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Still hits all the high notes.
Fantastic 90s Grunge album with havy distortion and amazing sound
I fffuckiing loooveee nirvanaaa urgfhghghghghg some of these songs don‘t get recognised enough for it being such a popular album. Gave me a boner.
Obviously a classic.
Perfect album
An all timer. Nothing to say that hasn't been said.
Oh, boy, I lived this album. I was a metalhead at the time, though even I can admit that hair metal was getting watered down with paper imitations of the best examples of the genre. If there’s one thing businesspeople know how to do, it’s ruin a good thing by running it into the ground. It got to the point that as long as you had long hair and sang about love, you got a record deal and a video in heavy rotation on MTV. Then, here comes Smells Like Teen Spirit, and I'll admit, even I was like, "What is this?!?!" It was awesome and signaled the death of hair metal because the record industry had a new genre to run into the ground, grunge. I hate that word. Nirvana does not sound like Soundgarden, who doesn't sound like Pearl Jam, who doesn't sound like Alice In Chains, yet they're all labeled as grunge. It's dumb. They are all from Seattle, and that's about the only common ground. Well, that and most of them thought hair metal was goofy. The 80s were about greed, drugs, and fun. The 90s were different, though the drugs continued and would eventually rob us of several geniuses. The 90s were about looking inward and looking at the world around you. It wasn’t a party every day in the lives of those bands or most of America; it was about survival. I was a dumb kid and tried to hate "grunge," even though I actually loved it. I stayed true to hair metal at my own expense. It took me years to appreciate bands like Jane's Addiction, Rage Against the Machine, and Tool. Now they're three of my favorite bands. But I bought all the "grunge" albums, including Nirvana's Nevermind. I thought they showed up out of nowhere, not realizing this was actually their second album, and their previous album, Bleach, kind of broke them. Nevermind just exploded them to the masses. Kurt Cobain became a god, and then it was his worship that ended up destroying him, I think. It's a shame. I just wonder what Nirvana would have sounded like today? Were they destined to explode anyway? What about the Foo Fighters? It makes you think. Track 1 is Smells Like Teen Spirit. This is the song of a generation. It's angry, but melodic, heavy, but quiet. It totally deconstructed what rock and roll was at the time. Deconstructed rock and then built it up into a heavy Stooges-like anxiety attack. Except, at that time, I didn’t know who the Stooges were, unless you were talking about the Three Stooges. The guitar sounds so quiet until Dave Grohl comes in and they get LOUD. Then we get about five guitars layered on top of each other, and then the soft, quiet, soft, quiet thing begins. It's actually become kind of a cliche now, but at the time, hair metal didn't sound like this. These guitars weren't flashy and nimble. Cobain's guitars were strangled and bludgeoned. Just noise that happened to sound like music. Then his solo is nothing compared to a Van Halen song, but it served the song and what Nirvana wanted to create. The song is still powerful and still gives me chills. It will be played and revered 100 years from now. Track 2 is In Bloom, and again, I'm a riff guy. The lyrics mean nothing to me, and Cobain's lyrics really meant nothing to me because I couldn’t understand them half the time. That main riff is so good. We're kind of in a soft, loud mode here too, but the soft has a fat riff, and the loud is really just noise. And yet, there are harmonies, and you could see the Beatles singing this song if it were 1966. Cobain loved the Beatles, and it shows on Nevermind. The lyrics are about a tough guy Nirvana fan who doesn't realize the band would likely think he's a dork and probably be against everything he believes in. In a way, Cobain spoke this into existence. He was horrified at frat boys rocking out to his songs, as those kinds of guys beat him up as a kid. Track 3 is Come As You Are. It's not one of my favorites. I think it's one of the best vocals by Cobain, though. I do like Cobain as a lyricist. He sometimes makes up words to fit what he means. He writes in a bit of a cryptic style, but leaves enough breadcrumbs for us to find the path to his meaning, or at least I think he does. Track 4 is Breed, and it starts as straight fire. I love that fuzzy riff from both the guitar and bass. Later, the guitar is less fuzzy and just screeching along to the verses. This song is great, one of my favorites on the album. The solo sounds like Cobain is in a literal struggle with his guitar. It's amazing how much power these three men can generate in about 3 minutes Track 5 is Lithium, which I just thought was about batteries. It was later that I discovered its use for mental health. Growing up in the rural south, you didn't hear much about mental health. You still don't, but things are a bit better. I love the yeah, yeah, yeahs as the chorus with the guitars doubling the vocals. Krist Novoselic is the MVP of this song. "I'm so happy, cause today I found my friends. They're in my head. I'm so ugly, that's okay, cause so are you. We broke our mirrors." Great lyrics. I don't think I'll ever forget those lines. Track 6 is Polly. This song is haunting, dark, and hard to listen to. The song is from the perspective of a sexual predator who has kidnapped a girl. It seems Cobain wanted the listener to sit in the uncomfortable reality of sexual violence. Not my favorite song, but powerful. Track 7 is Territorial Pissing, and when I first heard it, I wasn't ready for it. It was too loud, too fast, too much noise, and Cobain's voice was torturous. Now, it's one of my favorite songs on the album. The song is about toxic masculinity, and the so-called alphas need to mark their territory. When this album came out, I asked my mom to pick it up for me. When she got home, she didn't have the CD and said there was a naked baby on the cover and a song about pissing. She was not going to be seen buying such trash. I think that was the only time mom ever paid any attention to what I was listening to. And by that point, I was into NWA, 2 Live Crew & metal. Track 8 is Drain You and the guitars sound great on this. It sounds like a dozen were recorded and just layered on top of each other. Another song I could picture the Beatles singing. Cobain had an ear for a melody. I think the wild success of this album caused him to regress a bit for the follow-up, Heart-Shaped Box. The songs on it aren't quite as melodic or accessible. It's the same thing Pantera did after Vulgar Display of Power. They wanted to record the heaviest album ever with Far Beyond Driven. One that would actually lose their most casual fans. I wasn't a casual fan, but it took me a while to come to love FBD. But I digress. The breakdown in the middle of the song reminds me of Cheap Trick's cover of Ain't That a Shame from their Live at Budokan album. Track 9 is Lounge Act, which I admit I don't have any memory of. Now it's coming back to me. This song sounds more like a Lemonheads song. It's not as "grungy," it's got a nice poppy bassline underneath it. Cobain's voice sounds totally different until they get to the last part of the song. Track 10 is Stay Away and again, it’s not memorable. I must have only listened to the first 8 songs on this album most of the time. Now it's coming back. The song is very punk rock. The lyrics tell the music execs to stay out of the band's hair and let them write and perform the way they want. It's funny how music or TV execs all think they've got talent. If they did, they wouldn't be execs, they'd be stars. Track 11 is On a Plain, and I love the harmonies on this track. This track is more nonsense than most of Cobain's lyrical content. It's supposedly him doing stream-of-consciousness lyrics as he was tired and ready to go home. Track 12 is Something in the Way, and is not to be confused with Something in the Way She Moves by the Beatles. I love this sound. The strings are beautiful. Cobain's harmonies are so filled with melancholy. They make me think of a cold, grey day in November. The song is about someone on the outside of society, in extreme poverty. The song puts you right in the place of someone who just can’t get out of where they are. Track 13 is Endless, Nameless, and it truly is noise, then it turns into something musical before devolving again. Not my favorite track. Apparently, it was born out of a jam with more stream-of-consciousness lyrics. This album isn't perfect. There are a few forgettable songs, but it's an album of a generation and probably the album of the 90s. I tried to deny it and hate it for years, but it's an album everyone should hear. It's genius.
