Reviews (page 10 of 15)
The sound of this album is great, and holds up over time. Easy to hear why they kind of took over the world. On the other hand, there are 4 or 5 songs on this album that I really like, but all the others wear me down and are exhausting to get through.
Overall pretty good but a few songs are a bit meh. Definitely some cool songs in here I've never heard, I've really only heard Nirvana's "hits". 3.5 up to 4.
A few tracks I hadn't heard before, probably cus they aren't as good as the well known ones.
J'aime bien le côté plus rock/punk que nevermind qui est clairement plus grunge pop. C'Est un bon album qui annonce bien la suite des choses pour cette époque. 4.5
Strange to think that this was considered anti-commercial at the time. I missed out on Nirvana for some reason - maybe a year or two too young, or my rural Devon upbringing, or possibly that by the time I encountered them they were incredibly mainstream already and I was a snob about them. Shame, as this is a really great album.
In Utero deliberately tries to be the anti Nevermind, at least sonically. It’s rougher, rawer and with less of the sheen and polish of its predecessor. I listened to this album a lot as a teenager, and it still sounds pretty good today, but I still prefer Nevermind, just.
Impossible to listen to without contemplating the tragic aftermath, In Utero will forever haunted by Cobain’s death. The album is angry, prickly and unsettling; as well as a band doing whatever they damn well please, despite what must have been enormous pressure to make Nevermind II. The sound is incredible and the energy and musicianship startling. Some tracks are almost unlistenable which makes them intriguing. And what a sign off All Apologies is. Fascinating, infuriating, uncompromising.
Here's another that I own, and I haven't listened to it in years. While a few songs may suffer from radio overplay, the deeper cuts still shine through. Sooooo much better than the Foo Fighters.
This is my second favourite Nirvana album. Heart-Shaped Box and Pennyroyal Tea are timeless classics, but a few other tunes on this album just go so hard - Very Ape and Milk it in particular. Raw music
middle school days
Great Album. Genre Defining catching the zeitgeist
Many many classics: Heart shaped box, Pennyroal tea, rape me. For me not as strong as Nevermind, but still massive album
ЧТО: Признанная классика гранжа и американского рока в принципе. Как показывает время, большой и влиятельный альбом для рок-музыки. Третий и последний студийник Nirvana, записанный под влиянием нежелания участников группы делать второй Nevermind (с их точки зрения слишком попсовый, со временем сжавшийся до состояния «микса для радио», что не слишком лестно для рок-группы). КАКОЙ: Энергетика альбома значительно агрессивнее, чем на принесшем группе мировую известность Nevermind. Настроение постоянно изменяется, смещаясь от меланхолии и усталости к недовольству и гневу, и обратно. Во многом этому способствует работа Кобейна с вокалом, который то уходит в неразборчивое бормотание, то срывается в истошные вопли. Весь альбом мечется между крайностями, сохраняя общее состояние надрыва, что, возможно, отражает внутренние переживания фронтмена. Не обходится и без традиционного бунтарства, начиная с названия и обложки, заканчивая лирикой. Интересная запись ударных. Мастерство Грола попало здесь в надежные руки продюсера Стива Альбини, который при помощи записи на примерно тридцать микрофонов смог добиться рассеянного звучания установки. Ощущение, будто удары (особенно малый барабан) звучат как измененный стук капель дождя. Чувствуется, что альбом был создан таким, каким участники Nirvana и хотели его получить (о чем свидетельствует и то, что и лэйбл, и Альбини дали Кобейну и компании полную свободу творчества). О ЧЕМ: Лирика так же неоднородна и своевольна, как музыка, позволяющая себе затрагивать весь спектр тем и эмоций, интересующих и привлекающих музыкантов (в основном, конечно, Кобейна). Встречаются литературные отсылки к Парфюмеру и Стране теней. Все это только подчеркивает личностную ценность этих песен для Курта Кобейна. По свидетельствам участников группы, это глубоко личный альбом, где Кобейн затрагивает темы стремительного роста популярности, развода родителей, экзистенциального кризиса, рождения и смерти. Трагичные истории в соответствии с общим концептом альбома прерываются гневными тирадами и возгласами, выражающими злобу Кобейна на СМИ. Всё здесь есть провокация, недоверие к нормам как таковым. Тем не менее это уже более взрослое произведение, отражающее жизненный опыт творца, его становление в различных ролях. По словам Дэйва Грола, «это уже не отчаяние подростка; это отчаяние рок-звезды». ИТОГ: Исторически важная пластинка, передающая живую эмоцию как через музыку, так и через лирику. Более осознанный и зрелый, при том сохраняющий дерзость и панк-энергетику альбом-исповедь, полный дуализма и душевной борьбы. Включая In Utero, вы оказываетесь посреди поля боя: неистовый панк ведёт безжалостную войну с поп-звучанием и псевдобитловскими мотивами. Альбом искренности. Тем печальнее наблюдать за тем, что происходит с наследием группы сейчас (шараут милому малышу с обложки Nevermind, который внезапно повзрослел). Осталось только бизнес-акулам, уцепившись за современную тенденцию переиздания легендарных альбомов, нанести ещё один удар по свободному духу главных героев рок-музыки начала 90-х. Как бы то ни было, In Utero, как и все творчество Nirvana, буквально кричит о том, как ценны искренность, творчество и свобода быть тем, кто вы есть. ЛУЧШИЕ ПЕСНИ (по мне): Serve The Servants, Rape me, Very Ape.
Classic Nirvana - been a while but still sounds fresh
7.917*1.03= 8.155/10
Like - heart shaped box, serve the servants, rape me
Angst ridden fat riffs perfect album for a Friday buzz. Milk it would be my highlight
Suena a lo que siempre pienso que suena Nirvana (que no es crítica). Sólo nunca había escuchado un disco completo de ellos, que yo recuerde. Mis favs: "Serve the Servants", "Rape Me", "Dumb" y "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", esta última suena divertida. Long live Cubain? 8.5/10
Didn’t like them at the time, changed my mind now
a great racket - muddy, raw, dark as fuck. 4
1/2 Great. 1/4 Good. 1/8 Bad. 1/8 Real Bad
The hits are great (thus 4 stars), but the rest are meh.
