Reviews (page 5 of 16)
This is, quite possibly, the best album ever created. Every track is excellent as a standalone piece but as a collection, this is what all other grunge bands wished they had made. The seminal one. Insanely good and forever evocative of the best moment for music. There's no point mentioning individual songs because they are all exceptional. Done.
Amazing, created a whole genre
Loved this
I had forgotten how complete this album is, from first track to last it’s an absolute masterpiece.
Heck yeah, GREAT album. Back-to-front great. The first half of the album is the most recognizable and still feels the strongest, but the back half still has some great tracks that I've grown to appreciate more over the years.
The best album of a generation, mandatory listening for anyone who claims to enjoy music.
it's at top 10 album of all time
The gateway to Grunge. Still holds up these days
a classic for a reason. one of my introductions to harder rock. it will always hold a special place in my heart.
4.8 pretty damn good
Por favor... Es el disco de una generación o dos. Los conocí por In Utero, pero cuando escuché esto sentí miedo. No de algo en particular. Sentí miedo de mí, de fuerzas animales bellas y destructivas, de mecanismos emocionales peligrosos e inevitables. Había visto de Nino esa portada en las tiendas y la recordaba, pero había imaginado una música ambiental detrás de ella. No creo que pueda señalar muchas canciones mejores que smells like teen spirit en ningún aspecto. Tengo un amor eterno por Lounge act, todo el mundo merecería morir escuchando Something in the way...Este disco no es explicable si uno no lo conoce en la adolescencia. Antes es demasiada violencia y después es demasiada crudeza. Como dijeron de Gardel: Kurt Cobain cada vez canta mejor.
One of the greatest
holy fuckballs this was amazing. everything just felt right, removing one song or adding one would've dampened the album. it seems like they were meticulous with everything, which is really weird to say about nirvana.
Quiet - Loud. Punk Pop Masterpiece
Thanks courtney
A classic of our time. Teen spirit, in bloom, on and on!!
tbh one of the greatest to ever do it here, i love this album bad and not just because i got too into nirvana in my suicidal at college phase. has quite literally the greatest 6-track run ever devised, right off the bat. smells like teen spirit to in bloom to come as you are to breed to lithium to polly, jesus christ he was cooking on levels unknown. i do fear that in utero is still my favorite from them, but i can't lie that this one went off start to finish.
I have heard this before and wasn't really impressed. Never really cared for nirvana However, it really hit yesterday and to keep it fair with how I'm rating the others by first impression - I can't give this anything but 5 stars
4.5, never heard it all the way through before but yeah I like it
What can you say. It defined the genre. Lots of catchy songs and good production. I tend to listen to bleach more but that’s likely because of the amount I listened to this one in its day.
How can you not give 5/5 to the album that killed hair metal?
Amazing vocals King of grunge what can I say
generation defining
It's been a few years, but this album was a standard play during my adolescence. It's a rock sound that feels like the essence of rock— grainy, noisy, rebellious. Starting off with Smells Like Teen Spirit really sets the mood, while commencing to let you know there's a refined production. I recently heard In Utero front to back and thought the experience was better, though we could argue the amount of well produced hits on Nevermind stand out on their own without needing the help of the rest of the album (which isn't short of great.) This effort is catchy but raw. 4.6/5
First time I heard smells like teen spirit, I thought it was too loud. Cut to listening to this album on repeat. This has been one of the biggest influences on my musical taste.
Nevermind by Nirvana is not only one of the most well known albums of all time, but easily one of the best. This album was one of the first albums that I ever listened to in its entirety. It is so so so good. 13 songs, all of which are so amazing. I don't even know what to say, Nevermind is one of my favourite albums ever, easily top 3. I love it so much. 1000000000000000/10, good fucking job Nirvana.
I love this album. classic and undying
A tranformational album that totally changed music forever. On a re-listen, I'm struck by how many classic songs there are here, even the ones that weren't as commercially successful. Hard for me to rate this anything but a 5 considering its impact on music, quality, and that it was released during a pivotal time in my life.
I almost don’t feel qualified to comment on this one. It’s basically sacred ground. It’s the holy grail of grunge, and I absolutely love it. The thing is, Nevermind didn’t just define an era, it shifted it. Every song feels burned into rock history, raw and melodic in equal measure. It’s one of those albums where even if you’ve heard it a thousand times, it still feels like discovering something dangerous and alive.
Just too good. One of the best rock albums of all time.
Nothing to say, never listened to it fully before, blew me away
(100/100)
Obviously one of the best albums ever. Half the songs are hits and the other half are just good.
Tremendous, genre-defining album, almost start to finish. If they had just left Endless, Nameless off the album it would be near perfect for what it is.
Many make the case that In Utero is the better album because it’s more raw, riskier, a more true Nirvana sound. That may be true but that doesn’t change the fact that this is no skips, filled end to end with bangers. 5 stars, essential album in the alt-rock, punk rock, grunge and at the time underground music scene simple as that.
Big good. A time classic no skips. Why is this the first.
Awh hell yeah
Endless, Nameless is not my style. Hated it. But... this album is pretty flawless otherwise.
I'm feeling a bit sick today and this was perhaps not the best choice when you have a headache. Obviously a great great super important album, so lets focus on qualms: - Some tracks like Lounge Act and Stay Away recycle too many tropes from other tracks. - Too many loud power chords that aren't as musically interesting as eg the quieter moments on Something In the Way, Lithium, Come As You Are etc. Still a 5 though. Fave Tracks: Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Lithium, Drain You, Something in the Way 4.6/5
Great album. Obviously probably Nirvana's best and for good reason. 90's alternative would have been totally different without grunge and this album is really the best of that.
Хз, що тут казати. Альбом просто насичений супербенгарми. Топові хуки.
Yeah, they really did something with this one. Crazy how many iconic songs are on this album.
A classic (positive)
Top 10 album of all time and for great reason. It's actually surprisingly diverse on a later listen. Every song in here is a classic.
This was my introduction to grunge. Memories of head thrashing to frequent plays of Smells Like Teen Spirit on MTV. Moody, offbeat lyrics set to solid guitar riffs and the pounding rhythm of drums and bass. Kurt Cobain captured the mood of my generation, angry at society.
I bought this on its release and have listened to it often over the years. I finally noticed just how front-loaded all the big hits are and how devoid of them what would have been side 2 is.
The overplaying of radio tracks downplays the excellence of the album as a whole
Approachable, emotional, and filled to the brim with incredible songs on their own.
Top
A classic album with a number of great tracks. Great rock music Highlighs got to be .. Smells like teen spirit .. Come as you are
No Kocham po prostu. Cały album solidny
Instant classic. The correct dose of uppers and downers to leave you lying on your sofa, asking for more.
If The Beatles had written filthy, angsty, depressing, three minute pop songs; then they would have been Nirvana. This is grunge’s perfect album. Absolute fantastic in every way!
