Reviews (page 10 of 15)
Nirvana has mastered the ability to fill an album with emotion and raw feeling all while sounding like they are bored and wish they weren't there. They set the standard of grunge. Wonderful when played from start to finish.
I sort of lost track of Nirvana between ‘Nevermind’ and the Unplugged album, so ‘In Utero’ isn’t in my nostalgia wheelhouse. And, apparently I’m an old fuddy-dud who just likes the hits, because, to me last night in my kitchen making supper, a lot of this album sounded like people yelling in their garage. Lots of good songs here, but I think I like them more as they’ve been covered over the years or as nirvana did them on the Unplugged album, which is where I know the ones I know.
As close to a perfect album from the 90s as you can get and the soundtrack to my teenage years and beyond. A wall of energy- gritty and beautiful. The sound of a band at their peak and about to implode. Hearing the different mixes released a few years ago was interesting although I think the original sounds fantastic. I think that in the next 50 years, only a few 90s albums will still be played regularly and this is one of them. Has aged beautifully and gets all the kudos and recognition it deserves. The drop in Frances Farmer still makes me want yell out in joy jump into the pit.
It's not my kind of music. The sound is fine.
I think it's their most refined album. All they're albums are great but this shows the artistic range of the band.
Hot take/unpopular opinion warning! You've been warned. I get what Nirvana are doing with this, it is a response to the commercial success of Nevermind (which I really enjoyed) so they went much less "radio-friendly" with this one. It's not for me though, I know it's considered their best but I don't resonate with it. I do appreciate the instrumentation and all albums on here are objectively good but not feeling it personally.
4 out of 5, the best nirvana album
A classic
214/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Awesome
Really really good but a lot of tough to listen to songs
some big time nirvana classics: heart-shaped box, rape me, dumb and all apologies. also some def lesser stuff
4/10…grunge / 90er rock
On a hot streak of great albums. And this is one of them. Just incredible.
This album seemed to pull back the ascension of Nirvana just a little bit in my opinion. Not commercially but developmentally. There are some bangers, some radio friendly hits and some songs that your mom and Dad would grope each other to. There is also noisy trash. It seems like as soon as the album starts to take off, it’s steered back toward the ground and then driven upwards again. I find that the deluxe version gives more flavor to the album as a whole. If you want to cut through the bullshit, ignore Scentless Apprentice Milk It Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Tourette’s …..then all is good Choice cut: Frances Farmer…
Uneven album. Some of the music is so raging that is barely music anymore. Some of it is awesome. It is definitely dated, but not in a bad way. That Angst and anger of the time is evident. I don’t love it as much as Nevermind, but it is definitely a good album.
Nirvana's sound is something I usually appreciate a lot. That being said, I think this last album just didn't hit like Nevermind. Scentless Apprentice was SO difficult to listen to, it just sounded terrible. Heart-Shaped Box was the strongest track, which comes as no surprise -- it's the most listened to track on the album on Spotify. Overall, it's just not something that resonates with me and none of the tracks made it to my liked songs. 2/5.
It should be THE ALBUM, after all, its Nirvana. But its soooo noisy. 4 me mik
Am I a Nirvana was a Greatest Hits Band™️ girl?? Or, at least, they’re a One Album Hit Band™️ for me. On the surface, In Utero should be a record for me. I like noise punk, I like “Heart-Shaped Box,” I even know this is a purposefully ✨uncommercial✨ album. I know who Steve Albini is! But listening to it, In Utero feels…forced. It doesn’t feel organically punk, or naturally abrasive. It feels like Kurt took some pretty good bones for some decent songs and actively sought out ways to muck ‘em up. And that’s….kinda lame. Kinda not punk. Kinda antithetical, isn’t it? Like, it’s pretentious to have the skillset of a genius songwriter and then add sloppy guitar solos and overblown effects. If those elements were added *during* the songwriting process, it would feel natural, but they sound tacked on throughout this album. What’s more, the majority of the “good” songs here sound closer to country-rock than anything I would normally gravitate toward. So even a song like “Frances Farmer,” which I like in context, is not a song I’m gonna revisit. Obviously, some of that Nevermind magic is still here. I do love “Heart-Shaped Box,” “Rape Me,” and this version of “All Apologies,” but like….that’s a greatest hits band??? If I had bought In Utero on release based off the singles, I would have traded it in. And I know that’s kinda the joke about In Utero in retrospect, but for me, it’s not because I don’t like this sound, but rather because I don’t like Nirvana doing this sound. And, frankly, maybe I don’t like Nirvana.
This is so raw and personal it’s uncomfortable.
I would argue this as nirvanas best album
Just a long lasting jam session. Rest in peace Kurt. Very good all the way through.
Great album, although I like Nevermind more.
90s rock. Head nodding worthy riffing, but never been a fan of the vocal and the lyrics sucks. And fuck, that screaming on Scentless Apprentice is terrible. Terribly performed and the recording sounds like shit - it makes my ears bleed.
not massive on nirvana but i do like a lot of the stuff on here
Nowhere near as good as nevermind
At least Dave Grohls reputation remains untarnished to this day.
Much like sublime Nirvana is one of those bands that I feel like we got a glimpse at something amazing and unfortunately it was ended before reaching its full potential......but at the same time is that express window what makes it so impactful?
Another "of their time" thing. I get the impact that Nirvana had but I don't really feel it translate to modern sensibilities. I feel like I'm listening to a high school band. Fav Track: Heart-Shaped Box
Great start to listening to an album a day, was already somewhat familiar with this album and a casual listener of nirvana, so I knew some songs, but most were very consistent to what I’ve heard before. The album doesn’t do anything special for me, but still very solid
Wow, this was really bad. It was like subpar high school garage band music with either mumbling or screaming on top of it.
Nirvana being Nirvana. Not my favorite Nirvana album, but a great one nevertheless.
Its Nirvana. Heart Shaped Box is the quintessential Nirvana sound and Rape Me was enjoyable although the actual lyrics are a bit too much for a Tuesday afternoon trying to get work done. It's good but I don't know that I need to come back to this.
Hot take - most overrated band ever. No denying importance, place in history etc but they were right place right time killing off metal blah blah blah. But aside from a few songs they are boring.
I definitely preferred Nevermind, only having had it last week - but this is still a solid effort. I particularly like just how aggressively they go against the grain of popular music at the time. You wouldn't get 'Rape Me' onto an popular album these days
expected more
A couple of good songs, but others were a bit too hard for me
screeEEeEEeAaam
Not my favourite nirvana album. Still enjoyable though
My first full Nirvana album that I’ve listened, I liked it, but I feel like their debut album might be even better.
Never liked Nirvana. Funny how they cite the Pixies as inspiration and I love the Pixies. This one was really hard to get through. Really disgusting music.
Nirvana. Nice sound. Sometimes a little silly. Good background listening, since the lyrics are often borderline unintelligible.
More dynamic guitar work than expected. Feels surprisingly bounded to its time. Honestly a little miffed by lyrical content and the fact that cobain is PNW royalty
18/10/24 I'm not on the Nirvana hype bus, but this album was okay.
