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In Utero by Nirvana

In Utero

Nirvana

1993
3.82
Rating
30719
Votes
1
3%
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9%
3
23%
4
36%
5
30%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Grunge, Alternative Rock

Reviews (page 12 of 15)

The grunge era, Nirvana as a band, and this record where really important to me in my early youth. Th shift in tone from Nevermind to this took me some time to like then, but as an adult I find this record as an album a lot more interesting. Gone are the multitracked vocals an super catchy song structures stolen from power pop. Instead there are angsty whispers and angry screams, and a piece of art that on one hand has mellow and calm songs like Dumb and All Apologies, and on the other hardcore blowouts like Tourettes. And still this is the most cohesive record, and one that I can play from start to finish without skippping, and then want to hear it again.

Just not for me Dave grohls drumming I love in scentless apprentice

Classic Grunge. Great Album. There are better songs than those in this collection/album, but solid 4 stars

Although Nevermind is by far the more iconic album, everyone agrees that In Utero is better. It’s more streamlined, it has better lyrics, better hooks. I’ve always been amused that Kurt Cobain seemed to be a fan of Leonard Cohen. Artistically, they’re more similar than people would think, but as people they’ve got completely different energies

On of the greatest albums ever recorded. Nirvana has been my absolute favourite band for many years now. Heart shaped box is one of my all time favourites songs. Amazing screams from Kurt on Tourettes. 100/10

Being in high school in the 90's, I will never overcome a pro-Nirvana bias. But knowing what I know now about performance and production, how did this ever get made? - A lot of the guitar playing barely counts as guitar playing - You hear every sloppy note and squeal - Half the singing is screamed into a blown-out mic And IT'S AWESOME. Kudos to whoever had the sack to let Nirvana be Nirvana and put it on a record.

This is my favorite Nirvana album. It's pure 90s and it's wonderful.

it was good, but I didn't realize I'm one of those people who only listens to popular Nirvana songs.

There's one song you can hear, the rest is the usual screaming. It's a little more listenable than Mudhoney, hence 2 stars.

Too much chainsaw and not enough melody. I’ll keep Dumb and Heart-Shaped Box and trash the rest.

Awful. Alternates between screaming and mumbling over background noisy distortion. Can't tell what the lyrics are so no comment on whether they were interesting

War nie großer Nirvana Fan, finde das Album dementsprechend auch nicht so geil. Mit Ausnahme der Hits halt... Hat auch einige Songs, die einfach nicht zünden. 3,5 - > 4,alleine weils besser bewertet sein muss als die ganzen anderen 3er...

Noch nie als ganzes Album gehört (allgemein kaum Nirvana). Fands nicht durchgehend auf demselben Niveau, insgesamt aber trotzdem gut. 3,8.

I can't give this album a high rating I stopped listening at the song Rape Me

I've heard it before. One of my favorites.

Lots of screaming.

Nirvana is loud. And I am Janna and I don’t like it

Bit too grungy for my taste. Couple of good songs.

I like some of Nirvana's songs, but this album only had 2 songs I would ever want to hear again in my life (Heary Shaped Box, All Apologies). There were no stories told, only 45 minutes spent inside the tormented brain of Kurt Cobain.

Every song is emotional, this was my first time listening to this album and loved most of the tracks.

Messy, raw, and emotional. Fantastic album, maybe their best. Wonder if that drummer would ever be in another band?

I liked 2 of the songs. Not really my first choice to listen to. Heavy metal.

The sound of Nirvana. Another first time listening to the album. I have had different tracks before. I hear the angst in the songs. This is not meant for when you are in a good mood. This is not really my taste. I do appreciate the craftmanship, despite the attempt to make it seem like they don't care.

Some good riffs, some barely listenable songs and most songs give that feeling of "Hey, is that that one song?... oh... It's not" Not a good sign

5. It's perfect.

Intense, dark

Some great songs but also some harsh, unlistenable ones.

k apparently every Nirvana song I knew was off of "Nevermind." So speaks well for them that a cold listen of their stuff was still good for me, most other grunge doesn't manage that.

A última arfada do rock alternativo que sustenta a satisfação para querer sempre escutar mais e mais, rock. Reforça o ciclo de viver envolvido com a energia do rock.

