In Utero

Överlag härligt skrammel. Går på tomgång i något enstaka spår, till exempel Rape me och Pennyroyal Tea. Men ändå så mycket bättre än andra band i genren (tänker på usla Soundgarden).

My first listen to a Nirvana album. If I had his as a teenager it would probably still be one of my favorites. Instead I just feel late to the party, not there for it. But life is long, who knows?

I felt like this album was missing something

In Utero blasts away with metaphorical darkness, grunge, and aggressive sadness. It definitely takes you on a ride, through some softer (only in comparison to other songs) more enjoyable tunes like Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, and Rape Me. Then it hits you with some pretty intense songs such as Milk-Tea and Tourette's, both in lyrics and sound. First time listening to a full Nirvana album. The album art reminds me of the 2025 Frankenstein movie by Del Toro (side note, highly recommend the movie btw, out on Netflix tmmrw) album was 7/10, Frankenstein movie was a 9/10

listened to this while doing chem textbook problems (kms) and i lowkey just don’t rlly think that this is my vibe (it was still pretty good)

Gruuuunge! Rocking, annoying, raw, impressive, lot's of varied thoughts. Go Nirvana!

While not a Nirvana hater, I always ranked them at the bottom of the grunge bands. In my (rarely) humble opinion, they were the least talented of the bunch and definitely the most abrasive sounding. Considering they specifically hired a producer for this album to make it sound MORE abrasive, it’s just not for me. Three standout songs and the rest are iffy at best with a couple that are just hard to listen to. Almost gave it 2 stars but the standout songs are some of their biggest hits and are really good.

Meh. Probably one of the most overrated bands ever. Everything from 90s Radiohead and 90s Smashing Pumpkins is better than this. 🤷‍♂️ . I really don’t like the extra grungy vocals on many of the tracks. Is loving Nirvana a cult? I don’t get it. As the album progressed my rating got lower and lower. During Frances Farmer it got to maybe a 2 I dislike his vocals and the song that much. Definitely not a 4-5 star album for me. More like 2-3. Best part: drums. Worst part: vocals.

Very grunge compared to later albums. Even All Apologies is rougher

I don't like that i got nirvana AGAIN so soon after listening to Nevermind . at least its better than nevermind

A good album musically but not being someone who cares for lyrics, I dont get the Nirvana simping. Do I like it? Yes.Would i buy it? No.

I was in high school when Nirvana became big. They were massive. Teen Spirit was unavoidable. I have a natural tendency to not like things that are popular. The more popular it is, the more wary of it I tend to be. All this to say: I really hated Nirvana. I didn't care about Kurt Cobain. I had other things to do. I've never listened to In Utero in its entirety until today. And I can see that I didn't miss much. There are a few OK songs, but to now middle-age me, this is just shouty and loud for no real reason. I can hear the bands that made them, and I know they are hugely influential. Now that I live in the PNW, I have more of an appreciation for grunge. I'm giving this a 3, not because I love it, but because anything less would just be me being playing into my unfair and snotty "if it's popular, it sucks" way of thinking. On to the next!

Nirvana er et band som hadde enorm betydning for populærmusikken. Nirvana er et band som aldri skulle blitt et popkulturphenomen -- de hørte hjemme i undergrunnen. Nirvana hadde vært overrated åkkesom. Nirvana er fortsatt et solid 7/10 band med et kneppe tidløse bangers i porteføljen. (Foo Fighters er dog et drittband.)

Jeg hadde Bleach og samleplata deres på CD fordi Nirvana liksom var et band man måtte like. Og jeg liker jo hitsa og mye av råskapen på Bleach. Dette er første gang jeg setter meg ordentlig ned med In utero og det er helt greit. «Rape me», «Heart-Shaped Box» og «Dumb» er det som står seg ut og det er vel de største hitsa også. Veldig rart hvordan bandet låter så polert samtidig som det er både vreng og skrikevokal. Er som om noe mangler. «Milk it» er kanskje mest representativ for det. Det er et kult riff og rå vokal, men det låter helt flatt. Skjønner ikke hva de har holdt på med

Jeg har aldri forstått Nirvana. Jeg blir skuffet over hvor lite trykk det er, jeg blir skuffet over hvor polert det er. Men det er vel kanskje grenser for hvor røft verdens da mest populære band kan være. Men så har vi band som white stripes, så ikke vet jeg. Helt ok

2.9/unfortunately this album does not do it for me. i love heart shaped box but the rest of this is too much

Solid listen, I think the stand out tracks to me were Heart-Shaped Box and Pennyroyal Tea. Something I was thinking about as I was listening was how the mainstream Nirvana that I've heard has shaped my idea of their sound into something that is probably not representative of their catalog. I'm excited to hear more from there that really leans into the more punk and edgy sounds that we heard on this one.

3.5/5

First two tracks are a joke right?

It’s oookay. Still don’t understand the mass appeal of Nirvana.

6/10

Haven't heard this album for years & Coming back to it there is a bit much screaming to love it as a whole album. But the more accessible tracks, e.g. Dumb, All apologies make me want to rate it higher

tie between their best album. but, grunge just really hasn't stood up to the test of time.

Gosto do nirvana, mas esse álbum tem muita gritaria, não gosto de gritaria, mas entendo que é o estilo punk rock!