Easy 5. Duh.
It’s the classic grunge album for a reason. While it hits a high in Smells Like Teen Spirit that it never reaches again in the rest of the album, it’s an incredible record. From lyrics to vocals to instrumentals to just the whole vibe of the record, it’s intense and emotional album that creates a rich soundscape. Wide range of types of tracks and Cobain is at his best and one of the best modern rock albums.
Smells Like Teen Spirit - 5/5 In Bloom - 5/5 Come as You Are - 5/5 Breed - 5/5 Lithium - 4.5/5 Polly - 4.5/5 Territorial Pissings - 4/5 Drain You - 4/5 Lounge Act - 4.5/5 Stay Away - 4.5/5 On a Plain - 4.5/5 Something in the Way - 5/5 I can't really think of any other albums that shaped my taste in music more than this one. When I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time, I knew I had to find more music like it. The first half of this is a blitz of all killer no filter, while the second half slows down a bit before speeding up and slowing down once again. Thanks Nirvana for making record companies search for the next big thing in music, and for making my music taste what it is now. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come as You Are, Breed, Something in the Way
Great, as always! ★★★★★
D-I-S-C-A-Z-O
Another iconic album that again somehow I’ve never given a full listen. Smells like teen spirit: such a classic track. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know this one, and out of those people very few dislike it. In Bloom comes in right after with that heavy, yet soulful punch right in the feels. Come as you are, again, such a classic. There’s a reason why when people think Nirvana, they think this album. Breed has such drive to it. It was a nice contrast to the slow yet powerful Come as you are before it. Lithium is just a great track in itself. The way it plays around with the instrumental a bit while still maintaining the sound of this album. Polly is powerful as always. Territorial Pissings is so funny to me. It’s a complete bop with a hilarious name. I enjoyed Drain You a lot. Lounge Act was pretty good and I loved how heavy Stay Away got at the end. On a Plain, while the lyrics were somewhat basic, was still a bop. Something in the Way was utterly gorgeous. While slightly too long for an outro, Endless Nameless was overall ok. 5/5 ⭐️ 143/1089
9/10 not bad, autumn type of music
5/5
One of the first records I listened to in full. I used to play this one every day. The perfect soundtrack for the hateful, paranoid and dangerously lonely teenager I was. Think I turned out okay, all things considered.
I remember tripping mushrooms, listening to this, and thinking this was what it sounds like to sell your soul for rock and roll. Spins: Thousands Playlist Additions - Everything
So good I listened to it four times in a row
have you guys heard of this one before
Honestly its influenced is legendary!!! I bought it when it came out and played it over and over. I do not think it has aged that well but still its importance cannot be overlooked.
One of the greatest albums of all time! So much is great but listening again reminds me what a beast Dave is on the drums.
One of my favorite albums. This is peak for them. It has almost everything a person wants from an album
I mean come on. Got some of the GOATs here that you can’t help belting out while sitting at your home office desk at 9am on a Thursday. Really enjoyed Territorial Pissing (hate the name though) and Lounge Act along with the obvious. I think it would be really interesting to learn more about Kurt Cobain. Seems like a brilliant yet tortured artist. Have a feeling he would really hate being alive in today’s world.
5⭐️ album, what else can a feller say 👨🏽💼👨🏼💼🦟😏
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So many recognizable songs and the flow and energy is amazing. It’s got the ragers and the slow-ers. A totally different vibe than say Getz/Gilberto, which is a great album in its own right (certainly not a 2).
One of my favorite albums. The angst, the thrashing, the lyrics. So good.
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Still a banger
Iconic, so many hits on one album. Descends into noise a few times so I'd call it a 4.5
Nevermind is an album that hit at the perfect time and is an outsized cultural juggernaut. I can't really be objective about this one. I enjoy pretty much all the tracks on here, even if they have been overplayed, especially "Smells Like Teen Spirit." This is an album that inarguably belongs in a list of 1001 albums you must hear before you die.
No bad songs.
Masterpiece. Definitely one of the greatest albums ever.
Crazy how nirvana made grunge so catchy. With how popular this album is it’s pretty easy to forget how raw sounding it is, especially for music of its time. A lot less than in utero though - you can really hear the progression of their sound through this album, especially coming all the way from bleach. I love it. Fav songs: in bloom, lithium, something in the way
Great album. Definitely a touchstone point in popular music and culture in the 90s.
This feels like the pinnacle of grunge. If this is up your alley it hits completely right. The lower moments keep it from being a full 5.0/5 to me but I can't keep it from getting a rounded 5, it's so good. 4.5/5
Um dos álbuns que mais marcou a minha adolescência!!
Monumental
Nevermind — второй и самый коммерчески успешный альбом Нирваны. Самое нелюбимое детище Курта, т.к. в производственный процесс ни раз вмешивались и песни порой излишне продюссировались, для достижения "радио-френдли" эффекта (чего, в общем-то, они добились на 100 процентов) И что самое интересное, ни смотря на все эти приколы, альбом звучит изумительно, что в очередной раз доказывает что талантливого песенника полного идей не останавливает удавка сверху, а порой даже подстёгивает на ещё более интересные идеи. Разбирать пластинку по песням смысла нет, тутошние синглы да и остальные вещи с альбома давно стали бессмертными, хотя перефоршенная "Teen Spirit", как по мне, намного менее интересная в сравнении с Drain You или Lithium, а в особенности, мне хотелось бы отдельно затронуть Endless, Nameless. Хидден-трек который оставался скрытым даже для самих фэнов Нирваны достаточно долгое время, емнип, чтобы "достигнуть" его, надо было отмотать около 30 минут с концовки с Something In The Way. И боже мой... Что же это за песня... Кобейн с командой оторвался здесь по полной, воздав должный почёт своему рок-герою юности Игги Попу. Ибо эта песня буквально ода и как таковой энергетике Stooges, и своего рода, оммаж на L.A. Blues с Funhouse (1970). Беспорядочное изнасилование гитар, чистая энергия, неконтролируемый хаос и почти гипнотический поток из перегруженных гитар, это не для пуссис которые слушают Тин Спирит и скипают остальной альбом. И да, в этой же самой песне слышно как Курт буквально ломает свою гитару и под конец записи она уже издавая последние хрипы, доигрывает свои последние "аккордики" выходящие из усилка. Ухх... Чистая энергия и перфоманс. Балдёж. В общем, альбом, безусловно культовый, и как бы тут не хотелось по-снобски "фи'кать" - культовость совершенно заслуженная.
It's crazy how much of this album is on the public consciousness. Without necessarily seeking it out, I've heard all of these songs before. Every song has been a banger so far. There's somethiiing in the waaaay. (Batman)
iconic!
One of the greats of Grunge and Alternative Rock for a reason. There’s quite a bit of diversity on this album from the dark but mellow “Polly” to the punk-Esque energy of “Breed” and everything in between.
