Reviews (page 13 of 15)
I like their approach not just to play their best songs unplugged, but to use that intimate setting to play cover versions of songs that seem important to them, for whatever reason. I liked their songs, but some of the covers weren't my thing.
Heard it before. Some very good live songs especially the cover ones. But it's weak in parts. I don't agree with live albums being on the list. Might as well allow best of albums then
A strange recording for many reasons, not least because a band at the height of the powers would play a live set mainly made of covers, rather than their hits. This is the most R.E.M. Nirvana ever sounded and the most Eddie Vedder Kurt Cobain ever sounded. Potential echoes of a sound they never got to explore. However, a stripped back setting is not really what we go to Nirvana for; we want rock. The set takes a bit of time to get going and it’s actually the covers; where you can hear Kurt straining or struggle or be a bit embarrassed, which really shine in this performance.
Their best live performance but for whatever reason I wasn't in the mood while listening. A few songs stand out and Kurt Cobain does some fun things with his voice. Feel like Nirvana fans would be pissed but 3 stars
>I don't have a gun Erm... Good warm atmosphere. Not the usual Nirvana, but still kind of the same. I both like and dislike it
Epic nostalgia
Overall good. Live version has better mixing with base guitar. Fave song : something in the way
Hard to rate an album that I’ve listened to as many times as I have this one. I think this was a good mostly acoustic set by a band that certainly had something. The flowers and candles set dressing is weird for a posthumous release. I’m not sure why I am so hard on Nirvana. Do I feel like they were forced on me because of their popularity? Am I mad at MTV and the way music is marketed to young people? Am I just disappointed by how my teenage years went, and maybe just life in general? I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure most of my feelings about Nirvana are not really about Nirvana. This is not a bad album that I know backwards and forwards and never listen to. I can agree that everyone should hear it.
I never quite got the hype around Nirvana. Sure, some songs are good, but then there are some outright dogshit ones too. This album is not an exception.
Fine
While Nirvana broke alot of ground in the grunge scene, I am not sold myself on the album.
Necesito escucharlo otra vez, porque me produjo poco y nada mientras trabajaba. Un setlist un poco alejado de lo que esperaba. Nota: 2.5
Artistin nimen tiesin, mutta tuotantoa en juurikaan. Mutta tämä oli aika tasalaatuista, ja alkoi toistaa itseään.
A good performance, short and to the point, but I always come away feeling like "i don't get it" with Nirvana. The fact that the songs that I enjoyed the most are covers also kind of sells the point to myself. These are perfectly acceptable pop songs, performed decently well in an intimate setting, but they lack that special spark that excites me about some pop songs over others.
I guess if we are to have live albums on the list, this one is a must. Nirvana's (semi) Unplugged shows they are more than just a grunge band. Acoustic versions of the hits work and even the covers are better than originals. Cobain brings raw emotion and the band carries it well. Timing of the release shortly after his death for sure vaulted this up the charts but it deserves praise. Certainly one of the better from the live list...2.9.
Yeah it's just not my thing, sorry team.
Wouldnt be my go to, and may not return to it, but in no way a bad album.
Very weird to hear Nirvana being nice boys while on stage, not the myth I've been sold!
I dont like Live alblums
On paper, Nirvana should be my shit, but it just never clicked for me. Kurt's voice is not my favorite here, so this being my first album on this project isn't helping their cause.
actually good
A piece of music history. The Nirvana songs on the album are more pedestrian, but what stands out to me, and what makes this a classic is the interesting choice of covers - Bowie, the Vaselines, Meat Puppets (x2!!), and Lead Belly. One listen, and it’s difficult to restrain from humming “all and all is all we are” the rest of the day.
This was a breath of fresh air for me. I love Rock infused music. Is this worth a 5*? No, mainly because I prefer studio recorded albums where the music is arguably in its best form, but after dealing with a dying man and then blues/soul music this was a welcome reprieve. *Update - I wrote this after listening to the first half of the album and then got bored in the 2nd half. Acoustic covers are great but I think their appeal wears off after a while which is what happened to me. If a 1/2 star was allowed I'd give this a 3.5. But alas, 3* is as high as I will go.
The songs sound similar but overall there is a "different" vibe to anything I've heard before. A punky but melodic tune for each song, and surprisingly good vocals
***A good album, many tracks sound similar, but all easy listening.
7/10
se não fosse acustico eram 4 estrelas infelizmente eu odeio acústico
acho o cabelo do kurt nas gravações desse bonito demais. ensebadaço e com um formato bacaninha. aprecio que eles usaram o espaço acustico pra fazer COVER. uma bela homenagem aos artistas de boteco. dito isso, PASMEM até que é bom. perdeu uma estrela meramente por ser acustico.
I prefer them plugged
Paar mooie nummers ma nie echt mijn smaak.
The sadness that comes through these songs is palpable and leaves a heavy residue. Kurt committed suicide just 4 months later.
This is a nice album, it had a few very popular songs but I am surprised that it didn't sound bad for a live performance. Overall, it was alright having it in the background and I enjoyed the songs that I knew.
Yeah it's pretty good though not that hyped on it honestly maybe because I've listened to these songs so many times
Ok. Not as good as Nevermind, or maybe I just wasn’t in the Nirvana mood yesterday.
This is such an interesting concept to do a live album on the 1001... i def think it's a good idea for it. kinda iconic for them not to do their hits, though as someone who's not too into nirvana, i wish there kinda were. nevertheless, nice work !!