I like the Albini production, and the bits where it goes a bit more weird e.g. Milk It and Scentless Apprentice.
Scentless Apprentice is really aggressive. It demonstrates the rebellion and angst of the grunge movement. Heart Shaped Box is quintessential Nirvana. Definitely an emotional and angry record overall. Lots to unpack. But All apologies as a closer - brilliant!
I don't know man. Like I recognize this a really solid grunge album. But I don't really like grunge in general so I feel like my score for this will be lower than others. but I do really enjoy Heart shaped box and Dumb. All Apologies isn't too bad either. Not sure what sound they were going for when they made Tourette's but I don't care for it. But maybe that was the goal? who knows. Overall, I see it's value and worth in the genre itself. But I never fully understood the hardcore Nirvana Kurt Cobain thing. Decent music for sure though.
-Aggressive, frustrated and driven -Self-harm subtexts
great stuff
6/12 cant do the screaming
Better than I remembered.
Liked it
What else is there to say about Nirvana's In Utero? Kurt's vocal performance is incredibly unique, the sound is raw, abrasive, and satisfying, and the lyrics are honest, edgy and epic. It was Nirvana's attempt to create a sound that is less easily understood by the mainstream public than Nevermind was, but I would argue that it makes for a much more compelling and interesting record. I do clearly prefer some tracks over others, and that mainly has do to with the vocal mixing which is perfected on Serve The Servantrs, Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies. 4/5.
If Kurt Cobain wanted a more un-polished and un-refined record than Nevermind, I think they successfully accomplished this without a doubt. In Utero is possibly the quintessential grunge/garage rock albums of the early 90s. At times the raw sound could be a little grating, but looking past those couple of tracks, it's one to have a good head-banging sesh to. Best: Heart-Shaped Box; Pennyroyal Tea Worst: Scentless Apprentice; Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Not as great as I remember but still has transcendent moments. All Apologies is one of the great album cappers ever.
Better than I remember.
Pretty much a modern classic.
My appreciation of Nirvana has definitely increased since the last time I went out of my way to listen to them, largely due to their support of the Riot Girl movement. I wanted to go through the lyrics but didn't end up having time. All in all, really enjoyed this album! They're a well rounded sound. Spotify's algorithm successfully erased whatever edge I gained from listening to this ablum in full by putting on Weezer's Island in the Sun directly after. Well played, Spotify. Well played.
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I went through a short Nirvana phase as a teenager, but I've never been a huge fan. And as a pathetic snob, the hype around Nirvana/Kurt put me off revisiting. I don't remember much about this album compared to their other two... Pleasantly surprised! I like the noise rock elements and the more distorted/discordant moments more than the "standard grunge" sound I remembered. This album has aged well for me, and I enjoy it more now than I did in the past.
As a massive ‘fuck you’ to the music industry the is an unapologetically brutal album and a brilliant one at that. When I’m Utero came out I struggled to love it it in the way I did their two previous albums and only really appreciated as I got a bit older. Personally I still don’t rate as highly as Nevermind nor does it hold a place in my heart in the way that Bleach does. It’s lacks a bit of the rawness of their debut and - couple of obvious exceptions aside - lacks the overall strength of songs of Nevermind- but still an amazing album
En su día llegue tarde a Nirvana, con Kurt Cobaine ya desaparecido trágicamente pero el impacto fue brutal. Volver a orlo me ha recordado que la desesperación de la juventud, por desgracia ha estado presente dese siempre y lo que ahora padecen los "Z" ya lo pasamos nostros en su momento. El día que el enfrentamiento generacional deje de ser un eje utilizado por el capitalismo para tenernos dispersos, igual cambia algo.
Bastante dedo no cu e gritaria misturado com musica excelente
In Utero is beautiful far more often than it is ugly
Entero weno, esa guitarra es pura magia
Very good
Brings me right back to high school and college.
Like me some Nirvana! Solid album with some great songs and good songs. Feeling slow today, so no review. 3.5 stars. Rounding up.
I like this better as individual songs than as an album. Still very good 8/10
Finally felt like getting back into listening to these albums but decided I'd go through the ones I've heard before and wanted to re-listen to. This one is still good!
Good stuff.
Some good, some not so good
Esta ya le tengo oído
Spät am Tag, und zu diesem erstaunlich unpolierten Abschiedsbrief turned Dreckpunk, (Fuck You All Ich Hab Kein Bock Mehr!) ist ja nun alles gesagt. Und sagt es auch selbst: Rape me, I hate myself and I want to die. I feel you, Kurt.
This album does not sound like the best of Nirvana for me, but still, it's a great piece of music and definitively worths it!
Le daré un 4 porque es Nirvana. Pero no me ha gustado mucho. Muy loco.
Damn, we really got this the day after the Courtney Love album. Anyways, Nirvana is ok. 7
Three or four classic Nirvana songs. I really enjoyed this album back in the day and I still enjoy it now. Not as gritty as their first album, but great nonetheless.
I was pleasantly surprised by this one, I’m not normally a fan of grunge in any capacity but this one hit just right
I've gone against Nirvana as a matter of principle my whole life - but I actually like this a lot. Heart Shaped Box and Rape Me are overplayed but Serve the Servants and Scentless Apprentice are kind of awesome. Looking at the lyrics while listening gives me a new appreciation for Cobain. I feel like this album has had its dick sucked for so long I didn't want to like it... but it's angsty and uncomfortable and dark. Great listen.
❤️
Oh, the memories.
Remember a lot but not all of it
For me, this album has a rough start but then continues with some if Nirvana's best work
Well it was time for Nirvana and their 1993 album 'In Utero.' I can go back to 1993 in New Jersey, and my roommate had a monster sound system in his car. Whenever I would travel with him around the city of Glassboro - the music would be thumping. Like the many jackasses you see driving around with the stereo that makes everything on the car shake. This is where I started hearing In Utero for the first time. Nevermind had landed and Nirvana was the biggest and best band in the world at the time. It felt like at the time, In Utero was a bit of a disappointment for fans who wanted another Nevermind served up on a platter. Listening to this now, its difficult to listen without the overwhelming history associated with this band. I think honestly, I was focused more on Nirvana Unplugged in NY when it came out in 1994. The stripped down accessibility really appealed to me more than the angry noise that comes from being the biggest and most misunderstood rock star in the world. Still a pretty monumental achievement when looking backwards at this band.