Solid effort that mixes sharp edged guitars and urgency but short of their very best

its not Nevermind but it still has some epic tracks on it

3/6

66/1089 Scentless Apprentice was too much for me, i can see the appeal, especially live but i’m jus not into that. Heart-Shaped Box is iconiccc though the beeping in Radio Friendly… was awful which is a shame because i quite liked the song other than that

Respect for their music although mostly not for me. I only like a couple of songs on this album. A generous 3

Grew up in the 90s and was never really in too grunge just passed me by as was more into the rave scene and Brit pop Really enjoyed this album the lyrics of the songs and voice of Kurt Cobain are quite haunting knowing what we know now

I’m familiar with some of Nirvana’s music but this is my first time hearing the album in its entirety. I already knew a few of the songs. To be honest, I’m a little disappointed. I thought I would enjoy it more. I think Nirvana has better music out there. Still, I found several songs to add to my library. Added to Library: Milk It Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Tourette’s All Apologies

Pretty disappointing - thought this would be a good album but a few songs saved it from a 2 star rating. First full album from nirvana I’ve heard, not a fan.

90s grunge isn't really my thing but I enjoyed listening. I much preferred their first album Nevermind.

not my fave, but its crazy that this is the last one. i guess the Unplugged is so prolific that is stands almost as an album. i like the From the Banks... more for that version of tourette's. this has iconic songs, but none of them really hit for me. it is pret good. 3/5

a mixed bag with insane highlights. scentless apprentice is my favorite nirvana song

Contains some of their most recognizable tunes, but parts of it are a bit too abrasive for my tastes.

Ahhh, the memories. The deluxe release had some interesting versions.

Got some great moments, but I'm not a fan of grunge in general.

Not as good as their other album but still ok.

it was decent; i mostly liked the singles that i had already heard

The first time this album came out, Nirvana had already become parodies of themselves. Grunge & heroin - not my cup of tea. I didn't like this too much then and I don't much like it now.

The hits are solid, but everything else is too grungey and noisy for me. Never been a huge Nirvana fan tbh and this hasn't changed much for me.

Not really the biggest Nirvana head. This album kind of played right into that too. The singles that I already knew are always good but I didn't really like any of the songs I didn't know. A little too grungy for my liking I think has always been the issue.

Not an easy listen for the most part. Heart Shaped Box (that's about my...Courtney Love is rumored to have said) and All Apologies are familiar, but the rest feels like a noisy rebuke of Nevermind and the accompanying fame that tortured Kurt Cobain. Rape Me, with its Smells Like Teen Spirit Hooks, underlines the point.

The place governments need to stay the hell out of.

not millennial enough to truly enjoy this imo

High energy on each track, but sometimes the screaming and screeching got very obnoxious quickly. I can appreciate the lyricism for its time, but personally, I don’t think their meanings have necessarily aged well over time.

Mr. Cobain is an angry man who uses some not very nice words.

It was good but I prefer Nevermind

Nirvana’s In Utero, released in 1993 as the follow-up to Nevermind, is a deliberately abrasive and harrowing record that strips away the polish of its predecessor in favor of Steve Albini’s raw, unvarnished production, leaving guitars snarling, drums booming, and Kurt Cobain’s voice teetering between scream and sob. The album is uglier in every way—musically, lyrically, and emotionally—yet within the noise lie flashes of uneasy beauty: “Heart-Shaped Box” with its familiar soft-loud dynamics, the understated melancholy of “Dumb,” and the weary resignation of “Pennyroyal Tea” and “All Apologies.” Elsewhere, songs like “Rape Me,” “Very Ape,” and “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” bristle with irony and defiance, even when their rawness threatens to drown out Cobain’s songwriting. More than just a collection of songs, In Utero plays as the sound of a man unraveling under the crushing weight of fame and illness, a jagged and fascinating prelude to tragedy that remains as uncomfortable as it is essential.

I always knew I'd grown out of grunge when I was about 15. Hearing the so-called 'cerebral' Nirvana album, I am now totally sure of this.

I have a lot of thoughts on this album. Everyone said that Nevermind was their "sellout" album after the masterpiece that was Bleach. To me, this seems like the sellout record after the masterpiece of Nevermind. None of the songs are remotely as good. I think Kurt Cobain and gang did this just to make the record company happy. You can tell it by the disgust in the lyrics for many of the songs. Heart Shaped Box was an obvious play for radio and MTV airplay, and All Apologies was Kurt's suicide note and is the best song on this album, hands down. I would have loved if they could have done one more album without the pressure of the record companies. On their own terms... but alas. RIP Kurt. 3.38 / 5 stars

Nunca me gustó mucho Nirvana, pero tampoco me había tomado el tiempo para escuchar un álbum completo de ellos, solo temas sueltos. Algunos de los temas de este álbum me gustaron (varios ya los conocía). Mis problemas con este álbum pasan por varios aspectos: Por un lado la calidad de la grabación / mezcla del álbum. Entiendo que la filosofía del grunge de Nirvana tiene una raíz en el trash, en lo underground, y por ello el sonido que logran en el álbum para su estilo tiene sentido, pero no me gusta. Hay muchos desniveles entre los instrumentos que fluctúan a lo largo del álbum. La voz en general está muy baja de volumen y hay guitarras que por momentos se exceden. Por otro lado, algunos temas se sienten excesivamente largos para lo que ofrecen. En varias ocasiones repiten la estructura de estrofa / estribillo varias veces sin ofrecer nada nuevo al tema, por lo que tener temas de casi 5 minutos con esta lógica casi llega al borde de aburrir. Como aspectos positivos considero que me gusta que generan distintas atmósferas, no solo son temas agresivos, lo cual le da dinámica a la escucha. La voz de Kurt Cobain era muy buena para el estilo, aunque a mi no me guste mucho en particular, y los beats de batería de Dave Grohl son funcionales, pero llamativos y grooveros.