This is #day71 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here we are now, entertain us! The first grunge entry on the list and Nirvana's first album featured as well. Among the Big 4 of Grunge, Alice In Chains takes the top spot for me, followed by Nirvana, with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden sharing a tie for third. Speaking of In Utero... it stands out as a raw, abrasive, gritty response to the polished sound of Nevermind. It’s meant to be blasted loud with a middle-finger-in-your-face attitude that contrasts noise and melody, screaming and singing, and rage and serenity. Well, grunge, you know... Songs like "Scentless Apprentice," "Milk It," "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter," and "Tourette's" hit hard, while others like "Heart-Shaped Box," "Dumb," and "All Apologies" reveal a more introspective side, though still straddle those extremes. This is a hands-down essential '90s alternative rock record you must listen to before you die. It's also an incredibly poignant one, knowing it was the band's last. It makes you reflect on what could have been... It's a 5 out of 5, of course. Looking forward to #day72.
- favs while listening: Heart-Shaped-Box, Rape Me, Dumb, All apologies (quite a basic answer, i know) - its such a raw and unpolished album - love the punk(-ish) influences - clearly many of those songs are very personal to Kurt which you can hear - was a nice listening experience OVERALL: 4/5
i have a lot of appreciation and a strange sort of affection for kurt cobain as a figure but this is the only nirvana album that i really Listen To (besides *mtv unplugged*). i associate it (especially “dumb”) with fall 2019. i think all apologies is one of the most beautiful songs ever. idk… nirvana is angsty across the board of course but i think there’s some genuine, nuanced pathos on this record and it does move me. pennyroyal tea is a hard fucking listen. :( fav tracks: dumb; all apologies; pennyroyal tea; serve the servants; frances farmer…; heart-shaped box; rape me
This is not really for me but I can tell why people like it. There’s something about it that just isn’t very….interesting? to me? I feel like there’s a lot of music that I tend to find uninteresting to me despite it having a lot of raw energy and being very stimulating and I’m not sure how else to describe it or why it is I feel that way. Maybe I just don’t like listening to men sing…
This mostly felt like noise tbh
A thrasher of a follow up to Nevermind.
Better than I thought it would be. I liked half the songs.
Easy 5/5. Checks out all of the boxes I have for a strong 5: I like all of the songs, I will be coming back to it a lot (and already have in the past in this case) and it has had a huge impact. Amazing song writing skills from Kurt as always. The way he managed to juxtapose noise with beautiful poppy Melodie’s was what made the band timeless. Is it better than nevermind though?
bretty good
This is Nirvana's shift to a more gritty sound. I loved this album as a young teenager, not as much these days. Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies are all timers in my opinion.
Feels a little less radio friendly after the massive Nevermind, more back to basics. There's still Heart-Shaped Box though, which is peak 90s rock, and the whole first part of the album is very good. Scentless Apprentice gets a bit screamy, but there's a great main riff and some real power to it. The second half is more subtle. I do like the overall sound and the combo of Milk It and Pennyroyal Tea is my favorite from the back half. No Apologies is a strong closer too. I like this more than I thought I would.
definitely genre defining, really enjoyed it and it holds up!
Same but worse then. Same but worse now
Hard Rock, 1993 -> 2
An accomplishment verging on genius, raw and painful. Full points for interest, impact, importance. Personally, though, I'm not this raw and painful and would rather listen to Nevermind.
After reviewing the lyrics while listening to the album, decided it was a bit much for me.
timeless
Pretty good
Superb.
Is Nirvana the most overhyped band ever? Probably not but is must be near the top 10. Utterly ghastly music and "singing".
Why are they so angry?
Grunge classic. Love the added orchestration on tracks like dumb
Great stuff - but a little shouty, even for Nirvana.
I don't personally vibe to this but I recognize it is a masterpiece and the highwater mark of the genre. I do not know if that means I give it a 2 or a 5, so I guess I'll do a 4
Good
Very good! I like the Albini mixing even if the singles lost that during the recording process.
classic
I don't live under a rock, so of course I know Nirvana, but I had never bothered to listen to a full album as it has become this poser rocker thing over the years. My father was a Nirvana fan in the 90's and I have listened to the greatest hits tons of times as a kid. This album is really good. Very marked style. Sublime performances by all three of them. I don't find it precisely easy to listen, so that makes me think that, given the music culture of nowadays, Nirvana is just a fashion brand for 90% of the people you see with their logo stamped in a shirt. After listening to this album you realize why there is such a big mythical aura around Kurt. If only people cared about the music...
At first it felt like a great joy to hear these songs in the order they appear on the album. It gives them a sense of context and progression. The first song \"Serve the Servants\" hits like a ton of bricks. Nirvana has a way of creating sounds that fill your entire brain. One of the things I appreciate about listening to these tracks with headphones is how buttery the bass-riffs are. They have a warm, toasted quality. Getting into the familiar with \"Heart Shaped Box\" and \"Rape Me\" provided a nice reprieve from my perceived newness of the first tracks. \"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle\" might be my favorite track that I hadn't heard yet with it's discordant, upsetting chorus, \"I miss the comfort of being sad.\" Unfortunately, by the end my ears began to get tired. The high levels of noise make for a quick dopamine hit but without start, stops, and silence- \"In Utero\" becomes hard to listen to. It's a solid album with so many tracks I love. However, those tentpole tracks are stymied by too many other songs using the same thematical and instrumental playbook. 4/5
Fantastic album, great use of noise and lyricism
I was in love with this album as a 14-year-old. 20 years later, it still holds up.
I’m a little surprised at how much I disliked this. Lotsa yelling about things. Maybe given the right mood and a mosh pit…
Better than Nevermind. Feels like they did what they wanted to do on this album, when they could have easily followed up nevermind with an even more accessible album to appeal to the masses. Instead they created a very raw and actually quite disturbing album.
Pretty cool album, still think Nevermind is better. I’ll bet this is rated twice as highly as the Nas album yesterday though which speaks to the niche of people here
Very raw. Goes hard. Reminds me of my teens. All around excellent. Makes you wonder where they would have ended up.
In your Utero.
- Just by tuning into alt rock radio off and on for 20 years, I have heard at least half of this album. - Very much enjoy "Heart-Shaped Box," "Dumb," and "All Apologies." Probably heard each 100 times, but they are still effective. - Discovered "Pennyroyal Tea." Also "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter," but that one was possibly the least inspired track. - Nirvana is Nirvana. Sit back and enjoy the distortion.
too much noise and ear pain / Heart-Shaped Box is still a jewel / enjoyed it much more back when it came out / found 4 songs that I can still listen too today....not enough...
I am exactly the right age for Nirvana - in high school when Nevermind came out, in college when In Utero came out. Their music permeated everything and was impossible to escape. I must have been one of the very few who couldn't stand it. Years later, I wouldn't say I hate their music. But it also hasn't grown on me.
A forever favorite.
Good shit, I like nevermind better tho
I certainly prefer Nevermind but this is also a very very good album to listen to
Didn't know what to make of this. Was tempted to not carry on after the first two tracks which I thought were just a wall of incomprehensible noise. Then a much more melodic track came on so i carried on. Hit and miss for me , certainly not their best album
Probably THE best grunge album ever. Loveed every single song and I want to listen to the super deluxe sometime
It’s not bad, but not as good as the other one.
Great album
Fantastic that this should follow the Pixies
Not really my kind of music.
Cobain is fairly difficult to understand through his mumbling in the best of circumstances, it gets much worse when he's screaming. Low points: Scentless Apprentice, Tourette's
I don't know about nirvarna... Never been into them really, and grunge for the most part. It's not that I dislike them or the music, I can't really put my finger on it.
Not their best
4. Went on a bit.
Cant rly force myself to like it
It was alright nothing spectaculwr
Good. Familiar with this one.