I can't even decide which song is my favorite
Asså det är ju Nirvana. Detta albumet har man ju faktiskt lyssnat på ett flertal gånger :p Och det man då kan komma fram till är att det är en FUCKING BANGERRRR
punk pop with sensitive opinions that are pro feminism and anti authoritarian, big impact, mood shifts, "Smells like teen spirit"/"in bloom"/"come as you are"/"stay away"
I've heard this before odviously, but it's an iconic album as always. I like it because there's so many songs I know that are good, and the rest fit right in. This album is straight fire. I would give it a 10, but I don't know it well enough. 9/10
What to do say about this masterpiece? I was already familiar with Nirvana and I could say that I heard about 80% of the songs in the album before. I love rock so I am a bit biased but for me, Nevermind is one of the best rock (grunge) albums I ever heard. They are not an underground band so Nirvana has it's fame and fans and they deserve every praise they get. Even today, I see people in my generation still sport Nirvana merch so you can see how popular they still are after 30 years. My favorite songs are Lithium, Polly, Lounge Act and Something's in the Way.
Easy 5 star
Breed
Great listen
Just an exceptional album. I would own on vinyl so it is a 5/5. Sure the last track is a bit rubbish but god, something in the way is so fucking good (and yes The Batman introduced me to this)
A generational album.
Incredible, a true classic at this point. A literal game changer. Kurt Cobain was the breath of fresh air the rock scene needed in the midst of hair metal hell. True king shit
This album was absolutely everywhere in the 90s and has been baked into the fabric of Gen X and Millennial culture. The top songs on this album are absolutely incredible but the few songs that are not all-timers are not even that good and are borderline annoying. That makes it hard to give this album a perfect score. I love this record and have listened to it 100s of times over its 30+ years of existence, but it is not a perfect album, but 100% an album that should be heard before you die. This album's influence may be just as strong today in 2025 as it was when it came out. Everywhere I go I see 12-18 year olds with Nirvana shirts (it could be just a cool thing and they dont know the actual music). As I write this, I guess the influence this album has deserves that 5th star. 8.5/10 135/1001
What to say, not every song is great but the ones that are, are classics... It is amazing, how many bands influenced by this you can here while listening to Nevermind. Not my favorite band or album, but songwriting is still great and the sound undeniably started something big... 4.5 stars.
Amazing album, front to back.
Unless you’re talking about the Beatles, it would be hard to point to any album that had a greater impact on the whole culture than this one. That’s an unbelievable and unexpected thing for a group of three guys from Seattle who no one expected to change the world. To deny this album five stars is to deny history.
This one is almost beyond criticism. Truly a game changer. Truly great. At the time I was a bit ‘yeah I can see where they got this from’ but I’ve grown to like it a lot. One of the top five albums to actually change things. Easy 5.
After having made the mistake of relistening to Germs my mind turned to that other American faux punk rubbish the Circle Jerks and John Lydon's point that our American cousins just didn't get it (punk) until Nirvana came along (or something like that). and up pops Nevermind without the bollocks. Butch Vig, an AC30 Vox, a Fender Mustang and voila! Every great songwriter needs a great producer and Butch was the right man for the times. Basically invents the quiet/loud dynamic. Kurt had the right rhythm section to back him. The songs are in themselves superb and the Butch arrangements seismic. Changed pop music for the good he did young Kurt. It is so ridiculously good it requires no further commentary.
Incredible album--Cobain's writing is amazing, the music is too, and the entire sound was so fresh when it came out, it made everyone else on the radio sound out of date, over, done.
Love this album. -4.5/5
Many of us were lucky that this album was incredibly formulative in our younger years. Be it a pure nostalgia piece, or the album/band that kick started what is the shape of our music taste today. Hearing this in your teens, within the first ten years of its release changed an insatiable amount of lives. I can't think of a single album since that had the same affect. A punk album that became popular, not written to be popular and still holds up today. It's been at least 15 years since my last listen and it still holds strong today. Just a damn good time
clasic ce sa zic
almost perfect album
An effing masterpiece that helped create a genre
No explanation needed. This album the best of the best.
Iconic album that popularized Grunge and that Seattle sound. My brother brought this CD home when I was living in rural KY when he borrowed it from his friend. When I heard it, I was wondering what was happening in Seattle at the time that created such a sound, and why and I still here in Kentucky? This album began a phase in my life where the Seattle SuperSonics became my Team on NBA Jam and I wanted to go to college at University of Washington.
A classic. Lots of variation within this grunge album. Very rough and grungy to almost pop.
Such a killer record. Every track on Nevermind is gold. I loved this record when it released. It was one of the records that made me want to learn how to play guitar. It felt like a breath of fresh air compared to the slick, super produced and corporate sounding rock and metal that was big right before this era of music. This felt a good deal more authentic and artistic. Eventually it got played out, and you couldn’t turn around without bumping into someone wearing a Nirvana t-shirt. You couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing half this record at any time of the day or night. I fell out of love with the band for a long season just from over exposure. Years later, I picked it up again and enjoyed it, but haven’t sat down and really invested much time with it. That is, until it popped up here. And I’m glad it did, cause I’d forgotten how much I loved this record. 5/5
I remember years ago the AV Club did one of their Undercover series where they invite different artists in to play a random cover and they had Rise Against come in to cover Nirvana's "Sliver." Now, let me be clear about this: Rise Against is a damn good band, and they played a damn good, faithful cover. But as I was listening to it I had the revelation that *nobody should try to do a straight cover of this band, ever*. If you wanna turn "In Bloom" into a Willie Nelson tune, go for it - but don't ever try to out-Kurt Kurt. You'll fail.
Just one of the best albums of all time. Not a bad song on it. Grohl hits the drums within an inch of their life.
I don’t care if it makes me basic - I think it’s their best, and it deserves all the praise it gets. 5/5
Ya de mano 10/10. Para mí su mejor álbum encima con varios temazos. Lithium y smells like teen Spirit las mejores imo
It’s been a couple of decades since I’ve listened to this whole album. It’s fantastic. I think I must have forgotten how good some of these songs are like On a Plain
Not being local to the Northwest, this came out of nowhere like an earthquake, flood, and hurricane combined. Of course the hype machine behind it went into overdrive and neglected to mention the source actually derides the presence of the machine. I still laugh at the flannel explosion (hunters' and farmers' revenge). Sure was great that glam metal soon died a well-deserved death. While Nirvana wasn't the only rep, it deserves recognition here for helping to inject needed life-saving meds into the moribund body of pop. 5 for the relief it brought.
Whereas some albums are joyous and perfect and can be put on repeat until the cows come home, this is marvellous but is so intense you have to listen once, digest and then take a break. It’s raw and visceral and compelling.
I'm never going to list Nirvana among my favorite bands, but this album is everything it's made out to be. I recall the first time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit," I was riding in some random musician's car, a guy I didn't know particularly well, and he had a cassette, I'm going to guess, and he put it in and said, "you HAVE to hear this!" 85 times out of 90, that ends in me hating on whatever it is being foisted on me, but he played it LOUD and I was legitimately blown away. There was an undeniable energy to the music that wasn't on anything else being played on the radio. And while it sounds like such an overblown cliché, that song changed the trajectory of popular music. On top of that, this album is loaded with really good tunes and sounds like something special. And it's just three guys, and not especially musically gifted (Grohl is a beast, but this is not an album steeped in musical pyrotechnics) and they bashed out a true masterpiece in a full-on punk-rock, "I'm gonna do it my way" approach. Being honest, this may be my first time listening to the entire record front to back in a single sitting. Like I said, not my fave, but it's a 5 and it's gotta be on this list.