A few songs I liked but not a fan of the album iself

A couple good ones, but it’s not as good as that other album they have with the baby

i like his ideas

I drove to the CrossCreek Mall in my 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra and went into MusicLand and bought this and Weezer’s blue album on the same day with 30-something dollars that I earned working as a bag boy at Winn Dixie earning $5.25 per hour. Gods I was strong then. So, having listened to this for the last thirty years on and off (mostly off since 1997 or so) this isn’t bad. You know what would’ve vastly improved it? Less loud distorted guitars and yelling. Like, instead of quiet LOUD quiet LOUD, why not try quiet quiet quiet quiet. That would make for some good music. I think the problem with fast and loud music after a certain age is that fast and loud music is for getting pumped up. But I’m not looking to get pumped up for anything. I’m done with being excited about things. I’ve gotten my education, married, almost finished raising my children, am in the last job I’m ever going to have, and I don’t drink or smoke or take drugs or gamble or chase women. I can travel, but it’s all just long flights or drives and slightly different looking tourist traps. I suppose I’ll see my children get married (great, I’ll have to get dressed up and stay out too late and it will cost me $20k) and meet my grandchildren (great, somebody else to have to take care of, will probably also cost me money). Basically, all that I have before me is twenty more years of work, ten years of sitting around watching TV and going to doctor’s appointments, and then death. I don’t need pump up music. My pumping days are over. So stop all the yelling and just leave me alone and let me listen to Billy Joel and Steely Dan until I die.

3/5, overall a good grunge album but I hate the 4th song so much. The lyrics make so uncomfortable and that took me out of it to be honest. Love the final song though, All Apologies will forever be a classic!

A pretty good record! There’s a lot of good songs, then there’s just songs that are EHHHH

Would give it 3.5 stars if I would but ultimately I just wish Kurt Cobain were still alive :(

I love the rougher stuff on here and it starts and ends strong with the best tracks bookending the record.

Meh 2.7

Getting to old for this…

Heart-shaped box reigns supreme. TBH I don't really need the rest of this album, like it's fine but nothing super wowing. Dumb is kind of cool but nothing I'm super obsessed with. 2.5/5 stars.

Yeah liked this one should really listen to Nevermind. Also sounded like a cat throwing up but kinda worked

I think this is awesome but at times can be too over the top. I also think the band has better releases.

Heart Shaped Box is probably the best song Nirvana ever recorded. Most of the rest of this sounds like they’re trying to reinvent themselves and it’s not working.

Re: Heart-Shaped Box—it's like the all the band members are trying to outdo each other, and it works so well. They're breathless, I'm breathless..

I understand how iconic it is, and there are a couple absolute bangers, but overall too grunge for my taste.

It's a good album but not a sound or style I'm into and I don't think it is really super strong consistently.

If you like screaming, you'll like this album

Music of my generation. I guess!

I like Nirvana but it’s always been a little too angry for me.

Not as good as Nevermind. Still decent.

I really like Nirvana but, also, I'm not sure I really like Nirvana. At least, I don't think I like them as much as I'm supposed to. The two singles on this album are great and are probably about as Nirvana as I go. The rest are a little too much for me. I'll always be grateful to Nirvana for unleashing Dave Grohl on the world.

I’ve never really been a Nirvana fan. It’s a bit too ‘herm yarl’ as they used to say on the Time Crisis podcast (that 90s kind of growly/nasally vocal sound that acts like Pearl Jam and Nickelback have). I don’t mind the hits (basically just Heart Shaped Box on this album) like I can admit some of it goes pretty hard but also I just find a lot of it quite grating.

Some bangers some songs I wish I never heard

Decent.

Lots of noise in between some good music. Angst angst angst. I dunno as i get older i seem to lose interest in Nirvana

# 527 : In Utero "In Utero" marks a more mature and unfiltered chapter for Nirvana. The album leans into a raw, emotional intensity—sometimes a bit too screamy for my taste—but it still delivers some powerful moments. There are definitely a few standout tracks and bangers, and one song I keep coming back to is Dumb. It’s a real highlight for me—simple, haunting, and beautifully done. Overall, a solid album that pushes their sound while staying true to their grunge roots. Worth listening to: Dumb Listened: 18/07/2025

Raw, angry, unsettling. It's obvious in hindsight that Kurt Cobain was in a bad place when this was recorded. It's hard to rate this. The best tracks (Heart Shaped Box, Dumb, All Apologies) are easy 5 stars, as good as or better than what is on Nevermind. Everything else ranges from uncomfortable to unlistenable.

This one could have used some more time….in utero

3,5⭐️ Best song: dumb or pennyroyal tea Worst song: tourette's

Some great songs but overall not my fav grunge album

Raw...very hard to listen to

Not even the best Nirvana, so very over rated.

I really don't like grunge

The vibes are not for me on this one tbh. It's technically good but idk not my bag.

Honestly pretty hard for me to listen to.

Had big hopes knowing Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me and All Apologies Some faster tempo tracks (Very Ape) and Dumb was pretty good It's a shame I knew the three best tracks already, rest feels not as good Best new track - Dumb

After listening to serve the servants, I was pretty impressed, and looking forward to the rest of the album… and besides heart shaped box,(a song I already knew), and all apologies, I wasn’t very impressed. Nothing really wowed me, and perhaps that was unfair expectations to put on a 90s grunge album, but being as hyped as nirvana often is… it was kinda just okay in my opinion. Not a bad album by any means but nothing like amazing either.