I listened to this a fair few times as part of the classics canon. I remember it very fondly, but also only remember a few songs. Man Who Sold the World and Where Did You Sleep Last Night are both great, even if I still prefer the originals. More than I enjoy the album itself, I appreciate it as a music discovery source. Kurt had really interesting taste, and his covering artists turned me onto, or made me revisit people I really enjoy. I don't think any of the Nirvana songs are improved by being unplugged though. One day I will watch the actual recorded set, and I imagine that will give it an extra star. Album cover: (B)
It's been a while since we had a live album so I'm looking forward to this. Nirvana is not something I like to hear at just any moment, they are very location and mood specific for me. I am not entering this listen in the right place or mood, so that may affect my reviews. The first song I'm really liking is "The Man Who Sold The World". Kurt's vocals on it are nice. I learned at the end it's a Bowie song, so maybe I still don't really like Nirvana. I'm enjoying "On A Plain". This album lacks the awesome crowd connection and engagement that I've heard from other live albums on this list. They aren't really bringing a lot of energy to the performance? The sound quality is great, but there's not much to this album's live performance other than that an audience claps at the end of songs. I don't really love Nirvana, and I was expecting this to be a super hardcore live album which brought energy I couldn't appreciate from my office chair. Instead it was a quiet and slow performance which was appropriate for my office chair, but boring. I guess that's the point of an unplugged album, but without the intensity they bring to their recorded electrical stuff, they don't have much left to offer me. 5/10
I actually dislike this album even though I was a huge Nirvana fan at 14. This album was flogged to death after Kurt’s suicide and for as interesting as it is, it suffers by not being the full force of the band. Some great covers here
Notably better than their normal grunge. I still don't like Cobain's voice, though
Interesting to go unplugged, and good showcase of some of KC's favourite songs, but comes across as a time capsule more than an album.
it was alright
I absolutely disliked the MTV Unplugged series when it was going. I really only liked Nirvana's and Alice in Chains's Unplugged albums. This one has a wide range of their own material and covers (Meat Puppets, David Bowie, yayyyy!). It's fine, I do like the version of All Apologies off of this than the studio version from In Utero. 3.4/5 so it's a 3.
Solid. Guitar work really nice and the compositions sound great but Kurt’s voice never quite did it for me. Definitely warm up to the style by the end of the album. Would listen again
Average
more curiosity than album . bowie cover is good .
Didn’t blow me away but enjoyed some songs
Not really sure stuff like this should be on the list. Proves their songs were pretty versatile though. All Apologies a personal favourite
Some of them yes some of them no. Liked it more than I thought I would. Would probably relisten.
I enjoyed listening to this, as I've heard it before and enjoyed it. I'd relisten.
This is fine. I think the fact that my favorite Nirvana songs are the covers on this album is pretty telling.
Going to go against the grain here and say It's just good. I think I prefer when they're plugged
simplemente nirvana. me gusto pero no diria que me encanto
I can’t help but wonder if the reason for this album being considered essential is partly due to the tragedy that befell Kurt Cobain only a few months later. I do enjoy this album, it’s a nice stripped back version of a lot of great Nirvana songs, but I think I’d still pick the studio recorded versions every time. There are definitely occasions where bands sound better on live albums than the studio versions, but this is not one of those times. Again, it’s still a nice listen, but I’m not quite sure what makes this an essential listen.
It's quite a statement. A live album with minimal production. Even to a casual listener, it's interesting to hear the slick versions of those songs. I still prefer the studio versions tho.
MTV Unplugged by so many bands, especially Nirvana, was so overplayed back in the day. I'm still recovering.
good set with a couple standout tracks but i’m not the biggest fan of nirvana
It’s ok! Some songs are absolute gems.
I like some of Nirvana's work and I think they might be better unplugged than plugged. There's a couple really good tunes on here, but much of Cobain's vocals sound like a man whining painfully - not as bad as Radiohead's lead, but kind of annoying at times.
Iconic album. One of the first unplugged session on MTV, but not sure it necessarily makes it a classic even if it is a reasonably good album
Decent set.
Another underwhelming one for me, despite the clear influence the band had at the time. Some charismatic moments in the recording and I enjoyed many of the tracks (Plateau was a highlight for me). Overall, though, I found the muted sound and Cobain's apathetic delivery a bit of a drag. Maybe one for enjoying in the right mood.
It’s good. Not a big fan of the covers, I don’t think the live recordings add much compared to the recorded, in general just feels like a Nirvana greatest hits album.
It’s Ozk
Perhaps not the greatest way to revisit Nirvana. Interesting covers. Enjoyed 'On A Plain'. 'Pennyroyal Tea' pretty woeful though. Not something I've ever gone to the trouble of listening to, and probably never will again despite being a youthful enthusiast first time around.
This was fine.
The live unplugged format has both benefits and drawbacks for Nirvana. On the one hand, it makes them sound super-creepy, which I think is part of their appeal. Songs like "Come As You Are" (better in this rendition than on the record), "Man Who Sold The World" and the intense closer "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" just convey an especially uneasy feeling with this lighter sound and intimate delivery, removed from the massive over-production of "Nevermind". On the other hand, Cobain is really not a good singer, and that massive over-production was the only thing that got him to sound passable. Live acoustic just renders all of Cobain's limitations in startling clarity, along with all the other notes they play. That's how it works! And that's why producers (and listeners with pop sensibility) tend to like massive over-production. Those limitations are obvious within a few minutes of starting the CD. The best comp for this is "Jar Of Flies", which I hope makes the list. "Jar of Flies" is also a creepy, largely acoustic grunge CD, but on every conceivable dimension it blows this out of the water. The singers are better, the songs are deeper, the depth of sound and recording quality are better. Not to say "Unplugged" is bad - in a list of 1001, not everyone can be first. But even for this approach, it's not best-in-class. And this is the killer - it misses the thing that makes "Nevermind" so enduring and so captivating, which is the insane raw emotion in every track. So much of that comes through the palpable anger in their electrified delivery, and it's just lost here. Even at that though, there's only so bad a Nirvana greatest-hits CD can get.
i dont know if this is a controversial rating, but i like the studio recordings way more, and i think this album was boring
Overall, it was good for a live album, but not great.
fet musikk, generelt ganske kjipe tekster, man who sold the world evig favoritt
About a Girl 8/10 - Guitar tone is subdued but sooo sick. Kurt sounds like he's trying too. The mixing is actually really good. Come as You Are 6/10 - The clapping is so polite lmao. Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam 4.5/10 The man who sold the world still one of the best songs ever, and this rendition might be my second favorite next to Midge Ure's. 9.5/10 Pennyroyal Tee 8.5/10 Leonard Cohen reference lol Dumb 3/10 Polly 5/10 On A Plain 6/10 Something in the way 7/10 LOOOL Plateau 7/10 - very pretty Oh Me 8/10 - Songwriting is great Lake of Fire 8.5/10 - These covers are really nice sounding god All Apologies 5/10 - Not the biggest fan tbh Where Did You Sleep Last Night 7/10 - OG is goated
I’m
I think that I can see the appeal of Nirvana by listening to this album. It’s not bad and it stays entertaining but did not seem too amazing.