Nevermind is a really important album for me. Being born the year Nirvana exploded into a global phenomenon, and raised in the Seattle area throughout my childhood, the legacy of Kurt Cobain was palpable. Three of my first CDs were Bleach, In Utero, and Nevermind. Nirvana's influence would go on to set the initial foundation for all the music I love to this day: prog, metal, hip-hop, hyperpop, jazz etc etc etc. (though I hate most post-punk, which grunge is very much adjacent to, ah well). Listening to Nirvana fills me with a sense of regional pride I can't explain, and every time I listen to Nevermind commuting in to work on the ferry looking at downtown Seattle, I sincerely wish I had been able to meet Kurt. RIP. 5/5
Utter classic. Not a bad song on it. The deluxe versions are great as well
College soccer teammate “wanna go see this band Nirvana and their new album?” Me “naw, going to check out Halloween parties” Oh well, whatever, nevermind
brooo this shitz slaps
This album started my music nerdom and it's still absolutely golden.
rager
Pepinazo
Another trip down memory lane, and another amazing album in its entirety.
There’s a temptation to treat this as a cultural event first and a record second, but it holds up better when you reverse that. The mechanics are surprisingly disciplined. A narrow melodic vocabulary runs right through it - stepwise movement, familiar phrase lengths, recurring interval tensions - and instead of expanding that palette, the band keeps it fixed and varies everything around it. It’s a constraint system more than a showcase. The songs are built on very simple harmonic beds, often deliberately under-specified. Power chords remove the third, leaving the vocal to imply colour. That’s where the friction lives. Cobain repeatedly places brighter tones - major thirds, occasional major seventh inflections - against a darker or neutral backing. It doesn’t resolve in a blues sense, it just sits there, slightly wrong. That becomes one of the album’s most reliable signatures: hooks that feel good in the mouth but never quite settle emotionally. Arrangement does the work that harmony might otherwise do. Dynamics are structural, not decorative. Quiet/loud isn’t an outburst, it’s a switching system. Sections are defined by density, saturation and timing rather than chord movement. “Stay Away” is a good example of harmony being almost entirely static while the form is carved out by stops, starts and pressure changes. The band has to be tight for that to read, and they are. The unison vocal/guitar move is another piece of engineering that masquerades as instinct. It turns a simple line into something physically larger without adding harmonic information. Slight imperfections between the two sources create a natural smear, which reads like an effect. It’s doing the job of processing through alignment rather than circuitry. That idea extends to the vocals more broadly. Double-tracking isn’t just thickening, it’s a scaling mechanism. When it drops back to a single voice, the focus narrows instantly and the listener is pulled into the detail of phrasing and words. There’s a quiet redistribution of roles within the trio. The guitar is often blocky and declarative, the vocal sits within its established range, and the bass carries more of the internal movement than it’s usually credited with. “Lounge Act” makes that explicit, with countermelodic lines that imply harmonic direction underneath fairly blunt guitar shapes. It’s one of the ways the record avoids true monotony even while the topline language stays consistent. What keeps it from feeling like an exercise is the variety of conditions applied to that same core system. The opening stretch cycles through maximal impact, commentary, suspended atmosphere and compressed aggression without changing the underlying grammar. Later tracks show the method more plainly. “On a Plain” feels almost like the template exposed - clear form, recognisable phrasing, no need for extreme dynamics to make it land. “Something in the Way” strips the system to its limit case, where harmony, development and even performance energy are reduced to almost nothing, leaving tone and space to carry the weight. The hidden track complicates the sense of closure. After a genuinely resolved ending, it reintroduces instability in a way that feels less like an extra and more like a refusal to let the record settle into a single reading. It’s not essential to the core argument of the album, but it does underline that the band’s range extends beyond the controlled environment they’ve built. What emerges is less a collection of distinct songs than a single, well-defined approach examined from multiple angles. The melodic consistency that might initially register as limitation becomes the binding agent. It allows the listener to track changes in texture, dynamics and interaction more clearly, because the underlying language stays constant. The result is a record that feels authored and cohesive without needing stylistic variety to prove it.
yeahhhhhh
Ohhhh. Well it gets a 5. The interesting thing with this album is that at the time I was not really a Nirvana fan. I associated the In Utero album cover with every careless jeep driving bro I encountered and frankly Nirvana in general represented everything I disliked about the “mainstream.” But now? My god do I love all of it. ❤️ Just like everyone else. And I do, personally, prefer In Utero, but every song on this album is classic. Boolean rating: yes! So glad I listened and listened again before I die. RIP Kurt.
Probably the album that put grunge on the map. The super deluxe version of this album is extensive, recommend for any Nirvana fan.
Just as an album it probably isn't perfect but as an album in its era it's basically perfect. It sets a precedent early and delivers through every track. No boring moments as far as I'm concerned.
What am I gonna do, say Nevermind isn't incredible? Obviously it is.
Anti establishment, influence of tobi vail, disturbinggggg lyrics, cool drums, cool guitars, polished sound / noise mix
What a treat
I hadn't really forgotten how good this album is but it had been a while since I'd had a listen. Thanks for the reminder and RIP Curt.
Great excuse to listen to this in full, been a while
An absolutely flawless record. In utero might be slightly better because of the even better writing, but this is just non-stop bangers. It’s so well recorded and mixed too. Masterpiece eeeasily
I don't actually need to listen to this. I will. But I do not need to. I was just young enough that I "found" Nirvana not long after they ended, so they weren't as formations for me as for many others. But goddamn do I know pretty much every note here by heart. From the opening chords of Smells Like Teen Spirit to the ending cello swells of Something in the Way. It's easy to get tired of an album that is frontloaded with unavoidable hits... you couldnt listen to rock radio that whole decade and avoid it, which is why Breed is probably my favorite track on side 1. But those tracks are still so good. Teen Spirit is inimitable... it's one of those songs that everyone wants to cover, everyone technically can play, but it never, never sounds right, from the tone of those first few chords right on down. And then you get things like On a Plain toward the end, probably my fave track on the album. Kurt had a supreme sense of both pop melody and sonic chaos and brooding darkness. I guess it might not be for everyone... my grandmother basically tapped out of music by the time those hooligans the Beatles came out... but this is an all time classic and immediate 5*
Not my first time listening to this. Nirvana being an iconic band and this is my favorite album of theirs. At first I had in the back of my head that it's overplayed, but somehow that really doesn't affect Nirvana or their work. They hold up perfectly, sad I couldn't see them continue, but I'm glad they left behind a good amount of work. Favorite song is "Something in the way"
Full-on five stars. Musically, this album is gritty and dirty, but due to the talent of its band members, it's also tight. I was a freshman in college when this album exploded onto the scene. The sheer impact it had on mainstream music alone should make this worthy of five stars. I can think of no better anthem for the 90s then "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
5 stars. All bangers Long Live Nirvana. RIP Kurt
People who hate on Nirvana are not half as cool as they think they are.
Never actually listened to Nevermind before. I think I'd need more listens to love the more noise-rock last third, but it's hard to knock an album this important with songs like Come as You Are and Lithium.
i’d give it 50 if i could
This is so good isn't it!? Its such a weird thing because obviously it is hugely popular, but it also is a massive cult thing with nirvana fan groups still going strong 30 years later, it made a massive shift in music and culture at the time and is still impacting people who discover alternative music. I'm always suspicious of albums that get hyped this much, I start by wanting to dislike them. It took me a while to actually listen to it, but I still remember buying the teen spirit and come as you are eps at a local record shop (the same day I bought what's my age again by blink 182), those eps blew me away. So when I got round to the album it did everything I needed and more. It's such a great album, the sounds are incredible. The guitar sounds both heavy and the lighter chorused sounds. The bass sounds when it takes the lead fill the space. Grohl's drumming is incredible. The vocals are brilliant, the backing vocals are brilliant. It's all so incredibly recorded. The only complaints I've ever heard are to with it being too polished, and it is incredibly well produced. The guitar sounds are immense but also still sound aggressive and gnarly. It all just works. And for such an aggressive sound there are great moments of calm. On a plain is great and something in the way is beautiful. Even in the middle Polly and come as you are both give you such a nice contrast to the surrounding bigger tracks. Can't speak highly enough about it.