If Nevermind stands as Nirvana's most iconic and refined work, then In Utero is very much a deliberate detour. That’s not to say it’s a bad album—it’s just vastly different. The rawness is intentional, sure, but at times the mix feels like it lacks punch, and a few tracks come off as half-finished ideas rather than fully realized songs. It has a certain emotional weight, which I think is part of why it ends up on so many “greatest albums” lists. But let’s be real: a lot of that reverence stems from the tragic timing of its release—this was Kurt Cobain’s final studio statement. Again, In Utero has its moments, and it’s far from a throwaway. But if I’m stacking it up next to Nevermind, it just doesn’t hold the same ground for me. There—I said it.

That’s caustic (but disturbingly appealing .) There’s some screeching and feedback for sure, but it worked back then because (we never heard anything like it and) it was contemporary, different, and cool. The three mainstream hits do carry the album, but that makes sense because I’m mainstream over 60. Comes in at a Fat, Dumb, and Happy (3.49*s) the feedback was a smidge too much.

To echo a previous review, I've always liked but not loved Nirvana. In Utero is a perfect glimpse of this as it has some really strong tracks but also some filler that leaves a lot to be desired. The album gets recognition for the mainstream hits and keeping Nirvana firmly in the limelight. It's a good album, but I can't really call it a great album. While Nirvana's mark on music is undeniable there are parts of their catalog that don't resonate with me. This isn't an attempt at a hipster hot take, as I'm a fan of the band, I just never held them in quite as high regard as the rest of the public. 2.97 stars

i can see why it's loved. But that's not my thing entirely :(

Ehh there are definitely some bangers, but overall it was a little too punk for me. Soz

I think it’s a good album just not my style of music - I just can’t get on with nirvana

Classic.

Pas si mal mais les chansons sonnent un peu toutes pareilles

Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and All Apologies are my highlights. Other songs are mostly fine. Steve Albini's fingerprints can be spotted easiest close to the start of the album, especially in the guitars reminiscent of Big Black. The goal was to be abrasive, and it succeeds - I found it exhausting to listen to in one go. On an objective level there's not a single song I wouldn't like or at least enjoy, but I'm not objective, and I found it samey and a bit tiresome by the time we pass the second song.

Did not stand the test of time. At all

classique

6/10 a lot of high pitch sounds that hurt my ears and some songs are just boring

Alright, probably would have helped if I wasn’t in a rush to leave the house/cleaning cat puke off my shoes. Owe it another listen

Looking back now, many better grunge albums than this....

Caught between liking the general sound but it being too screechy, or is that grungy? And let's be honest, a lot of the songs do sound pretty similar.

Yikes! Loved heart shaped box HATED scentless apprentice and... Track 4.

Paar oke nummer, maar geen groot nirvana fan

Some really great tracks on this album. About half of the songs are fairly forgettable however

Nirvana is the culmination of post-punk alternative rock from the early 80s until the early 90s. They feel more representative of the musical trends that took rock from punk to grunge than Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. This is better than Nevermind. I also think the album tracks are better than the hits, Herat-Shaped Box and Rape Me. Very Ape is a good album track. All Apologies is a great song, great electric, great acoustic.

Teenage me thought this was way better than 45 year old me. Some great tracks but overall just doesn’t do it for me

nirbaba

I was never much of a fan of grunge. I understand it was a stripping down of rock to its basics after the excesses of the hair metal days. But it was always a bit too simple and muddy for me. Nirvana's Nevermind was a masterpiece though. Melding pop sensibilities with grunge. In Utero seems like Cobain was purposefully trying to alienate the casual listeners to their first album and see who was left. As such, there are a few good songs on there, but the rest are loud, noisy and brash. Not necessarily a bad thing, but not for me.

Not a big Nirvana fan. But favorite songs from the album: - Heart-shaped Box - Dumb - All Apologies

It's okay - never got into the grunge stuff that much. Remember hearing this when it was first released and thought it was boring.

Man, this was confusing. I probably enjoyed 35% on the record. But I GET IT. I get the concept, the idea, and why they chose this sound. Did I enjoy it? No. I'm not sure how to rate this one.

Not a big Nirvana fan, this is the best I have heard by them. High 3.5 stars

3.5

Really good instrumentals, vocals are fine too. I can listen to this again. 3.4

Algo hay entre Kurt y yo que no se simpatizan. Siempre lo ví como un drogo extremadamente sobredimensionado y muy afortunado. Su música es quizás el único vínculo que a veces me junta al parlante

3/6

pre good hehe

Its fine I guess

Kicsit sok

I want to like them, I feel like I should like them, but after every listen I am left feeling like I wanted more from it. I'm not really sure how to put it into words, i just want something else from their albums. Maybe I just don't get it

Some songs were great, don’t get me wrong, but I just didn’t see the appeal for a majority of it.

It's hard to rate this album. I've heard most these songs in one form or another all my adult life. I can't imagine a moment where I'd say I really want to hear Heart-Shaped Box. I've never had any distance from that song. My initial reaction was that this album is a slog. Most because it was so familiar and very "noise rock" (harsh, on cusp of metal; "Senseless Apprentice") But, as i lived in it a bit (after track 4) It mellowed and I became more tolerant of it. Actually really like this version of Dumb and All Apologies.

This is one of those albums I appreciate but, aside from the hits, don't really enjoy. I always had a hard time putting this on to play, although there's some pretty incredible material here.

Goodbye album from a very troubled man, unable to deal with the given title of "the voice from a generation". This album is raw, but is also decadent and sleazy. It shows neglect and pain, disguised under the veil of the "band of the decade" banner.