The album is killer.
Great album with many of my favourite songs from Nirvana. Unfortunatelly there are a couple duds here that make me rate it not as high as I would like to.
Just missed 5 stars. Sadly, Nirvana's last album before Cobain died.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. What a pleasant surprise! Nirvana's "In Utero" starts as I expected, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, and all that, which I've always appreciated but never really felt on any deep level. Once we get to Very Ape, however, I think the album takes a positive turn. It's heavy with a unique energy. Prior to this I hadn't sat through a full Nirvana album, and while I do not think I'd sit through another, I very much enjoyed this B-Side and could see myself returning to a few a these tracks. It was nice hearing some tracks beyond your typical edge-lord grunge Nirvana hits and I think I gained a deeper appreciation for the band. All Apologies is a great ender, and while I've enjoyed the song before, it hits just a little bit different closing out this album. 8/10 for me. Lost points for making me hear HSB and RM again, which I could have done without. Bonus points for every single B-Side track going real hard.
Kurt Cobain's powerful vocals and guitar mark this album of the cornerstones of grunge culture
Super
Good album
Brilliant
Really good album all the way through.
Has some of Nirvana’s great tracks on it, as well as some underrated bangers. 4/5
я признаю Кобейна как культовую для общества культуру, но как музыкант он не раскрыл свой потенциал полностью. эта работа показывает Нирвану и всех ее участников с новой стороны: структуры песен стали сложнее, а вокал Курта куда агрессивнее. Также, определенно, я не могу не выделить введённые эксперименты с гитарным звуком в «Milk It», в котором не перегруженная акустическая гитара звучит будто фри-джазовая импровизация, и «Radio Friendly Unit , в котором время от времени появляющееся электро-гитара создаёт, как не странно, эффект радио. это звучит весьма интересно, особенно для группы. подводя итог, я не нахожу этот альбом шедевром, как и Nevermind или Bleach, но тут творческий запал группы на ее коротком пути смог раскрыться на полную: он полон действительно хороших и великолепных песен, но в них есть элементы, вызывающие вопросы. С критической точки зрения было бы крайне любопытно услышать продолжение развития группы, но приходится радоваться лишь этому. 8/10.
Songs sound very stripped back and raw Mix of immediate hits and dissonant noise rock Sick, introverted lyrics All the songs seem connected without sounding similar
All apologies
Best Nirvana album. Dumb is an absolute classic!
A little chaotic at times, but I suppose that was intentional. Unfortunately it did not help my headache. Kurt Cobain really is something unique, though. 3.5
this fucks also!!!!
8.5/10 FT: Rape me
This album is a banger. I love how the first song just bursts out with dissonant shit, as if to say ha ha check this shit after our last poppy, clean, kazillion-selling album. I can't honestly say I prefer it to nevermind, but the highs are up there imo. Heart shaped box, rape me, dumb, eeaaasily among their best. 4/5.
Classic!
Lite för ojämnt för högsta betyg!
Angry depressed man yells boring rock lyrics into a mic
Ok
I think it’s just not for me. Loved several songs on this album but the harsh grunge noise sometimes overwhelms me and I forget I’m listening to music. That being said this is some of the best it gets in the genre. I liked MTV Unplugged much more
I didn't like it as much as the other Nirvana album. Sue me. It was still good, but I'm not gonna ever listen to it front to back again probably. Rip Kurt cocaine.
Some of this a little too hard for my taste but liked Radio Friendly, Heart-Shaped Box and Pennyroyal Tea
noisy riffage
I appreciate how groundbreaking this is and I’m glad i listened finally. Mostly not my thing though
Going into this one I have 25 songs liked by Nirvana, with 5 of those on this album. Their previous album, Nevermind, is an almost perfect album where I like all of the songs except 1 (the last, hidden track). This one, I generally never got into more than half. 5 liked songs I'm starting with are: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", "Dumb", "Pennyroyal Tea", "All Apologies" Let's see if I like more of this upon further listening. "Serve the Servants" - this one just doesn't really grab me. "Rape Me" - this one is not bad sounding - just have trouble singing the lyrics. I do like "Very Ape" - not sure why I missed this one initially. The rest of these - I dig the music but hate the vocals and most of the lyrics. I still think Nevermind is a much better album, and even the Unplugged one is better than this. Do I need to turn in my Gen X membership card?? Liked songs on Spotify: 6/12 Rating: 3/5
Nirvana hitting their stride with full self awareness. Not quite a 4 for me.
(First time using this so I'll type about each song after I listen) -SERVE THE SERVANTS: 5/10 -SCENTLESS APPRENTICE: 3/10 -HEART-SHAPED BOX: 8/10; -R4P3 M3: 8/10 -FFWHHROS: 6/10 -DUMB: 9/10 -VERY APE: 9/10 -MILK IT: 4/10 -PENNYROYAL TEA: 7/10 total: 3 estrelas. -RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER: 8/10 -TOURETTE'S: 8/10 -ALL APOLOGIES: 7/10
Steve Albini's production is, as per usual, about as good as they could possibly come. Music, well, it's still good but I just can't get into any of the bands labeled grunge. Nirvana is perhaps the best of them and they're still, well, perfectly fine at best.
