Certainly an album people should listen to at least once in their lives but if it were me I'd choose Unplugged in New York.
Still good, but still a bit uneven.
En gammal klassiker. Nirvana var dock aldrig en favorit för mig. Det är en mycket stark första del, hårda och melodiska rocklåtar. Men alltid tyckt att typ andra halvan är svagare. Det blir därför bara 4. Hade andra halvan haft någon/ra starkare låtar hade det nog petats upp till en femma.
Första halvan är en solklar femma, men därefter går nivån ned under andra halvan, även om det fortfarande är bra generellt. Egentligen bara Something in the way på andra halvan som håller toppklass. Väger mellan fyra och fem och borde väl avrunda uppåt, men avslutande Endless, nameless är så usel att det inte känns motiverat att sätta högsta betyg på en skiva som innehåller en sån låt. Så tråkigt att skivan börjar som ett mästerverk och slutar med den.
crazy to hear how raw these dudes are even on a major label release what a cool album
really good, such a classic!! super easy listening and absolute bangers on there, will agree with dan tho that it’s really overplayed. doesn’t make it bad tho!! i bloody love polly and omfg FUCK smells like teen spirit stupid fucking song
4/5 because of the over produced sound
Einige Klassiker
You're on a plane, I'm on a plaine... This was a slay of an album.
Eerlijk gezegd had ik meer verwacht van dit album. Het was zeker goed en de grote hits zijn echte highlights, maar veel van de deep cuts zijn niet echt mijn ding. De vaak onbegrijpelijke teksten en opgeblazen instrumenten hitten niet altijd. Ik heb het gevoel dat ik misschien gewoon niet angsty genoeg ben, of gewoon geen puber meer ben die zich identificeert met de teksten. De highlights zijn wel echt heel goed though dus alsnog 4/5
I can definitely understand why this album is a classic. It's also just not my genre, but I respect it for what it is. The songs do start to melt together a little in my mind so it's hard for me to give it more than a 4. But I definitely respect the raw musicality of this album. The drums on the whole thing are crazy. In Bloom is a banger.
really enjoyed the style of this whole album
Lots of good songs, didn't realize a lot of those songs were from this album
Nunca he sido rockero pero es que este álbum es increíble, re escucharlo fue bello, no lo recordaba tan bueno
very solid album with lots of good tracks.
Who cares!?? Right!!? Nah I mean, I get it. I love it. I think I get it. But I know I love it. Most of the songs but all the album. Except the cover. They're an act, but there's enough honesty and self awareness. I can't help but feel bad for the boys though, at this time they didn't know they were about to get hit by a comet. Or turned into one. Ugh. The music industry can makes all your dreams come true.
Classic album cover, how delightfully goofy. Underrated are the great fonts in the bottom left. 1. Hot take: this is a very very good song lol. Legendary fill, killer riff, phenomenal modulation of tone (both guitar and generally) and really cool lyrics delivered phenomenally. It’s iconic for a reason. What a solo, too! Simple and tasteful but epic at the same time. God, those chorus vocals though, so good. The grain in Cobain’s voice is so alluring. RIP, off rip 2. Drums fuck on this, love the triplets in the chorus and toms in the post chorus. Can’t say enough about Cobain’s vocals and lyrics, incredible stuff— that roar going into the chorus gets me stoked every time. Mix is a touch flat, but not horribly so. Guitar solo is dope. Can’t shake the feeling the song should be like 2 clicks faster. 3. God fucking damn dude these three tracks being the first three on the project is just insane, just about the strongest start to an album you could possibly ask for. Something about the lyrics of this are really compelling, and Cobain’s choice to flip the norm and have more grain in the verses and more smooth timbre during the hooks really work. Wish the drums were a bit more ambitious. Just a great song overall, though, that guitar tone is so Biblical dude, got that black metal kinda tone. Killer track 4. To be a bit critical, this driving sort of pseudo-metal kinda thing is a little trucker rock, but the crunch of the guitar is dirty in the best way and I like the hook. Could do without the repeated lyrics during the verses. I worry the