Trur kje eg har hørt detta albiet før, men va kje så dumt. Minne tidvis om Tokio Hotel

Huge guitar sound! First time to listen to an entire Nirvana. Like the music but never really dug ‘em.

They honestly sound more like creed than I remembered

De eerste twee nummers zijn niet om aan te horen, wat een pokkenherrie. En dan ineens beginnen de normale Nirvana-nummers. Nou ja, normaal? Het is wel weer een blik in de diepe krochten van de ziel van Kurt. En na een tijdje begint het geblèr weer. Doe even rustig Kurt, ga een kopje koffie doen in het zonnetje, dan kijk je overal weer heel anders tegenaan.

Nevermind is een onbetwiste klassieker en je zou Nirvana best als eendagsvlieg kunnen bestempelen. Want zowel het album ervoor en erna zijn best wel een bak herrie, die niet altijd even makkelijk wegluisteren. De gitaar van Kurt wordt zo veel mogelijk in de distortion gewrongen, geschopt en geslagen. Af en toe krijst hij er bij alsof hij zichzelf toetakelt ipv zijn gitaar. Dave Grohl slaat ouderwets de drums doormidden, terwijl hij een aantal nrs van deze plaat op de unplugged in NY juist zo zachtjes mogelijk moest spelen. Alsof Kurt zelf doorhad dat de muziek daar beter van werd. De rustigste nummers op dit album zijn ook de betere nummers. Ik zie niet zo in waarom je dit album op zou willen zetten, als je ook Nevermind of desnoods een van de eerste twee Foo Fighters kan draaien. En ik zie het ook niet zo van de toevoeging aan onze snoblijst. Een overbodige 3 voor de moeite.

Песни, в которых сплошные вопли - вообще не моё, но также есть много вполне мелодичных, интересных композиций. 6 из 10.

Not terrible, but not really my style. Update: it’s kinda growing on me, but still not as good as the other ones so far Songs added to playlist: Heart-Shaped Box Rape Me Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle Very Ape All Apologies

Honestly, good and bad. It was a middling album that I don’t feel the need to listen to again.

Although I’m not the biggest fan of the abrasive mix and grunge in general, this album does manage to convey a sentiment very well and the musicianship is top notch.

I respect Nirvana and especially this album for what they started and inspired

Not nearly as good as Nevermind. If I didn't know it was released later I'd think it was an earlier album. It's kind of a mess except for a couple of songs.

• banger after banger • Heart shaped box ⬆️ • Marigold ⬆️ • Dumb ⬆️

Great band, great album. I prefer “Nevermind” over this one.

I've tried listening to this album before, but I never really enjoyed it. In general, I don't really enjoy listening to rock music. This album has some nice songs, but they're not really special. I think Nevermind is much better. I love Kurt and his story, but this album doesn't really do it for me.

Ikke min kopp med te men jeg respekterer det og liker noen sanger her og der

From one Pat Smear associated group to the next! This album kinda flew right by me. And I’m not sure that’s a good thing. There’s some things worth celebrating on In Utero; I think Kurt Cobain sings about things in a very measured mature manner. I think the cello on “Dumb” and “All Apologies” is AMAZING. I also believe the MTV Unplugged record gives me the best parts of In Utero and leaves out all the rest. I couldn’t grasp a lot of the deep cuts on this project, unfortunately.

I really just don't think it's that good - and I don't think it's aged particularly well. Or maybe I haven't? I think there are better grunge, better punk, better pop groups out there. I know Albini is well liked but I think Albini does better with, well, bands that do more Albini stuff. I kinda just wanna go listen to other Albini albums. High point for me is the last half of Radio Friendly Unit Shifter to first half of Tourette's (a song that I think should be given to a different vocalist).

Tem algumas das melhores musicas dos Nirvana, infelizmente também tem algumas músicas que definitivamente não são para mim. Não deixa de ser um album bom e que me traz alguma nostálgia. Melhor música: "All Apologies"

Harder than I thought it would be. The good songs are the hits. Fairly forgettable.

More good grunge

Deutlich besser gefallen als die bisherigen Alben, wahrscheinlich aber weil Nirvana schon deutlich bekannter ist. Mich wundert es ein bisschen, dass ich keinen einzigen Song von dem Album kannte.

This music was a decade late for me. While the Police and U2, followed by The Cure and Kate Bush knocked my love for music a mile down the road in one step, Nirvana - with respect - does not.

I'm almost 800 albums into this project, and I'm just now getting my second Nirvana album (I still haven't had a Madonna album yet). I wouldn't call myself a huge Nirvana fan, but for a significant portion on my adult life, I considered myself a huge Dave Grohl fan. However, Grohl has fallen out of my graces lately since his 'nice guy dad' routine has been blown up by his infidelity. There went my hero... Anyway, I really loved Nirvana's Unplugged, so I have some high hopes for this album! Overall, I thought this album was pretty good. The star of the show to me was the songwriting. The lyrics were really good, and I enjoyed how Kurt Cobain drew from several different influences to write these songs. They’re all dark and really haunting, and there’s definitely an added layer of darkness to these lyrics now that we’re over thirty years removed from Kurt’s death. Musically though, I wasn’t as into this album as I’d hoped to be. The high points were incredibly high, but the rest of the album was a bit bland to me. It felt like a fair amount of the songs were loud just for the sake of being heavy and distorted. There were a few high points on this album though: “Heart-Shaped Box,” “Dumb,” and “All Apologies” were really good. I love the strings that were utilized on “Dumb” and “All Apologies.” Those strings really added a haunting quality that was missing from most of the album. “Heart-Shaped Box” has the best song structure of the whole album in my opinion. I love the shifting between the slow and melodic verses to the heavy and screeching chorus. I felt like you got the best of both sides of Nirvana on that track. But the best song on the album, if not the best Nirvana song overall, is “All Apologies.” Kurt’s vocals are absolutely fantastic, and the guitar playing is great too. The strings compliment the sound incredibly well. The rest of the songs on this album are fine, but most of them just weren’t my style. Even though In Utero didn’t hit my expectations, I’m still looking forward to Nevermind, but my expectations for that one might be a bit more muted.

