Reviews (page 10 of 15)
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!
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
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
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.
Alright
Nirvana e veldig kult, men musikken e ikke like kul. Halve plata e forglemmelig. All Apoligies e den kuleste Nirvana-låten.
Slower and more expanded production but has all the parts of their sound: Kurt’s hushed voice, the guitar work, the quiet-loud sound, and noise. (3.5)
Carried by All Apologies
O impressionante desse álbum é o quão agressivo ele é considerando o status mainstream da banda. O envolvimento do Steve Albini faz total sentido, ainda que sua contribuição tenha sido suavizada no master final. A segunda metade é muito mais interessante que a primeira, que acaba sendo dominada pelos singles, que com exceção do Rape Me não curti tanto.
6 - AVERAGE
4 stars to Heart-shaped box and Rape me, minus 1 because of everything else. i just don't really care about nirvana no matter how much i try, sorry to everyone
Scentless Apprentice Heart-Shaped Box Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle Milk It Radio Friendly Unit Shifter All Apologies
Kann man mal hören
I do wish i liked radiohead more
An iconic album with some well known hits from Nirvana. Lots of edgy screaming. A pretty good album but not a feel good album ya know.
Makes me feel like I’m listening to a really good garage band. Drums are sick. Lyrics seem nonsensical. Really makes me wanna tear shit up.
Insane album to listen to on a Monday morning. First two tracks (esp second) had my ears bleeding. Was good to get exposure to non-Rock Band Nirvana. Kurt Cobain has more range than I realized, but the direction that range extends into is not for me. (I.e. screaming stuff). Forgot what a studio version of All Apologies sounded like - so used to the MTV Live version. So good & haunting.
Teenage angst has paid off well now I am bored and old
I liked this album, but not every song
I've tried to like this album more for a long time. It just feels uneven to me. Some good ones, but some others that I would totally skip, if I were listening to the album normally. 3.5*
familiar vibe
cool
kommt nich an nevermind ran paar banger tho
3/5 there are a few great songs in there but more than a few shit ones to sift through.
NOT A HUGE NIRVANA FAN. But this is a solid, cohesive album. Might not listen to it in its entirety again, but this album features some of my favorite songs by Nirvana (Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, All Apologies). Had never heard Serve The Servants before and really liked it!
boy music
First songs alot of screaming. Rape me????
Takes me back to my college days with this one! More abrasive than many of their more mainstream hits, but showcases Cobain’s lyrical talent well.
Some high highs and low lows for me personally
liked the first song a lot, some stood out some didn't but also not what i would typically listen to
I respect Nirvana but I also respect that not all of their songs are for me
No my favourite Nirvana, but still a good one.
Nostalgic
Listened 12/30 3 I’d give a partial star too but i can’t. This album just sounds a lot of the same, but obviously was monumental in history. I like it, just a little different from other nirvana songs I like
a couple bangers.
I love the way the drums play the main character throughout the whole album. The melody was IT, but some of the songs were too much for me because of the screaming. Would 100% listen to it again.
I like the popular songs: Heart-shaped Box, Rape Me, and All Apologies. I was surprised that I liked Dumb. But otherwise I found everything else to sound like depressive noise. It really doesn’t compare to the previous album, Nevermind. I won’t give it a 2 though because the songs that I do like are very good.
Heavy , gritty. Not an album on rotation in my world but I appreciate their creativity
Le doy un 7
had already listened to some songs from this, its nice
3.5
I can see why this is beloved - lots of very raw emotion and real musical talent. Add to that the personal tragedy of Kurt Cobain and it makes sense this album (and nirvana in general really) is such a watermark. I think ultimately this just isn’t really my thing
3/5
Solid staple of grunge music, always a good listen
Some good, some was just noise
Listened too early in the day and ended up needing a nap in the afternoon.
This sure is Nirvana. Some very loud songs, some very good songs. On a different day I might rate it higher! Highlights: 'Heart-Shaped Box' (mainly because of Jordis Unga, who sang this as one of many formative Rockstar INXS tracks, but secondarily for the very useful line "hey/wait/i've got a new complaint"), 'All Apologies' (I've been fuming about the line "What else could I say?/Everyone is gay" for almost 30 years, which people twist themselves in knots to defend, but it is still a good song)
Klassiker aber nicht meins
1. Serve the Servants - 2. Scentless Apprentice - least favourite 3. Heart-Shaped Box - favourite 4. Rape Me - 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - 6. Dumb - 2nd favourite 7. Very Ape - 3rd favourite 8. Milk It - 9. Pennyroyal Tea - 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 11. Tourette's - 12. All Apologies -
My least favorite Nirvana album. Doesn’t hit the same as it does in my youth. Definitely a couple of skips that I just can’t handle anymore. Sorry, Kurt, I still love you!
I like them; I really do. But this album, apart from 2-3 songs, sounds very formulaic and predictable.
5/10 - I can appreciate the album for its heavy tones, though nothing really blew me away. I liked All Apologies, but some of the tracks just didn't do it for me.