I can't pretend to enjoy the grunge and anger all that much, but damn if the music doesn't perfectly convey its feeling. Standouts: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle • Dumb • Radio Friendly Unit Filter • All Apologies
A viscerally anti-establishment album. It's apparently the third and final album from the band, which is interesting; Cobain carried the same rage and passion through all of his songwriting. All gas, no brakes. At least looking through the lyrics of some of his songs, it seems like he always has a message to communicate, presented with a trademark bluntness, even if it doesn't always make sense. The instrumentation and technique also feels distinct - maybe biased, but it feels "Nirvana" in a sense, at least when comparing to the songs I've heard from them (Teen Spirit). I really like the drummist--very clean and deliberate, mixed well against the distortion of Cobain's playing. Really feel it in Radio Friendly Unit Shifter. Overall it's a good album. Not a genre I listen to often, but technically so well done. Songs I liked: Milk It, Tourette's, All Apologies
kurt cobain definitely had a way with words. this probably goes insanely hard as an angsty white gen X teen
Classic Nirvana but not for me: too much screaming in this one.
Not really my style of music but used very interesting imagery in lyrics and looking into the controversy around the album was interesting, I enjoyed the songs all Apologies, heart shaped box, and dumb, the others are not really my style
Twas pretty good though im not probably a huge grunge guy. Some songs werent for me like the one where they yell RAPE ME!
millennials will look you dead in the eye and tell you this shit is fucking revolutionary
I guess I don’t like Grunge.
They picked the right songs off this album to be hits. The rest is meh.
The singles are good. The rest is kind of screaming trash...
그냥 락
Too much anger, not enough melody
Roughly what I'd expect from a Nirvana album. A lot of the songs were harsh for my taste, but there were some great ones (like the classic Heart Shaped Box).
I preferred In Bloom a lot more compared to this album
Best Track - "Heart Shaped Box"
i just liked it. maybe my expectations were too high going in. maybe i don't hate my parents enough or something. favorite song was Heart-Shaped Box. soft 3
All Apologies, maybe PennyRoyal Tea. pretty good. 6.6/10
nothing notable
I was taking a class a few years ago where a classmate said that she felt like everything Nirvana did, the Pixies did first. Idk how we got on the subject of Nirvana, it was a class on postmodern literature. Anyway, she was cool (and right) and I think about that statement every time I hear Nirvana now. All that to say, this is my least favorite Nirvana album.
Influential and difficult to listen to.
It’s a lot of screaming but I added one song on my liked songs
Música per estar molt emprenyat comprant al Caprabo
Stand-out tracks: Serve The Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Coming to this after listening to Nevermind, I guess I had bigger expectations of this album. Overall I just wasn't as impressed and a good amount of the tracks were forgettable to me. Even among the ones that stood out to me, none would be considered a favorite.
A bit of a racket , with some great bits but listening now I struggled with more of it than I was expecting
Liked the same songs I originally liked from this album (Heart-shAPED box, Dumb, and Tourette's, All apologies)
Nirvana - In Utero Eg trudde fram til relativt moderne tider at denne kom før "Nevermind". Og, sjølv om det er sløvt research, er det lett å forstå kvifor. Dette låter ingenting som om eit band som akkurat har blitt det største i verda. Og det var vel heilt etter Kurt sin vilje. Steve Albini er rett og slett ikkje min type produsent og den gjennomtørre lyden av "In Utero" gjer at heile opplevinga kjennes ut som den berre har den eine giret. Mange av desse innspelingane hadde blitt betre om dei hadde fått skinne litt meir, men her blir dei berre ein del av grauten. Og grauten er god nok den altså, men eg har lyst på ramen! 6/10
Liked it, but not my style. Love nirvana tho
Alright listen, no noteworthy elements to praise. The screaming on scentless apprentice was pretty bad though, didn’t like it at all. This album pales in comparison to Nevermind in every way. Quite a disappointment.
Bit of a harder edge to this which I like
Good talent but too whiny for me.
Eh tbh
So ne 3,5 bis vielleicht 4 an nem guten Tag. War aber schon paar nices Zeug dabei
This one was intense
I thought I'd enjoy this more since Nirvana was such an influence in the 1990s.
The worst bands in the world latched on to the worst parts of this album and humankind suffered for it.
Maybe would’ve liked it better in HS
Definitely aggressive. Good album, but not something I want to listen to often.
Sounds like an attempt to recapture never mind with partial success.
My folks are big Nirvana fans so this album is very familiar to me. Like "Dumb" and "Heart-shaped Box" but overall this is not really for me.
In Utero is an abrasive, raw, and gritty listening experience. I imagine this is what Nirvana was going for, and it was executed well. It doesn't suit my personal tastes but it is well put together. The ambiance itself is great, but man the guitar + drums were stars. Favorite tracks: Heart-shaped box Dumb Serve the Servants
Nirvana é o tipo de banda que normalmente te ingressa no rock e no alternativo, pessoalmente ainda prefiro o segundo álbum, Nevermind. Ótimos riffs, músicas clássicas, é um álbum absurdo. As letras refletindo a mais íntima dor.
Définitivement leur album le plus weak
Grunge with one hit
Not my favourite nirvana album, but still a solid album overall.
It is the harrowing and gritty twin of the accessible and anthemic Nevermind sort of like Kid A is to OK Computer. It has an abrasive aesthetic that sounds like musical despair and which makes the album all the more impacful but, witbout taking any of its merit, it is not my vibe. 8/10 [KEEP]
Of my era and yet never the most listenable.
a bit too metal for me but overall its good
Ok, probably not as good as Nevermind.
Pior que nevermind, mas ainda é bem bom
Kann man immer Mal wieder reinhören, nicht alles Topp aber einige Banger
Zwischen cool und lärmig. Hat mich so mittelmäßig gecatched und nicht so Banger wie auf Nevermind.
- I like the hits on here; they tend to be the more melodic songs. The other ones don't really do much for me, but the album is definitely an angsty vibe, and I like Kurt's anti-establishment ethos. - Overall, I like it, but I doubt I'll ever reach for it, so I'll prob round down from a 3.5. - My sister loved Nirvana when she was younger, and I asked her what she'd rate this, and she said a 4.
Lots of screaming. Some gd ones in there
Bookended by two phenomenal tracks, my main takeaway from this is what could have been
All apologies was the best song by far
I like Nirvana, but this album has about 3 good songs, notably Dumb and All Apologies. Outside of that, this album isn't something I need to hear again.