Never mind is the classic, but this album carries a sophisticated leap for the band.

Although there are a few tried and true classics on this album, the majority of it made me feel old as I felt it was just messy noise making.

Very raw and intense. Some of the songs are incredible and a great listen while some others are almost too intense and almost brutal. All in all amazing album

Only listened to half, this is not for me. Too heavy and rock for my liking

Fucking awesome

One of my favorite bands. From my time of becoming

grunge rock isn't really my genre, nor is nirvana a band that i enjoy. meaning never is something i seek in a song (and i assume in utero is one of those albums), generally it just needs to please my ears, and this album hasn't really done it for me. dropped the album halfway through, couldn't bother 4/10

Nothing needs to be said, love this album.

Much of the tightness that made "Nevermind" such a gripping listen has been loosened. There are many standout tracks but on the whole, the album feels unfocused.

No. 96/1001 Serve The Servants 4/5 Scentless Apprentice 2/5 Heart-Shaped Box 4/5 Rape Me 4/5 Frances Farmer 4/5 Dumb 4/5 Very Ape 4/5 Milk It 3/5 Pennyroyal Tea 4/5 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 2/5 Tourette's 3/5 All Apologies 4/5 Average: 3,5 Definitley one of the heavier albums by Nirvana. I like the Unplugged Version of some of the songs better. Still a really good album, just goes to hard for my personal taste

If only heard Nevermind before this so obviously this had a stupid high bar to live up to, and it delivered imo. It’s like a polished grime, nasty in some places and beautiful in others. Exactly the kind of sound I love.

Their best album. Probably the closest they ever got to the sound in Kurt’s head. The album I bought with my own money as a kid.

Some of the songs were pretty good

Pretty ok album, didn't dislike any of the songs but none really stood out to me either

Good album but only 3 standout songs (Serve the Servants, Heart-shaped box, Rape Me). Good length at 40mins. 3/5 for 3 great songs.

Edging to this

Angry, angry. Not my favorite Nirvana album. Makes me appreciate unplugged even more.

Felt very nostalgic, even though I never listened to Nirvana growing up, but this sort of music is what I gravitated towards when I first started to veer away from our 80's prog rock household (thanks dad). These days I listen to more softer stuff, do I think I would have enjoyed this more as a 20 year old than in my thirties. Enjoyed the more cacophonic stuff.

Heart Shaped Box is one of my top songs, but I always listened to the cover of it. It was cool to listen what other songs came in the album!

A band trapped in time at their prime. I like Dumb and many of the others.

The boys knew what they were doing, eh? Fave tracks - "Heart Shaped Box", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", "Pennyroyal Tea", "All Apologies"

Overall: I had this on cassette or CD and played it an immeasurable amount of times. But, I couldn't tell you all of the intricacies I have noticed on this listen that I never heard before. In the past I likely gave it too much passive play, or perhaps my ear has matured. When Nevermind released, I only really heard the album's radio hits since I never purchased media for it. However, with In Utero, I owned it and listened to it often. I have a bit of deeper connection to the lyric content, and always held this album in such high caliber for that reason. After giving it a more intended listen, I'm noticing how repetitive and basic the music writing is, but not in a way that robs it of fascination. I'd give 3.5 if fraction of stars were allowed. Track Breakdown: Serve the Servants - Always thought the opening lyric to this album as a whole was quite brilliant, whether intended or not, is almost a reference to the success of Nevermind leaving Kurt to feel his angst brough success that left him hiding from fans, "feeling bored and old". Dumb - I have always loved the string section on this track Very Ape - I've discovered that the guitar on the chorus of this track may be my favorite of the entire album Milk It - ADORE the tempo changes on this track, I've never listened to this so intently Hidden: Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip - If I ever heard this before, I forgot about it, since this sounds new to my ears and I love the rawness of it.

Liked the intros to most of the songs but many transitioned I to scream sining which was a little to intense for my taste.