This album, Nirvana, is probably one of the best that I ever had to listen to in my whole life. And if I'm not mistaking, it's one of the best albums that they've ever made. Peace to Kurt Cobain. Music will miss him.
Such a good albummmmm, i recommend a 100000%%%
Rate: 9.5/10 Not vulgar rock at all; it's actually quite enjoyable as someone who wouldn't listen to a full rock album. Surprised me and will keep listening to it.
Who wasn’t caught in the storm of this album. I remember the first time hearing these guys. That says all you need to know. If a heavier guitar is your thing then you just can’t hate this album. Choice cut: Something In the Way
Masterpiece! I love it. The first track 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is absolutely perfect! All others are perfect too.
Cobain's disaffected, nonchalant nihilism is a primary text of American counterculture, and though this record would catapult that counterculture into mainstream commercialism in a way that would contribute to Kurt's suicide, the record melds underground post-punk noise and pop song structures in extraordinary fashion.
MUSICA
What a great album…this was one of the initial albums that sparked the grunge movement. I remember listening to this in high school when it came out
Middleschool Album got me into grunge rock
Great! Lots of hits! Stand-outs - Stay Away - Something In The Way
This album was really important for Batman. So I gotta respect it.
staple grunge album, although it’s very mainstream the quality is undeniable, absolute classic, 10/10 in my book
I think everybody remembers when they discovered Nirvana and heard their second studio album Nevermind, which quickly exploded into our lives in 1991. It was released in 1991, but it peaked at number one on January 11, 1992. It was like a bride's list of "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue." It had that feeling of sounding old and yet new, but it borrowed from the sounds before it and near it and connected us together through the feelings of someone who was deeply scarred. Kurt Cobain became the unreluctant spokesman for a generation. It was great to hear this album after all these years away from it. I was a huge fan of Nirvana. When famous people die, it does not usually matter to me. I took it hard that Cobain committed suicide. I had tried a few years before him and I failed. I was jealous. I always get jealous when I hear someone was successful in killing themselves. I think it is hard to pick one song as my favourite from the album, but I still love listening to "Come as You Are" because of the lyrics... "Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a friend, as a friend As an known enemy" I feel like friends are future enemies. Sometimes they are current ones, but hide it well. As for the album, it is brilliant. I think it has aged better than most albums from that time period, especially the hip hop albums. 10/10.
Easy 5. Yeah "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was way overplayed, and a few other tracks were too. But this album is so deep. Even downstream tracks like "Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away" are amazing. OK, except "Nameless, Endless".
You can probably trace 80% of my musical tastes back to hearing Smells Like Teen Spirit on the radio, as a teen living in the Seattle suburbs.
After all this time, it still hits so hard.
Grunge perfection
best nirvana album
One of those albums where every song is good. I think that because of the reputation they hold as a mega band, it’s easy to forget that they were also just an incredibly talented trio of musicians with a charismatic frontman who was also a great lyricist. sure the songs are simple and follow a pretty predictable pattern but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Honestly a really solid album. It’s deserving of the general praise it gets. This is perhaps the only grunge album that I love.
The day Hair Metal died...
Not much to think about, absolute audio kino
Classic.
has always been a favorite. every single song is 5/5 except endless, nameless...which is a 2/5. i love the story behind it, and perhaps the whole point is that i don't love listening to that song.
Every song is a classic, and some are way heavier than I remember. Undeniable influence, a timeless masterpiece.
Goes so hard. It would have been hard for me to not give this a 5 even if I'd hated every track, the influence this has had makes it a 5 almost by itself.
Fortfarande en bra skiva. Alla utom en låt är bra. Konstigt hur energirik den är / ger trots de mörka texterna.
One of the first bands I was ever into. However, it's been a long while since I listened to any of their stuff. It may be the nostalgia talking or I am realising how great of a band they were again because I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. It may be overplayed but listening to Come As You Are for the first time in at least a year or two nearly brought me to tears, but Breed is the best track though. He wasn't the most skilled on the guitar but he sure knew how to use it to create a hell of a sound.
Not my favourite Nirvana album anymore but it’ll always be my first. Revolutionary and timeless
One of the most important albums of my childhood, and one of two which cemented me on the path towards being the weird Rock and Metal guy I am.
sick
Probably Nirvana’s best album containing some icon tracks. Excellent- I already have this album in my music collection.
Even though I'd been listening to what came to be "grunge" since 1988, this album was still a world-changing, earth-shaking event. Somehow heavier, louder, and still more melodic and accessible than anything that came before it. Not meaner, though. 35 years later, having gotten tired of Come as You Are (which I always thought was third tier on this album), and the punch of Smells Like having worn off, I'm surprised to find that when you listen to the album it all sounds fresh and immediate again. Landmark album and just a great listen, too.
I'm not that big of a Nirvana fan but this is a well regarded album for a reason. 5 / 5
kurt cobain.
No notes what a perfect album.
So much for "and I swear that I don't have a gun".
Expectation: -> One of my most played albums in the early-mid 90s. 5/5 After listening: -> How does it still sound so good in 2026? My appreciation for it has only grown. Probably a top-20 all-time for me. Track ranking: Bloom Come Spirit Plain Lithium Drain Lounge Breed Polly Something Stay Pissings Endless
there's no bad excuse for another listen of Nevermind, 6 stars.
Yesterday Unplugged, today Nevermind! Two of the easiest 5s I have given so far https://youtu.be/EtapU5nI6G4?is=-twv-QGD87AXBDtk the fact that this sounds so good just shows how brilliant these three were. Best tracks: Smells Like Teen Spirit (duh), Come As You Are, Lithium, Something in the Way (and also Breed)
I'm a steadfast "In Utero is better" snob, so it was an absolute delight to remember how good this is and how unbelievable Kurt's voice sounds
5/5
One of the first CDs I bought and a classic for a reason. Really changed the game (thank you Pixies). While not my favourite record, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great. The sound is incredible and I truly love all the songs, no skip album for me. The songwriting, especially behind the more mellow songs like Polly, really gets to me. Kurt was talented at writing about horrifying topics and getting people to listen.
This is more like it. Hooks you on the first song and doesn't let up until the last, which by the time you go to check the track length, is done and straight back to Smells like Teen Spirit (if you have it on repeat like I did lol) I'm aware as this list goes on my reviews will get more nuanced, but at the time of writing I genuinely stand by my score. An incredible album.
i love this album FIVE STARS the first half is definitely stronger than the second half, and I don't like Polly, so maybe it would be a 4.75 if I could do that... but I love this album and often it is just exactly what I need to listen to. my favourite song on this album is lithium it's one of my favourite songs ever. Thank u nirvana
incredible piece of work, i like that the album starts so strongly bc it really does just prepare you for what youre about to hear smells like teen spirit doesn't overshadow the rest of the album as much as I thought it would, there are some really heavy hitters further on i'm amazed how the songs can all sound different while still feeling like theyre from the same album
I liked a few but in bloom was so bad and polly too Stay away is my new fav.