Such a perfect distillation of cynicism and earnest rage. It doesn’t feel like a singular moment in time, either - it just knocks you down and drags you into its own moment. Heart-Shaped Box was always one of my favourites and it probably still is. Dumb and All Apologies were also highlights. I’m choosing not to look to deeply into the fact that both of those songs feature Kurt Cobain yearning to be stupider so that he could be happier. I was also delighted by the Leonard Cohen reference in Pennyroyal Tea. It’s one of the things that the legions of Nirvana imitators usually failed to grasp - Kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation because he’d looked very far and very wide to find someone else who spoke for him and came up empty. But he respected all those influences and you can tell.
I'm a hater, I'm a Nirvana hater. 2/5
двоякое у меня отношение к нирване конечно. вроде бы говорят гранж тудым-сюдым, а по факту просто сырой панк. их коллеги по жанру тех лет были поинтереснее музыкально
I almost like Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb
Would it get a 5* review if it wasn’t Nirvana. Good question but academic.
Everyone tells me I have to love Nirvana, I'm from Seattle, grew up in the Grunge Era, and many more reasons. But... I don't, there are a couple of good songs on this album, but overall, more bad tracks than good ones. I listened to this album a lot as a young person and never understood why I wasn't getting it, why this album is life-changing. Spoiler, it's because this album isn't good to listen to.
I don't believe I have ever listened to an entire Nirvana album before (not counting the Unplugged album from earlier on this list). I thought this was going to be an easy 5 stars but a couple of the early tracks are just too grating. Not sure I can give them less than a 4 though, so here you go.
Nope! You're wrong! Definitely did not need to hear this. Biggest load of sh 8te I've heard since I (accidentally) stood on the cat.
thought i was liking this more than i thought i would, then i was like nah this is about what i thought. topical title tho
Very very good. I didn’t ride this wave the way many others did when I was a teenager but it’s still a very very good album.
The rawer and more unhinged approach in comparison to nevermind. Objectively i would give it a 4.5 but I really love music from nirvana so it’s a 5 Star album in my books to be honest.
One of My favourite albums.
I like this.
Better songwriting overall on Nevermind but this one has the riffs, and Albini’s raw production kicks too much arse not to deny its power.
More high school nostalgia
Very low 4 because they made 7 cool songs and 5 of the worst songs ive ever heard
There's some good stuff on this album, but it's just a real shame because there's also some absurdly low low points on it. I've listened to it cover to cover quite a few times before, know most of the songs, and at times I found myself singing along to the chorus of "Pennyroyal Tea" or "Heart-Shaped Box". But also found myself covering my ears or getting really close to hitting skip on a bunch of songs. Songs like "Milk It", "Scentless Apprentice" and "Tourettes" are, no other way to say it, they're trash, they should've been cut. I'm gonna lay a lot of the blame at the feet of Steve Albini. This isn't the first CD Albini has fucked up, although it might be the one with the highest potential had he not been involved. It's telling that the best songs are the ones where he had the least involvement.
I didn’t love this one. Kurt Cobain’s singing was a bit pitchy, it didn’t feel the most musically interesting (I thought there were a lot of repeated riffs for example), and the lyrics didn’t grab me. I don’t think I’d listen again.
Rape me и другие треки :)
Ok, I get it. You’re a grimy, punky grunge band railing against the establishment when you suddenly get massively popular from your polished, commercially-friendly album. How do you respond? Why, you make a deliberately abrasive and decidedly un-commercially-friendly follow-up. It’s pretty hard to listen to in places, but the songs that were taken and remixed to be more palatable (Heart-shaped Box and All Apologies) are, well, much more palatable. Maybe that means I’m pretty basic when it comes to my taste in grunge, but I’m not gonna argue with that. Very Ape, sampled as the basis for the Prodigy classic Voodoo People is a bit of a hidden gem as well.
yeah this is a 4! yeah this is pretty darn good! yeah!
Pre-listening thoughts: oh gee nirvana! I’d act like I’m excited but I hate grunge sorry. I’ve heard heart shaped box from this album and that’s it. Post/during listening thoughts: yeah it’s exactly what I thought it would be. They’re fine musicians but I am just not a fan of this genre. This is what the average set at The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire slayer must sound like 2/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: dumb I guess Least fav tracks: senseless apprentice, rape me, milk it, Tourette’s
While In Utero is a huge milestone for grunge and rock music in general, I think I enjoy nevermind a bit more. The fuzz and song writing is a bit more polished. But I will say there are some absolute must listens on this one like Heart Shaped Box and Dumb just to name a few.
This album doesn't do it for me as much as Nevermind does tbh
Another formative one. Albini's (RIP) production is on point. And man such lyrics and hooks, which with such a powerhouse rhythm section makes Nirvana stand out still, despite prior overexposures. Lot's of great lines, apparently lyrics were a bit of an afterthought for young boy, but man he came up with some memorable bits. Always in that sweet spot of relatable vs specific. And man, not my observation but the tortured screaming in Scentless hits harder than any nerd future subdivision of metal ever would. Come back as fire, burn all the liars
Before this I've never listened to Nirvana. I've heard about the song "Smells like teen spirit" with the baby on the cover. Very different music, in comparison what I listen to. Overall it is listenable. I now understand why Nirvana is such iconic group. I think they were ahead of their time with this alternative kinda rock music.In this album my personal favorite is "Heart-Shaped box".
Not a fan, then or now.
I'm completely biased as it's on of my formative albums as a teen. It's not perfect but it's damn close. Just a total peach.
This is the second Nirvana album I've encountered on this list and I'm beginning to think that I just do not like Nirvana. I don't like Kurt Cobain's voice, which sounds like it has three modes: bored, growling, or straight up screaming. They are all grating and annoying. The guitars and drums are noisy and unpleasant. It's loud for the sake of being loud. I'm not a fan of abrasive, brash music, and it's looking like I'm not a fan of grunge as a genre either.
Thought this was going to be my type of thing, but shit was I wrong Nirvana are for sure overhyped. This was terrible with maybe 2 good songs sprinkled in 1 ⭐️
Big fan of heart shaped box. But also a lot of just noisy songs.
An evergreen bottle of 90s angst and rage. Fuck you.
Wieder ein ikonisches Album. Klasse gealtert.
Half of the songs were classics but everything started to sound the same. 3/5
Pretty solid listen. Not exactly my type of music but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Fave song was heart-shaped box which is followed by the song I disliked equally as much.
Great
Honestly, I didn’t even need to hear this again before rating, but I did because I love this album so much.