Slightly as I expected, the best songs on this are the ones Nirvana didn't come up with - it's all a bit too mawkish, up itself not quite rock and I'm just not here for it - sorry Kurt, it's a solid "meh" from me. Faves: The Man Who Sold the World
This didn't feel all that unplugged imo
Listened to all non unplugged songs on this album and a few unplugged. It was nice to listen to it all together. Cobains vocals are so raw I love the contrast from what they usually sound like.
Another fucking live album?
I don't think their songs translates that well to an acoustic setting, although some of the covers are great. 3.5 stars
I like depressing rock music so this was fun.
Nirvana vs the cult of cobin, separate the sound from the myth, this is actually good
There are some seriously good songs on this album, but most of them come straight from Nevermind and In Utero. I liked listening to this album, but there's absolutely no reason for it to be included on this list instead of some other album.
I've never been sure why the Unplugged MTV thing was conceived - was it a view that noisy rockers couldn't play instruments without being plugged in? Whatever, it usually offers a new view of a band. In this case I think Nirvana took the chance to play several cover versions, and in fact my favourite track here is the Bowie cover (The Man Who Sold The World). Oh, and the Leadbelly cover is good too. The album's OK, but not being particularly keen on Nirvana, I can take it or leave it.
I'm coming back to Nirvana after years of avoiding listening to them. I ended up really enjoying their early studio albums, and of course I remember when this live album was recorded. It was just played everywhere. I'm not a huge fan of the unplugged series of albums. I think this was pretty good but I'm going with a 3 on this one, not super inspiring to me.
Went on a bit
Iconic but never been really into it. Also -1 for being a live-album
Not a bad album, not something I would normally listen to, I liked some songs better than others, Where Did You Sleep Last Night was very good, the fact that it's live is incredible. His voice is so powerful and clear, I can't even believe it
cool
Heard of them but never listened to them.
Fav: The Man Who Sold The World Least Fav: Dumb Man, that second half was sure was uninteresting! Atleast they pulled it around in the last 2 songs
Bunch of Nirvana classics, but live
The covers are interesting, but without video it gets a bit samey. Still enjoyable and you can feel how interesting it is in context.
I get it, I see the appeal, I like it even. But I think I still prefer plugged nirvana.
Not a fan of Nirvana, even though unplugged version is a bit better than normal. Couple of pretty good songs, I really liked "Where did you Sleep Last Night", but the rest of the album was a bit boring.
I liked this when it came out, but I think it’s slightly overrated.
It’s ok. I like the first track. I don’t like when he gets screechy/screamy
nirvana kinda mid
不知道为什么，没啥感觉
I hated this back in 94. Where was the grunge? where was the attitude? Now days I'm more irritated by the MTV audience
I hate the MTV Unplugged house engineer team’s approach to acoustic guitars and bass so much
Decent album. Best tracks are the covers, especially Where did you sleep...Unplugged albums always seem like one for the big fans of the group.
I was never really a fan of Nirvana and never understood the hype, but this album is good. It adds cover to the hits, and they sound fantastic acoustically. I never really appreciated how many great covers there are on this album until now. Favourite song: About a girl, the man who sold the world and where did you sleep last night. Least favourite: I have never liked Pennyroyal tea Album artwork: Cool cover
Heard the songs but not sure if I've heard the album before. The presentation is illuminating to hear Nirvana songs in this setting. It highlights Cobain's talent as a songwriter. It's still a bit inconsistent and choosing to perform 3 Meat Puppets covers is...interesting. They probably should have just stopped after inserting "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" and "The Man Who Sold The World".
Wanted and expected to like this more than I actually did.
Nostalgic, intimate, good set list. Hard to overestimate the sense of persistent emotional authenticity Nirvana gave us at the time. I mean they were doing this while radio stations were blasting the Crash Test Dummies and Joan Osbourne. Also hard to overestate how good an idea the unplugged model was. Drummer sucked though.
I don't think being live really added much to this one and a lot of these songs are covers. That said it's still really good. Middle 3.
Pretty standard expectation from Nirvana. Not the biggest fan of the live/acoustic sound from them but no complaints. 5/10 Fav: The man who sold world
OK, didn't like the live concert nature of it. A bit too repetitive.
nice acoustic rock. not my cuppa tea though.
I really like Nirvana, but I'm not a huge fan of acoustic albums, nor of live albums.
I hate Nirvana! Not the people — Kurt seems like a tragic genius that I would enjoy having a beer with, while Krist and Dave seems like suprisingly down to earth. I just don't agree with the musical idead that these three men came up with. Still, well-crafted and solid performance — just don't like the songs.
pretty good but not really my style. i did recognize a couple songs from cultural osmosis
Enjoyed this album. Mainly covers of others songs but still enjoyable
One of my favorites
I prefer Alice In Chains Unplugged album over this, but this is decent nonetheless. The covers are better than the originals with the possible exception of All Apologies. It's also somewhat sad as this was the final recording of Kurt Cobain.
This one had a fair amount of personal significance - I remember Kurt dying. But I haven't listened to it for a while, and (maybe because I listened rather than watched) it didn't grab me as much as the studio albums. Still, there's something there, and the Bowie cover is wonderful.
Obviously an important album, with the band in a fragile state, and unsure if they would be able to carry it off. Kurt sings very well indeed, raw and emotional.
I'm a child of the '90s and was way overexposed to this album. I was famously a bit of a Nirvana hater in my youth. I haven't gone out of my way to listen to Nirvana much since their heyday, but I went into this with an open mind. It's a good recording and they don't sound bad, but it's repetitive at times and the songs I liked the most here were all covers.
Bra lyssning. Uppskattar att det är unplugged mer nu än tidigare. Skönare sound. Inget som direkt fastnar förutom deras hits som man hört mycket.