6-7 but 3-4. Made me feel really disturbed at times. I liked All Apologies for some reason
Def some hits on here. Some of the deeper cuts are a little scream-y for my liking — as much as I like Nirvana.
very questionable lyrics, enough for me to turn away from the songs - album is okay, i like the cover but i'd rather not be in utero if the songs describe it's contents
listen, i do like Nirvana, but a song called Rape Me is just going to be a bit of a lot of too much, even if I understand where it's coming from
Es muy bueno.
209. nice
I was a big fan of Nevermind when it came out but didn't really give this a chance when it came out, I'm not sure why. It's good. Nirvana will always feel like music for teenagers to me so I probably won't listen to this again (and Nevermind didn't stay in my rotation past my teens) but I will always have a place in my heart for them.
sympa mais pas ce que j'ecoute le plus
anguished, angry, inarticulate with frustration and disappointment - I am sure this was cathartic for the band to make, it sounds like a lot of emotions were released. Having said that, it is not a record I particularly enjoyed listening to
I love the menacing bass of Scentless Apprentice, but I did not enjoy the yelling. That’s unfortunate. Favorite songs: Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me.
Too much screaming for me to be in utero (idk what utero is) 2.7/5
Not the biggest grunge fan so we’ll see how this goes. There are some great songs in here like heart shaped box and all apologies but there are also some songs that I couldn’t really care for like scentless apprentice and Tourette’s
There are a few great songs on this album, but also a lot of noise. This isn't an album that I want to listen to, but definitely like a few songs. The album probably deserves a higher rating, but I can only give it a 3 (average) rating. Pitchfork: 10 (I hate these reviews that give a retrospective "10" 20 years later. Of course, in hindsight it's an important album - but critics were very mixed at the time.) Rolling Stone: #173 Top 500 Albums Best Songs Heart Shaped Box Rape Me Dumb Pennyroyal Tea All Apologies
Much less “for me” than i really expected but i still had a good time! When i was in the psych ward when I was 20 a guy told me about pennyroyal tea and drinking your own pee so k thought that’s what that meant but it’s not so that’s weird to remember
This album is obviously precious as record of Cobain’s legacy, but for me it all hangs on Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies, everything else feels a lot less notable
Heard before?:✔️ Will listen again?:✔️ 3.5 Fav tracks: Dumb, Scentless apprentice Least favs: Very Ape, Milk it
7/10 Buen album, no me volvió loco pero me gusto, cumplidor
I like some of their songs but was never and still am not a super fan.
Standouts Heart Shaped Box Dumb Pennyroyal Tea All Apologies
Nirvana is a good band! They are also overrated. This has some good stuff but also a lot of filler. Top tracks: "All Apologies," "Heart Shaped Box," "Rape Me"
Nevermind categorically better. Still bangers tho.
this album suffers greatly from MTV Unplugged also being on the list. Most of the best songs are also on there and far, far more impactful in the live performance.
3.5 if possible. Some really good singles, some fillers.
Yeah. I know this album. It's pretty good. I've always been one of those "Nirvana is a little overrated" guys, so while I've heard their stuff a bunch, they'll never be my favorite band. This is solid enough.
It’s no Nevermind. Some good tracks, but I can see why nobody had the cover art for this as a poster in their room.
I never actually owned this album as a kid. I found a great copy recently and paid decent money for it, and when I put it on, I was so disappointed. For me, some of it is just too much. There are some awesome tracks, and then some tracks where it's just hard for me to find the music in them.
As heavy as anticipated, little darker than expected
Durch Musik stark Gefühle ausgedrückt, leider nicht mein Genre. 6/10
that shoebox albini sound :)
Will forever be in the shadow of Nevermind
RIP
A couple of good songs
Not my fave... high highs and low lows...
sometimes they are so good, sometimes so bad
ten album ma dwubiegunowke i moja relacja z nirvana tez
Heart shaped box can only do so much work
never mind much better.scentless apprentice, milk it, pennyroyal tea, all apologies. only songs i like off this album
eh
I like these guys but not so much this LP. "All Apologies" is the one stand out tune.
Scentless apprentice was rough. Wasn’t a fan of the angsty screaming. Many classics on the album tho
Pretty noisy and not as poppy as Nevermind, but still fantastic and gritty
There are some good tracks on here but I'm not sure I really see what all the fuss is about on the whole. Yeah it's a raw and intense record, but I feel like interesting musical moments are few and far between. It feels like a lot of the songs here are just retreading old ground from Nirvana's previous albums. Maybe I just can't appreciate them properly because I'm not a grunge guy though, I dunno. Favourite tracks: Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies, Very Ape
It was good but I think not their best work. A little bit too much on the noisy/edgy side for me today. I might rate it differently on different days though.
Very weak 3/5 to be honest. Was expecting more based on what I knew about Heart-Shaped Box, which was the only song I actually liked or found memorable... 1st 2.5 2nd 1.5 3rd 4.5 4th 3.5 5th 3 6th 3.5 7th 2 8th 2 9th 3 10th 2.5 11th 2 12th 2.5
It's etched in my memory - hasn't aged particularly great but it captured a mood in its time and place
I can groove on multiples of tracks from NEVERMIND, but no matter how many times I listen to this album, I keep defaulting to only truly enjoying "Heart-Shaped Box", "Dumb", and "All Apologies". From my experience back then it was clear that his album got more attention than was really warranted due to the success of NEVERMIND and because of the proximity to Cobain's death which occurred only 7 months after the release of this album. I guess I was one of those people that wasn't interested in them returning to the days of BLEACH and pre-BLEACH sounds. My wife met Kurt Cobain in Portland, Oregon before they were famous, at the home of one of the members from Hazel, probably Pete Krebs, where they were crashing before they were going to play a set somewhere in Portland. She was brought to the house by a guy named Adam' whose brother managed the record shop, Music Millennium. As she tells it, he wasn't out among the throngs of people out in the living room and the kitchen, but rather in a back room, suffering quite a bit of pain. She bumped into him when she was on her way to the bathroom and this hunched over dude with a guitar was sitting on the edge of a bed, practically in the dark. He said something to her as she was walking to the bathroom, so she stopped and had chit chat with him. At the end of the chit chat he introduced himself as Kurt, and apologized for delaying her from the bathroom. She said that from that brief experience with him, she was not surprised when he killed himself years later. She observed that it wasn't so much what he said, or how he said, he just exuded a wave of suffering and darkness. I only offer this story to rebut those folks who seem to think he killed himself because of his fame. I doubt it. The dude was troubled way before that. Anyhow, back to this album. Personally, I think that only NEVERMIND and UNPLUGGED belong on the list.