This was a classic the moment it dropped.
The best
Every track on this album hits hard, bursting with energy from start to finish. It's not just consistently great; it's in a league of its own.
DEFINITIVA UNO DE LOS MEJORES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS
Absolute classic. A masterpiece.
Classic album. Heard the first 3 tracks. Gonna try and listen all the way through
Somehow the things you know best are the hardest to rate. I've never aspired to be an objective judge of good taste (as art perception is inherently a subjective matter), but songs that I grew up with and know by heart from listening to the same 10 CDs over and over occupy a different space in my brain than any of the more recent findings. Say, Nirvana. I've heard Smells Like Teen Spirit so many times I kind of hate the song, but automatically want to start ugly dancing to it. I adored Come As You Are, Lithium, and Something In The Way before I could fathom what the hell they were even about. Kurt Cobain and Amy Lee were my first (and only truly star) crushes. That all being said, I haven't willingly listened to Nirvana in years. Nevermind is a crazily energetic album. You start jumping on SLTS, you don't exactly have time (and reason) to stop. Those messy 4 chords on repeat, a good rhythmic section and loud-quiet sequences work well. Kurt's voice is not for everyone, but I always found him very memorable and full of personality, which can be more important than technical perfection. Meanwhile, the lyrics can be pretty disturbing. Nevermind is filled with rage over a lot of things apparently, and a wish to be different, that managed to capture rebellious and secretly fragile teen spirit. "I'd rather be dead than cool" - said the author of the biggest party hymn of troubled youth on the same album that has Polly. It's hard for me nowadays to take Nirvana's protest as serious as they wanted it to be taken. Yet, it's a powerful album, that radically changed the musical landscape in the 90s for a reason, and provides a good listening experience (if you're in the right mood).
Cover 8.5 Yep. Grew up with this album. All are great songs.
The B side is what makes this album an all timer
I've heard it described that Cobain wrote stream of conscious nonsense. And while that might be accurate, frankly, I don't give a sh*t. Much like Jim Morrison, some lyrics have hidden meanings, subtext, poetic beauty, but mostly, infectious and catchy. Aside from its generation importance, you can pull something, from every song, in every listen that alerts you to why this album will never extinguish from being excellent.
From the lyricism to the writing to vocals to drum to bass etc everything is peak. This is a band I’m really sad I wasn’t able to see in their heyday. Makes me think it would be my equivalent of the eras tour for swifties
excellent album through and through
apathy lit on fire
Классика гранжа, идеальный в своей простоте альбом
The sound of a generation? Iconic in so many ways
It was great when it came out and it's still great today.
Love the mood and vibe. Many standout songs for me that jus capture the energy of highs and lows so well.
Awesome dude
Classic reminds me of my older brother who put me onto this album, so many different sounds
Album that changed the 90's for the better !
Iconic. Has great depth and energy.
The level of nostalgia attached to this album for an elder millennial cannot be understated; this was the soundtrack to our early teens and a foundation stone in convincing us gen x would always be cooler than we were. Most things from the early 90s with that level of affection attached crumble under real inspection... This is not in that category. Best listened to with some volume, surprisingly varied for an album where every track earns it's space, insainly energetic, still remarkable.
Seminal album
Pure joy from start to finish.
An album that you feel as much as you listen to, partly due to how often played and familiar it is. It's one of the pantheon of “very good albums” that sit solidly in public consciousness, its place earned thanks to big, bright, bold melodies being thwacked out in as distorted, a cathartic burst of energy as possible. Even without the grungey set dressing, these are perfectly composed and produced songs. Come As You Are cycles seamlessly between its different sections, each having a hero moment of its own which catches the ear - and how good is that iconic bassline? Territorial Pissings has electrifying guitar overdubs which are my favourite elements of the song, you get the sense that these are the product of a very intense and involved set of recording sessions. Lithium might encapsulate exactly what captured the public imagination. The choruses are so listenable that you could imagine the “yeeeaaaaah” on a toothpaste advert. Not because they’ve written by numbers commercial music, but because it's just very immediate, savvy writing which is alternative enough to be interesting to everyone but accessible enough to not alienate anybody. Something in the Way into the unlisted and 10 minutes later (on CD) Endless, Nameless are a fantastic 1-2 to close out the album. The former being recorded without a click gives it an uncanny eerie quality with the band slipping in and out of time. Then the chaotic almost hardcore punk of the later sounds like the band at their least accommodating. What a ride!
Classic
Most consider this the start of grunge. They’re wrong but a great way to get into it.
You know it's good. 9/10
THIS is grunge. I love this album so much. There isn't a bad song here. "Endless, Nameless" is a little too heavy for me, but the instrumentals are great. Simple solos, great lyrics, emotional singing. I love how RAW this album is (especially Kurt Cobain). My favorite trio of all time. Dave Grohl fits in perfectly as the drummer and Krist Novoselic is a fantastic bassist. Has some great lines "Lounge Act" but also has simple parts and makes space for the others. Fantastic work of art. Anyone who says Kurt Cobain only screams has never listened to "On A Plain." This is fantastic. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" , "Lithium" , "In Bloom"...need I say more. Kurt Cobain...the voice of a generation. Whether he wanted to be or not. Liked Songs: Entire album!
Fantastic album with lots of great tracks
One of those rare albums where there isn’t really one song I would skip. It still sounds as good today as it did back then. Superb.
An iconic album that helped transform the music industry and spawned a movement. A fusion of punk, rock and metal gives it a universal appeal and the slick production gave alternative rock centre stage and would inspire so many other bands, and influence culture in general. For me it was an instant hit back in the day and opened up my musical taste to alternative genres. Forgetting all of that, the songs on this album are all great, with no weak link and really stands the test of time. Cobain’s songwriting is spot on.
Stone cold classic innit. Kinda fun listening and doing the old ‘ah this one’s my favourite’ and then repeating to yourself for every track until giving up the pointless exercise by Lithium. Just enjoy.
Classic album. Nothing to say because I’ve listened to all the songs a million times.
This is one of my favorite albums!!
This album kicked off the population being aware of a "new" genre. When this album hit grunge was everywhere overnight. Everyone was signing Seattle/grunge bands after them. It lead to a whole generation of flannel wearing greasy kids running around. It is legitimately one of the best albums of a generation. It's not for everyone, a buddy of mine called it "angry white boy music." Yet his silly ass was singing along to "In Bloom," yeah the song with the lyrics about singing along. He saw the irony of it all. Some songs do seem way more screamy than need be, but I promise you can understand the lyrics. Love this album.
an absolute classic. wall to wall bangers
Мне больше лет, чем ему было. Но всю мою жизнь о нем говорят, его слушают, и слушают все - и вот такие вот задроты, как аудитория этого сервиса, и нормальные люди с радио в машинах, или хит-плейлистами. Это же не просто так? Все хиты, никаких скипов, и облик всего жанра на годы вперед. Лучшая песня - Lounge Act.