Nirvana albums can certainly be a mix of very high highs, and very low lows. This is an example of that. 'Heart-Shaped Box', 'Dumb', and 'All Apologies' are all very good songs, but the rest are not near the quality of those in my opinion, and I could actually do without all of them frankly. They all have the Nirvana signature sound, but 'Pennyroyal Tea' is a great example of when the formula just doesn't work at all. The chord progression takes a wrong turn at the wrong place, and everything just falls flat.

Fascinating sound. So interesting and dynamic and beautiful. also just really nice chill vibes.

Strange mix with vocals too low. Cobain's repetitive style has not aged well. Love his guitar solos though.

Only a few songs that I found memorable. The rest was ok, but not really anything special. 5.5/10

The Good: We’ve got ‘90s grunge! The Bad: It’s Nirvana… The Ugly: Anything that comes from the womb is either making noise crying, or causing tears… I can appreciate that this album is on this list, and I know that there are countless of people on this earth who will rate this album 5*, possibly stating that it is the GOAT. Don’t count me amongst these people. Yes; Kurt, Krist and Dave, were the voice of a generation… but they did not speak for the entire generation. If not we’d have a lot less Gen-X’ers walking around, as they’d all have blown their brains out. I might give this album a second spin, maybe, however, I don’t believe it is going to change my mind that, aside from “the hits” on this album, it is indeed nothing but noise. Though, fucking Dave is an amazing drummer, and Krist just keeps the beat, and Kurt, well, Kurt can never be blamed for showing too little emotion… and maybe that is what’s wrong with this album for me: I like to listen to music so that it get’s me nice and relaxed, not pumped enough to start slamming myself into walls. Will go straight down the middle as that’s the way I roll…. 3*

Its okay

Not for me

Besides the singles, I didn’t find much more that appealed to me.

About half good songs and half screaming crap.

Ok

Just not that good and time isn't making it any better. That Nirvana is widely considered to be the best band of the '90s speaks to the distinct musical below-averageness of that decade. The opening of "Rape Me" so clearly evokes "Teen Spirit" that it's as if they were reaching. "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" seem the only fully formed songs (besides being the only non-screamers).

Heart-Shaped Box is a classic, obviously. Rape me and Frances Farmer are pretty much the only others I like enough to listen to again. Classic but Angry.

It's like hearing my late 90s and early 00s condensed into music. I never played it myself, but everyone else did.

It's the same recipe of angsty guitars with melodic hooks as their previous album, maybe just a tad less catchy. There's some bangers, but more filler than before. Knowing Kurt will end up committing suicide there's a certain dour vibe that sits over the album, but the songwriting and sounds carry it through.

Not a bad album but not as good as Nevermind. More raw sounding showing that Pixies influence

I know it's a classic and I'm supposed to love it, but do all the songs sound the same?

Does anyone really listen to Nirvana outside of Nevermind and the MTV Unplugged albums? Fine album, has some classics on it. Nevermind is miles better IMO.

Че то понял, что не слушал этот альбом целиком, и как-то слишком много грязи для меня, некоторые треки просто невыносимы) поэтому троечку только за all apologies

Fine but I prefer the first album

Not bad

Great album

I've never been a Nirvana fan, I've always struggled to understand what the hell he was saying. Apon first listen with lyrics on, that thought was cemented. Catchy hits peppered with some strange ones, like Rape Me.

Decent loud bit of a racket decent in gym

Certainly a step or two below Nevermind. There are a couple of great tracks here, but some are way too noisy and busy for my liking. I don’t necessarily love the direction that the band went in.

I've never been much of a Nirvana fan but I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. The noisy deep cuts were hitting at times and there is some undeniable beauty in the more commercial cuts. I haven't listened to Nevermind in a long time but I think I like this more.

I can't forgive them for what they did to Albini on this album. This could have been something great if they didn't wuss out. Cobain was right to call it quits after this. Serve the Servant opens with clanging guitars and noise. Cobain's lyrics are fine but serve the template for decades of boring alt rock all the way up to Silverchair. Dave Grohl's drumming is about as soulless and uninspiring as you can get. They should have just used a drum machine. Scentless Apprentice has a bit of a Mudhoney-esque chug to it, but also some Daydream Nation aesthetic tension, kind of fun. Dave Grohl is still boring. Heart Shaped Box starts to get more fun, classic quiet-loud-quiet-loud mumbly grunge. Dave Grohl is slightly less boring. Dave gets a little more frisky in the song Rape Me, even busting out a triplet occasionally. Dumb is good for the quiet-sort of quiet-quiet bit an innovative counterpoint to Heart Shaped Box. Dave Grohl is still boring. Very Ape has a woozy combo of REM vocals and and quasi metal riffs. Dave Grohl sounds boring on this song. Milk It goes full Melvins and is probably the highlight. Dave Grohl actually manages to sound like he cares. Pennyroyal Tea sees Dave revert to form. The penultimate tracks redeem the album. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is what I would have hoped for in the album and good on them for it even if Dave Grohl is boring on it. Cobain has a much more punk edge to his vocals and actually sounds way better when he avoids trying to sound like an American Jon Gill. On the other hand he sounds primo strangling the guitar. Tourettes rocks hard and has a catchy little surf-rock hook. Dave Grohl sounds boring. Honestly All Apologies isn't bad. Dave Grohl occasionally hits the drums well. The strings are a nice touch. It deserved its place as a single. The dirge at the end is a great way to end the album. Its a portrait of a band struggling to break out of the shackles of mainstream success. They do alright but you can't escape the majors that easily.