Good live album, I was surprised how much they sounded like REM! The Man Who Sold the World is a great cover
So much to say but this album has been reviewed and discussed so much there’s really no need. Except I’m gonna do it anyway. Nirvana is and always has been one of my least favorite Seattle bands. I’d take Alice In Chains Unplugged over this “eFF the Man” performance every time. Dirt, Superunknown and Ten are all better records than anything Nirvana ever made (yeah, I said it) and the quirkiness sounds more forced than genuine at times. This performance is the embodiment of that. It is literally a premeditated, forced sounding concert because that is exactly what Kurt wanted it to be- anything BUT the hits. That all said: it has its moments for sure. The most obvious of which is the Swan Song of this performance and ultimately his career and life- Where Did You Sleep Last Night. That performance may be at or near the top of the list of most powerful things ever captured. The breath!!! The LOOK. Anyone that saw that live when it was performed or later when it was broadcast (which I did watch by the way) immediately saw a man in excruciating pain. There were no walls anymore, it was like watching him right there in your living room, being with him and yet not being able to do a thing. I vividly remember thinking to myself at the time “Holy Shit, that guy is fucked and probably gonna kill himself.” Sadly I was right. In any case: Best song: WDYSLN Worst song: about 4 or 5 could have been replaced in this setlist if Kurt wasn’t so obsessed with sticking it to the man but “Jesus Don’t want me for a sunbeam “”Plateau “ and particularly “Oh Me” could’ve easily been yanked for “Scentless Apprentice””Breed” and “Drain You” for a far better setlist. But that’s just me. The good is great, the rest is interesting and pretty good. I don’t often put this album on and that always says a lot to me. If we were hangs then… but we aren’t. Sometimes in life it’s okay to let people like you. Wish he’d figured that out.
This is not for me. I also don't enjoy much of Nirvana's studio work. I can give it three stars, though, because it isn't a bad album.
Good selection of songs. Sometimes it's a bit samey, but I guess that's the risk when going unplugged. I enjoyed the inclusion of the accordeon. The best song was The Man Who Sold The World. That's just a great song.
Ah Nirvana, the champagne of grunge. I'll give it to Cobain that he could pick some good covers. I generally like acoustic versions of pop songs & this was OK, though didn't do much to showcase their musicianship. At certain points his vocal straining actually made my throat hurt.
I do believe I like this album more than their studio work.
I get it, but I don't necessarily like it. Still groundbreaking and raw and deserving of this list. 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
meeh
Never listened to Nirvana before. It was pretty good.
This album was fine, I guess. It's a decent show from a decent band I'm never going to get the cult-like hype over (I'm always going to be that person who doesn't quite get Nirvana). Kurt's voice is rough on a lot of these songs, especially at the beginning. He's whiny and hoarse and pitchy. It's like a bad country singer trying to do rock karaoke (or vice versa?). The duet he does with the Meat Puppets is actually painful to listen to — those "harmonies" are yikes. When the producer asks them to try redoing the song with Dave Grohl playing guitar so the Meat Puppets dude can "focus" on "singing" I laughed. It was only slightly better the second time. I also laughed when Kurt said they didn't want to play "Dumb" and "Polly" back to back because then people would realize they're the same song. The covers on this album are better than most of the originals. The Bowie cover is probably the best part of the performance. I originally listened to the album just on audio and had a hard time understanding any of what Kurt was saying in between the songs. Then I went back and watched the transitions between the songs on video (it's actually pretty cool that Tidal has the show embedded in the album), and it improved my experience a little once I could hear what they were saying and see Kurt — he comes off as more playful than surly when you actually watch it. I don't think I've ever seen the whole Unplugged show — again, not a huge Nirvana fan — but I've of course been aware of it forever and know the hype around it. But I'm sorry, it's just not the best MTV Unplugged performance. Shakira's probably is. The Cure's is a close second (tiny toy pianos and the audience helping out on The Walk with kazoos — go watch it if you haven't seen it!). 3/5 — would probably give it a 3.5 because Kurt's kind of funny and I do appreciate how they demystify/take the piss out of the smoke and mirrors that go into filming a concert for TV. But as a pure musical performance, it's not that great.
Never unplug.
Not a bad live record, but not a great album worthy of the list. I was the target demographic and a fan at the time so this brought back some memories. My favourite thing about this album is that it introduced me to "The Man Who Sold The World", which I think is better than Bowie's original.
don't like nirvana when they're not unplugged. and don't like them more when they are unplugged. unplug my ass
Best Nirvana album, which is something I guess...
Better than I thought it would be but Cobains voice got annoying after a while
5/10 - I’m not the biggest fan of nirvana and this album as a whole was just kind of the same nirvana that I have heard before. Although I thought I’m on a plain was so funny for some reason.
Watched every unplugged multiple times loved them
The album that launched an entire genre of Unplugged music…for better or for worse. I remember watching it when it aired on MTV, my whole cohort thinking “wow, Nirvana where you can actually understand what they’re saying!” Too bad it hasn’t aged well. The songs mostly sound the same here - natural, I suppose, given the live studio setting. But that also robs most of the songs of the raw power and angst that defined Nirvana. The song that retains it the most is the closer, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, which is a damn fine cover. This was Nirvana for the masses, and I give it a round of the same polite applause that the studio audience does.
Tycker ändå Nirvana är lite överskattade. Alice in chains är mycket bättre
Made me want to see what other unplugged albums are out there. 3.4.
Not really my vibe. I probably would have liked it more when I was younger tbh.
Ad naseum at the time
Not a big fan of live albums. Some classic songs though
Probably the least essential item in the nirvana catalog. Still fun to hear - no issue if these songs came up on shuffle. Good selection of covers, and props for introducing the Meat Puppets to a larger audience. But still isn’t the Nirvana album I’d run to first.
good live performance but give me an actual nirvana album
I enjoyed this album as a stripped down version of Nirvana. My favorite is the cover of “the man who sold the world”
Je suis ni un grand fan de Nirvana, ni d'album live, et d'encore moins de musique acoustique, mais je dois admettre que c'est d'la bonne sauce mis tout ensemble
I’m a fan of most of the songs on here, but not a fan of the live feel.
Never really listened to any Nirvana outside of Teen Spirit, this was a pretty awesome introduction to the band. My favourite song was by far the David Bowie cover... but outside of that I just found this to be a very enjoyable album thought I wouldn't say there where many standouts for me there also wasn't any short comings if that makes sense.
Nirvana is iconic, no doubt. Numerous classics that are worthy of a listen and appreciation. Having said that, Nirvana is not a band I've ever gotten into nor sought out; most songs sound the same to me and there are countless other bands/singers/sounds that I prefer.
Being a 90s band, I didn’t really listen to Nirvana, but I do like some of their music.
Not as groundbreaking as MTV wants you to believe. This and carson Daily are why MTV sucks.