I could swear I've already written about this album but... When I turned 14, someone gave me a Best Buy gift card. This was right when I was discovering online forums (*cough*GaiaOnline*cough*) and finding that a ton of folks were using artsy-sounding song lyrics in their signatures. So with my gift card I set out to buy some albums to listen to, landing on Nirvana's greatest hits (I'd heard a lot of these songs on the radio), Third Eye Blind's self-titled (also heard on the radio a lot), and My Chemical Romance's "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" (I'd seen a TON of their lyrics online). Over the years, the Nirvana album became my least favorite of the three, as you just couldn't escape those songs listening to rock radio in the early/mid 2000's. Flash forward to summer of 2021: at a week-long beach house stay with 20 other people, the first teaser trailer for The Batman drops and I watch it about one hundred times in two days. One of the most captivating parts of that teaser being the use of Nirvana's "Something In The Way." I decide Nirvana's been on the shit list long enough and it's time to finally give a chance to Nevermind, an album that has reached "Dark Side of the Moon" status for me in that it was completely overrated: a classic in name alone, just because white people in the early 90's hadn't heard anything quite like it before. So in 2021, after decades of ducking this band/album/genre because of how overplayed it was, I finally discovered that yes, this is actually a good album. There's something about the specific mash-up of rock and punk with deeply metaphorical and introspective lyrics that not many bands have hit upon since (although they did try very hard *coughPUDDLEOFMUDDcough*). The songs themselves are pretty basic instrumentally, with Cobain's lyrics and voice being the glue that elevates everything. I could go on and on probably but I don't think I have anything new to add to this discussion. Widely regarded as a masterpiece for good reason.
Honestly, I'm not a big Nirvana fan. Like, I don't dislike them, but I never go out of my way to listen to their songs, and sometimes I'll change the station if I'm not in the right mood when one of their songs comes on the radio. I'd never even sat down and listened to Nevermind all the way through before. That being said, to rate this anything but five stars would be insane to me. Half of this 33 year old album is still being played on the radio today. And really, I could see any of the others getting airtime too. Well... not Endless, Nameless - but personally I love it as much as the other songs, just differently.
The second album that was ever my favorite album, this is a formative one for forming my tastes and preferences so I'm basically incapable of any critical distance. One thing I'm struck by listening now is how damn good it sounds. It's pretty incredible how cleanly recorded such a dirty band can be and how much difference that makes. The bass comes clanging through powerfully, the guitars are drenched in fizzy distortion but sound sharp and bright, the drums are hard and heavy but all totally distinct, the vocals are screeching and frenzied but stand out crisply in the mix. It means you can turn it up LOUD to get the full effect without it turning into an indistinct muddy mess. It's incredibly ungrungey really. Compare this to something musically similar like Dinosaur Jr or Husker Du who have great songs, loud quiet dynamics, and heaps of distortion, but who's records have a layer of sludge to them making them feel more distant and inaccessible. Nevermind has clean and corporate production that oddly really lets the songs get more in your face and in your head.
Nevermind is nevermind. Its almost s complete no skips type album. The ender is good in spirit but not that fun to listen to. And stay away has an intro i dont like but otherwise its perfect. Im just nit picking to say something but just listen to this shit and enjoy.
One of those albums where I turn up the volume, then the next song comes on and I turn it up more, and more, and more, for every song. Drain You is so good aaaaaaaa. That song gets me GOIN'!
Good underground indie album. Too bad this album didn't blow up...
Banger
I dunno how this isn't a 5 * in anyone's book.
Holds up. Almost the definition of timeless
9/10 Expected to give 4 starts, but after several relistens I can't find there being any flaws. There are no skippable tracks, it's just banger after banger. I don't buy this is the album that changed music or whatever. Pixies were doing it first anyway. But I do understand why this of all grunge albums is the one that became so popular. Highlights: All tracks (except Endless, Nameless)
So good and so important. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this album. 30+ years later and it still gets me going. So glad to put it on. 5 out of 5 all day.
Great album one of my favorites
I'm not mad at another excuse to listen to this album. I've listened to this several times and it's a banger from start to finish. My only gripe with the album is on the song Come As You Are - Kurt was lying to the listening audience, he clearly had a gun (or maybe that was just Courtney Love who had the gun).
One of the finest albums of the 90s
A stunning, brutal album that leaves you feeling battered by the sheer ferocity of it. A criticism; endless nameless was so bad it almost dropped the whole thing to a 4 but given that it’s a hidden track I’m just going to ignore it.
Classic
It's possibly one of the best things I've heard, this was a foregone 5* :)
I mean, it's Nevermind. It's an easy 5 stars.
There’s some truth in Stevo’s assessment. “Filler” might be a bit much, but the second half is certainly less accessible and geared more towards the purists. But the start is unreal and the impact of the album and some of those individual tracks is unquestionable. A reshuffle of the tracks would make this a pretty seamless top score - and I agree with Joe G that it’s probably a 4.5 - but I gave Elliott Smith a 3, so I think this needs to be a 5.
this was one of my favorite albums as a kid
All good songs, a culmination of post punk legacy that translates into a fresh style that holds up as sturdy and enduring
# Album Name: Nevermind # Artist: Nirvana # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Simply one of THE best albums of all time. This album holds a special place in my heart. As a teenager, it got me back into my music and kickstarted everything. Banger after banger. Its impact is real. # Top Tunes: Every single track on this album is great. # Would I listen to it again? Hell yeah.
Nevermind is a groundbreaking album, it changed the face of music forever and its influence will be felt by so many bands for years to come. Is it my favourite grunge though? Controversial, I think it’s a little too polished in places, too much thought put into the sequencing of the tracks to almost give you a breather. I think Bleach with its wall of sound and more punk feel, and Incesticide which just feels more grunge are better albums. They feel more raw. Nevermind is a phenomenal album but when you listen to From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah and hear some of these songs how they were performed live, you can hear the difference and you can feel the emotion that is just bubbling under the surface on Nevermind and doesn’t ever quite get the opportunity to escape. Despite this, it has to get a 5, it’s influence on music and artists over the last 35 years is huge and I don’t feel that there has really been anything like it since that has changed the direction of a genre. My recommendation, listen to Wishkah, listen to Nirvana how they were not how a producer and sound engineers felt they should be heard.
this is an album that made the underground be mainstream, with easy riffs and most of the times no too hard lyrics. emotionally, is so raw, apathy, anxiety, anger and void. generationally, a big change. long live kurt.
An all-time classic. This is one of those albums that showed us that most of what we thought was good music was really just crap and that there were a lot more possibilities out there. Great writing, great performances, the perfect capture of the mood of the nation at a particular moment in time.
OBRA MAESTRA
Brash, raw, and redefined music.
Is nevermind 10/10
This is easily one of the best albums of the 90s. A landmark that shaped the grunge and alternative rock scene. The album blends a raw energy with infectious melodies and great lyrics. While a couple of tracks toward the end fall a bit flat compared to the front half, the overall impact is undeniable. Nevermind isn’t just a great album, it’s a cultural shift that still holds up today.