++: Serve the Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies +: Scentless Apprentice, Rape Me, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Very Ape, Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Tourette's +-: Pennyroyal Tea 8,5/10
I came to this quite late (what people called Grunge in general). First listened to a few of the individual tracks as part of the Nirvana Unplugged MTV concert and CD / download
Released after the immense success of *Nevermind*, *In Utero* is the album where Kurt Cobain settles the score for once and for all, just as he displays the full scope of his songwriting genius. *Nevermind* had the punk-rock hits and the iconic grunge-pop earworms, sure. But *In Utero* is quite a different beast. Indeed, while still having its fair share of instantly catchy cuts, Nirvana's third album is also a much more interesting and, most of all, much more *intense* affair, where the whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts. Going from "Serve The Servants", a gnarled, knotty, tortured-yet-melodic opener all children of divorced parents will obviously relate to, to the tragic beauty of the cello-enhanced and delicate closer "All Apologies", Nirvana also explores apocalyptic post-metal turf oozing to the brim with molten lava ("Scentless Apprentice" and its massive rhythmical pattern suggested by Dave Grohl; "Milk It and its demented screams chilling you to the bone ; or the full noise attack -- yet also very driven -- "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", whose title tells you everything you need to know about how Cobain envisioned his band's sudden commercial success). You also have a couple of essential snarling rockers. First the self-referential parody of "Rape Me", aping the band's former international hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with a perverse twist... But also the ominous feminist revenge fantasy of "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", where a plume of smoke, ash and red-hot embers spurted forth by the St Helens volcano cover the titular city to punish it for having doomed the silent film star. Before all that, first single "Heart-Shaped Box" is a grunge ballad for the ages, where Kurt's admiration for the Beatles shines with a reddish glow that could only be his. "Dumb" picks up the folk-rock, valium-soaked thread left hanging by "Polly" and "Lithium" on the previous album. And "Pennyroyal Tea" is probably the most devastating song ever written by Cobain, which speaks volumes given his usual output and artistry. The deep, abrasive sound and uncompromising aesthetics provided by Steve Albini for the recording of the album haven't aged a day (contrary to parts of *Nevermind*), and the whole record serves as a tantalizing journey into the tormented mind of Kurt Cobain in the very last years of his life. His loss was tragic. But he left us with such a singular LP here, whose dark star will probably shine for decades and decades to come for fans of 100% authentic, devastatingly sincere music. Now that my review proper is done with, I must confess something: I've met Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl twice as a teenager, under circumstances I won't elaborate on here. Just know that I was a very lucky kid who had had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it simply changed my life. When I first met them, they had just finished recording *In Utero*, and sure, that personal memory does explain parts of my enthusiasm for this record, very much intact to this day. Was it not for them, I wouldn't be here using this app to explore albums from the last seventy years or so three decades later. Yet in spite of those very subjective memories, I do believe that, *objectively speaking*, Nirvana single-handedly changed the course of music history. And it's in *In Utero*, where they were at their rawest, most creative, and most emotional, that you can grasp the full scope of their eternal legacy. Number of albums left to review: 73 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 399 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 231 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 298
A classic for sure, fell in love with some Niravana songs i had forgotten about like Pennyroyal tea and radio friendly unit shifter
This is a high 4s. It's sloppy, messy, and yet often perfect. An amazing album
For some reason I can’t give this album a 5. It feels like a 4.5 but I feel like it doesn’t hit right to take it all the way. There are some really good songs on here and some of my favs from them but to me Nevermind brings what I expect from them the whole way through.
It seems as if there was a good amount of growth musically between Nevermind and In Utero, although ironically the less successful songs here tend to be the more punk ones, the sound they so wanted to stay more faithful to. Still a lot of really great tracks and excellent production.
A great album - nothing that beats those opening few tracks on Nevermind but amazing bits.
The wows of the peaks are negated by the disdain for the screaming rage valleys, leaving me plateauing with a luke warm feeling about this hike.
Decent!
So…we can now say that this was pants, can’t we (RFUS aside. That’s just funny.)
"In Utero" is the third and final album by American rock band Nirvana. The band hired Steve Albini as the producer seeking a more complex and abrasive sound. The song lyrics appear to draw heavy allusions to lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain's personal life and struggles although Cobain denied it. There was a struggle between their record label, DGC, Nirvana and Steve Albini on the finished product which resulted in smoothing over of several songs by Bob Ludwig and Scott Litt. The album had commercial success, #1 in the UK and US, and critical success with the raw and unconventional sounds and Cobain's lyricism. Drum sticks, an off-kilter guitar and we're off with "Serve the Servants." Drums forward. Cobain sounds resigned of the band's fame. Drums, a great guitar riff and "Scentless Apprentice" roars to a start. Hard rockin' and the band at their most most raw. Cobain's guitar climbing the scales resulting is his scream.....awesome. The song is based on Patrick Süskind's book "Perfume" about a killer who takes in his victim's scent, before he kills them, trying to make the ultimate perfume. Hey, I read that book: a great book and my favorite song on the album. The first single was "Heart-Shaped Box." A slower start. Bass in the forefront and melodic guitar. An edgy guitar and a bass that sounds like a buzzsaw. It's about kid with terminal cancer. A great outro with the drums and feedback. "Rape Me" has a guitar strumming sounding very much like their big song from their previous album. They use the soft-loud-soft dynamic. They'll use that a few more times. Cobain screaming "Rape Me" seemingly about his struggles with the media again. The last single with was released posthumously after Cobain's death was "Pennyroyal Tea." Cobain's strained vocals. Loud instruments. The title is a reference to a medicine used to induce an abortion and Cobain makes it seem like a place beyond depression. The album closes with "All Apologizes." A song that stays with its great melody and builds. Cobain says this was a happy song for his daughter but it's hard today not to think there were others reasons to apologize. I think one of the reasons that I like this album so much is its raw, edgy, guttural crunch in both the music and vocals. The lyrics all seem to deal with death and disease and appear very personal to Cobain. Some may find the lyrics tied to his suicide but I never really did and don't now. They do nail the soft-loud-soft dynamic. I do appreciate the details with the instruments and sounds. I will seek listening to the original Albini mix since the rawness is part of the reason this album is so good. A tremendous album and my favorite Nirvana.
Forgot how much I liked grunge. A couple of belters on this album - All Apologies and Heart Shaped Box. Lots of angst in the album - definitely got to be in the right mood to enjoy it.
Listening to some of these songs now, you can almost hear the foretelling of what is to come for Cobain sadly. I still like the majority of the album as the drums and guitar are great.
Definitely not their best and I felt like Kurt was yelling a lot BUT that is very understandable given what happened not long after this album was released
So, so good and such a great example of grunge. Is this Nirvana's best album, no, but is it still straight fire? Absolutely. All of the songs on here help showcase and channel all the angst and snarl that was in Nevermind and then let it off the leash. "Dumb" remains one of my favorite Nirvana songs along with "Heart Shaped Box". Kurt does a really good job of channeling his emotions into each and every song and lyric which makes it even more tragic that his death wasn't prevented.
I don't think it's their best album. the energy, the angst, & depression can easily be felt & heard. the contrast in tones in between some of the tracks was pretty stark (Tourette's to All Apologies). I do love the use of the cello in Dumb
Despite how much I like the Nirvana songs I do know, I have never really checked their albums out. I really enjoyed this one. I can definitely understand why they are considered so great. Kurt Cobain's voice mixed in with the music and the imagery of the lyrics is magic.
has some good ones but also is noisy for my old ears
Good
Nirvana. Don’t need to say more.
I thought I would like this a lot more than I did. The singles were good, but seemed a lot softer and more melodic than most of the other tracks, which seemed obnoxious and loud and discordant. Two stars.
Prefer this to Nevermind. Cobain’s vocals are stronger and clearer and the songwriting is more focused. The harsh, industrial guitar riffs appropriately complement the vocals. Grohl’s drums provide a strong foundation and shine when pushed to the foreground. Listened to: walking around Providence. Favorite tracks: Scentless Apprentice, Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Remarkable that this album follows nevermind. Usually the follow up to the breakthrough album gets softer, more commercial, or at least less angry. In Utero goes the other way but with the production and talent of the biggest band in the world. A testament to Cobain’s talent and maybe why there was never going to be a 4th album. I’ve never considered myself a nirvana fan but each time they’ve come up on this list I’ve found myself listening to and thinking about them for days afterward.
4.7 Is kinda crazy how an album like this can go and sell 15 million albums. I didn't know Steve Albini passed away this year, RIP.