Live vocals from Cobain were raw and felt more personal than Nevermind. 3/5
Was expecting more from this, based on the couple songs I had heard in the past. Part of the appeal of Nirvana is the fact that they combine really catchy almost pop-ish melodies with a explosive explosive instrumentation that has a genuine edge. Kurt Cobain can sing the living hell out of a song, and his voice has a yearning, an anger and delicateness which put's all of Nirvana's elements together. The issue I have with the unplugged, is that a lot of songs don't hold up as well in the acoustic format. Songs like "Come as you Are" "I'm on a plain" lose of all their thrill factor and don't hold up well enough as compositions to excel in that context. Others though, like "All Apologies and Something in the way" lend themselves better to an acoustic format. The stand out of the show is Leadbelly's "Where do you sleep at night" where Kurt Cobain delivers an incredibly heart-felt vocal. The album attained a legendary status, in part because seeing the top grunge icons of the day (especially one so punky) playing acoustic with a really beautiful setting was no doubt really interesting at the time, and Kurt Cobain's pre-mature death gives seeing such an intimate performance an added dimension. If you take out Nirvana's status as grunge legends and all the mystique that exists around them, what you have is a band that doesn't sound it's best in an acoustic format. An exceptional singer delivering songs that don't hold up as well in an acoustic format
I like the Bowie cover and, I suspect, so did Kurt.
Great early, weak middle, good ending.
Pretty good but I would almost always prefer to listen to the original versions of these songs; also why is the global rating so crazy high
Hadn't heard this full album before. Last song was a great version, the rest was enjoyable
I like how they did what they wanted to for this — almost no hits, three Meat Puppet covers, Leadbelly — but a lot of this sounds the same. Fine, but no great shakes.
I like Nirvana - but this record sounds not inspiring for me. Sorry
The first half was very boring and uninspiring, the second half redeemed it slightly and made it worthy of a 3.
Very solid, but overhyped
I liked it! Good. That last time is beautiful withh his vocals! Wow
i kinda wish id liked it more but...
I’m too young for MTV Unplugged, and by the time I was a preteen, Nirvana was already being played on classic rock radio. That said, Nirvana’s studio albums still have an impact when you listen to them; even if I missed it in ‘93 because I was a little newborn, I ✨get✨ Nirvana and why they matter, and when I first listened to their studio albums, I knew immediately why Cobain specifically mattered. This unplugged set, though…I feel like I’m missing something?? It’s good, because Nirvana was a great band and Cobain was charismatic as hell. The covers are cool. These acoustic versions are cool. But there doesn’t seem to be any value to this beyond it being a cool tidbit of extra material for diehard Nirvana fans. And sure, I like Nirvana, but I like Nirvana because I like music, not because I’m a Nirvana fan. It’s cool, but it doesn’t strike me as essential listening. Is it because it broke the mold of Unplugged sets up to that point? Because if that’s it, well, that doesn’t mean much of anything now that Unplugged isn’t a thing. Is it because it was a posthumous release of an important set? Again, that feels like fan material, not essential listening. Is it because it changed people’s perspective about Nirvana and allowed them to project an assumed trajectory of the band based on a performance that had predefined parameters, because once again, cool, but not essential. The only other justification I can think of is that it was just a great live set, but then…just watch the live set, don’t list the recording minus the visuals as essential. This whole dilemma is frustrating, because there isn’t anything “wrong” with this album on a technical level. It’s a good set. I wouldn’t seek any of these versions out, but I enjoyed having this on. As fan service, it goes above and beyond. But that’s all it feels like to my ears. It’s fan service. It’s cool, but not essential.
Honestly not as good as I expected
ok
Not really into Nirvana but this was better than some of their other stuff to me.
It's a live album.
3.5 Somehow had never listened to it. It was..okay. Incredible closer though, wow! Where Did You Sleep Last Night!
De dag hiervoor dus de Pixies met Doolitte gekregen, volgens Cobain de inspiratie van Nirvana. Dit album is niet mijn fav van Nirvana, vind het eigenlijk niet zo interessant en naar mijn mening staan er net niet de leuke nummers op. Al met al leuk om naar te luisteren.
To some extent, this album shows the limitations of a band like Nirvana. Stripped of studio production and guitar effects, the acoustic numbers lack some magic - perhaps explaining why so many tracks are covers, as if the band themselves don’t quite trust their own work raw and exposed - and we learn the band are good but not great musicians. But charisma and attitude matter too and that shows. Cobain’s heart fair bleeds on All Apologies, probably the album’s highlight, and shows us his troubled and anguished soul. Such exposure lead to the band’s success but sadly, their tragic end too.
Pretty good pretty good 3,5
Meh. Kind of teenage angsty. Second half was more interesting.
Not bad.
For me, this is the album that showcases what Nirvana could have been…there are some beautifully stripped back songs on this album but you get the sense that Cobain was moving away from things. Hearing occasional sighs between tracks was definitely a sign of what was to come.
Not a new one to me… a bit slow for regular listening imo. I do like the fingers-on-guitar-strings sound that shows up a lot (esp Plateau - cover of the meat puppets)
Ik ben niet altijd zon fan van de stem van kurt
Perfectly fine, and it was interesting to listen to. Not really my thing entirely, but there are a lot worse albums than this on this list.
Decent stuff, but not my first choice Nirvana album. Its influence cannot be denied, though...
Okay.
A lot less banter between songs than some of the other live albums on this list. Very repetitive near the ends of many songs. Pretty good vibes, couldn’t understand the lyrics a lot of the time. This was my first time hearing a lot of these songs, so they might be better recorded.
Hiru izar
Ein trauriges Konzert. Der Sänger offensichtlich benommen, nicht ganz da. Hoffnungslos und - logisch - freudlos wirkend. Der Klang seiner Gitarre ein wenig zu klirrend und ohne Tiefen, so dass er mir fast Zahnschmerzen bereitet. Aber einige gute Songs. Deshalb 3 Punkte.
I've never been a huge fan of Nirvana, but totally appreciate their place in history and they undoubtedly wrote some bangers in their time. I'm not not entirely sure how well their material translates to the acoustic realm. It's okay, but doesn't set me alight. Favourite tracks: About a Girl, Come As You Are (a total rip-off of Eighties by Killing Joke), The Man Who Sold The World, Something In The Way.
Music was fine, singing got harsh at some points, but overall not bad.