Five stars alone for killing off hair metal.
Just everything yes. One of the best records of all time
Easy 5. Heads and shoulders above all the other (far too many) grunge albums on this list.
There is not a bad song amongst them (disregarding the hidden track). Every one feels key to the album, and a classic in its own right. A fair bit of nostalgia thrown in to. The album took a garage-band of the late 80s to full on 90s alternative-rock stardom. The music can get lost in the myth, but listening afresh I am very pleased to report that it is simply magnificent start to finish. They are one of the few bands to straddle classic rock, heavy rock, pop and pull it off with such credibility. And an iconic album cover to match.
5 star album, or top 5 album ever?
Just a top one 😎
One of the greatest albums of all time.
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An iconic album that really set the stage for the decade. This album kicked-off the “grunge” era, which took over culture for the better part of the 90s. Definitely important from a historical/cultural context. Outside of the cultural impact, the actual music is great. It holds up even 35 (ish) years later, even outside of the singles, other songs on the album have come back into the culture (“Something’s in the way” being featured in The Batman 30 years after the albums release).
Such unstoppable energy and drive, of course mixed with a hearty dose of angst. One of my favorite albums. RIP Kurt Cobain 4.75
I grew up listening to this. It released when I was the perfect age for it, so it has had quite an impact on me. I loved it at the time and I still love it to the point where it's a perfect album for me. The memories it evokes are some of the best memories of my life. Being a young kid, feeling like no one understood... this music really was just perfect for that. It's hard to put into perspective how popular this album was and how it changed things forever. At the time I just thought it was catchy teen angst music, now it seems like a time capsule from the 90's to remind me of how great I actually had it.
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Smells Like Teen Spirit...we all know about it In Bloom...Heavy. Love it Come As You Are...heavy and dreamy vibe at the same time. Just cool Breed fux hard Lithium...not their best song but the production elevates it Polly...dark acoustic track. Darker if you know the backstory. Evidence to the world that these guys were more than loud. An omen of their Unplugged future. Territorial Pissings...Could be a track on a lot of punk albums. Generic Drain You...good but not a highlight Lounge Act...just kind of there Stay Away...kicks some ass but is overshadowed by similar but better songs On A Plain...just an ok rock song. Hard to separate from the superior Unplugged version. Something in the Way...great stuff. Minimalist but with fantastic production. Haunting. Endless, Nameless...I'm guessing this was added just to piss off the label
Perfect. No notes. Dave Gross.
Forgot how great this whole album is. Last song is the one exception. Everything else is great.
An album you knew had to be on this list. And indeed. One cat-yelling song aside, a fabulous album
Essential innit.
Being a late Gen X'er, this album was very much the soundtrack to my teenage years. I always loved Nirvana, but they were never at the top of my list; that was reserved for Metallica during the height of both bands' power. Most of the songs on Nevermind are great, but I would say "Territorial Pissings" and "Endless, Nameless" are some low points. I wouldn't kick this album out of bed for eating crackers, though.
Pet fav songs: Breed; Stay Away; Polly Great album. Somehow, someway we know all the songs because they have seeped into the culture and remained. In my long-standing criticism of albums that are over 45 minutes, the last song is unnecessary and likely there just to piss ppl off. I get it, but let's not and say we did.
Great Album.
The Goat
It's the single biggest influence on 90s music (and probably beyond). It's at least in the top 5 most influential albums of all time. It's a 5 just because of that. But beyond that, it's just an exceptional album. Every single track is amazing (let's just ignore Endless, Nameless). I was 17 when this came out, so it's impossible to be unbiased, though.
If, at the end of our lives we could get to see our stats, for the most played album I am 90% sure this would be it for me. Have been able to recite this album from cover to cover, without skipping a beat, for longer than I can remember now. I can say it with my full chest that Nirvana is the best musical act that came out of 90's, I mean they single handedly killed glam metal, what else could you want from a band? The very definition of an album that deserves all the stars across every rating system ever created. And this 5 star review is not just because Nirvana has my whole heart but also even if you listen to this album from an objective point of view you know that this album fuuuuuckkksssss!!!!!! If you give theeeeeeeee Nevermind a 1-2 (3,4 ehehe) star rating, would recommend getting your head out of your ass, cause you also know this album is absolutely massive, full of hits and an indispensable part of history but you just can't admit because you oh so desperately need to be different, be fr 🙏 Love you my babies, forever grateful that you've put this album out there for us mere mortals to enjoy 🫶
Absolute classic
So overplayed it's almost hard to hear what a classic this is 5*
10/10 great catchy album yet overrated
look, there's a reason this album is held in such high esteem. not only was it a groundbreaking album for rock music that shifted the genre, but man, every song on here is really great. obviously cobain had more talent in his pinky than most people on this planet ever have and had such a way of crafting great music intertwined with pain, but i also have to shout out both krist novoselic and dave grohl both for their excellence on this album too. i feel like often they become footnotes to their bandmate on this one and they are integral to this album. i mean what can i say about this one that hasn't already been said?
Как оказалось, мне нравится Нирвана. Нравится звучание. Нравится голос Курта. Turns out I like Nirvana. Like the sound. Like Kurt's voice.
A massive part of my early 20’s for many reasons. Absolutely fantastic, for me there are some of the greatest songs ever on this album. Endless, nameless does let it down a tad though.
Great album from a great band
The genesis of grunge. What else is there to say?
Killer. One of the all time greats.
Classic album and its popular for a reason. So so so good!! Overall: 5/5
10/10 dont even need to listen to it again
Can't fight the nostalgia rating on this one. <3
This album changed my life.
Obviously
I’m a kid again. A 90s grunge kid.
4.5/5
Fantastic album. A friend got me the single for Smells Like Teen Spirit and it was mind blowing. Almost every song is a classic.
Very big album for me growing up. Not sure what else there is to say.
Really holds up!
Dave grill
I can't rate this fairly, because these songs have been deservedly played to death on the radio. Normally I give an album a 5 if I want to download it and listen to it regularly (even if it's not my favorite). I think this would reach that bar, if not for the radio. If I were to stick to my scale dogmatically, this would get a 3: I enjoyed the listen but am not going back to do it again.
This albums still bangs as hard as it ever did. Every time I listen to it it still feels fresh and literally perfect. How defining of my anger it is. It also exemplifies how absolutely tight sounding grungy and punk can be. The production and execution of every beat is remarkable.