I remember this album. Lots of bass. Fuzz guitar. Noon descript lyrics. Not my favorite. A couple of good songs.

best album eva probably

Catching up on several albums in a row it’s easy to get distracted but this hits you like a freight train

You know, as much as I love Nevermind this really wasn't my jam. I mean, I get it, and I love the artistic courage of following up the best grudge album with a more punk-focused release. But it just didn't work for me.

I’d contend this is a grunge explainer. It has raw energy connecting it to punk but with gritty layers instead of stripped down speed like early punk. It brought back an excellent era in my Gen X memories. Happy to revisit this one.

Pretty good!

Nirvana is not my favorite grunge band, and this is not my favorite Nirvana album. 3.5 stars

Still a great album even though a lot of the songs have been massively overplayed. I think bleach is still my favorite record of theirs.

Brilliant

Surprisingly unpleasant

I liked it though not as much as yesterdays. This album is great but also rough.

Kind of dark. Thrown for a loop with Rape Me

Heart-Shaped Box // Rape Me // Dumb //

Not aware about the album, but good to listen.

skipped 2/12 songs, not bad

Their third album and one of the more anticipated releases of my lifetime. How do you follow a masterpiece like Nevermind. You get darker, I guess. I’d give it 4.5 stars if I could.

7.5/10 Highlights: Heart Shaped Box Dumb All Apologies Rape Me

least fav of nirvana’s catalogue

Great album, love Nirvana

no complaints. crazy production. kurt was the goat.

Another in the list of albums I heard through the wall I shared with my brothers room. I thought I would like this more, I'm guessing I just dont really like grunge or Nirvana. Heart Shaped Box is great, Dumb is good, All Apologies is good, the rest is just okay.

The hits are great but the rest is… eh? Having heard it for the first time I think the moment passed me by

Love Nirvana, but definitely prefer their more low key stuff over their more screamy vocals, and this album has a few more of the latter.

Pretty damn good.

Primer álbum de Nirvana que escucho (y entiendo que no será el último), ha estado bien, sin más incluso. Supongo que me esperaba más de una banda tan popular y corta como esta, pero tampoco salgo insatisfecho. Un 3 de manual.

This album taught me that everyone was gay. Which I’m glad about because for a while I didn’t know. Not really hot on this one, but I have fond memories of playing Heart Shaped Box on Guitar Hero, so that gets it points for me.

All the apologies in the world wouldn’t suffice for making me listen to this butt rock bullshit.

The hits slap. Hard. The other tracks, not so much. It's far from Nirvana's best release and, unfortunately, the hits aren't enough to pull the final album grade out of a middle-of-the-road 3-stars.

One of the best of all time

Better album than remember it being. Very sad album.

Ich dachte ich kenns aber dem war nicht so. Sehr harter Stoff, intens, erinnert mich an dad und ayleen im Sinne von aufgeben und sich der Lust hingeben. Würde mir schwer fallen das Album im Alltag zu hören.

Sick album 6/10

Some good songs.

Never really listened to Nirvana much, but I understood their appeal. After making myself sit through the whole album, I'm pleasantly surprised and might start delving into their music a little more. They definitely have their own very unique aesthetic that though isn't my absolute favorite, has it's own charm. 4/5 They also have a cool motion graphic visualizer ;)

What a banger. Might start listening to Nirvana a bit more.

I wanted to like this album, but it was just kind of boring. Not too much dynamics, and songwriting is just okay. Not my style.

I get that Nirvana is a thing but they aren't really my thing. I can enjoy a song or two but a whole album is kind of grating/depressing.

Notable Songs: About a girl, Dumb

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I think I’ll use this as a true benchmark 4 star album in this rating system. I may have given them out a little liberally early on. I’m a sucker for all early Nirvana and this one comes out hitting, production value is super high but I just can’t justify anything higher. 4.25/5

NIrvana geht (fast) immer :-)

4 Feels too low but not quite a 5. Maybe 4.8

Oof difficult to judge - as it opens it contains all of the cliches I hate; screaming vocals, aimless guitar solos. Then Heart shaped box, rp me, all apologies are all time greats which I absolutely love. Plus the gall to call a song "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" then the shouty one "tourettes" . overall not an album i'd own but can appreciate greatly. 3.8