For me a more enjoyable Nirvana album. It was whored out after Kurt's death, but is just a great listen
If there wasn't clapping and the occasional comment from the singer I wouldn't know this was a live album. Really well done in that regard. If they didn't include the clapping I would likely listen to this but it's just something I don't enjoy.
Ahhh the nostalgia of about a girl live, it used to always play in the fusion as soon as I turned it on back in highschool. TCS days
Opinião de uma leiga total da musica. Meio country né, gostosinho ate de ouvir. Mas como não é meu gênero fav no momento foi um álbum bonzinho ate.
Enjoyed this album. Love the acoustic show!
I liked it alright. But I think it works only if I'm in a particular mood that Kurt designed this album for. It feels like you have to be feeling numb and sitting in the dark listening for this to really resonate with you.
Like Back to Black with Amy Winehouse it's kind of a depressing, what might-have-been album. I appreciate the live version of "Come As You Are" every bit as much as the studio version. I also like the "Fuck you" it sent to the powers that be when that was the only hit played and with sideman of their choosing rather than trotting out cliches both in songs and musicians.
Sometimes good sometimes maybe shit.
not the biggest nirvana fan idk why but i do love all apologies
Not my favourite of the Unplugged series but Lake of Fire and All Apologies have always been the standouts for me on this album.
It's a nice set and Nirvana are great but I'm tired of getting live albums in this list.
Des fois la version originale est mieux, que des lives.
I didn’t know as much of this album as I thought. “Something in the Way” very haunting.
I was able to listen to the whole thing. It was ok, but will probably not seek it out.
3/5
I've never been a huge nirvana fan and had never listened to this (other than songs they put on the radio). I enjoyed it more than most of their work I've listened to.
Their best sounding library of work
Best Songs: The Man Who Sold the World, Lake of Fire, Where Did You Sleep Last Night Listen Again: Yes
Nirvana is just never going to be for me. The best songs were covers
As a not particularly massive Nirvana fan, I don't think this record really works. Without having the reference points to the original versions of these tracks, the stripped down versions just don't really work. It was a fine listen, I suppose, but given the hype around this record I have to say I was disappointed.
They are good at music. Some of it isn't for me. Some of it is classics.
Kinda bored with it. It's special tho.
I like Nirvana best when they're loud, intense and raw, this album doesn't really tick those boxes so I can't say it's my favourite Nirvana album. Good but lacking.
I'm not as wild on it as most seem to be, but it's decent
Smells like unplugged spirit, nice and ominous.
Alright album Better than prince I liked the country twang Best songs were dumb, plateau and where did you sleep last night
This album was ubiquitous in the mid 90s. Like, every time I was in the car with my friends, one of these songs was playing. Never my favorite. I always thought it was a bit too depressing. Still do, tbh. Interesting, though, that many of the songs have really poppy melodies overlaid on top of dark lyrics and moody arrangements.
Listened to nevermind and half of this. Music that works best playing in the background when cooking etc i think. Rough around the edges . Polly is concerning. Lithium is good. Smells Like Teen Spirit is a classic that i had actually never heard all the way through before. Cant hear for the life of me what they say between tracks on the live album tho.
I played this album all of the time as a teenager. Having not listened to it in decades, it has not held up as well as other Nirvana albums for me. The lack of skill in Cobain's playing and singing, which works just fine for stuff that's noisy and sludgy, just doesn't work for me as an acoustic set any more. That said, the covers in this set I actually do still enjoy somewhat. I love the Bowie song, even if the performance is not the best, and the Meat Puppets section is also still a fun little set of 3 songs.
Stripping the songs down does them favors, they sound better with less bells and whistles even if Cobain’s spotty lyrics are as plain as day. But at the same time, he really strains his voice harder than he needed to here. I don’t think I’ll ever get the Nirvana hype. C-
Sorrý, en þetta unplugged dæmi var bara aldrei málið, þó þessi plata sé kannski best úr þessari seríu. Kurt er tilfinningaríkur söngvari, en grunge raddbeitingin er svo leiðinleg. Lögin eru mörg ágæt og útsetningarnar líka, en þó bestar þegar þarf að svindla á unlplugginu (riffið í MWSTW). Skil svo ekki hvernig einhverjum getur fundist sú útgáfa betri en Bowies.
Couple of good renditions. Prefer loud nirvana
B- About a Girl 3 Come as You Are 3 Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam 3 The Man Who Sold the World 4 Pennyroyal Tea 3 Dumb 3 Polly 3 On a Plain 3 Something in the Way 3 Plateau 3 Oh Me 2 Lake of Fire 2 All Apologies 3 Where Did You Sleep Last Night 4 I had massive expectations for this. Confirmed: Nirvana is better in the studio.
Classic
Fun album but would rarely listen to this by choice.
Respect it more than I like it. Nirvana has great riffs and an iconic vibe and all, but I'm not really excited by grunge.
Dad plays it a lot. Its aight
One appreciates the record as a departure from their usual heavy and lethargic mundanity, and it's pretty pleasurable overall. But it feels like another entry in their huge overrating, Was it so hard to go from their catchy but paleo-rock to pretty straighhtforward acoustic? And why didn't they play more of their hits? Was this a bid to be taken even more over-seriously than they already were? Did everyone think the cello would make this all seem that much artier? An honest accounting would suggest that one song catapulted this lot and a bunch of flanneled others in a delusional that may ultimately be remembered as a trend less important (and less enjoyable) than disco. Cobain was a decent vocalist, one supposes, but over-reliant on voice-cracking passion (real or simulated). How many (or few) have been inspired to explore their back catalog based on these renderings? And did the Bowie cut – the most interesting of the lot here – really have to be ID'd as such? What does that say about how Cobain rated his audience's intelligence? And is there anything interesting about the interpretation of the Robert Johnson closer? Though much sounds innocent and naive on the recording, his estimation seems so low as to impugn his brand as a populist. Perhaps some might even cool out regarding his supposed martyrdom to his art, too. As to all these questions and conventional wisdoms, a market correction is in order.
Brought back Memorias of how good they were.
Meh. Never was a big Nirvana fan
Yes, a watershed moment for grunge. However, I prefer the plugged-in versions of these songs.
I will never understand the rockist obsession with live albums. This is good- it's Nirvana, but its not better as a live album.
Inte riktigt min stil men dem var duktiga. Favorit: Come as your are
It was OK, sounds like they need to get there band together, tighter 3 stars
Not as good as i remembered but still enjoyed it.