***** I finally picked up a copy of this record! And I got a special limited edition colored vinyl too! I bought it at Target for $11. Sorry, Kurt. Don't blame me, blame David Geffen. Hopefully the proceeds go towards providing a brighter future to your grandbaby, the child of Frances Bean and Riley Hawk (Tony Hawk's Son). ***** I won't mention all of the hyperbolic shit about Nevermind that you've heard over and over again, and I'm going to skip even taking a critical look at this in regards to style, substance, theme, or whatever the fuck I base these reviews on. I want to take this moment to thank Justin Banham, aka just-in-jammin, aka BFF, aka the guy who introduced me to this record the summer after freshman year of high school and started me on the path to discovering MUSIC. Before this, my music taste was pretty much dogshit. My parents had the musical taste of Marge Simpson ("music is non of my business"). I remember discovering Napster and showing it to my Dad, and told him it could download any song ever! I said, "think of a song, any song!" It took him a while. He finally thought up Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "If You Don't Know Me By Now". It's a good song, but I had never heard him play this song, and he didn't have a favorite song? My mom's musical taste was the adult contemporary radio station and Amy Grant's Christmas record. I think I remember a Disco Duck LP floating around somewhere. My parents aren't religious, I don't think? Or at least they aren't anymore, but when I was a kid they seemed to believe that church was important. I think they thought that this was like a parental imperative, and this was the thing to do rather than like have serious thoughtful discussions about morals or sex or whatever. I don't know. What I'm getting at is- Christian Rock. This was forced upon me, as like a...here! You can listen to this! Cool, right? I think this happened after the neighbor girl lent me her copy of "Dookie" by Green Day, and my dad found the lyric sheet. Ah, so close to something relatively cool! So flash-forward to high school, I met this kid who sold me some CDs he didn't listen to anymore (he decided he was a hardcore punk), so I had a Sublime CD, a Godsmack CD, and the soundtrack to the South Park movie (which I hadn't seen yet, so I didn't understand the context/joke of these songs). I also had a Barenaked Ladies CD (the first CD I bought) and a Matchbox 20 CD. Wow! Secular music! Then that summer, I started hanging out with Justin, and heard this record. As a Fearless Freak once said, "And suddenly, everything has changed". From this point on, I didn't ditch ALL of the previously mentioned garbage from my collection (Jars of Clay is pretty good actually, but goodbye Godsmack), but my taste just got better and better. Soon I got my first job at KFC and 95% of my weekly paycheck went to buying used CDs from Angelo's. And of course listening to "Nevermind" led to the unplugged record, which lead to the Meat Puppet's "II", and the Vaseline's "Way of the Vaselines". Soon after it was Radiohead, Beck, Flaming Lips, and Green Day again! My Dad found Dookie again! This time I left his house after a huge argument! It was Smashing Pumpkins, Super Furry Animals, more, more, MORE! I was turned on to allmusic.com by another friend, and that lead to crazy rabbit-holes of discovery. This has been my MO ever since. It only gets better, richer, deeper. My appreciation for music has lead to many lasting friendships with kindred spirits who share this appreciation and thirst for that feeling of euphoria and epiphany of discovering your new favorite record. One of the things that made me fall in love with my wife was her excellent taste in music. I don't know what, who, WHY I would be without music. I am so grateful to all of the people that have influenced my taste over the years, and turned me on to so much good shit, and I only hope to pay it forward if I can. Thank you friends, thank you bloggers, and most of all, thank you Justin.
What's left to say about Nevermind?
Obviously a classic. Heard this so many times, and the vocals, songwriting, and catchiness of the record still amaze me. An almost perfect album with such universal appeal, yet also a breakthrough in the 90s mainstream.
Groundbreaking album I still listen to frequently. There is “something in the way” this sounds….
There's a reason this is the most classic grunge album of all time. The performance is amazing but it's a songwriting that really sets apart
This is probably my least favourite Nirvana record, which is really not saying anything at all because I believe it to be damn near perfect. It starts a little slow with four of the first five songs being relatively overplayed radio singles, but the second half of this record is absolutely fantastic. From Krist Novoselic’s snotty sarcastic lil’ vocal cover of “Get together” to kick off the track “Territorial Pissings” to the almost sludgy breakdown in “Drain You” the next few songs are excellent and well worthy of radio airplay. “Lounge Act” is far and away my favourite song on this album, the power and raw grit that Kurt Cobain spits into the second verse alone make this track exceptional, but everything else about it just works so well. The groovy bass line, the simple yet frantic drums, and the sloppy power chords all come together into something that is truly far greater than the sum of its parts. “Stay Away” is a pretty standard grunge track, but it certainly holds its own. The call and answer style verses with two very different styles of Kurt Cobain’s vocals adds some really interesting depth. “On a Plain” shows the heavy influence that the meat puppets had on Kurt Cobain’s songwriting, even the vocal harmony’s in the chorus are reminiscent of the kirkwood brothers. “Something in the Way” is a track that I recently learned has become super popular in the modern era, because of some movie or TikTok or something, I’m not sure. But regardless of that, this song is beautiful, raw, delicate, and an example of Kurt Cobain really baring his soul for all to see. The kind of whispered vulnerability is rare for nirvana, but it’s truly a beautiful song. The last track on the record “Endless, Nameless” is the only song that i feel showcases the punk influences that really made grunge what it was. It’s caustic and abrasive and this style of music is what originally drew me into Nirvana. It’s hard to complain about an album that is both insanely influential, but also something that I’ve grown up with. 6*
What is there to say about albums that defined entire generations so much as did ‘Nevermind’? It’s Nirvana. Everyone likes Nirvana, except people who are really into 90s grunge and feel like saying they like Nirvana would be too basic. But there’s a reason Nirvana was so much more successful than all but one or two of their peers. This album is a hell of a lot more complex and interesting than, say, the Dinosaur Jr or Mudhoney albums we’ve reviewed for this project. You can hear the influence of bands like the Pixies in the variance in mood, tempo and volume, and Sonic Youth in some of the more droning sections. While all of these bands were pretty successful on their own, Nirvana managed to roll them up and add some special secret sauce that just really worked. It’s a remarkable album. The first six songs come out massively swinging, but my personal favorite is ending the album with “Something In the Way” into “Endless, Nameless”.
An absolute classic for a reason!
Love
Goated
Awesome album top to bottom
Nevermind is a genuinely amazing album but i don't think that's very surprising considering that this is the essential grunge album. There is, of course, all the singles including Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are and Lithium all of which i hear on the radio quite a lot and are all very much great songs but the other tracks on this album are no slouches either. The guitars and Kurt's vocals are of course major highlights but the bass is also a huge highlight. I also like how similar to Bug by Dinosaur Jr, it ends with a really heavy song which is always something i love. I still think In Utero is a little bit better but this album is still an absolutely excellent one regardless. Best Song: Come As You Are Worst Song: Polly Side note: Since i will be knocking Nirvana off my unlistened albums list for this project, here are my rankings for each of their albums: 1. In Utero 2. Nevermind 3. MTV Unplugged In New York
I had not listened to this in over ten years, thinking I had grown out of it. But looking back on it now, me and every other confused teen who ever connected to this at some point carries this record in their soul. I am majorly biased, but this one will keep being important for me. Don't skip anything, let "something in the way" hit you, jump like an idiot to territorial pissings, plant some houses to breed, or don't, that's what it's about after all.
Guns n' Roses found dead in a ditch
Overall: 10/10 It's Nevermind. I could think about what I would want to say about this album for the rest of my life and I'll still end up regurgitating the same old shit everyone else on the planet says. It's great, poppy rock music for the masses. It's vulnerable in it's lyrics and the songs range from punky rants to pretty ballads. It changed the landscape of music forever and most bands in the rock, metal and pop scenes have been influenced by it in one way or another. That's it. End of story. RIP Kurt. Fav Song: On a Plain Least Fav Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Overplayed)
I still love this album. Solid straight through. And there's no denying its influence in pushing grunge into mainstream popularity.
ist halt einfach ne 5/5 fav track Lithium
Was soll man sagen Top: Drain You
The sound of high school. No notes.