song form of verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus is gonna wear thin by the en fo the album, but in the other hand there’s so many pre and post chorus thingies that maybe it won’t matter 5. Oh yeah dude forgot this song was on this record, what a crazy project. Cobain makes “Yeah” a legitimately successful hook, which is, you know, stupid cool. Feel like there could be a little more instrumental heft when things really kick in. 6. Besides the crashes being weird af and totally unnecessary, I really liked this acoustic take. Gave cobain room to breathe and really grab the attention, though I feel maybe he could have taken even more advantage of the opportunity— it all comes out a bit textureless? Still, good 7. Yo this rips, did not know they had this punk in them to this degree. Bit of Fugazi DNA? Love the screams, but Grohl steals the show, so good 8. It’s like, good rock guitar chord progression, chorus is pleasant. Just not much distinct, not much worth coming back to. The buildup could be that, but just feels like it’s a little forced— I like some of the choices they make, but the textures end up feeling disparate from the otherwise by-the-numbers instrumentation and vocals 9. This band has some serious range, I hear a bit of British Invasion here. Cobain is firmly grungey, but the band around him really takes his talents in cool directions. Love the screams juxtaposed with such a poppy hook 10. Meh. I’ll use this chance to say the mix on this record is great— the snare on this track sounds absolutely incredible. Love Cobain just losing his shot for a second after that lil bridge thing. 11. The four-chord progressions are really getting stretched thin— what happened to the first five song’s flexibility in riffs and central ideas? Second half of this album would feel samey without some really good individual performances, most often by Cobain. Here, though, “I’m on a plain / I can’t complain / I’m on a plain” isn’t exactly scintillating lmao 12. Oh yeah wish this was the closer to the album honestly. What a great piece of music, the buildup is just immaculate, and love the addition of a strings section- it and the backup vocals really sell the tension. The acoustic guitar is so well miked, I can hear the strings and pick’s/fingers’ (I think it’s the latter’s) texture so clearly, really cool touch. 13. Wiiiild guitar tone, trashy as fuck. This is the kind of song I’m talking about when I’m speak on distinctiveness, they put every fabric of their bodies into this performance man. I take back what I said about the last song, this is a great closer for this album. This shit must have been incredible live.
Great album, many bangers
Haven't listened to the "b-side" of this album in years, but it was still a good listen.
Lots of great songs on this album, and no real misses. Forgot how good it is, was one of the first CD’s I owned
while i wouldn’t say that this was the first grunge album, this was the first album that brought grunge music to the mainstream. their output was extremely limited (nirvana only put out three studio albums), however their impact was huge. sadly, kurt’s life ended in april 1994 from suicide. r.i.p. highlights: “smells like teen spirit” “in bloom” “lithium” “something in the way”
Classic, groundbreaking... Not really my style, but can't deny the quality
It’s pretty good but by no means great
Amazing. The OG punk album
geil! ich han nur smells like teen spirit und come as you are kennt. aber in bloom isch so schön, d basslinie isch so überraschend und gfallt mer mega. breed isch mer chli zu hektisch. lithium gfallt mer au sehr guet, de ruhig teil und de sehr unerwarteti drop sind nice. polly au nice. territorial pissings wiederum zu hektisch für meinen geschmack (oder auch für einen jetlag-kopf). drain you macht igendwie nöd so vill mit mir, aber ich find es passiert recht vill guets und de experimentelli teil wo denn wieder in refrain inegaht gfallt mer. lounge act und stay away hani iwie gad nöd so zueglost. something in the way findi super, en krasse kontrast mit sim ruhige charakter zu allne andere songs ufem album, aber überhaupt nöd langwiilig, im gegeteil träg-melancholisch ufe sehr schöni wiis. endless nameless findi schwirig, d schrei-teil gfalled mer nöd und die teil zwüscheddine sind zwar biz e erlösig aber nöd de song wo mer am beste gfallt.