Scentless Apprentless as I read in the song notes; the lyrics were inspired by Cobains fav book: Perfume by Patrick Suskind and that’s in my TBR. So once I get to reading the book, so that was cool to know :D That go away scream in scentless apprentless was first time listening was a WOAH The song Tourette’s got me head banging, def one of the songs I like from the album.
I enjoyed listening to this album. It was the perfect thing to listen to while I did my work. Will this album stick with me? I don't know yet
Very dark and angry album. Sorry Kurt. Were you exploited instead of helped? The music is a reminder of dark, rainy days stuck inside the monotony of high school. I didn't like it then, respect it now, but can't love it.
I do like the grungy rock sound sometimes but this was very grungy. Still quite enjoyable though. Always like nirvana i guess. 3/5 for me personally.
7.7 great grunge instrumentals and a good bit of range in kurts performances but peraonally just not a big fan of kurts voice some good peaks like very ape and heart shaped box like and very constistent
perhaps i just haven't listened to it enough or i'm too used to nevermind but i can't push past like a low 3
The hits are great, but some of this is barely listenable. Averages out to a 3.
Pretty good. Heart-shaped box is amazing.
Disclaimer that i did talk to flynn about this album after my initial listen and i think hearing about why someone else values an album and the emotions behind it inherently shapes your response even after the fact. I wasn’t sold on first listen and i still don’t think grunge is really my genre but i did appreciate it a lot more with the wider context and also not on a bus at 730pm while trying to read pachinko. In recognition of my first response this is getting a 3 but its definitely on the 3.5 end of the scale.
You know, I always wonder what would’ve become of Nirvana if Cobain had lived on. Sonically, I think this gives us a hint and it’s a bummer that we didn’t get to find out. Generally, this isn’t really a sound I gravitate towards (the hits hit, but it’s not something I go out of my way to listen to) and for that this’ll get a three, even if objectively I could’ve rated higher. Heart-shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies were winners for me.
There were some bits I really liked in here but it also was a lot at some points. Less polish isn’t necessarily a bad thing but it did reduce my enjoyment of this album
An album I almost never put on despite really loving some of the tracks.
First half is way better but the 2nd half also has all apologies Nevermind is way better than this album A lot of it is non understandable screaming 3.5/5 Favorites: heart shaped box, serve the servants, all apologies
I know this came post-Nevermind and that's obviously a huge standard to hold this up to, but I'm just not as much of a fan of this album. It's so grimy and discordant. Parts of it are quite jarring, like the jump from Scentless Apprentice to Heart-Shaped Box. There are some brilliant tracks on here, but... they're the more well known ones. At least finishing on All Apologies leaves it on a real high note.
I honestly don’t really get the hype of nirvana. I find it all quite whiney. I don’t even think it’s relatively heavy, which I don’t really like, I just find it overly intense for no reason. I thought some songs were interesting, but others let the album down. I didn’t particularly like tourettes or rape me, but I enjoyed heart shaped box, radio friendly unit shifter and all apologies. I don’t think I’d really chose to listen to them or this as a whole again unless they were just on.
This was alright, didn’t love it in its entirety. Expressed its ideas successfully for the most part but I don’t think it was always sonically that interesting to listen to. Definitely not as good as their other work I’d say.
Great final album from the Seattle boys
okay, so i gotta give this a 3 - it's closer to 3,5 though. i feel like the overall vibe of the record appealed to me more than "nevermind" at times but at the same time there were a lot of tracks which felt a bit too "screamy". i really like how nirvana uses repetitions to strenghten the anxiety and angst of the lyrics, so here "in utero" gains a plus from me. my favorite track has to be "heart-shaped box" but i also enjoyed "serve the servants", "dumb" (!!!) and "all apologies" of course. i'm very open to re-listening to this album as i believe my rating can still change!
I understand Nirvana's place in music history. They were widely recognized at the genesis of rock's move towards alternative in the early 90s. It's hard to overstate their place at the forefront of this shift. That said, it doesn't mean that they are rock gods who can do no wrong. This album is very representative of the duality of this band. There's a lot to like here, but just as many tracks which don't hold up. Certainly, tracks like Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, and All Apologies demonstrate who Nirvana truly can be. All excellent songs in different ways. But for every one of those, we get songs like Very Ape or Milk It which just aren't great tunes. Beyond this, the dirty little secret is that they aren't amazing musicians. Cobain's voice, while distinct and with a cool rasp, isn't amazing in the way that contemporaries Layne Staley's or Chris Cornell's voices are. Dave Grohl is an average drummer (even he would tell you he's not great). Kurt Novoselic is an excellent bassist, on that we can agree. Collectively, they were better than they were individually, which is a testament to what they built with Nirvana. It's just that their greatness is a bit overblown, and this record is a demonstration of that. Upon relisten, it's pretty average.
If you like rock with some kind of sadness and depression you'll like this
Loved the hits, but much of the rest was a wash. 6/10
They ended with their best album IMHO. Starts out strong with 3 good tracks but 'Rape Me' comes off as Kurt being a bit too victim Piscean for me and it only picks up again on 'Milk It'. A descent album with some good lyrics and driving energy. Not quite a 4 though.
It's a good album but I think the other Nirvana projects were better. 3/5
This one is not as essential as Nevermind so probably doesn’t need to be on this list. I’m a big fan of noise rock so I like that this album went more in that direction however I don’t think many of these songs really hold up that well. I think these guys were burnt out at this point and probably needed a bit more time to work on the material. Although they did have time but Kurt’s addiction probably got in the way of making good, productive use of that time. It is kind of cool that this album is on this list but let’s trade this one in for an album by Jesus Lizard!