Один з найулюбленіших альбомів, класика для мене.
This was a staple of my influence on music and was always on during BBQs, Long drives with my dad and my work playlist. This is an album though that is overplayed and Smells like Teen Spirit becomes boring after a while, but with tracks like “Stay Away”, “Breed” and “Territorial Pissing” this album has teeth that cement it as a staple Grunge record.
Fantastic. No bad songs. A lot of great ones.
Is this the best rock album of all time? I think the answer is yes but maybe thats because it was my generation. Ive heard this album 1000 times and love it. What stands out on this listen was the drums slap hard. The guitar sound, the light and shade and Kurts voice are all spectacular as always.
It had been a while since I'd listened to this album in its entirety (even though I bought the CD 20-30 years ago), so I wasn't sure if it was a 4 or 5. It was nice to find that it never really dragged between all the singles that I've heard a million times. Great album, and a fairly easy 5. I never worshiped Cobain the way that some Nirvana fans do, but this album is undeniably a banger.
A top 25 album for me. Top 3 tracks: Endless, Nameless Stay away Breed
Just a phenomenal album without a single bad song. A distorted grungy sound that utilizes some loud-quiet-loud dynamics, punky energy and chaos, quality songwriting, peculiar lyrics, and insanely catchy melodies. The production is crisp, so you get precision in the noisiness. The gruffness of Cobains voice is crystal clear. It’s all messy and loose while also professional and accessible. Widely appealing but not compromising. Raw but polished. And the result was excellent and probably the biggest alternative album of all time.
I'd say this album has almost become bigger than the sum.of all it's parts. The cultural impact of this album, Nirvana and Kurt are all encompassing of the early 90s. Were they the first to play this sound, absolutely not, but if you were to ask people who the biggest impact of rock in the early 90s was you would absolutely have Nirvana in the conversation. Great album and I could listen to it over and over.
A classic. It's heavy, angsty, energetic, screamy and noisy; somehow thanks to Kurt's undeniable vocal presence and razor sharp production these things make for an intensely palatable album. And between all these things, there's a poetry that I really can't put into words, but I get it.
It took me a long time to come around on Nirvana. Outside of the catchy singles like Teen Spirit and Come as you are, I thought it was all just noise and angst. But I was wrong. Coming back to Nevermind after so many years there’s just so much to admire in the composition of these songs. Even tracks like Territorial Pissings have really grown on me. As a package this album is utterly excellent. Maybe a track or two shy of being faultless. But this album will forever have a permanent place in my rotation. Five grungy stars for Nevermind 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
c'mon
Ну пахнет как молодой дух и вообще
This is #day266 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here we are now, entertain us! What more is there to say about Nevermind that hasn't already been said? It's the epitome of '90s alternative rock. Maybe the trick is to keep acknowledging this record's revolutionary nature and impact? Nearly 35 years after its release, it still rips hard. It's not my favorite grunge album, though (that title belongs to Alice In Chains' Dirt), and I'm not even sure it's my favorite Nirvana album (In Utero got a 5 from me a couple of months ago, and I think it's their magnum opus). But rating Nevermind lower than a 4 or 5 feels criminal. Aside from "Teen Spirit," it's got some of my all-time favorites of theirs, like "Come As You Are" and "Something In The Way." This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day267.
Fuck Yeah
God is gay
4/29/2025: Bangers
I mean, what can I say about this album that hasn’t already been said? It’s an absolute masterpiece and genre definer. No notes
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH (sorry for that just pretend that i am quoting the lyrics for the chorus of Lithium, where kurt just goes YEAHHHHHH and bipolar'd all over the place) Well, here we are now, so Entertain Us. i simply remember the fact that the first riff on the album is also the first riff i ever riffed on my telecaster (0-3-5 not included cause i first learned it on acoustic guitar) and as Kurt drags his voice through the verse and shouted through the chorus of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" i cant help notice my urge to smash the tele, wasting 300 bucks or so and change it to a jazzmaster (although kurt plays a jaguar but aren't these two guitars almost the same?). And we float through the music, Kurt's voice and lyrics, talking bout imaginary friends and bipolar disorder and disinterest in things and many guns, become a butter knife screaming my teenage angst over the flat plastic disc spinning in the cd player like butter on a toast, and nobody even know what emotion that it is going to inflict cause it inflicts every feeling only existent in teenagers and its just like this, like what its ever was, the punk power chords and the aggressive drumming and until every thing is inaudible that happens since 1991 and continues on as it ever was, influcing people decades to come and if you literally want to ask why jaguars and jazzmasters and mustangs are so fucking expensive to the degree a nirvana-loving high school student failed to buy one using her own accumulated pocket money you can just blame it on Kurt. But this is also a good thing as well since there's finally something that talks about what we want directly instead of these fucking hair metal bands making power ballads cause we are all tired to these things, isnt it? underrepresentation is the worst thing that ever happened. and This, is somehow the non-deodorant teenage spirit. Thanks to MTV, Thanks to Kurt, Krist and Dave, we can happily enjoy all these better music coming from 1990s. 5/5
One of the few albums on this list that I feel comfortable giving a 5/5.
Mótandi rokkplata fyrir lítinn grungekrakka. Ekki einn veikur hlekkur. Rólegu lögin jafn öflug og þau æstu.
Algjört meistaraverk. Ekki eitt leiðinlegt lag.
First 3 songs on this are some of the best starts to an album out there, hard 5 right in the dick.
Once you ascend, there are no degrees of rock and roll. You either are. Or you're dead. Can you rock any harder than Nevermind? Hell no. Instant head bangers. Instant vocal blowout. Get up. Go harder. Air band rockstar. Do NOT apologize. Go to town. Just to blow it off. Actually, nevermind.
Based on my new rating system and considering the albums that are being presented, this is a 5. Is it perfect no, but it’s a legendary album. Also, listened to the Devonshire mix, didn’t notice a huge difference. Though the drums are given a boost in the later mix, and definitely sounds bigger, brighter and more polished. I prefer the later mix, despite what Cobain thought.
I wish I could add anything insightful to this perfect album but….nevermind
Pretty good, classic album
Great album, a classic - which feels weird having played it a lot when it came out originally.
10/10. One of the greatest grunge albums of all time! :)
This is just my jam . I have loved nirvana for like 3 years and this will always be one of my favourite albums . Only song I don’t like is endless , nameless But apart from that song all banger after banger after banger . My vibe. The basslines are just sick . Kurt Cobain emp .
was so gassed to see this was the album today, you all know me, you should all know i had the biggest nirvana phase. favourite is endless nameless which i guess will be dan and charlies least favourite. stay away and smells like teen spirit are probably my least favourites. but they are still brilliant songs. 5/5 album.
I mean, it’s Nevermind. It’s hard now to remember how different this was and how it sparked the change that happened in music and the culture in 91/92. It’s an easy 5, I wish I could give it a 6.. one of the greatest albums of all time.