I listened to it but it won’t let me move on yet Lmao okay now it loaded. Excellent, of course
Great album, the only preventing me from giving this a full five stars is that I'm not the biggest fan of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." I've heard this track being played one too many times on the air, that I can't bear to hear this anymore.
Truely a monumental album that changed rock music.
liked some of the songs but didn't care for some of the them also.
Potent and important. The energy and angst still sound so fresh. My main knock is that some songs in the second half sound like rushed rehashes of classic material on the first half. I would have happily cut “territorial pissings” and “lounge act” specifically and turned them into b-sides. It ends with the amazing double punch of the reflective “something in the way” and demented “endless, nameless” perfectly showing to us two tiny versions of the band within the band.
This was in heavy rotation in my playlist in the 90s. As time wore on, I found that I was not that into the gunge scene, and it grew tiresome. I have not listened to this for many years. It is an enjoyable album, if not somewhat overrated. It was still fun to revisit and the hits alone are enough for 4 stars.
It’s classic.
Great album I've heard too much
It's a good listen now, it's not that I hate nirvana, it's the fans I cannot stand
I feel like it'd be hard for me to not give this album at least a 4 - it's a classic, you know it, you've heard Teen Spirit, you've seen the cover. And it's hard, listening to it, not to understand why it's a good album - it doesn't really feel like it has a lot of bad parts to it, it's pretty tight and good. But I also don't feel too much about it, maybe if Nirvana was my band I'd rate it higher. Still, a good album in which it's hard to find a bad part.
I've spent a lot of my life telling people that Nirvana are overrated. I still believe it, But slightly less.
It’s one of the best, good songs. Some underrated classics. SLTS is still good despite being overplayed to hell.
А вот и новый жанр в моём челлендже: гранж! И какой! Сама Nirvana! (Чтож я когда-то должна была познакомиться с их творчеством посредством не только одной Smells Like Teen Spirit :)). Энергично, злобно, тяжко, шумно, но интересно. Зашли: Come As You Are, Polly, Stay Away.
While I was never a “Nirvana guy” even though I’m the exact right age, I still can’t deny many of these songs. 4/5
An amazing album but man does the rest of its tracklist live in the shadows of its singles, barring Something in The Way which is epoch defining.
8/10 - I can very clearly see why this is one of the top albums. A lot of bangers all the way through. The last song was pretty bad but apparently it is a bonus track. I also did not like Something In the Way which was surprising to me.
solid album
Pop rock at its best
One of my favs from the 90s!
All time classic and remember the day I first heard this album. At a BBQ and a friend import. Was over it by the time the rest of Australia had discovered it.
ニルバーナは名前だけ知っていたので聞けて良かった。アルバムとしていいアルバムだと思ったけれども、若者としては特徴的には感じなかったし、少し古臭く感じて自分には合わなかったけれども、何曲か好きな曲があったので評価は7点
Oh dang. I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to the album from start to end. So good.
Hard to believe this was 34 years ago.
ohhhhh… i get it now.
There’s a reason everyone talks about it. Near-perfect rock album.
It’s not bad just wildly overrated. Enough good songs to be a good album but not close to the best of its genre as some people say it is.
I was always more of a Pearl Jam/AiC grungehead than Nirvana -- but this sure holds up as a prime example of the period. Five straight bangers to start the album before things start to go a little sideways. Polly, Pissings, Lounge Act, Stay Away -- none of them really click for me, nor does the closer. But it doesn't change the fact that it's a damned masterful album and still a good listen.
Pretty classic album, could really feel the moody atmosphere and angst that Kurt Cobain wanted to express through this album, was just a bit too much angst for me though, still has some great tracks overall
★★★★¼
Such a good album.
I still prefer In Utero, but it’s good.