Nirvana is always a 5 star rating for me. This album is a pent-up release of poisonous hateful thoughts and raging frustration, but it's also a sardonic middle finger to the masses who gave Kurt exactly what he wanted, to breathe the rarified air that only those who attain superstar iconic fame do. As the old adage goes, be careful what you wish for 'cuz you just might get it. A lot of people feel Nirvana is overrated and overplayed, but to me, they will always be my musical nervous system; reaching into all areas of my form and able to elicit pleasure or pain depending on how it hits. Kurt was a troubled man, but a brilliant artist and musician. I will always respect that, and I often wonder to myself how the 2020's would have sounded to him were he still around and making music. If only he'd been able to evolve and get help for his painful personal shit. RIP, Kurt - you were a gift and I love you.

Didn’t love Nirvana then, still don’t love them today. I do get the appeal and remember how big these guys got back in the day but this album will remain off my rotation as it has over the last 30 years. 30 years? Yikes…. I’m old.

Outstanding

Great as expected from Nirvana. Need to keep in mind that they pioneered the sound when it starts to sound like its been overdone. There was nothing else really like it when they did it.

There's a few good tracks here, such as Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies - but this album doesn't quite reach the heights of Nevermind.

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Another classic, hadn't actually listened to it all before.

J'ai oublié 😞 euuh ça m'a rappelé mes amis musiciens du lycée mais bon au bout de quelques chansons on me perd c'est pas mon style

Heart shaped box c'était ma chanson de wannabe puriste au collège

C'est bien, mais pas pour moi je crois.

better than i was expecting it to be. Some classics. All in all a little bit boring though

Not for me. I like the songs that were released as singles back in the 1990s more for nostalgia than anything else.

This one is grunge in every sense of the word. I loved the gritty guitars and screaming vocals all over it. The lyrics are amazing too as expected. It may of dragged a tiny bit towards the middle, but this album is stellar.

רועש לי מדי וצורחים יותר מדי אבל סך הכל אחלה מוזיקה

This was a nostalgic listen. I was never the biggest Nirvana fan, but certainly enjoy listening to them when they come on. Album feels like a band maturing into their sound. Gives a glimpse of maybe what would have been.

After already listening to an hour and ten minutes of grunge for the previous listing, it was interesting to compare the two. The droning melodic choruses on many of the songs actually helped me feel grounded and focused, something I didn't notice in Superunknown. The more busy, screaming tracks were more hit or miss for me, with none as enjoyable as the hits from the album. This is the most I've listened to Nirvana at once, and I look forward to when I reach Nevermind. 5/10

I didn't like it ... 2 stars

Has its moments, both good & bad. Could you imagine someone repeatedly singing "rape me" in a song over and over again nowadays? Yeah ...

Not my favourite band, But the sure had something special. Som great song, some less great..!

It's really hard to separate nostalgia from reality on this one, as every song has some sort of personal meaning from various points in my life. So we're givin er the ole 5 stars, but you may feel differently.

Why all the nasally yelling...? While Nevermind is great, this album reminds me of why I'm not a fan of Nirvana.

Would have been 5 stars if they left Scentless Apprentice in the bin where it should be.

Listened a couple of times. Gets better each time

Nevermind is so much better it's crazy. Of course it would have been a gargantuan feat to match Nevermind's brilliance, but the drop-off in quality is glaring. In Utero's songs are as tasteless, confused, and laughable as its album cover.

Classic. One of my all time favorites since the day it came out. I love Kurt Cobain. It's raw, yet soft and comfortable to me. Feels so good.

Enjoyed the singles and a few others. The screaming ones bugged me.

Not as approachable as Nevermind and to me lacked the same impact

I never got into this one. It’s grungier than Nevermind, and darker. I enjoyed it this time round, but it’s not an easy listen. Made me think of the Manics ‘Holy Bible’ at several points - this one was released just a year earlier. Some highlights but not as complete as Nevermind.