Very good
fav songs: all of them hooky, dynamic, melodic, raw, explosive 90/100
goode
Near perfect album not as keen on last song but still enjoyed it
I really liked this Album! This is the first album I've listened to from beginning to end from Nirvana.
Absolute 10/10 masterpiece.
Un clásico
That baby's penis was on my screen for 13 songs and I enjoyed every second of it. The songs, that is. The album cover is a classic, but I could perhaps do without it.
The album that introduced me to rock. Territorial Pissings and Lounge Act are my favorite tracks from this one.
One of the best of the grunge era.
I mean...at this point I don't even really have any perspective on Nevermind. I was in college, it was "our music", it was a specific moment in time that felt like the Beatles exploding. We all agreed on Nirvana and this album. It's of its time and entirely timeless. The melodies over the dissonance and unresolved tritones - Kurt was such an important songwriter, sophisticated beyond his technical knowledge. And I believe his greatest work was probably still to come. Huge loss. Thankfully we have what he left.
Nothing to say here that hasn't been said a million times. This is great
Incredibly good
The genesis of my taste in music.
An album I have listened to all the way through multiple times. What is there to say? "Smells Like Teen Spirit" fundamentally changed the soundscape of Rock. "In Bloom" has the Pixies/Foo Fighters styling to it. I think it also captures the ennui of many Nirvana songs well.
The only downside this album has is that the singles are so strong that the rest of thr album suffers for it
I don't have anything original to say about this. It rocks
9/10
I haven't listened to this album since I was about 16, probably out of some snobbish attitude towards american punk that I still need to get over. But I'm so happy to come back to it. It's got that quality that all good punk music should have of filling you with energy and bitterness that just makes you want to scream. Can't stay sitting down listening to this album. Easy 5 stars.
A perfect 10 Best Song: Something in the Way Rating: 10/10 Stars: 5
Classic
Such a great album. I'll admit it may be a little more front loaded with the best tracks, but all around an amazing album and a very important one as well.
Dude, it’s Nevermind.
9 / 10 - Cornerstone Rock Album - generationsprägend - So viele ikonische Songs - Erstaunlich abwechslungsreich Favs: - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Breed - Lithium
👍🏼
I’ve listened to this album easily more than a 1000 times. There’s so many reasons it’s considered one of the greatest ever. My favorite is probably that’s It’s pop songs dressed in thrash. Also we know the playing is great but Butch Vig really crushed the production. On a scale of 1-5 this is an 11.
Ah, the album which a subsection of "open-minded" and "friendly" rock fans see as evidence of a poser. The fact of the matter is that it's a great album. Wonderful tone throughout, great melodies, tight songs, fantastic vocals...it's no wonder that this album gained mass appeal beyond the scope of the genre. One of those cases of something being incredibly popular and incredibly good. It's okay to like popular things when they're good, after all.
Great when it came out and great now.
Still a bloody great album from start to finish.
The first few tracks are my favorites, obviously. Classic album. If you listen on youtube sometimes they do this weird slightly moving baby album cover. It's weird
Overly produced for a nirvana album, but overall a fantastic one.
The synthesis of everything that had been brewing since 1980. People call Nevermind a GenX anthem, but really it is a late GenX/Xennial anthem. People born between about 1972 and 1982 as opposed to the 1965-1972 set. It has been copied and turned into its own genre at this point, but it is hard to overstate what a sea change this album caused when it hit the airwaves. Nirvana was not the first grunge band, but they were the first to blend pop/metal/punk/rock into something that made sense to be played on the radio. Behind all of the screaming and blasting guitars are bonafide pop hits with catchy hooks and unusual turns of phrase. It was just fundamentally different than everything else you would hear at the time. An all time classic.
Perfect all around
The more times I hear this, the more I like the second half more. Solid 9/10, or a 5/5.
No skip, vraiment bien
5 bags of popcorn and 5 ice cold cups of soda
One of my favourite all-time albums. I wouldn’t change a thing. Man there are some killer tunes on here
Substitute of my youth.
5/5
Man what an album. It's a sonic punch in the face.
I mean if anyone tells me this is the best album of all time... I can kind of tell their age but fair.
What can I say about Nevermind that hasn't been said already? The opening riff to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is the sound of my musical awakening. I know I'm not unique. Nirvana inspired a generation of people thanks to Kurt Cobain's cryptic lyrics and unique vocals, and the band's ability to blend punk, with heavier rock, while including enough pop sensibility to allow them to cross over into the mainstream and become one of the biggest bands on the planet. Nirvana described their sound as "The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath," and I think that's pretty apt. Look no further than "On A Plain", "In Bloom", and "Come As You Are" for evidence of Cobain's pop sensibilities. Likewise, fast-paced rockers like "Breed", "Territorial Pissings", and "Stay Away" offered a tasted of their punk leanings, while "Polly" and "Something In The Way" highlighted the band's versatility beyond being a rock band. The evolution from Bleach to this is incredible. While I do prefer other Nirvana albums to this one (Incesticide, In Utero, Bleach), it's less because I think this one is lacking in any way, and more because I'm often in the mood for Nirvana's noisier fare (check out "Endless, Nameless). Also, I've easily gotten my mileage out of Nevermind. I don't usually get bogged down on 'influence,' but with Nirvana, it's an honor I warmly accept. I'm sure I'm not alone in scouring photos of the band to see what band shirts Kurt, Krist, and Dave were repping (Flipper, Daniel Johnston), what albums Kurt would include on his 'favorite albums of all time' list, or listening intently to interviews when the question of their influences come up. My music taste, or at least a firm portion of it, was inspired by Kurt Cobain's personal taste. I love Melvins, Big Black, Flipper, The Jesus Lizard, and the Butthole Surfers (among others), while other Cobain favorites I still can't quite grasp (The Beatles (I know, I know), among others). Additionally, Nirvana's sudden ascension and breakthrough opened the gates for a broader range of alternative/underground bands to acquire major label record contracts. In the industry's scramble to find the next big thing, underground groups for whom a record deal was never an option were now being courted by those same labels. Many bands were given second lives with newfound interest in their projects. And that is Nirvana's legacy; opening the door for those behind them, and building stairs from the underground to the surface. Oh jeeze, I'm rambling... Oh well, whatever, Nevermind. 5 stars
Damn near perfect album.
Apart from the questionable album cover this is a perfect album. Encapsulated the mood of the times perfectly. The album kicks off with the overplayed but peerless smell like teen spirit then never really loses pace. In bloom is arguably the best nirvana song, cobains screaming is very tuneful! Then there is a tremendous run of songs towards the end of the album which are both memorable and poignant. Often mocked this album it was never bettered in America in this decade at least.