É tão progresivo. Não entendo bem seu significado, mas é tendencioso.

All Apologies, Heart-Shaped Box, and Dumb are clear standouts. Though not the strongest song on the album, Scentless Apprentice has my drummer side feeling giddy.

Fine

Netural, i love Kurt Cobian and Nirvana sometimes.

Absolutely not for me

3- Stars (7/15)

Eh gut

wasn’t extremely impressed but good album and heart shaped box is still one of my fav guitar hero songs

Competent entry into a genre I don’t find particularly compelling

Not as good as Nevermind but it grew on me over the course of the listen.

Didn't particularly like Nirvana at the time (I'm sure I've heard the whole thing before), and I still don't. Not an album to listen to when you have a headache already, and honestly couldn't get through it. That said, i can see how it's something important - just not for me.

Nothing special, kind of zoned out

I wanted to like this more than I did given the Nirvana of it all but couldn't get there :( Heart-Shaped Box is good, but overall just a really aggressive, unsettling and kind of disturbed quality to the music and lyrics. Sad to think about Kurt's mental state writing this album. Need to listen to earlier Nirvana albums though to get the full appreciation for the band.

Always thought this band was a little overrated - and this disc is a good example of that. Decent but certainly not exceptional.

I wish that I liked this album better than I actually do. Most of the songs are very harsh and really encompass Cobain's inner turmoil. Very hard to follow Nevermind. Clear standouts are Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies.

A few top notch songs, the some that left me flat.

Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. Used to love Nirvana. Milk It is great!

Rock graffiante struggente a tratti psichedelico

I'm a casual Nirvana enjoyer, but this one is a little chaotic for me. But I do love the mellower tracks - Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and of course All Apologies.

Back in college, I made it a point to listen to all three Nirvana albums. I remember liking "Nevermind" the best of the three, though I know that's a basic take to most. Still, I liked them enough. I didn't like all of what I heard; some was too bizarre or metal for my liking. But it was hard to deny the meaning behind any of the work, the pain and emotion included in it, or the sonic cohesiveness of each album and of all three taken together. Nirvana had a sound, and they stuck with it. Maybe it would've evolved more if Kurt had lived. Maybe they would've found a new direction to follow. We'll never know. But how did I like this in the year 2025? It was good. Nothing really blowing me away here, and there were moments of either intense weirdness ("Scentless Apprentice," for example), or otherwise metal sounds ("Milk It") that I just couldn't vibe with. If you can get into the vibe of the album, try to get with the sound and the go with the flow, go where they take you, it works. But it can take some effort to do so. Overall I liked this, and I'd be happy to relisten to other Nirvana albums as well. I'm assuming "Nevermind" is on here, so we'll get there at some point. Three stars Standout Tracks: Serve the Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Very Ape, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, All Apologies

Standout: Heart-shaped box

Loud. Quiet. Loud. Quiet. That's pretty much how this album goes. It's solid, without being too spectacular. A couple of these tracks must've seemed edgy back in the day. In Utero is perfectly listenable and I like the roomy production. I'm fine with this.

It's hard to not read this album as one long suicide note so that clouds it for me. It's their most cohesive, but least hooky record. It always makes me feel the next Nirvana album would've been the one.

overrated

To be honest its to loud for me and it doesnt really catch me. I like Heart Shaped Box and Numb, i guess im just casual. I understand why it is in this list tho

Grudge I can get on with

First album I got here that I already heard before. I think this is a lot of fun. Raw and genuine rock. Even with the out of tune guitars or clashing chords at times.

Need to come back to this one. Only listened to the first couple of songs but is good so far. Not something I would listen to regularly but I do enjoy it.

Dumb is a good hangover song on a bad hangover album. Cobain has a few musical ideas that he does well. He would totally vote for Trump if he were still alive.

Amo😍 Ya conocía a Nirvana y este álbum es mítico, pero esta bien escucharlo de vez en cuando, ya que este tipo de música te ayuda mucho a liberarte y soltarlo todo 🤘🎸 Perfecto para amantes de los gritos y del rock (c vuelve emo 🖤)

No complaints but nothing I liked that much either

Just really only like the singles.

Kind of goes through different genres finding a sound. Very garage rocky and less grunge which feels more raw. I can see this putting people off as maybe not as polished. Even heart shaped box feels this way. Favorite song Tourette’s, felt it fit the bands personality and sound best, ie. played to their best features.

The songs get a little too repetitive for me, but bonus points because sonically it has that signature Nirvana excitement. Also how does Nirvana have like 2 albums yet they still repeat guitar riffs?

I think my distaste for the album was partially due to listening to this in the morning. Not sure how I felt about it, to be honest. The riffs were jarring to me, but maybe that's the point.

Unplugged versions are better

I should be Nirvana’s prime fan base - I was late teens when they blew up, was a metal-head, and I like grunge … I just don’t really like Nirvana. They’re ok but I never got the hype, and this is missing the big singles that lifted Nevermind. It’s fine, but I’m unlikely to go back.