Too harsh for me. Raw guitars and screaming vocals

Serve the servants - 4.9/5 a very very strong opener Scentless apprentice- 4.91/5 literally the best fucking drum intro ever Heart shaped box - 4.97/5 I cant possibly find any flaws Rape me - 4.91/5 i dont think mtv would let us play that Frances Farmer... - 4.63/5 Dumb - 4.87/5 maybe just happy Very Ape - 4.83/5 Wailing goes hard Milk It - 4.85/5 What a perfect capture of dissonance being musical Pennyroyal Tea - 4.89/5 the crazy echoflanger solo makes me want to spend $800 on my own Radio Friendly... - 4.65/5? Intro and feedback are over the top but "WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?" 🗣️ 🗣️ Tourettes - 4.55/5 too short, HEYYY!! All apologies - 4.98/5 so precise and gentile yet so sharp. Cellist on this album was THE call I consider these from the later compilations of this album faithful: Gallons of Rubbing... - 3.8/5 I enjoyed the bonus song "Endless Nameless" from nevermind more but it was an anomaly to the style of the rest of the songs on the album. This one holds the style better, but strays a little too much with dissonance to be considered musical at times. Vocals are also definitely only one take and not mixed or recorded to the same standards Marigold - 4.1/5 it's a dave grohl demo, he wrote and performed everything but the bass so it's basically a foo fighters song. Not enough confidence/skill yet from him though Sappy - 4.92/5 Phenomenal "underground" song unless you bought this AIDS relief album or until the first box set. This guitar tone gives me chills and I would sell my first born to get it Moist Vagina - 4.3/5 almost too dissonant for my liking at times, barely before that line. Almost felt aimless too. I love the vocal fry thing he does I Hate Myself and Want to Die - 4.4/5 second most in utero sounding bonus song Overall in my top 3 favorite albums overall, and without glazing an easy 4.9/5. I really really enjoyed doing a full in depth review finally.

At times brutal, messy, and self-indulgent. At others, brilliant. Nirvana tried to reject success and return to their live/punk/noisy roots, but the genius still shines through. Can't help wonder what Cobain's career trajectory would have looked like if he'd lived.

Listened at 9 AM at work on a Wednesday, I consider myself an enjoyer of Nirvana music but this album had me dying. From the get go, Scentless Apprentice woke me up. I truly don't know what went through their mind when making some of these songs. It almost feels like some of these songs they were dared by friends to write some of the lyrics and they actually did it. Ironically I actually kind of enjoyed the album?? Some good songs on there and since I was kinda familiar with Nirvana it was solid to listen to. Heck, might even learn a few of the songs on guitar or at least attempt to. I'd give it like a 3.25. Def was a staple of 90s rock but they also be doing too much.

Comments: - Nothing like cracking a cold one (a Celsius) and blasting "Scentless Apprentice" at 6:45am sharp on a brisk Wednesday morning. - Reiterating that "Heart-Shaped Box" is a fantastic song. - If there was some underlying intent for "Rape Me" to be profound, it wasn't. - There's a reason "Dumb" and "All Apologies" were in the Live Acoustic, and why the Live Acoustic was better.

I love Nirvana and they have some certified bangers on here, but those specific bangers (we all know the 3 songs) carry the album on their shoulders. The rest is still good, but as an album I’m not collectively impressed. Knowing the level that they can perform at, I have to rate this accordingly.

Heart shaped box, dumb and all apologies are 5s but also the only songs I can listen to. Nothing worse than being on the aux at the family function when Rape Me comes on, never again…

B- Serve the Servants 4 Scentless Apprentice 2 Heart-Shaped Box 5 Rape Me 4 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle 3 Dumb 4 Very Ape 3 Milk It 2 Pennyroyal Tea 3 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 3 Tourette's 2 All Apologies 3 "She has a moist vagina, I particularly enjoy the circumference." Some things are better left unsaid.

Found it difficult to listen to an album with “new ears” when I spun this all the time in high school. Has some great songs and not so great songs. Fun revisit to listen to. All Apologies, and Dumb are my favorites. I wonder how this album would be received if it came out today?