Yeah this is peak 90's rock. Lots of strong catchy songs. Dave Grohl is also one of the few drummers that regularly has actual drum riffs. Want to love this record but man I wish some of those deep cuts were better. Some absolute gold but it's surrounded by mediocre songs :/ Still a 4 star for me though of the sheer strength of the good tracks
Great album.
I hate that I can't help but compare this to Nevermind. It's got some good songs, but as a whole it really doesn't stand up to not only Nevermind, but a lot of grunge albums
One of the best albums of the 90s
Not my favourite Nirvana album, but there's some great ones on here.
Just woke up from a 30 year coma. Can’t wait to see what these guys put out since then!
I liked the pattern this album continued.
Less famous and flashy than its ‘91 sister, but packing no less of a wallop. Pure elegance in its quiet moments; pure elegance in its abject screaming. What I love most about this album is that, despite coming on the heels of a huge hit, it’s even less overblown and celebratory. It’s not the problems of sudden fame; it’s that nothing has changed at all, or ever will.
Don’t be Dumb. Milk It and listen to this thing.
Hieman tasapaksu minusta. Toteutetaan esteettistä visiota, kunnianhimo menee ennemmin siihen eikä biisien tekemiseen. Huonoja ne eivät kuitenkaan ole, vaivaa on nähty. Kaipasin vain vielä enemmän vaihtelua (saman estetiikan sisällä) kuin vain toisiaan huutoa muminan välissä.
Definitiivinen ilmaus siitä, mitä tällä bändillä on tarjota: hokemat/koukut, Flipperiä poppina fanittava mökä, mollivoittoinen melodisuus. Lisäksi Heart-Shaped Box voittaa Smells Like Teen Spiritin sinkkubiisinä.
Unlistenable dog shit
4-
great
Buen disco después del pelotazo de su anterior l.p. Sin embargo, no es redondo.
Big Nirvana fan over here. But, In Utero is just so fantastic. All bias aside, it’s kinda wild how much depth this album has. Tracks that really showcase Cobain’s progression as a musician and lyricist, and really put his skills to the test. I just dig this album
This is just a bit too grunge for me. I really liked the two songs I recognized, heart shaped box and all apologies. I also had a traumatic experience this is album. I was out running while listening to it and then my headphones died right after Rape Me….so then I had like two miles of just of being on the greenway, alone in my thoughts, with that being the last song stuck in my head. Not super pleasant.
I would describe the album as pretty good. “Rape Me” was probably my favorite from the album, but it uses the same riff as smells like teen spirit. Based on listening to this album, I assumed it was before the Nevermind album, but it was actually after. I’m excited to listen to that album, because I felt like this album could have given me more.
It’s not Nevermind, but damn, it’s close. So many great songs and such a great album. I teach about ‘what if?’ moments in history and this whole album is a “what if life had been less cruel to Kurt Cobain?” This album is one I usually listen to a few times a year so nothing will change there, but I don’t think it’s quite in five territory.
I think I have Nirvana Stockholm Syndrome. I don't know if I like them or not. I've been told they're the greatest band of the 90's for my entire life and I have to like them. Am I singing along to "Heart Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" because I like them so much, or have the lyrics just been driven into my head over the years? Their influence is obviously huge, and they established the sound of the 90's. I just wish there was less influence over how I should feel about them to make my own determination, but I feel like I can't give them less than a 4.
After the powerhouse that was Nevermind the next album is a response to the enormous success.
Somehow, I've managed to go 30 years without actually listening to In Utero, so there was some pent-up anticipation when I started this LP. After two full listens... I have to express some disappointment, It's OK. Heart Shaped Box is fine, but the rest just lacks any real craft. It'll probably be another 30 years before I repeat.
Consider myself a Nirvana fan but this album sucks. Some good songs but some horrific ones too.
Maybe you have to be a teenager to like this. I found the whole album, outside of all apologies, which is a good song, to be a depressing slog. For the most part Kurt just seems to want us to know that he’s having a really bad time, not enjoying himself at all. Point taken.
Often hated by nirvana purists, I honestly find In Utero to be my favorite album of theirs. Its a strange album, but man, its still raw and has some really screechy, head bangin rock that is still unique today. I could see how Cobains depression is laid out on the album - “teenage angst has paid off well, now im bored and old”.
Nice mix of some raw and some more polished songs. Not too easy on the ears at times, but the tension tends to finds a quick enough resolution. I gravitate toward the mellow moments in the end - Dumb and All Apologies stand out.
I will never understand Nirvana. I'm the right age, I listened at the right time, I even like some grunge, but Nirvana is just noise.
I was 13 when this album was released. I've owned a copy ever since. I adore this record more now than I did then.
nirvana will always make edgy cool
over hyped
Gets a little bit “hard rock” for me at times but some really great tunes interspersed
Nirvanas response to the more polished sound of Nevermind
Mostly crashy clashy noise with 2-3 major hits thrown in. I’m not a fan of Grunge but I appreciate these kings and what they did for music.
Here are a bunch of adjectives that I would use to describe this album: constricting, enraging, abandoned, suffocating, empty, bursting, sad, painful, confusing, indifferent, raw. None of it is particularly "good", but it is special. I think grunge delivers more on an emotional level than a musical one and this album is a good example of that
I appreciate it lots, much better than the naked baby album My only problem with the album is how fatiguing it gets before it’s over, but I don’t mean that as negative as it sounds. I like their sound, it’s just quite an assault on the ears
Forgot how great this album was. Don’t listen to it often enough. Hard to rate this objectively when it was such a huge part of my youth.
A good album, my favorite of it was Heat-Shaped Box.
I remember the first time I heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit” off of Nevermind. I went and bought the cd within the hour- and listened to it on repeat joyous in the knowledge that hair bands were finally going to go away. This album has some good songs- but def isn’t Nevermind.
I really wasn't in the mood for Nirvana yesterday. A few of these sound more aged than I remembered.
John Beck: "Annual reminder: In utero is not a good album." Dave Romano: "I love in utero, easily my favorite album of theirs." JB: "What’s your favorite part? The terrible melodies, lack of hooks, or the awful lyrics? DR: "All of the above! Really I love the artwork, the production, and the lyrics. Serve the servants, Dumb, Frances Farmer, All Apologies have great lyrics." There are so many things that John Beck has right and Dave Romano has wrong, but this take was not one of them.
Favorite Tracks: All Apologies Heart-Shaped Box Rape Me
Some of my favorite Nirvana songs on this album. So good!
this album helped shaped how i played with words, sounds and lines. could i write poetry to this? Y
No need for discussion here. It's a favorite of mine. Five stars, hands down.
It's funny that this is the "inaccessible and abrasive" Nirvana album, but it's very accessible and mainstream compared to actual inaccessible and abrasive music
I listened to this a few months ago after not hearing it since the 90s. I hated it. Now I listened to it again and I've warmed up to it quite a bit. Strange how multiple listens change opinions.
Not my fav nirvana labum but still amazing
It’s not Nevermind. Difficult to get through beyond the hits.
Fattar mig inte bara på Nirvana. Dumb är plattans bästa spår
Didn't like it at all. Too abrasive for me
Not my favorite Nirvana album.
Hated it
Good album
In Utero is not as polished as its more famous predecessor, but still an absolute masterpiece.