No notes
unquestionably a masterpiece of music, simple but perfect production and beautiful and personal lyrics according to what Kurt Cobain thought in that historic moment of his life as a new pop star
10/10 – Masterpiece
There's a lot that can be said for this album. And a lot of it has already been said in the ~35 years since its release. It makes sense given the cultural bombshell this was, even before you get to all of the drama and tragedy surrounding the people involved with the album itself. Impressively, there is still intrigue around the album today. Just going off of that impact alone, this has to be considered one of the most significant rock albums of all time. Even putting all of that aside, it is still an impressively good album. The songs themselves are well done, well written, and memorable. The music hits hard and fast, but also can be slow and subtle at times. While the sound is often heavy, the melodies are really the focus of each track. The themes are deeper than you might expect from the surface level. The vocals can be both tortured and sincere (a little reminiscent of Lennon's Plastic Ono Band). When you add it all together, each part really gels with the others to make a strong, cohesive work that demands your attention from start to finish. I don't know that I can set aside the decades of influence this album has imparted to make an unbiased evaluation here. It also doesn't help that I've listened to this album a few dozen times on my own, though it had been a while since the last one. Regardless, I think Nevermind is indicative of what this list is (or should be about): it is an exceptional album that's worth, at the very least, one listen. If you disagree... well, whatever, never mind. Overall: 4.6/5
For an album that saved rock and roll, it's still pretty great. A five for sentimentality (even if it's not their best album).
Bomba album, legendaran i pun bangera. 9/10 Najbolja pisma: Polly
Forgot to drop this 5 here.
classic banger album through and through. rip kurt you woulda loved tumblr and probably also fortnite
This is as good a place as any for my "grunge is not a thing and is just a marketing concept invented by labels and media" rant, so I will start by saying "grunge is not a thing and is a marketing concept invented by labels and media." If you look at the "big 4" of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden you will first be struck by the fact that they sound nothing alike. Pearl Jam is just a classic rock band, Alice in Chains is like... sludge metal or something, and Soundgarden is a recovering hair metal band. Nirvana was a punk band who happened to blow up, so then the others decided to ape their aesthetic and pretend there was a "scene." Further, despite being Flanderized post-death into "flannel guy" there's like strikingly few photos of Kurt Cobain wearing flannel. Like, yeah there's a few, but you've gotta do some scrolling on Google Images to get there. You know who did wear lots of flannels? People in the Pacific Northwest. Like, remember when Agent Cooper gets suspended from the FBI and he just starts wearing flannels? I do. In short, it is my hypothesis that a bunch of journos from Chicago or NYC caught some shows in Seattle, saw a bunch of people wearing flannels, and just assumed it was some crazy new subculture. In 1992, the New York Times, ran the following and was somehow unaware that it was being mocked: "All subcultures speak in code; grunge is no exception. Megan Jasper, a 25-year-old sales representative at Caroline Records in Seattle, provided this lexicon of grunge-speak, coming soon to a high school or mall near you: WACK SLACKS: Old ripped Jeans FUZZ: Heavy wool sweaters PLATS: Platform shoes KICKERS: Heavy boots SWINGIN' ON THE FLIPPITY-FLOP: Hanging out BAND AND HAGGED: Staying home on Friday or Saturday night SCORE: Great HARSH REALM: Bummer COB NOBBLER: Loser DISH: Desirable guy BLOATED, BIG BAG OF BLOATATION: Drunk LAMESTAIN: Uncool person TOM-TOM CLUB: Uncool outsiders ROCK ON: A happy goodbye" and this straight up got published by the most prestigious American newspaper. So, in sum, I do not trust the prevailing historical narrative on this matter. Also, the album is very good.
4.5 I love this album. The second half is so much better than the first half, but maybe because the first half has been overplayed on rock radio for 35 years.
The album that ushered in the changing of the guard and really kicked off "grunge" and all the alternative rock/metal that followed. top to bottom a masterpiece of an album.
Pivotal album for me personally
Loved this when it first came out and still love it today. Great album.
I feel like a basic bitch giving a 5 to Nevermind, but it's one of those truly pivotal pieces of art that goes on to redefine the medium to some degree. I'm firmly in the "In Utero" is better crowd, but that doesn't mean this still isn't awesome. Of all the names on the long list of creators who passed away too soon, Cobain is the one I wish had stuck around the most. It would have been fascinating to see where he would have gone. Nirvana were never gonna last much longer, but to see what this guy would do next would be amazing.
Instantaneous 5. Excuse me while I listen to Lounge Act one million times in a row
No need to listen. My introduction into grunge and alternative as a 12 year old
I grew up on alt-rock radio in the aughts, but I didn’t listen to this until my mid-20s. I bought a used CD, put it in the car stereo, and went for a drive. Even knowing every bar of all four singles, the full listen was electrifying. Still is. And I still remember that drive.
I’ll never get tired of it.
the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of grunge (with a blue album cover to boot: Kurt really was a genius)
Before starting this, I made a topsters top 100 list of albums that meant a lot to me and Nevermind was my #1 so this was an incredibly easy 5
37# reaction: damn. might be my favorite album of like um all time? maybe. review: hits like a mother when her son just finished painting what he thinks is his magnum opus on the bedroom wall with a pink plasticine. (this isn't necessarily based on true facts)
Similar age to the RHCP stuff and that feels so inane and bland. Much more enjoyable but very raw. Lyrics are playful Picks : Something in the Way; Lithium; Come as you are
It's no wonder this is an iconic album of the 90's that helped inform a subculture
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
such a consistent album
The album that defined the era of music that I grew up listening to. I’ve often thought of it as a bit overrated, and it’s been a while since I listened to it all the way through, but it truly is full of great tracks.
Probably shouldn't be surprising that every song on this album is a banger.
An absolute juggernaut of an album. Over 30 years of staying power. Iconic stadium anthems, equally appropriate over headphones or in the car. And may Lithium forever be the sound of a Kraken goal.
An all time banger and one of my first albums! This is what got me into playing guitar. Smells like teen spirit is the perfect gateway song to power chords
Giving this album anything less than a 5 would be blasphemous. Rest in peace Kurt.
Been listening to this album for over 30 years. Not much lately but still packs a punch. So much better than the PJs and AICs of the time. 5 Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes 54/226 (23%) Will I get: Already have
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Really great and VERY obscure album nobody's ever heard of. It's more polished than other Nirvana records production wise, but it works really well here. The songs here have a real edge to them while still sounding clear. Lots of great songs here and Kurt Cobains vocal performance is one of the best in Rock music.
great
(7/7) I forgot how good this was
Everyone had such pretty eyes in the early 90s...
Possibly the greatest album ever recorded.
Undeniable
This is a five star album. It’s a no skip, change your life kind of album. Nirvana was my favorite band when I was in middle school. When this album came out, it was so different than everything that had been popular. While I love hair bands, there is something so cool about being part of something new. There had been no mainstream bands like this before. This album contains many classic radio hits, but also some other amazing songs like Polly, Drain You and Lounge Act. I tried to listen to it without my emotional attachment and it is just a great album from start to finish.
This is not the music of my youth, but you can easily see why it would be emblematic of another generation’s youth. The energy just never stops. It’s electric. I added “Lithium” to my Generator playlist.
otro clásico, me encanta. me hace acordar a mi yo de 13 años y a mi madre. mis favoritas son in bloom y breed, disfruto mucho el bajo de lithium
great 4.5
Seminal and still enthralling after all these years
At first i wanted to say that it was overrated but after listening to the full album i really just cant say that cause its awesome
*1991. 2nd studio album. *Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Lithium, Polly, On a Plain, and Something in the Way. *Just stacked. Even the lesser known songs are pretty decent. RATING - 9.5/10
Amazing. groundbreaking, still great after all these years.
🤩😍🤩😍
Heel gevarieerd, en nirvana is altijd goed
I was the perfect age when this came out….8th grade. Made a huge impression. I can remember the first time I ever saw the “Teen Spirit”video. Easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’d never listened to this album but somehow I knew every song already from the singles, hearing them in video games / movies etc. It was sort of surreal.