Liked it. Overall good, nothing stood out that much, though.
Kaikki kuulostaa vetoavammalta MTV unpluggedissa, tai siis onhan biiseissä oltava taitoa, jotta voidaan paljastaa herkkyys livenä. Tässä toimii useimpien biisien kohdalla. Osa on kyllä aika täytettä ja omassa Nirvana-brändissä muhinointia, pinnallisempaa.
Pilkahdus tyylikkäämmästä Nirvanasta. Lisäksi on kiinnostavaa kuulla, mitä biisejä he väittävät fanittavansa.
In Utero - 3/5 **************** Pretty decent stuff here. It would have been nice to throw in one or two more upbeat songs into the mix. It's nice to have the banter in between songs. I felt that Cobain hit the off key, voice cracking gimmick a little too hard. Favorite track: Come As You Are
Dont shoot yourself in the face with a shotgun or you may end up like Nirvana
Never cared for Nirvana, but these acoustic versions of their music made me view it differently. They won't get much play, but I'm glad I listened to this album.
The covers are the main highlight here. Seemed forced by mtv, resulting in Kurt pushing back with their particular set list and possibly compromising with the inclusion of 'Come As You Are'. My speculation of course. I've always liked this recording of 'About a Girl'. 'Dumb' also sounds excellent. This album would have been better though if they had performed alternate arrangements of their songs to compliment the "unplugged" concept.
The acoustic presentation was well done.
Great songs but not sure this is a quality live album.
not finished but not bad
I think I have heard everyone of these songs at one point but never all at the same time. My favorite line was "I'm on a plane, I can't complain" The Man Who Sold The World is a classic. I will never unhear the feedback in that one part. I know this is an all time classic album and Nirvana is legendary but they for some reason just aren't my cup of tea. But still enjoyed this album
nirvana have grown on me so much in recent years but this album I don't think ever will. I love how On a Plain and Something in the Way sound in this style but everything else is super grating to me. The Man Who Sold the World does sound good but I prefer the Bowie version a lot more. God I wanna like this as much as everyone else
c'est bien parce que j'ai vu la vidéo de seb la frite
As someone who's not massively familiar with Nirvana's catalogue this is probably the worst album for to get first. I can tell the performance is good but didn't have the recognition to keep me engaged for an hour of it.
Ta bien
Don't think this format adds much to the previously released material, but the broken yowling on 'Where Did You Sleep' almost makes up for an otherwise redundant release.
Love Nirvana. I must have missed the magic of this one. 3/5
I'm at odds here. I've never been crazy about this record, but I do love the fact that they shied away from the big hits and played some unknown covers, turning them into hits. They also transform some of their songs into nice acoustic versions. But there are lulls, and some songs don't particularly work. Favorite tracks: "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", "All Apologies"
De cover van The Man Who Sold The World is echt wel de grootste reden om dit te luisteren. Ik merk dat ik heel nerveus wordt van Cobain die lang semi-hoge noten aanhoudt, omdat hij klinkt alsof ie ieder moment super vals kan gaan zingen, ook al gebeurt dat uiteindelijk nooit. Ik denk dat ik liever naar Nevermind luister dan naar deze. Akoestische On A Plain voel ik wel.
I enjoyed this, didn’t love it. Funnily enough, i already have a version of the last song downloaded from this project lol. 3/5
Yeah, I get it... It's "Nirvana"! But if you just asked some random person who had never heard of them, you'd probably find that they'd think this album was "meh" at best. Aside from all the tragedy and sadness of Kirk Cobain's life, the music was OK except for the main hits, and his voice really doesn't do much for me. He's like the grunge version of Rod Stewart - everyone knows he can't sing his way out of a paper bag, but he wins on "style points". He's better when he's "plugged".
Good album with some good songs
Alright! Most songs I felt like I'd rather hear the full version. The Bowie cover was great though.
I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. I didn't have time to finish it but I did not care one bit. That was incredibly boring and monotonous. Kurt Cobain's vocals are utterly rubbish. Good background music for philately. I don't agree with the inclusion of live albums from the album era on this list, to be honest. I could understand a live album from the 1950s, but Nirvana and Metallica don't need live albums here. 4.5/10.
Really enjoyed this album at first but it started to sound like it was too predictable and therefore became a bit dull.
Haunting live snapshot of a cultural icon in anguish.
Brzmi jak impreza z ogniskiem millenialsów, którzy zaraz wejdą w kryzys wieku średniego. Nic tylko założyć jesienny sweterek i cieszyć się grzańcem albo whisky z colą, a ten album puścić sobie w tle - niech coś leci. Niesamowite, że nawet Something in the way brzmi tutaj nudno i nijako. Wyróżniają się tylko covery - The man who sold the world (Bowie dalej niedościgniony), Lake of fire i Where did you sleep last night. Meh.
I thought it was pretty cool. Last song was a bit of a banger.
Some of the songs are actively bad, some are fantastic and forever embedded in my consciousness.
I thought this would be a 4 or 5, but something in the way. I like some of the song choices that were made, especially the Vaselines, but the poor mix, poor vocal performance, poor lyrical dimension all made for a pretty poor album
It's Live, It's a Greatest Hits album (basically). Of course it's going to be good. Standouts: Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Something in the Way, All Apologies, The Man Who Sold the World, Plateau, Oh Me, Pennyroyal Tea, Dumb, Poly, Come as You Are, About a Girl, Lake of Fire Some of the best songs on the album are the covers (non-Nirvana) songs. Rating: 3.5/5
another big nostalgia record. So many songs on here that I'd never heard prior to this album and, when I hear the originals, think sound weird.
Kurt and co wrote some of the most iconic songs of the 90s, there's no doubt. While my love of this band has definitely faded over the years, I recognize their importance, and this album is a prime example of a band showing they're multidimensional. The Bowie cover and the ending track are seriously great. I remember seeing something on VH1 years ago about the audience's P-O-ed reaction at the end of the show where everyone was waiting for Smells Like Teen Spirit, and they didn't play it. Always thought that was funny.
not huge into nirvana but good set
2.5
The one thing this album does really well is showcase Kurt Cobain's songwriting ability by stripping things down. Practically Beatlesque when you take away the distortion. There is an interesting and eclectic selection of covers peppered in there, but it is Cobain's tunes that shine through (besides maybe that Leadbelly cover at the end). I love Nirvana and all, but I'm simply not a big fan of live albums, especially ones recorded so crisply and cleanly, with all the crowd noise and banter included. Secondly, although it is novel to hear their songs in this format, I have no great romantic feelings or aesthetic preferences towards acoustic instruments vs electric ones. In fact, I'd say it's just the opposite. When it comes down to it, I far prefer the original studio recorded versions of every single one of these songs.