Kurt Cobain’s voice is just so raw and I iconic. But this album did scare me a bit.
It’s a mixed bag. Veers too often into the thrashy grunge which has never appealed to me. When it’s paired back it touches on excellence. There’s still only one studio album of theirs which I rate as consistent and accessible enough. It’s why I probably didn’t like them back in the day.
Very decent. Not my first Nirvana pick, but also not the last. But I also choose to believe that they would not make this album again, especially after Me Too. It's an okay album, but nothing phenomenal imo
Ganska bra men mycket brus. Bästa låtar: - Rape Me - Dumb
Probably the first time I listened to this album in its entirety. I am one of those who enjoy the hits from Nirvana but this album only have a few for me.
I've heard it before, in a darker time.
Less polished than Nevermind. Less fun as well - didn't enjoy it as much. HSB my favourite off the album. Would relisten.
I prefer Nevermind but some good tracks; 1. Dumb 2. Heart-Shaped Box 3. Rape Me
I'll probably get my ass kicked for writing this, but... This is far from the classic that many make it out to be. I love Nirvana, love Steve Albini, love the hits on this but there's too much noisy and tuneless filler to make it an enjoyable experience overall. Was that the point? Probably. It's a shame, however, that Kurt Cobain was between a rock and a hard place not only in his personal life but also in terms of what kind of music he wanted to make. He had a gift for pop-friendly melodies and also for noisy experimentation. When it works, it's astonishing - "Serve the Servants", "Rape Me", "Dumb" "Pennyroyal Tea", and moody masterpiece "All Apologies". The rest? Not bad, but all over the place. I should in theory love this more than I should, but it's a rough album overall, if still memorable for their "official" Swan Song (though MTV Unplugged in New York deserves that title, in my mind).
estuvo bueno, bastante potente tipo metal pero sin llegar a tanto, pero no se si es tanto mi estilo, igual fue bueno y siento que me dio ganas de escuchar nirvana ese dia. 7/10
Hit and miss. 3 seems fair.
Probably should have given Nevermind a 4 in hindsight.
There’s a reason why my fave nirvana songs are the meatpuppets covers - although serve the servants and penny royal tea goes alright
No me fascinó pero le doy un 6
Not my cup of tea. But good music
Liked the classics. Super clever song names
3.75 Not as good as Nevermind but still has some decent deep cuts.
I've been looking forward to having a Nirvana album because I know they're a big effing deal and so many people love them. I thought this album was... okay. I really *want* to like it, but grunge is tough for me to get into. Usually when I give an album a 3 I won't listen to it again, but I'm hoping that if I add this album into my queue from time to time it'll grow on me.
Not much of a fan. Yes, I know they're influential/important or whatever, but maybe I'm just over the hype. 3/5
Glad I listen to if for no other reason to reaffirm that Nirvana is a unique band. I like some of the songs but others are not to my taste. The good balances out the bad.
Surprisingly, I enjoyed more songs than I thought I would. However, for every really good song, there are two that aren’t even ok in my book.
puntuacion general: 3.5/5 tema fav: rape me Bastante solido, corto pero buen album
frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle was definitely my favorite song from the album (i miss the comfort in being sad… so glad i didn’t know about this one as a teenager). went down a thorough wikipedia kurt cobain frances farmer spiral. idk i think i actually enjoyed it after i got used to it. been listening to my pop girlies for so long it was an adjustment but once i got into it i was there.
I was pretty young during the original Nirvana days, but I remember how cool they were, and how much of a big deal it was when Kurt died. My hot take as I've gotten older is that while Nirvana certainly has some amazing music, I think Kurt's death and the subsequent memorializing has given Nirvana's legacy a bit more juice than it would have otherwise. Listening to this album, there are some standout tracks like Heart Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies, but there are also a bunch of pretty forgettable punk/grunge cuts that don't really add up enough to make this a classic album, at least for me. For my money, Nirvana had one really great album, which was Nevermind. Nothing else really approaches it. In Utero is a 3/5 from me. Some good tracks, but not enough to be blown away by.
I like the quiet-loud-quiet thing, I enjoy the contrast between the rougher, screamier singing and the more melodic parts. Not such a fan of the lyrics for some of the songs. Fav song: Heart-Shaped Box Least fav: Rape Me
Decent songs in some of them but some seriously questionable ones / lyrics as well. When you take it as a whole it’s just not the most enjoyable listening experience. Specific rating - 3.5 Fav song - heart shaped box Least fav- rape me
Not their best but good noise fest considering how big they were by this stage a what direction they could have chosen.
I do not like Nirvanas sound. Vocals are such an huge part of the music and I do not like the voice. Similar feelings I have to NIN. I see the merit and why people would like this but I do not.
I'm never really sure how to classify Nirvana. On the one hand they did pretty kick-start the whole grunge thing, and produced some absolutely phenomenal tracks. On the other hand, Nevermind was their only genuinely good studio album, with Bleach and In Utero being average at best in my opinion. But then, this is all subjective and a lot of people think this album is their best. I'm gonna give this one three and half stars - it's not great, but it's not terrible either.
Ok listening
Great, heavy album, sometimes a bit too heavy and monotone for me. 1. Rape me 2. Heart-Shaped Box 3. Marigold (not on original album, but good enough)
Heart-shaped box/Serve the Servants/Rape me
Not my style of music, good for case though. got me going.
Tough listen, lots of pain. Year I graduated high school. Remember listening in the freshman dorm.
Some bangers
Sick and tired of Kurt's vocals, but the songs are aight
Lyrics 10/10 But it doesn't fits my musical taste. I think it's not my Nivarna's fav.
Like some songs
I really liked their previous album, but this one felt too metal for my taste.
I remember reading About A Boy in English class in 2012, and thinking 'Huh, I've listened to Nirvana and I just... don't get it. I don't get why this teenage character seems to like this band so much. They're fine? I guess?' and this is no different. Nevermind has some fun stuff, but sorry to say it: some of the tracks here were absolutely unlistenable. I mean, Tourette's is just... not very good, is it? Heart Shaped Box, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter good, but overall this is just a fine enough album with some low notes.