I was not a teen in 1991, but if I was, this woulda been brain-meltingly awesome. I was a teen in the next decade, and it was still pretty close. Kurt and the boys gave the world a real kick in the dick with this record. It’s so much slicker than their earlier music, but it’s also just grungy enough to sound extremely pissed off. Krist and Dave were fantastic, and even Kurt’s simple guitar was good for the style. His voice was iconic. I really don’t care if I ever hear Teen Spirit again, but it’s still a true classic. Drain You and Lounge Act are the only tracks I’ve consistently come back to over the years and I listened to those happily today. I can’t give it five stars, even though it probably deserves it. Sorry fifteen year old Ross.
There are two types of 5/5 albums in my opinion. Type A is where the entire album is one cohesive unit that you listen to from start to finish and feel a sense of satisfaction. Type B is the one where each song is just straight up banger after banger. Nevermind was so so so close to being both types, but Endless, Nameless just ruined it for me. I'll be crucified for saying this but I genuinely think it could have been dropped from the album entirely and it would have made no difference. And yes I know, the people who suck the ghost of Kurt Cobain's dick will come after me and say that Endless, Nameless is the ultimate representation of Nirvana's chaotic and grungey vibe and it channels the band's raw emotions but I actually had to check to see if my headphones hadn't shat itself. 4.5/5
Never super got into Nirvana, or so I thought. This album started and I already knew all the songs. It’s impressive how many classics are in here, but a few stragglers that don’t keep up
Excellent
I was not a fan of Nirvana when they were around and thought at the time and still to this day that they were overrated. Nevermind wouldn't be the album it would become had Teen Spirit not become an anthem (bonus points if you know what Teen Spirit is/was). However, while there were better bands that wore the cap of Grunge/Alternative better than Nirvana, that doesn't distract from the monster that Nevermind is. Top 5 album of all time? No, more like lower top 20, but still a great album that launched many anthems that described perfectly what it was to be a wayward youth in the 90s. 4.5/5
Such a great 90's album. Solid performance all the way thru
Obviously a gamechanger. They always say how this album and grunge spelled the end of hair metal, and while they is sort of true, What it truly spelled the end of was the 80's. The raw sound of three musicians and their instruments took over as the slick synthetic 80's sound went out of vogue. (for the most part. Some of that stuff stuck around for a bit, some of it evolved, but let's stick with the story) Apart from the "important cultural moment" of this album is the fact that is just a damn good rock album. At this point in my life I could never hear the hits from here again and be fine. But the 1, 2, 3 punch of "Teen Spirit" "In Bloom" and "Come as You Are" is honestly quite ana amazing way to open this album up. Of those three and other hit "Lithium" I've always preferred "Come As You Are" (Ironically cribbed from Killing Joke's 'Eighties'" Nowadays I like the deep cuts. Though when talking an album of this stripe it's hard to think any of the songs are buried "deep"
Some good tracks. Gets a bit screamy towards the end
Very good album. This is the Nirvana album that served as my introduction to the band along with the vast majority of the world. All the songs are good or great. Except “Endless, Nameless”. I didn’t care for that much.
Well now, I know there are those here who are less than overjoyed with this album. Because they 'sold out' by making it. But it propelled them into the big time and made them a household name for a while. I believe their drummer even went on to have a proper career in music with some other band. Back to this album. You can still hear the where the roots of it lie, it's just a little more grown up than their early stuff. Would I buy it? Already have. Is it a perfect album? Not by a long chalk! But worth a 4.
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Side one of this iconic album is hit after hit, but side two keeps from giving this one a 5. It strays from the incredible melodies that make the hits so memorable.
Classic
Unlike many of their contemporaries - and followers - this still feels pretty spry. It moves. I give a lot of credit to Dave G. And the innate pop sensibilities that permeate throughout. Accessible without compromise.
Definitely loved the first half of the album more than the second. I knew more songs on this than I thought I did. I liked the MTV Unplugged Nirvana album we had last year better than this, but still a solid 4.