I was 14 when this album came out, just entering high school. It’s hard to describe just the absolute zeitgeist surrounding Nevermind and how much this changed everything. I came ready to give this a 3, maybe 4 star review, just because of the sheer over played-ness and saturation of this through the early to mid nineties. I still prescribe to that era’s many anti-consumerism, anti-mainstream ideals and if something is popular then it must inherently be less than. But listening to this critically, honestly it’s just so so good from start to finish. I even listened to endless, nameless- which I definitely skipped back in the day - and it’s so fucking good as an end cap after something in the way. The simplicity, rawness, and absolute beauty of harmonies while being shrouded by dirt, clouds, and grunge is magical and this album really was the greatest and shaped who I am and the music I still listen to.
TOP notch
That exceedingly rare thing - an album so fully ingrained in the firmament that you can demarcate popular culture before and after it, that does not lose an iota of it's thrill decades after it's release. I can't wait for the day I play this to my young sons, to watch their faces as they hear it all for the first time.
An influential 5 star classic.
I will argue with anyone about this; this is the lightning in a bottle moment that it has always been sold to be. I get that Pearl Jam/Soundgarden are better musicians whatever, I get they’re just ripping off the pixies, I get the fatigue that comes with this album being as popular as it is, but it is undeniably one of the best records ever created. Every single song on here is a hit. What they lack in traditional training they more than make up for with the emotion conveyed by their art. I’m biased as hell because I do think Dave Grohl is the best drummer to ever live (not including like crazy technical drummers). Emotion conveyed through playing will always be more important than technical skill for me and this album is as perfect an example of that as anything that’s ever been written. Krist falls into this category as well, his bass playing always serves the song and is never anything more than it needs to be. Butch Vig’s production on this album is a masterclass as well. I could talk about it for days come find me. Remised to not mention how talented Kurt was. Some of my favorite Nirvana songs are pre Dave, he really just had that sauce for songwriting. Everything is catchy as hell, lyrics are phenomenal, unique voice, melodies are fun to sing along. It’s everything the Beatles had and I feel like people just get stuck on the harshness more than they should.
What more can be said? Great album!
This is undoubtedly one of if not the most important and pivotal albums of the 90'ies and set the tone for so much to come. Musically it strikes an impressive balance between punk and rock/metal and with tight production and the clearly personal and very varied lyrics and vocal performance on top it's just such a complete package Standouts Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Lithium 5/5
I have nothing new to say about this album.
While the first half of this album may be overplayed, it is not overrated. It's kind of still amazing to me the stark contrast of the 80's glam and hair metal bands, to this grunge masterpiece. Stripped down instrumentation, focus on lyrics, minimal solos. I love everysong on this album front to back, although favorites would definitley be Drain You and Something in the Way. I also enjoy how catchy all of these songs are, Kurt really had an ear for a melody. I could gush about this album and In Utero for hours so I'll stop while I'm ahead.
Relisten Not a bad song on this album. Quintessential grunge, even the overplayed hits are still fantastic. The album effortlessly jumps between loud and explosive to moody and heavy in way that still sounds fresh today. Favorite tracks: Something in the Way, Lithium, Territorial Pissings, Come As You Are Least favorite: None
they just don't make albums better than this, 10/10
Hell yeah!!! I love grunge rock!! Perfect album to drink 8 beers with! Really good album, I am probably biased from hearing these songs on Tony hawk games but every track is iconic and played together is a great time that ends in a horrible car crash that is the shitty last song.
5 stars, no explanation needed
temazo tras temazo
"Yeah its Nevermind, it's fine" kinda forgetting how stacked this album is. Unreally stacked. So cohesive. One of those classic albums that deserves the hype and history.
An album I grew up listening to. There are so many heavy songs here that fit my angsty teenage mind, but there are an equal number of quieter ones meaning the album isn't all one note. I listened to the album on Spotify and ended up adding every single track to my favourites list by the end.
There's a possibility this is the album because of which I listen to Swans or Residents nowadays. Something changed in my brain the moment "Smells like teen" made it's way to my young ears. Forgotten were my BonJovi and Aerosmith albums from that moment on.
A great piece of work! I love it and listen to it from the day it out
An iconic album, gifted to me by my dad when I was a teenager. Really good and nostalgic
So good. The first track is an all time classic followed by more classics. The last two tracks are a bit rougher, but come nowhere near bringing this down from a five star record.
Nooit een hardcore Nirvana-fangirl geweest, maar dit album laat zich niet negeren. Het grijpt, schuurt en ontregelt nog steeds, zelfs 30+ jaar later. De bekende anthems (Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Lithium) voelen vertrouwd, maar juist de flow van het hele album maakt indruk: rauw, ironisch, kwetsbaar en compromisloos. Minder favorieten werken functioneel als ontlading, terwijl de laatste nummers ruimte maken voor introspectie. Muziek die je uit je werk trekt en je dwingt te voelen. Onmiskenbaar iconisch, en nog altijd pijnlijk relevant.
Amazing
I love when a highly touted classic album lives up and smashes the hype. Bangers from start to finish!! RIP Kurt Cobain 🙏🏾
una bomba, hit tras hit en este discazo.
mange bangers her!
I've listened to this album a countless number of times and didn't realize how iconic it is until now. Obviously there are so many pop culture references to this album and artists that sample or build directly off some of these songs but I didn't appreciate it until now. Just peak 90s musicianship that has stood up as one of the greatest albums of all time without a doubt
perfect no notes
A killer record, never used to understand the Nirvana hype but the more music you listen to, the more you realise how groundbreaking they were.
A really good album. I especially like the songs "Something in the Way" and "Lithium".
What I can say more about this album.. it is quite legendary.. really love more then just the hit song.. But to me it doesn't really feel like an album more like a collection of songs Fav song - Smells Like Teen Spirit 5/5
I have this album on vinyl and I've heard it all many times. I like every track except the last one, so I find this album to be quite good. Five stars.
Я слушал данный альбом много раз и много песен из этого альбома у меня в Плейлисте, это действительно крутой альбом который в свое время многое поменял так что моя оценка 5/5
It's an influential album for a reason.
on its own it's really just 4 stars, but it did change a lot of things
God damnit. I am not a fan of grunge typically, but this is a perfect album. Understandable why it made the mark it did.
FUCKING PEAK
Simply a life changing album for me.
Nirvana – Nevermind (1991) On Day 56, we hit a definitive masterpiece that is entirely self-explanatory. Where do you even start with a legacy like this? From the iconic, "tuff" energy of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"—where you can't help but shout along: "My mosquito, My libido, a mulatto, albino!"—to the deep, atmospheric weight of "Something In The Way," the album is a masterclass in cohesion. It’s a "body of work" in the truest sense; I found myself relistening with the lyrics on just to catch the nuances of their message, especially after realizing they were critiquing the lack of understanding in their own audience. The production capability here is top-tier. The "Lennon" vocal technique gives Kurt’s voice a triumphant, thick presence that perfectly balances Dave Grohl’s drumming—which is some of the most powerful and technically precise in rock history. The range is incredible: you have the "conscious" and melodic hooks of "Lithium," "Polly," and "Come As You Are," but then you also have that raw, metallic explosion on the hidden closer "Endless, Nameless" which shows their sheer instrumental range. It’s an album that manages to be both "on steroids" energetically and deeply poetic in its discontent. It doesn’t just live up to its history; it defines it. A definitive 5/5.