Top Songs: Heart-Shaped Box Pennyroyal Tea All Apologies
I absolutely appreciate and understand the cultural significance of this album and I do like some of the songs, but it’s not really my thing. Still very cool though!
This album shocked me into realizing that even though I've listened to Nevermind a hundred times, it's the only Nirvana album I've listened to all the way through. This third and final album with Kurt Cobain contains a couple songs I'm familiar with, but more and edgier songs than I've heard. They sound liberated here, but also disturbed. There's a fair amount of distortion and angst here that can't be heard without thinking of Cobain's approaching suicide.
Despite Heart Shaped Box this tends to be my more forgotten Nirvana album.
pretty popular songs, liked a few, alr heard a few, kinda my jam prolly 3.5
You were culturally conditioned to hate nickleback. Form your opinion. Don't fall for the psyops.
Not a bad one, but didn't find any new gems on it for me except the obvious hits that are worldwide known 😎
1. Serve the Servants: Chill background music. Alt-right tattoo shop vibes. I like. 2. Scentless Apprentice: I enjoy the screaming here, very primal. I like. 3. Heart-Shaped Box: The name is better than the song, I also wish I could eat your cancer. I like. 4. R* me: He wants someone to R* him. Very symbolic. I like. 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle: Samey. I don’t like. 6. Dumb: Peak song, favourite so far. Sounds like “Nevermind”. Mix of Polly, Lithium, and Come As You Are. I like. 7. Very Ape: Very bad. I don’t like. 8. Milk It: Lyricism a snooze, guitar’s obnoxious. That drum line in the chorus is peak. I like. Pennyroyal 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter: Boring. I don’t like. 11. Tourette’s: Boring. I don’t like. 12. All Apologies: I wish I was like you, easily amused.
Not my favourite album from them (still incredible instrumental)...
Muy pesado para mi gusto
2 all time classics. A few duds.
I enjoyed this and rating is hard, my indecisiveness prefers to have the option of half stars. I liked it but some repetitive choruses and not many wows for me on first few listens, will maybe revisit after Nevermind
no me interpela
A bit too harsh for me but I can see the appeal :)
This album is quite hard to rate. At parts it has absolute classics that I don't really have anything against, other songs in the album just give me a headache with screeching noises and awful singing/yelling. Guess it can still get a 3
Ok, kind of disappointed to be honest.
The good tracks are classics, but a few of them drag. All Apologies is a top tier closer though.
Never listened the entire album. Most of the songs are too chaotic and mediocre, with the 2 or 3 known songs being ok. 6/10
I have fond memories of listening to music in the car with my dad when I was a young child in the 90s. Nirvanna is one of the first bands that comes to mind when I think of it. Listening to this album, I'm realizing that I think he would skip songs he didn't like, like ones with screaming. I thought I was going to like this album a lot more than I do. It's much harder/heavier than I thought it was going to be. I think I might be a greatest hits girl for this band. I gotta be honest, I only liked the radio songs and a couple of others.
It's Nirvana so it's OK, never really been my type of music though
Personally isnt my taste, the screaming feels jarring but the music ultimately portrays emotions and experiences well. A few songs are exceptions and feel like they are music for music sakes. Overall, this album is a rollercoaster that felt a little dizzy with all of its sudden changes in tone and style. Somewhat Enjoyable.
I'm trying gard but I'm just not a hige fan. I liked Nevermind better. 3/5
Songwriting is a bit better than on Nevermind, but it's also has less fun and exciting moments.
Might catch hell for this, but I didn't love this as much as I thought I would. There are some jams ("Heart-Shaped Box", "Dumb", "Pennyroyal Tea", and "All Apologies"), but then there are some that are so bad that they nearly ruin the whole thing for me ("Scentless Apprentice", "Milk It", "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", "Tourette's"). When a third of the tracks are barely tolerable to outright bad, there's no way you can earn a 4/5, no matter how strong the hits are. A disappointing 3/5.
Couple of belters on this album
Not bad, but a little too raunchy for me. Some good stuff there
This album's just fine.
sigh it’s good i guess
I guess it earns its place on the list, but that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy it. Intentionally raw, abrasive, and so much screeching—it feels like endurance listening more than pleasure.
Im not a fan of nirvana, i actually enjoyed first part of the album, but the second part was just chaos and screaming into microphone. 3/5.
42 minutes, perfect length for an album. Some 90s true classics, Dumb, All Apologies, Heart Shaped Box. But also lots of yelling and screeching.
No me sorprendio tanto, y la verdad no me gusta tanto Nirvana y el grunch en general.
Good album, but always felt like them perhaps trying to be awkward compared to Nevermind as an over reaction and perhaps not doing what they really wanted.
Some of tracks are amazing but im not a fan of Nirvana
It is has a visceral quality that is lacking from Nevermind but loses the melodic quality that makes Nevermind stand out. It has moments of this but not enough to elevate it.
I actually think some of the highlights of this are up there with those on nevermind (‘heart shaped box’, ‘all apologies’) but there is quite a bit of comparative filler on it and so is not sustained particularly well.
Liked the music. Lyrics are heavily abstract and feel a bit out there. Don't love them.
Maybe too rock heavy for me, I just don’t see the appeal of the screaming on track 2. Enjoy Nirvanas calmer (or calm for them) vibe maybe on ‘Nevermjnd’ and in pockets of this album. 2nd half a sort of blur which didn't really go on. Enjoyed final song. I think just not for me but can see the appeal.
This is a great album and honestly has some many hidden gems I had forgotten about. I still think Nevermind for me is the superior album, but I appreciate Nirvana, they were a formative band for me in my youth, and they still rock today... and the retro effect bringing them back into style is pretty rad.
Maybe it's time to reevaluate Nirvana without all the hype that surrounded them back in the day. Truth is, this album just isn't that good. Songs are redundant, album sounds like crap. Once again, I wish I could give half stars. In this case I'll reluctantly round up.