The first six tracks are great, the latter seven NSM, especially the final one. Still, a nice job all round.
85% Best: Smells Like Teen Spirit; In Bloom; Come As You Are; Lithium; On A Plain; Something In The Way Must-Hear? Sure. If you somehow haven't heard this album, the hype is real.
Probably closer to 5 than 4
In Utero is better
Nice nostalgia, some songs gave me anxiety
Required listening for sure. I enjoyed it more now then at time of release due to being overplayed
Nirvana, ersti zemefassig chan ich relativ simpel halte: iconic band, iconic band name, und vor allem iconic album cover. Hello hello … Entertain us Amaladoo amaladoo … Ja ich has immer eh banger gunde und nei han nie verstahnde was da gsunge wird und hed mi au komischerwiis nie interessiert. Isch halt scho nöd mis genre to go. Aber spass machts vor allem in relation zum genre. Darum weiss nöd öb ich grosszügig ufrunde hüt und 4 babypimel im swinger eh swiming pool sell geh. Oder öb ich eifach realistisch und bewertigsakurat sell bliebe und eifach 3 wohlverdienti banknote in pool sell rüehre. Nevermind, interessiert ja wahrschnidli eh niemert was ich gnau mach und gibe eifach vier chlöte id pfütze.
Classic, great album
I don't think there's any denying the impact Nevermind and Nirvana had on grunge, the music world in general, and teenagers. Nirvana thrust grunge forward; grunge already existed in 1991, but the sound on this album didn't exist. The lyrics and themes are what make Nevermind so impactful to this day and definitely back during its release. Sure, some is very emo teenager-y and maybe cringe, but that doesn't mean bad. Some of the second half of Nevermind falls flat somewhat, especially when there's such an explosive first half. But with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as the first track, keeping the same momentum is difficult, especially given the teenage anthem it has become. Still, I found myself enjoying the second half because these were songs new to my ears.
Smells like teen spirit и Come as you are, конечно, культовые. Но фаворитами стали Breed за совершенно сказочный бас и Something in the way за затягивающую атмосферу. А Endless, Nameless что-то по-настоящему ужасное.
Iconic cover but I've definitely never intentionally heard any of the songs on this album. Immediately with Smells Like Teen Spirit tho I 1: Recognize a song that I could've never listed as Nirvana, just a general yeah I know it 2: Hear an insane amount of what would've been inspiration fuel for music I listened to in my post 2001 birth youth. Progressing further in the album, I just dont find much enjoyment in this kind of music beyond a one off. I can see why it is so loved tho. It is well done and every song is as good as the last.
classic album
yeah it was aight
Classic
I’ve had this album pretty much since it came out and playing it back I’ve realised that for most of that time I’ve been skipping through and only playing the “good” bits! So it’s like hearing it for the first time and I’m not that impressed to be honest! Of course all the “hits” are there but some of the bits in between aren’t great but to be fair if you crank it up and bang your head about while playing air guitar or drums it’s fuckin’ ace!
Tunes of a generation
Decent album but a little overrated
Would definitely listen again; took me a long time to come around to Nirvana, but now I think I’ve achieved the requisite suffering to appreciate it and these guys really rock; favorites: in bloom, come as you are, something in the way. Oh Kurt, what could have been!
I have actually never listened through this entire album, but yeah it's a classic. Not the biggest fan of grunge, but i really doesn't matter when most of these songs are just amazing pop hits with a bunch of distortion. The only reason this album is not a 9+ is that i simply don't enjoy the sound of it that much, but if i was a teenager in the 90's i would hail Kurt as our new anti-establishment king, this album must have been so refreshing to hear at that time
Really great album that I grew up to listening
When you rock albums starts a whole movement that defines the beginning of an entire decade, I think you earn yourself a spot on the top albums of all time. Defining act of the 90s and a true showcase of how even simplistic, riffs and solos can go so hard. Mind Blowing listen. Fave Songs - Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Endless Nameless
great listen and a kick back to grunge
Have already heard and enjoyed Smells like Teen Spirit. Like the riff of Come as You Are, sounds like a suave, cool type theme. Some songs seem to borrow the guitar riff/progression (Polly, Drain You). Willing to be some are even in the same key. Drums are fun, (esp. Stay Away). Something In the Way is more mellow, but still has element of SLTS
No wonder its a classic, the album starts off with memorable punk-pop anthems and then settles into a softer but nevertheless consistently grungy middle, with a tender Something in the Way to seemingly finish off the album, only to jerk back to the upbeat harshness of Endless, Nameless.