Knew the big hits (so like a third of the album), hell yeah that was awesome
Stellar 5 stae
391/1089 - Very sophisticated textures lines and chords and importantly they sound fluid and serve the songs. Catchy melodies.
Fucking stellar. Near perfect.
A must listen
Jesus fucking Christ what an album
This album is nearly perfect. The moment it captures and hearing it all these years later, I’m 10 again and delighted and confused by what they’re doing. The darkness in the lyrics and this pervading sadness even when the energy is high. This album shaped my tastes more than almost any other album. I can’t tire of it.
Iconic alum cover. Iconic opening song. An unbelievably strong album with so many incredible tunes. Lyrics, vocals, drums, guitar tone are all incomparable. The huge breadth of emotion and subject material are expertly written into the most ear-wormy of melodies, somehow. Driving bass gives the album its pace. Pretty much every song on this album is a banger!
I have listened to the album over and over. Nirvanas best albums
favorites: in bloom, come as you are, breed, lithium, drain you
Classique absolu
Classic.
hui wichtigstes album meines Lebens und fulminanter Startschuss in die Jugend. ach kurt Club of 27 thank you for a youth with amazing music! c
I remember buying this when it came out, having already enjoyed Bleach. Then they blew up. All the hype, buzzwords, trends and unnecessary fawning aside, this is a solid album. Full of well crafted, well produced songs that have stood the test of time. I rarely revisit it these days, but I can’t see this as anything but a 5.
super
What else can you say about this record?It's where most of teenage people found their place, where this album is discovered and how it remains such a staple throughout the years. You can never get enough of it.
This is an easy 5. It really changed everything--not that things were not changing anyway, but this album woke up a lot of bands that would probably not have happened.
Ive got too many memories attached to this album not to give it 5 stars. Listening to it with dad on the way to the climbing gym, being an angsty teen with lulu when we first met, rocking out when you need something to scream. Feels like an aggressive hug.
Absolute classic in every way. This album is such a classic that it's almost become ironic, with some brainless contrarians trying to claim that this is their sellout album and that they peaked with Bleach. But for the people who don't mindlessly dislike mainstream artists, this is recognised as one of the most influential rock albums of all time, and ultimately what brought the genre back into the public eye almost overnight. And even now over 30 years later, it has absolutely stood the test of time, still being one of the most memorable and essential rock albums ever made. It perfectly finds that balance of being so raw and unhinged, even with mild punk elements in some moments, but never feeling too full on or overwhelming. All around this is unequivocally one of the best written, performed, and produced albums of all time.
rated high for a reason. iconic album for a reason. all the songs are bangers. 9/10
Some iconic albums tend to be overrated, but not this one. Not only did this album inspire and popularise the entire grunge movement, it also just rocks. Every song on this album is good, but the first six tracks are simply legendary (yes, I'm including Polly here - it's an upsetting song but it really gets its point across). "Something in the way" is possibly one of my favourite album closers of all time. I don't know any other bands who achieved such a balance between soft verses and loud, explosive choruses as Nirvana did, at least not with as much success. The band is often remembered for Kurt, the lore surrounding him and his signature vocals, but the whole band was fantastic. I'm not too crazy about 90s music, but this album will forever be special for me. 5 stars
Classic Grunge album. Excellent album!
With one of the songs that blew my mind when I first heard it (SLTS), this album is still a banger. Hadn’t listened to it from stem to stern in a long while, but it won’t be long before revisiting it again. Amazing.
The moment when the musical power shifted from boomers to Gen X. When hair metal died. I’ve had somewhat of a conflicted relationship with this album. Many of these songs were overplayed on alternative radio even in the 2010s, so I grew to hate them. But after some time of streaming being a thing and me no longer listening to the radio I stopped hating them. And I like many of the non-hits off of this album too. The more I learn about Kurt, though, the more I respect this album. Kurt had and still has a ton of aura, and seemed like the chillest guy of all time. I might not give this a 5, but I didn’t give Nirvana MTV unplugged a 5 which I now believe it deserves unequivocally. Consider this a make up call
For me, Nevermind is Nirvana's best album, and it stoked a generation of music I loved dearly. I loved everything about them, the lyrics and edgy bits, and the sad demise of Kurt was always a dangling piece to life as I grew up in the 90s.
It's crazy how Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't even on the top 5 songs on this album. Generationally important album that still sounds fresh 35 years later. Standouts: In Bloom, Come As You Are, Lithium, Lounge Act, Something In The Way
Quiet pain turned into a global explosion. Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: This album is raw emotion wrapped in perfect hooks. It sounds messy, sincere, and unstoppable at the same time. Every song feels like it meant too much to be polished away. Favorite Track: Come As You Are. Gentle, haunted, and weirdly comforting.
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Classic album 10/10
I've always been a like them not love them with Nirvana, but I don't think there's any denying this is a 5 star album and one of the ones most worthy of being on this list.
Perfect grunge
hey i know these guys! he has such a distinct singing voice. fun beats
An absolute classic! I'm 33 days into this Challenge and this is the first album I've had that I actually own and love. Fantastic music!
If I’m being honest, this album, like Snoops’s Doggystyle, falls a bit short of a 5 star, but because it’s undoubtably the best of the genre, I’ll give it the nod.
Simply stated, one of the best rock albums of all time. No stinkers to be found, and I don't think it's just my familiarity with this. Fun to remember the boomers' collective realization that their hold on the "we have the best music" claims were being blown away as they covered their ears and complained about the noise. This one does not get old, and is WAY more musical than it was given credit for in its time
One of the BOAT! My friend and I listened to this over and over after Kurt Cobain died, trying to decipher what led him to suicide.
banger after banger
What a spectacular album! I can see why it's such a cultural phenomenon. Cobain reminds me of the lead singer of Linkin Park and I get similar vibes from the music. There are many different genres sprinkled throughout the album, giving it variety. The lyrics are random at times, but feel emotional and heartfelt.
not a whole lot to say. 5 stars
Can't not give this icon 5 stars. A timeless album.
What a classic!! One of the first albums I listened to when I was in a very young “angst I hate the world and constructs” phase. Kurt a very very talented musician and of course driver of the alternative rock genre, a true original and legend. I love this album I’ve listen to these songs and album countless of times with purpose or simply hearing them on radio. Made me fall in love with the guitar and drums in all songs and different albums, great perfect piece of art
I really like this album.
This album made me want to be just like Kurt and get the Remington haircut.
Great Nirvana album full of their best. Tough to not love this one.
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8/10 The beats and the bass and the vocals are amazing. I like that there’s variety not all the songs sound the same. The album reminds me of an old teen rom-com. You can really feel Kurt’s emotions when he sings. Not really any complaints I think this is what’s going to get me into alt rock
10/10 nothing more needs to be said. Pivotal, monumental album
A true classic Makes me connect to my younger self. I was pretty excited to get this and it didnt dissapoint. Fav: in Bloom, Territorial Pissings 4.6/5
It's Nevermind. It changed music. How could I give it any less than a 5.
Great album. banger after banger. All time for good reason
Come on man, this took grunge to the stratosphere. So strange to see heavy sad music be so culturally accepted and popular. Love all the bsides. Not one bad song. However, I did find myself skipping the overplayed tracks
Such a classic