I Respect the importance of this album, but I could just not get behind it. I know a lot of the songs because i have heard them multiple times over the years, but I just dont like grunge. It is not a record I would have in my collection

I’ve gone back and forth with this band over years. LOVED them when I was younger, disliked them in my late teens and 20s, and now I’m just indifferent. They just don’t do a whole lot for me. It’s a pretty good album, but very sad at the same time considering the circumstances. All Apologies hits hard as a closer too. Richard Cheese does a better version of Rape Me.

Great music. Not for me.

All Apologies is my favorite song from this album, I've heard this before though

I have no respect for steve albini

6/10 - pretty decent gym album. I knew a couple of songs. A decent amount of screaming which I did not enjoy that much.

this was fun

- Did not hold up ..... a few good tunes but somewhat boring. -

I think this is the third Nirvana album I've had on this list. Whereas Nevermind blasted the band into international stardom, it's not so obvious to me why this album is so essential.

Love nirvana but hadn’t heard this album before. Great songs x

Favorite Track: All Apologies

If nevermind didn’t come out prior, this album would get more love. It’s good and shows cobain’s ability to evolve. I only wish we got more music from them. I don’t know if I’ll come back to this much, maybe I’ll give it a chance again later

Not a big Nirvana fan, I like Nevermind more than In Utero but I still like this too, it's a slightly heavier sound, it's darker and probably more well rounded lyrically, but doesn't initially grab me as much by comparison maybe. Think it'd be one that stayed with me more on subsequent listens though, a high 3 for now.

This has always been my least favorite Nirvana album. Being a big fan of them growing up, it lacks quality throughout the entire album for me.

"its a 1 for me" - Mum

Not Nirvana's best - that distinction belongs to "unplugged". In fact, it is rather dreary and tedious. 3/5

Well done body of work that just about marked the end of the grunge genre.

Revisiting a favourite from my teens. Stands up well today

Verstehe den Erfolg und den Einfluss auf die Musik(geschichte), kann mich dann aber trotzdem nicht restlos für das Album begeistern. Einige gute Tracks, einige die versuchen an die anderen anzuknüpfen und einfach nur scheitern.

I don't actually like Nirvana past Nevermind, I guess. The hits are the hits, and I can't separate them from nostalgia, but I didn't really care for any of the deep cuts. I guess I'm a fan of the outcome of grunge, in that it pushed rock in a direction that I prefer over the hair and glam of the 80's, but I can't help to think that it also pushed the transition of rock to what it is now, disparate sub-genres that are working hard to isolate themselves both from mainstream music and themselves. I'm not blaming Nirvana or grunge, but it does seem to be the beginning of the end of rock as a top 40 genre, and it seems to have fractured into ever smaller subcultures that will criticize an indie act for mixing in some pop, or a funk band for adding in some guitar fuzz, or even a death metal band moving toward prog metal. This is a whole lot to put on one album, and it's definitely not the cause of it, but I can't help to think that the "myth" of Nirvana has been detrimental to music. It's obviously not the beginning of the "only tortured souls make good art" phenomenon, but it's the cornerstone of the modern meme, especially solidifying the 27 Club, and the general consensus that your music is automatically a masterpiece if you died young (the credit given to posthumous releases by XXXTentacion, Pop Smoke, and Juice WRLD by critics who previously despised them is hard to ignore). I don't know if this is really relevant to this album, but I'm sure I will have more on-topic things to say when Nevermind eventually comes up. (Nevermind is on this list, right? If not, this album's inclusion deserves a whole lot of criticism.) Ultimately, it's a serviceable, if a bit disappointing, followup to arguably the most important album of the 90's. I'll keep All Apologies, but I don't think I'd notice if I never heard the rest of this album again.

a couple compelling songs, but not as fun as Nevermind

Solid offering from Nirvana with several good songs. I'll forgive some of the others as Kurt's rebellion against the commercial success of Nevermind. No need for two Nirvana albums though.

There are a few very good songs on here, but mostly it sounds like a man in a great deal of pain, which he verified with deadly force not long after its release.

Heart shaped box is a banger.

3.5

Well-made but not particularly enjoyable to listen to. My favorite song by far was Heart-Shaped Box. Without it this might have been a 2 star.

I always leaned toward Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees, but I recognize the quality here.

A few good songs, but overall, it's meh for me

given the name its crazy that this isn't the one with the naked baby on the cover

Still holds up well.

Decent

Nowhere near as good as I remember it. Still a couple of standout tracks (Heart-shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, Dumb & Rape Me), but the rest haven't aged well, unfortunately.

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.

It's not my kind of music. The sound is fine.

Really really good but a lot of tough to listen to songs

Just a long lasting jam session. Rest in peace Kurt. Very good all the way through.

not massive on nirvana but i do like a lot of the stuff on here

Nowhere near as good as nevermind

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.

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

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…

Better than I thought it would be. I liked half the songs.

After reviewing the lyrics while listening to the album, decided it was a bit much for me.

Pretty good

Why are they so angry?

classic

I’m a little surprised at how much I disliked this. Lotsa yelling about things. Maybe given the right mood and a mosh pit…

It’s not bad, but not as good as the other one.

Not really my kind of music.

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.

It was alright nothing spectaculwr

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

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.

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.

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

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".

Big fan of heart shaped box. But also a lot of just noisy songs.

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.

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.

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

has some good ones but also is noisy for my old ears

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

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.

great

Buen disco después del pelotazo de su anterior l.p. Sin embargo, no es redondo.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Not my favorite Nirvana album.

Good album