Never thought I'd enjoy a heavy rock/grunge album as much as I did this one. The album could not have got off to a more emphatic start, and it helped hide the fact that with every song that passed my hair was getting longer, my black converse all stars grew grubbier and the pointless chain attaching one bit of my massive jeans to another bit of my massive jeans was getting heavier... and you know what, I was fine with it. My dog walk steadily turned into air-band practice, as I wildly air-drummed and air-guitared my way towards the park.. air-walking the dog in the process, as amongst the flailing, I'd let go of his lead. An old woman complained that I shouldn't have the dog loose, and that she was going to call someone in authority to deal with this four-legged misdemeanour. What she failed to realise was that now I hate authority (fuck the system) and was midway through listening to "stay away", so I casually placed my air-drumsticks down, and air-flykicked her in the chest. My only gripe (other than being driven to hoof the tits off an ancient woman), was that some of the music ended up being a little too much for me, the final song on the album being an example of this. I think the familiarity of some of the songs that I already knew individually helped too. Some of Kurt's vocals seemed to get drowned out or were difficult to catch on a few of the tracks.. although if I had a 12 gauge resting in my mouth I'd probably be difficult to understand too. All in all a solid 4/5 for me. Also if anybody has seen a black and white labrador, please let me know. I don't want the dog, but he did run off with one of my drumsticks and I need that back.
Really enjoyed. Only a few songs on there I wasnt really a fan of and the ones I liked, i really really liked. Something In The Way will always be a standout to me, because personally, I’m vengeance. But all but one song (Breed) on the first half of this album absolutely blew me away (no pun intended, Kurt) There then feels like abit of a lull before it really ramps up and goes out with a bang (pun intended, Kurt).
I've heard this before. This is a seminal album in rock. It's never had the impact on my personally that it has on many others, but I recognize and appreciate why it's important. Grohl's drumming really stands out to me.
I hesitate between a 4 and a 5: for me, Kurt is just writing drivel - look at the lyrics, they're a mess. I'd like a little something more, but people seem to think that he was a genius. Huh? "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (etc)" - "I'm on a plain. I can't complain". Wow! Incredible.
One of the grunge classics. It's a little raw though, with some of the live recordings on the extended album showing better depth and musicality. Nonetheless, this album is stuffed full of hits... and a miss or two, like "Endless, Nameless".
Great album...but a little uneven at times, so can't give it a 5.
One of those albums where I seem to have heard most of the tracks without ever having tried to seek them out. Trying to critically listen to a song like Smells Like Teen Spirit is just laughable when it's bled into every corner of culture at this point, but that opening run of tracks is very strong. This is the most like the Foo Fighters they sound to me (is it sacrilege to make that comparison?), and while I'm on the risky statements I'll double down and say Something In The Way sounds like the B side of Heart Shaped Box.
I really liked this but I think I'd need more listens to determine if it's 5 stars.
yeah
If the job of music is to articulate a feeling, this album has done it. Packaging genuine angst, anger, and frustration in poppy punky rock riffs without sounding commercial or insincere is rare and incredibly well done in this album. In my opinion it’s a bit front loaded with the hits but who could blame em
Ну невермайнд это база основа. Кобейн навалил грустинки, бесяки и оров. Крч круто, но панк-рок не в моем вкусе уже
Sang along to many of my old faves but still don’t know the words.
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