Great album.
This album came out my freshman year of college. The underground music scene had been bubbling up to the surface for several years earlier with bands like Jane's Addiction, Pixies, The Cure, etc. But Nirvana kicked the whole damn door down and paved the way for the alternative music wave that swept the world in the 90s. People like to piss on Nirvana's music and legacy a lot these days it seems. But this album was huge and Nirvana was very important. Still is. 4.5/5 Album 41/1001
Classic really good loved every song personal fave was something in the way
I was 15 when this came out. Gamechanger. I bought because of the review in Thrasher magazine, even before Smells Like Teen Spirit blew up. The normies and the metalheads all agreed this was a great album. Still sounds fresh. Favorite song: Breed
I mean... Het is nevermind van nirvana moet ik meer zeggen. 5/5.
classic album, classic cover. easy 5 stars
Vbb, posso anche non ascoltarlo. Direi solo: Tututu tuturututu tutruurut turur. P.S. ma solo io noto un'estrema somiglia tra il batterista dei nirvana ed il cantante dei foo fighter?
Nirvana? Never heard of em. Nevermind? Fine, I wont mind. Sometimes I like this one more than In Utero, sometimes it’s the other way around, depends on my mood.
I was definitely glued to MTV at this time, and this was a game changer. On the mainstream, music completely shifted from the previous decade because of this album, and there was an explosion of new bands getting signed and played on the radio trying to ride this wave. So many styles on here, and such a catchy album. It's dirty, sludgy, punk, rock, messy clean, and beautiful. Every song is great. This album is a 5, no question about it.
I listened to this so much, on my Sony Diskman or on my mom's 1970s stereo in our basement, with the 3 ft tall speakers that sat on the floor. I knew every note and word. It was probably the first album I consumed to that extent. I loved the distortion and grungy angst paired with the poppy hooks and melodies. I loved the cryptic lyrics, the emotional undercurrent, and the punk immediacy. I loved Dave's drums and Krist's bass and Kurt's everything. When I listened to it afresh yesterday, my son was around for some of it, and I explained that this was my favorite band and album when I was his age. He seemed surprised and listened to it with a detached interest, wondering aloud why some bands like to scream their songs. It's funny because when I heard it for the first time over 30 years ago, it all just inherently made sense and spoke to me on some deep level. "Yes, yes, yes...Mhmm. Yes." But removed from its original context and presented to my son, it was a strange curiosity. I had to explain to him the concept of hidden tracks and how they could surprise an unprepared listener, and then together we listened to the final track, the very song this group album-listening project is named for. Still a time machine to my childhood, but now I can share the ride.
When a band's song can make you remember where you were the first time you heard it, that should really tell you that something is special about it. I was sitting in my bedroom listening to the radio around the age of 10 or 11, toggling between classic 50s and 60s oldies and alternative rock when Smells Like Teen Spirit came on. To be honest, I really did not know how to take it. I felt like I really hadn't heard anything like it, and it stuck with me. So melodic, aggressive and raw but with an almost danceable drumbeat (Dave later admitted to borrowing from the gap band on this album). A few short years later Nirvana would become one of my top bands of that era and I would dive deep into their catalogue to help me learn how to play bass guitar. Sitting in my room for hours playing. Every song on this album hits hard and brings back memories. This album is also responsible for destroying cock rock and establishing the anti rock star.
One of the greats, hence the high rating. But, to be honest, while I really liked it when I was younger, it doesn't hit the way it used to.
Cock block rock
Super classic, no comments
I like BLEACH better, but this is still a flat-out masterpiece and after Oasis as good as Rock N Roll got in the 1990s.
Nostalgia.
Do danas nisam nikad odslušala cijeli Nevermind. Da, ja sam sramota za ljudski rod. Danas nakon što sam ga odslušala mogu reći da se ovo ne smije propustiti. Lično smatram da ima i boljih grunge albuma ali ovo je više nego legendarno.
BANGER
The grungy sound of Nirvana is just so unique and revolutionary in its kind. The vocals can be screeching but also soft and melodic, same with the guitar. Although that kind of range within an album isn’t necessarily new, it’s still impressive and done in a powerful way. The lyrics can be confusing but it’s fascinating of course knowing Cobains backstory and trying to decipher what was going through his mind. This album rocks
Already got this one.
Why do I have to listen to stupid nirvana
5.5 - Legendary
Like this a lot more than the last Nirvana offering. Still not personally my thing, but hard to find fault with this one.
Hitters from beginning to end. Nothing else to add that hasn't been said already
TWO Kurt Cobain albums in one week?!? ;-) Every time I listen to this album I am amazed by how SLOW it is - I've gotten used to the live versions of all these songs and they played them MUCH faster live. "In Bloom" almost sounds like a parody of itself. It's simultaneously cool and depressing that "Something In the Way" now reminds me of a Batman movie.
Gezel
come on, it's nevermind, there's nothing else to say
I guess I always wrote this off, as I often do with things that seem *too* lauded. But wow. On every level this is a magnificent piece of work.
I came to this album late, a few years after it was released. In some ways I didn't really know Nirvana until after Kobain had passed away. This album is awesome and timeless.
New genre. Return to ACTUAL rock and roll. Simply fantastic after all these years. Glad Grohl held the torch.
If 6 stars was an option!
Class.
An infamous album cover photograph, but great music. Opening track "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has often been covered and even parodied, but nothing quite beats the original.
opener (“smells like teen spirit”) is a classic. overall, this album is a classic. didn’t disappoint (as per usual for nirvana). i was surprised that the closer (“endless, nameless”) was starting to edge near heavy rock/metal (but i liked it). this is one of those albums/artists where i can understand why they’re popular. love grunge alternative rock! 5/5.
I still remember the first time I heard the opening riffs of Smells Like Teen Spirit. I was walking through my living room and MTV was on- they still played music at that time. I just froze and stared at the tv watching the video in awe. The first thought that went through my head was that the hair bands are dead. The fact that I loved Rock and Roll but hated hair bands made it even better. The CD was in my possession within the hour. I still love this album
Don't give me no revisionist hipster takes. This is a big deal.
One of the best albums of all time. Those first 3 tracks are ridiculously good and the album remains consistently amazing.
A legendary album.
Peak Fav song: In Bloom
Starts off with three incredible songs, and while the rest of the album can't quite compare with the start, more hits are sprinkled in. Out of 13 songs in the album, 5 are phenomenal and 8 are still pretty good.
no notes needed. 😊
Bangerzzz
The grunge album. Starts off really strong, back half not quite as good but still high marks. Liked the instrumentation, all got a chance to shine.
10/10 this album rules
Cult Classic
Classic
Some great grunge right here. There is a reaspn Nirvana was so influential. The album is flawless and has many layers to it. Love it.
This was the perfect album for today! 10/10 🌟
Albums that I am emotionally connected to are harder to judge. As a teen, I would say this is the greased album of all time. Now, I still think it is amazing, but unsure how much is it to that connection I had decades ago. I am going to give it 5 stars, but it is a hesitant rating.
love this albun