The difficultt third album :) It's much more raw and aggressive than nevermind but it's a stunning album. Feels like a massive F U to a lot of people
Raw, top listen for anyone. Long live Kurt
My favorite Nirvana album. Brutal, painful, and some kind of perfect. Highlights: Scentless Apprentice, Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies
Nirvana had the unenviable task of following Nevermind and created an album that stands alongside its predecessor. There's certainly a raggedness that Nevermind doesn't have, and some of the guitar riffs sound more metal than grunge as anger and disillusionment is expressed through the songs. They're combined with some of Cobain's rawest and most emotional lyrics; when you hear him sing things like go away, I think I'm dumb, I miss the comfort in being sad... you can't fail but directly observe a troubled artist's inner thoughts. A fascinating insight into one of music's most tragic stories, In Utero fucking rocks but it's a hard listen in context
There is some brilliance on this
Not as polished as Nevermind but still an absolute masterwork of the grunge genre. Makes you wonder what could have been had things turned out differently.
Love it
Still classic grunge. Holds up.
"Of course, they want another Nevermind, but I'd rather die than do that. This is exactly the kind of record I would buy as a fan, that I would enjoy owning." Kurt Cobain Highlights: Serve The Servants, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Frances Farmer Has Her Revenge On Seattle, Pennyroyal Tea, Tourette's. In a nutshell: rough and raw. Just the way the band wanted. Taking the "punk-ish" approach to recording and enlisting Steve Albini (vale you fucking legend) was the right decision. In Utero is a confronting and unintentionally personal album. I'm glad I was oblivious to grunge and Nirvana's fame as a youth (I was 10 when Kurt died) because I appreciate their music more now than I would have back then. In saying that, I prefer this album over Nevermind, as it feels more authentic. Overall: 9/10
A classic album really, every song is good and the high quality is obvious in every song.
A solid listen, but in my opinion inferior to nevermind
Always quite rightly in the shadow of Nevermind
This is an album I am supposed to like more than I do. Loud, raucous, lots of primal screaming. Song "All Apologies" not bad but otherwise very dark. Three stars just because Nirvana and Dave Grohl.
Very close to being a perfect album. I'd take it over Nevermind any day, it's the much more adventurous album and has such a considerably larger impact on me - the guttural screams in the chorus of Scentless Apprentice, the dissonant chord that opens the album, immediately establishing itself as a noisy, angry powerhouse. Albini's production does such a huge service to the album (I'd also recommend listening to his original mix as well, it's somehow even more raw). Despite most of my favourite things about this album being the noisiness and rawness of it all, my two favourites here are arguably the most poppy songs - Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies. There's a certain contrast between the melancholy atmosphere at the start of Heart-Shaped Box and the unassuming, almost uplifting riff on All Apologies, but they both start with just a guitar. These are two songs that, in my opinion, absolutely master the quiet-loud verse-chorus dynamic, Smells Like Teen Spirit is nothing compared to either of these. Considering the band's direction here, also hinted on You Know You're Right, "all in all is all we are" is unfortunately Nirvana's equivalent to "and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make". Kurt's passing does hang over this album in many places, certain moments feel like a means of expressing whatever pain he was going through in the form of music. It's almost difficult to listen to in those parts, not because of how visceral it is, necessarily. I listen to much harsher music casually, but it's just how expressive Kurt is on this album - it's almost like the anger unleashed on Converge's 2001 album Jane Doe, but with an almost defeated feel to it. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain and Steve Albini 9.5/10
This is not super accessible, but I think it is artistically better than Nevermind.
I must admit, Nirvana either bores or annoys me, but 'In Utero' certainly does not. I find it an excess of the 90s (an era I care little about), but I am glad there once was a time where music like this was the peak of relevance.
Like duh
The really good songs are of an ascension that Nirvana could only have dreamt of. Brilliant compositions, plus that Nirvana sound and the now ever-present personality that is Cobain, makes this an all time classic
What can I say, the final album that of the band that started the grunge revolution. Not many bands that stand on the same pedestal as Kurt and Dave, let alone Nirvana. There are some songs you could easily hate, you know what, I get it, fair enough. But the ones that hit are undeniable rock greats. I was gonna skip listening to this album another time but I thought, 24 carat baby, let’s go. Pennyroyal Tea All apologies Heart Shaped Box Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle Dumb
ughhhh. While I can respect the impact Nirvana have had on music, they're the first band I've come across on this that I really wanted to turn off halfway through. However, "Heart-Shaped Box", "Pennyroyal Tea", and "All Apologies" were all decent listens. Deciding between 2 and 3 stars presented quite the dilemma. Go with my gut, basing it solely off the music I heard and give them two? Or try to claim that "I understood them" and give them three for street cred? Ultimately decided on the former. Nevermind is the only Nirvana album I can struggle through.
Definitely not into it like the other albums, but it has a cool album cover.
Prefer Nevermind but this is a more extreme direction perhaps with the same full-on 100% commitment. Assured with integrity which is all you can really ask from a band. After that it's just down to personal taste.
Alberto’s fav
I remember liking this a lot more as an angsty teen when Nirvana was all the rage and MTV was rad. Heart Shaped Box is obviously an all time classic, but the rest wasn't quite doing it for me. I love the mood, but the album itself didn't quite hold up for me.
I didn't really like this that much. It's definitely Nirvana, and its an iconic sound, but I think I'm too far displaced from the novelty of it to really enjoy it. I didn't hate it, but I probably wouldn't ever choose to put it on. My favorite song was 'Dumb'. 5/10
I think this is a better album than never mind. But in 1001 albums do we need more then never mind. A lot of the love for nirvana is the potential that was never to be realised. Not all of it of course. He could write songs and the band was incendiary. But should it be here? Still, I think it a better album than nevermind. But never mind is the one. Gets five stars though.
Its breaks through your musical defences. Nirvana perfectly illustrates that abrasive sound, lean hoarse vocals with repellent themes can be transfixing. Intimate and comforting – and somehow moving, oddly relatable or catchy in a way you least expect. While 90’s grunge rock + poetical angst + troubled devotionals aren't going to happy, it is painfully, stunningly good art. I don't do album sized chunks of grunge. I wouldn’t call it a ‘pick me up’, but it rouses something. Perhaps our bestial bits. Nirvana did make uniquely arresting and memorable music; I literally stopped by the side of the road the first time I heard them, it was “Smell like teen spirit” and I needed to know what it was. “Heart shaped box” is another inimitable work in the grunge from – it taps some kind of magic formula, I suspect. Maybe a classical transcription reveals it. What a sound – like a pied piper who found the magic harsh note that calls to an angry teen. I think at least one Nirvana disc has to be here so people hear and feel what they do (and how unexpected that can be, no matter your taste in music, it works). A solid entry to the list for all the right reasons.
Not sure that, as a genre, grunge has weathered the three decades since Kurt croaked. I never paid much attention to this record at the time. The highlights for me are, predictably, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me & Dumb. I always thought Pennyroyal Tea was just a bit overrated. Musically, there’s some great shit here, but a little too much screaming at times. Three stars.