Very good, little screamy in songs.
Obviously iconic hit from Heart Shaped Box with other solid grunge tracks on the album Personally not for me but I see why it's so successful and a prime example of the genre, band and time period
3.5
I remember this music well. Back then, I tried to love it, but I’m over trying to enjoy things I don’t. I’m just not cool enough to like this music. However, it’s an excellent example of pure grunge, with punk and rock influences.
A classic to be sure, but Nirvana never resonates with me that much - though I prefer them to most other grunge acts.
Drums are solid. I found the lyrics and vocal delivery generally poor to my ears. Decent music with bad vocals in my opinion.
Upon listening, one recognizes Nirvana's style, very angry, very raw... but not entirely devoid of a certain melody.
It’s hard to rate a Nirvana album because I was never a fan and I like and don't like it at the same time. I feel same towards Linkin Park music btw. I hate when Kurt Cobain screams into my ear in Scentless Apprentice, but I really like everything in Heart-Shaped Box or Dumb. Overall it's a great music, but most songs are not enough for me somehow. It was really nice listening to the album once, but I don't want to add this to my playlist or listen to it intentionally. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Heart-Shaped Box — All Apologies
Man this is a tough listen, knowing what we know now. Part cry for help (the video for Heart-Shaped Box was and still is unsettling), part primal scream therapy (and I've already ripped John Lennon for that), part rock showcase, but put it all together and it works - it's no Nevermind though.
Less distortion than I remembered and an easier listen than I expected. the hits were my favorite - all apologies, Dumb, Heart Shaped box
While I do like some of the songs on this anlbum and some Nirvana songs - I do not lift them up on high as many do. I was around when Nirvana and all of the other grunge bands blew the hair bands and much of the 80s music off the charts. It was a moment that made for some great music. I was more into Pearl Jam and Soundgarden than Nirvana. I like a bit more of a pleasant melody to my music than I felt Nirvana had to offer. That being said, I enjoyed rocking out to this album but it is just ok to me.
some good songs but as an album this one doesn't impress me in the nirvana discog
You know, I was expecting it to be more hard-hitting. There’s no denying Cobain’s unique vocals which matches the grittiness of the guitar and drums but I didn’t find myself enjoying this album as much as I wanted to.
Good, I liked the grunge guitar and there are some classics on there. That said, probably not listening to this album again anytime soon. Can't really say why, just not making any lists.
Dude would not stop whining
Nirvana’s last album that picks up where Nevermind left off and then some. Louder guitars, angrier lyrics, and more of cobain Screaming. Very ape and all apologies my favourite tracks (and some of the least grungey).
3.18
A nice raw sound. Essential grunge. In retrospective I find it a bit dated, and quite monotonou though.
It's fine, I love Bleach and the second half of Nevermind. I understand why people love this record, but I've never enjoyed it, I gave it three stars because "Serve the Servants" and "Frances Farmer..." are great songs
This is pretty good; several memorable tracks. But i can’t really get behind a band encouraging rape. Smacks of being desperate for attention. It’s a 3.
Not my favorite, not the worst. 5.8/10
This is a tough one for me. There are great tunes. It sounds massive. It's a visceral kick. It's like a window right into Cobain's soul, but rather than bringing me in, I'm watching (listening to) him feel it. And I guess that's for the best, I don't envy his anguish. A review I've read suggests this was the band's attempt to shed its audience and speaks of how deliberately difficult it is, and I guess that's what I feel. It's better than a 3, but I never liked it more than that.
Not a big Nirvana fan, but definitely props to their innovative music.
I like the hits, but some of this is too miserable and scream-y for me.
Thrashier than "Nevermind" and I like it. Kind of similar to that record though as the hits were a step above the other tracks, but I much prefer this record.
I can only listen to so much feedback and screaming before I hit skip
Love the album
Although I'm kind of glad to have this album in this collection, as I always meant to listen it but never got around to it, I'm also a bit disappointed because it sounds much like I expected it to, and I already knew my appreciation of Nirvana's style is *very* limited, and pretty much limited to "Nevermind". So while I enjoyed "Nevermind"-adjacent tracks like "Heart-shaped box" (with a fantastic video), "Rape me" (sort of), "Dumb" and the closer "All apologies", much of the rest of the album is a grind through their pre-Nevermind ultra-grunge aesthetic filtered through Steve Albini's distinctive recording style (apparently much to the studio's dismay). The apex/nadir of this direction are probably "Scentless apprentice" and "Tourette's"; well done, but not really my kind of thing. Nirvana was definitely too talented to ever label "Nevermind" a one-hit album, but "In Utero" sadly showcases the somewhat limited range of their genius.
Enjoyable but not great.
Sacrilege, I know. I just prefer Nevermind. Favorites: All Apologies, Rape Me.
An album full of anger and frustration, sometimes beautifully expressed, and sometimes primal noise that only echoes properly in the resonance of personal anguish.
Aah...takes me back. But not their best...too hit or miss.