I like 64% of the album. A lot of the songs I already knew, and hearing them with the audience was nice. 3/5
Nirvana has been a band that I've heard and know some of their songs but never dwelled on. Got some songs I'm adding to the liked list. Interesting what the live will bring. Damn these intros are memorable as hell.
Heard it before?: No but I’ve heard pretty much every song on here from their original studio albums Enjoy it?: Yes, some obviously very talented musicians and good song writing but it really lacks in life depth I feel and just has a calmness I don’t really wanted when I listen to Nirvana Favourite live song: Track 9 - Something In The Way
MTV Unplugged In New York is revered for a whole bunch of reasons that aren't really about the music. Don't get me wrong, some of it is really good, some of it less so, but this is just a middling live acoustic album if it wasn't for everything else around Cobain, and maybe that's the point, I dunno. Just sits in the middle for me, 3/5,
I really enjoyed this album. I haven't heard nirvana for a while, and it still feels like my tase in music.
Nirvana playing fan favorites and tracks off their next album, with some fun covers, all done on a sliding spectrum of "unplugged".
Mtv had a plan in the 90s to make "hard" sounding bands more "accessible". While not a bad album, it's a little boring.
Nirvana? Good. Nirvana live? Good. Nirvana live album? ehhhhhhh. I don't get the appeal
meh
Thought it's make me real angsty but was more nostalgic
It's a live album, but one of those live albums with a legendary reputation (perhaps because Kurt Cobain isn't (a)live no more). It's acoustic versions of Nirvana songs, plus some interesting covers, like the legendary "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (or In The Pines). Enough tracks I saved on here to overcome my aversion to live albums, but still - some of these I'd rather just hear in studio/album format. It was solid experience though, MTV's unplugged session albums are generally pretty solid. Favorite tracks: Where Did You Sleep Last Night, About a Girl, Jesus Doesn't Want Me, Dumb, Oh Me. Album art: Just a picture of the performance. Live album covers tend to be some of the worst. But the frame and Nirvana logo make this a bit more lively and bearable. 3.5/5
was good i rate it a 3/5
Mtw chilled out in new york
Leur petit côté bonbon. J’aime le fait qu’ils aient l’air pas trop préparés. On ne peut pas dire que cet album n’est pas important et on peut lui donner le crédit d’avoir fait découvrir des influences aux fans. C’est un peu tout croche par contre.
Included Bowie, the man who sold the world..
The only nirvana record I bought on vinyl. Consistently overrated band but this album is 👌
I know each song, the way it is represented in this album. But I will never pick this album up to listen to it on my own. Very average.
3/5 Pretty good. Some stuff was a bit of a miss but overall it was good.
Recognized more songs than I expected. I liked the mellower feel of acoustic versions
Don’t love nirvanas sound live, studio albums are much better
A moment in time.
Such a great album. Very familiar with it already, but always an enjoyable listen. Of all Nirvana’s albums, this is the one I return to most frequently.
Ik ben geen fan van live registraties, maar de MTV unplugged series heeft toch wel wat leuke dingen voortgebracht. Ook deze registratie van Nirvana is goed om aan te horen. ***
overrated
Too plugged for an album titled Unplugged. The songs are great but I've never liked how the guitars sound on this one. They're just... too crappy. Cobain's vocal at the end of Where Did You Sleep Last Night is so good though.
Truth is I've never enjoyed Kurt Cobain's vocals and am not particularly impressed with his lyrics most of the time. Considering that, I liked the moments of grace in some of the tracks here, like Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam where he sounds like a folksinger. In a way Nirvana is a victim of their own iconic status. I think I'd forgotten how interesting some of their compositions are (About A Girl, Pennyroyal Tea), and a live album is a good way to remember that. And hearing a famous band do covers of other people's famous songs is always kind of cool.
couple of OK songs, but overall not something I'll come back to
Underwhelming, lacking the excitement of their real albums, and it certainly didnt show off kerbain's vocal talents.
It's okay, don't really care for live albums or the unplugged format.
I never grew up with Nirvana so I can't say that I'm super familiar with their songs aside from the singles. I think their MTV Unplugged is a great way to get into their deeper cuts. Without knowing the context of this performance, it is a very good performance of cool covers and lesser known songs. Knowing this to be Cobain's last performance makes it a bit more haunting and elevates the song choices and visuals. Otherwise, I'm not gonna pretend that I feel sad listening to it, or that knowing the context changes the listening experience. It's powerful due to its circumstances, which is completely fine.
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" was really raw. The whole album was very raw in general. Not bad but not something I can see myself listening to a lot.
Nirvana é definitivamente uma banda histórica mas esse álbum não é o melhor nem o mais bem produzido deles
I think I’m not super keen on Nirvana. Definitely familiar with and feel fine about several songs, but overall they’re just not my jam (or ham, as I first typed 😜). 🤷♀️
For the first time, I think, I listened to this while trying to separate it from the context, the contrast with their studio records, and take it standing alone. The performance itself is just okay, pretty ragged at times (and I'm not just talking about the IDGAF of grunge in general; the guy's in bad shape). I suspect the knowledge of Cobain's fate, coming shortly after this show and before it was released, colors all interpretation and I'm no different. There are some brilliant ones in here. (All Apologies, Lake of Fire, WDYSLN). It’s mostly great. But I disagree with the "greatest live albums of all time" designation. {prior rate}
I've said my piece about live albums being on this list. Would I have loved to be at this show? Yes. But, it's still a performance of songs that were part of other albums. I disagree with it being on the list in principle. Which is too bad, because it's actually my favorite Nirvana "album" out of all of them. I'd give it a 4, but - again - under protest.
Ik heb 'm nu niet eens gedraaid, en dat heb ik eigenlijk al 15 jaar niet meer gedaan. Echt véél te vaak gehoord en is me zelfs een beetje gaat tegenstaan. Essentieel onderdeel van het Nirvana oeuvre, maar ik skip 'm. 3 sterren voor de vorm.