I was working at Scratches Records in 1991. It was a grungy little store in Newtown that sold new and secondhand records, with a heavy alternative leaning. I was 21 years old, and had just moved of home, dropped out of university, and hanging around the alternative music scene a lot, back when the alternative scene was not just an arbitrary genre label, but a generally alternative industry with separate bands, record labels, stores and media. Every week, I took home just enough cash to pay the rent and buy a few beers, and the rest of my pay went on vinyl. It was a heady time to be working in a record store. And Nevermind changed everything. Suddenly, every store, even the most boring mainstream mega-stores, wanted to stock the hip new alternative bands. While it led to a short period of better music on the radio, major label contracts for bands that you never expected (Butthole Surfers, who would have thought?) and an uptick in sales of flannel shirts, ultimately, the capitalist machine chewed up, watered down, and spat out the masticated and lifeless husk of what had previously been a vibrant and interesting alternative scene, yet another victim of the incessant appetite of a consumerist society for fresh meat and new fashion. While I have to admit that Nevermind was a pretty damn good record, it was wildly over-played, and everyone I knew who worked in a record store at the time was heartily sick of listening to it. It was literally everywhere, all the time. I remember being at a Boxing Day barbeque at the end of 1991 and someone went to pop Nevermind on the ghetto blaster, to howls of protest from all the record store clerks in the room (and there were a few). Great record, but overplayed. Don't get me wrong; I bought a copy (at wholesale; $14.51. Original vinyl pressings now to sell for a pretty fair chunk of change). But I skipped seeing Nirvana when they toured Australia in early 92. I was pretty skint, and was a bit sick of them and all the hype, and preferred Mudhoney anyway. I really regret that decision. My flatmate, Andy, went to see them at the Phoenician Club, and said they were awesome. I was especially sick with jealousy and regret when In Utero came out, and there on the inner sleeve of the vinyl version (not the CD, just the vinyl) was a photo of the crowd at that very show, and there, pressed against the barrier, was Andy! I was spewing! I preferred In Utero to Nevermind as a listening experience. I don't think objectively it's a better album; there are quite a few filler tracks here. But the decision to try to deliberately piss off a chunk of their mainstream audience with an aggressively noisy record was right up my alley. I was familiar with the Albini production oeuvre, so the squalls of noise and feedback and screaming was par for the course. I really like the sound of a great band just hammering it out in the room. Albini really captured them trying to blow up their career. But Cobain still couldn't help himself from writing some really great tunes, especially Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies. I found the whole approach exciting and funny, and this was on pretty regular rotation until Kurt died, when I found it all a bit too real, and I hadn't played it the whole way through again until today. These days, I find the lyrics overly anxious, angry and depressing. All the self-loathing just makes 53-year old me feel tired and sad for Kurt, a young man who clearly didn't have a handle on life. I wish the kid could have found some happiness. So probably not (objectively) as good or important as Nevermind, but still five stars.
Me lastima saber que es un album recontra importante para la historia de la musica, y que no me guste nada. Nose si es por el tipo de musica (es muy probable) me costo escucharlo muchisimo. Me jode bastante no ser compatible con una pieza de musica historica
9.5
I was thirteen at the time In Utero got released, and this album truly was everything to me. It played such a huge part in my teenage years that I can't possibly be objective about it. As cliché as it is to say, it defined who I was at the time.
Kurt is really Grunge's golden boy. Not as flamboyant as Nevermind, but what a ride!
Nevermind is the commercial success, but In Utero is really what the grunge is to the very core : sad, pessimistic, noisy and raw, apathetic, destructive... and so on! A masterpiece of the genre.
A song called “Rape Me”??? Absolutely not
Fav: All Apologies Least Fav: Dumb
Not for me.
Now we're talking! I was fearful that this album wouldn't hold up. I was afraid it would just make me nostalgic. It did make me nostalgic, but I also think these songs are still very good. I heard a message this time around, or maybe a bit of a theme? Maybe I'm just older and read into things nowadays
This made me feel some sort of way. Very depressing, but also nostalgic. Weird feeling.
One of the somewhat surprising things I’ve learned from this project is that I’m not much a fan of grunge (or at least, not the grunge albums I’ve gotten so far). I guess that, aside from Nirvana, I hadn’t really listened to much of the genre. I have mixed feelings about this one too, but it’s been the grunge album I’ve enjoyed most till now. I prefer the rougher sound here to the more polished Nevermind. There’s something almost punky about it, which I appreciate. There’s a bit of nostalgia here - a friend in middle school was a fan of Nirvana and introduced me to their music. I don’t think I really got it then. Maybe I still don’t, but I do like it better now. Favorite tracks: All Apologies, Heart Shaped Box, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Doesn't have as broad appeal as Nevermind. Only a few songs on here that I enjoyed. I think this album is too heavy on the rage and too light on the introspect.
endlich losi mol in utero freu mi uf imminenti depressione. serve the servants isch bluesiger alsi denkt hett. und sochli en doo-wop beat. afoch chli en hässige afang. scentless apprentice het de sevi verzellt seg vo das parfüm inspiriert. ich gseh dass de dave grohl behauptet er seg afoch en disco drummer wo inere grunge band spielt. kurt schreit echli hä. riff goht hard. er seit ihm de go away time. heart shaped box isch bitz de hit i think. huuuere cool. sehr schön. hässig. rape me spielt mega uf teen spirit ah. es ist sehr guet. lislig luut time. frances farmer isch nice gsi, sehr so wieni mer in utero vorstell. dumm isch nöd so dumm. easy schön mit de strings und so. very ape isch wie monkey mit me uni abschluss. milch es isch huuuere grating. zum glück los ich nur so halb uf de text hey. radio friendly isch funny well ihm isch nöd hahaha. tourettes mega punk. es isch so luuut.
UHHHHHH serve the servants hani scho immer sehr gern gha, au wenner im refrain sochli apathisch singt es isch iwie eifach soo LUUT und da isch scentless apprentice no vill schlimmer hahahah ich han früehner de refrain gar nöd gern gha, jz find ich en vor allem funny dass das basically ufeme mainstream album isch heart-shaped box findi en absolute banger, de refrain lauft eim eeewigs na rape findi eini vode beste nöd top liedet ABER 1. nirvana chilled mit edgy 2. es isch weird das lied nahzsinge 3. s riff tönt wie step 3 bi "HOW TO LEARN SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT RIFF IN 5 EASY STEPS", es isch eifach es simplifizierts riff hahahaha frögmi au, was nirvana in zuekunft gnacht hetti dumb uf de andere siite tuet sehr sanft echli neui tön innebringe pennyroyal tea isch wieder so es lüt wo ich nöd chegg, wie so es lied so catchy chan sii? es isch im refrain v.a. luut und de cobain ghörsch hii und daa EEEEEEEEEEEE singe ghöre, aber es funktioniert eifach radio friendly unit shifter hani voll vergesse, undich verstahs, isch bis jz s schwächste lied bzw. s einzig schwache tourettes au so funny dass es uf dem album isch all apologies isch en 10/10 banger ja bin na hii und hergrisse, uf de eibte siite isches es huere geils album und find sehr geil, dass sie sich treu blibe sind, au wenn nevermind so en durchbruch gsi isch uf de andere siite gits au lieder, wo chli zu fest nach nirvana/alles vhli ähnlich tönt, ich schwanke zwüscheme 4 und 5
Was great music to listen to during wrestling practice, but as I’ve gotten older and less angsty, it doesn’t speak to me as much. I get it’s culturally significant and all that so it gets bumped up to 4 stars
although i'm not as familiar with the "greater" nirvana discography, i have listened to 'nevermind' and some select works that dave grohl did afterwards. this was my first time listening to this album in full, and i have to say, i think i like it more than 'nevermind,' - which i'm not sure is a hot take or not. although obviously their breakthrough album is an incredibly important album for the evolution of popular music in the 20th century, i actually find this album more appealing with its more rough-around-the-edges sound and kurt cobain's more personal lyrics dealing with his experiences with fame. outside of the songs that i would consider "famous" from this album, my favorites were, 'serve the servants,' 'frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle,' and, 'radio friendly unit shifter.' to me, this album is one that takes the momentum of their first album and combines it with a more rough around the edges sound that works extremely well.
Nirvana's fury, documented by Steve Albini. Beautiful, imperfect, tender, raucous, hungry, cynical, emotional, viscerally sincere Nirvana. An abrasive caress. Kurt Cobain's true legacy. I need to rest after I listen to this.
A stone cold fucking classic that cemented Nirvana as one of the greatest bands of all time and not just a cultural phenomenon. Such an intense album. Huge respects to the band for releasing this emotional rollercoaster of a record in the middle of being the most popular band on the planet. Super strong 9/10.
Fantastic album with some flaws that put it just short of 5 stars. In places more interesting that Nevermind, but not as distinctive in others
I also prefer Nevermind, which may make me a basic bitch, but I don't care. Nevermind and Unplugged were the ones that changed my life; In Utero was the one that I "only" really liked. But I've continued to really like it through the years, and even if it doesn't totally get all the way up to 5 stars for me on a personal enjoyment level, it's still a tremendous group of songs. 4.5/5
Grew up passively listening to this album sooo much because my brother would listen to it all. the. time. There was a good couple of years where he would rotate between this and Pink Floyd’s The Wall every single day. So much of it has been burned into my brain but I still have never been a huge nirvana fan otherwise, so it was really interesting revisiting this on my own terms and actually really enjoying it!
The production on this is so unbelievable, credit to Steve Albini (RIP). I have been listening to a lot of Shellac this year and some of his other credits, and I’m so pleased that the sharp/abrasive percussion and morose but mathy guitar riffs carried over into this record by a band this massive, one that I’ve honestly taken for granted, I think. Born from a perfect moment, sort of, and obviously that much more tragic given the loss of Cobain soon after… kinda surprising myself here - and it’s maybe like a 4.5 - but this hit for me today/this year!
This sounds noisy and cool (RIP Steve Albini) but I find its contents mostly uninteresting. I’m always shocked at how popular Nirvana were and continue to be.
Never really been a Nirvana fan but this one has always been my fav of theirs… i really appreciate the hardcore breakdowns and noise rock influence on this thing. Really makes ya wish they made some more music cuz they were headed in a really interesting direction
Nirvana was a bit before my time, and thus I am not really familiar with them besides the biggest hits, and honestly I wasn't incredibly impressed by this album. It was fine, but the only tracks I particularly enjoyed were "Pennyroyal Tea" and "All Apologies."
I always wonder if id like nirvana if I hadn't grown up listening to them.
Not Nevermind
2 tunes 12 tracks 3 classics
had me at moist vagina
Angry, angsty, and somehow low key in it's writing. Emblematic of the 90s
3.3 stars rounded down.
My first Nirvana album! This is another album where I know it will be even better in the fall. Luckily I listened to it on a very rainy day so I got an idea of how much I like it. Some songs are better than others but overall a very strong album.
Not a big fan of this style of music. I like their song with less crazy guitar. I did like hearing Dave Grohl on drums. I prefer the Foo Fightere
Good solid rocking album. Of course its filled with signature Cobain angst. Solid 4
Didn’t love this quite as much as the Nirvana MTV Unplugged album, but still quite enjoyable.
This was just ok. Didn’t care for the murkier songs.
I’m surprising myself with how much I have to say about this. Scattered thoughts follow. The good: -This rougher sound suits them better than the glossy production of Nevermind and over the years this has become my favorite album of theirs (some hipsters will say Bleach, but I don’t think the songwriting there was quite as consistent). -Kurt’s fascination with ailments, illness, sickness, and medicine is always so fascinating. Offers a glimpse of what he was going through even at his young age. -“There is nothing I could say / That I haven’t thought before” is chef’s kiss. -“scentless apprentice” is the drum part I worked the hardest at learning when I had a drum set. I could play the bass and snare part consistently but it was tough throwing in the hi hat too. Dave’s fills on “all apologies” are also great. The bad: -I hear “rape me” as a song about the pressures and trappings of fame. Musically, I love it. Lyrically, maybe choose a different metaphor. -Although I don’t hate it, I don’t think the album benefits from “Tourette’s.” Going in, I knew it would be between a 4 and a 5, and I probably am there still after listening. Essentially a 4.5. I was curious if it was on my ongoing “fav albums” playlist and it was, which felt like a tiebreaker. I’ll give it 5.
Honestly a bit disappointing. Francis farmer is great tho
love some of the tracks, hate some of the tracks.
It’s good. I don’t think it’s great, and he bums me out. There are obviously some bangers here: Heart shaped box, Rape Me, Dumb, All Apologies. And I really like Pennyroyal Tea.
I know Nirvana ‘s hit singles, like anybody else alive in the 90’s. And much as I enjoy a few of them, had never bothered to listen to this full album. Frankly, I’m disappointed. Heart Shaped Box is a great song, but I really didn’t enjoy most of this album. The mythology of Curt Cobain isn’t a reason for me to give it extra stars.
Nirvana at its rawest & finest
Not a huge fan
I love Kurt Cobain's opening line to Serve the Servants (from In Utero), after the enormous success of Smells Like Teen Spirit (from Nevermind): Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old Self-appointed judges judge More than they have sold And then he's done with it. I don't spend a lot of my time comparing In Utero to Nevermind; to me, the two are quite a bit different. But if I had to pick, I'd say In Utero reflects the true spirit of Nirvana.
I hoped / expected more. Bit disappointed.
Not a grunge fan, but I can see how this was extremely influential. All Apologies was the best one on the album.
I listened
Mint
Albino excellence
Moeilijk, maar fantastisch album. Zoveel geweldige nummers, een paar wat mindere doen daar niets aan af.
Nirvana has some really good songs, but some of their songs that don't get radio play don't get it for a reason.
Amazing follow up to Nevermind, and every bit as good...maybe even better. Darker, edgier, more personal, at times primal. Everyone knows Heart Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies (maybe Nirvana's best track, along with Smells Like Teen Spirit)....but, hell, I didn't realized EVERY track on here is perfect. Do yourself a favor and listen to this while reading the lyrics and soak it all in. You will find Cobain baring his soul to us. Trapped, confined, and alienated in his newfound celebrity, angst-ridden and unable to reconcile his sudden success with his apparently self-loathing identity (this was his last release prior to his tragic suicide), it feels almost voyeuristic and intrusive to witness his raw emotion and honesty. Such a shame that he left us so soon...In Utero is proof that Nirvana was only beginning to hit its stride musically and had so much more to offer. What a loss! And what a moving experience!
Heavy, classic grunge feel. Can’t go wrong with Nirvana
If it wasn’t for this generator, I wouldn’t have had a reason to revisit this album. Nirvana undoubtedly made a huge impact, and I don’t want to downplay their success, but my enthusiasm for them isn’t what it used to be. I listened to them so much when they were fresh that I just don’t enjoy them anymore, especially “In Utero.” I can’t even count how many times I played this album as a teenager. With that being said, I’ll leave the deep and impactful reviews to someone who’s more energetic and enthusiastic, and not as burned out on this album as I am.
I..I get it now
Nirvana was what bad kids listened to when I was growing up. I thought the song Rape Me was about someone asking to be raped. So did this kind of terrible kid I grew up with. Justin, you know who your are. Turns out it's a song about how most rapes are repeated offenses and are done by someone close and that Nirvana was trying to speak up about it. Who knew?