An amazing album. Raw, uncomprimising that grabs hold and shakes you around really never lets you go. 5 stars

Some decent energy and relatively interesting. Feels like one of the "you had to be there". Impossible to deny its significance, but Im very doubtful Ill check it out again, sounds very samey. Significant 20/53, yeah Liked 9/53, eh, not for me? Added 2/53, no, I think more contemporary bands have developed on the genre for it to be significantly better, but its a nice historical album

Absolute masterpiece, rivals Nevermind with everyone of its songs

I hated this a lot, sadly

When I get was 13, an older boy made a fortune taping his copies of Nirvana albums and selling them for a pound to the younger kids. In Utero on one side and Nevermind on the other. I listened until the tape wore through. I'm not able to accurately judge this as it's wound through my teenage years like raisins in a Danish pastry.

While I do believe that Nevermind is Nirvana's magnum opus, I'm still quite shocked at the vast difference in rating between the two albums. Are you guys all hearing the same In Utero as I am? What are y'all docking points for? Perfect third album by one of the most iconic bands…

Already very familiar with most of this. While I enjoyed the non-hits on Nevermind, I find them considerably less appealing here. They’re not bad, but they don’t go anywhere that interesting to me. Cobain was a real master of catchy pop sensibility wrapped in an abrasive package. It was the right place and right time for them to explode, but maybe it wasn’t for the best that they did.

#45. Sounds like Kurt Cobain was intentionally trying to sound bad on parts of this [which he probably was] to appear more punk or something. Not my favorite, but there's definitely a few good songs in there. 3/5: acceptable Song added to playlist: Dumb I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Some absolute crackers on there. Nailed the difficult third album

Probably a 5 if you were the right age at the right time. For me I like a lot of it but there's bits I don't and am overall not drawn to angst as a mainstay for my music listening.

Love the ones that went mainstream...

A personal and anxious vocal performance that is complimented adeptly by obstreperous rockers.

I grew up hearing this album most of my life, and finally coming back to it as an adult is definitely interesting! I want to start by saying, I grew up heavily fed Nirvana's sound and over time have found myself so disconnected from them. They're not bad, nor would I even say I think they're not enjoyable music, in fact I respect everything Nirvana and Kurt Cobain did for music and enjoy a couple songs of theirs! However my feelings towards Nirvana have not changed much since my older teen years. I can definitely tolerate their sound more and can take larger steps back to enjoy their music for myself than I used to be able to. But I still find myself bored out of my mind and ready to change records the second I hear them come on. It's all overplaying for me, I wish I didn't have Nirvana tainted for me in my brain, but I do and I'm stuck not enjoying their stuff, but respecting that it is good at least! Stand out songs for me on this album are "Heart-Shaped Box" "Dumb" and "Milk It"

Oh, shoot! I can't wait for their next album!

Some good songs. Not my favorite Nirvana record

Such an iconic album. Not necessarily my personal favorite but so raw... not necessarily my personal favorite, but it's easy to appreciate why this album is so important

Really love the popular ones. Really. Can’t warm to the rest.

I know its a classic grunge album, but maybe I just don’t like grunge very much. Still redeemable though.

This is my first Nirvana album! I don’t think I’ve ever heard Nirvana before. Okay, I have, because everyone has. But I assume we’ll get Nevermind at some point. This is really good. Dark, stirring, very rough. Some incredible songs. Something about this just works, and grunge isn’t usually my thing. This has been Uninformed Reviews with Jacob! Thank you! Tune in next week. I like this nirvana band. 4/5

Great album of a Great band!

Easily their best album. Feels like this is what Nirvana was always intended to sound like but this only came together once due to budget and creative restraints. Classic.

Old school punk rock, not my cup of The

Nothing ever was quite the same after Nirvana. In Utero sounds relevant today, but enough time has passed between 1993 and 2023 where it's revolutionary sound has come to dominate the alt rock charts and then become tired. It's irreverence has become cliched, albeit a loved cliche. I feel as if I've seen this sound live and it's electric. Heart-Shaped Box is still a bop, but it feels the most commercial of songs on the album. Rape Me probably wouldn't be able to made today, and I love it.

DET definerende Grunge bandet, med et tilnærmet likt perfekt album (om man liker slikt)

Ælsk Nirvana❤️

Heavy, melodisk, dypt, rått

Favourite songs: Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies, Scentless Apprentice, Rape Me, Tourette's, Pennyroyal Tea, Very Ape, Serve the Servants Least favourite songs: Milk It 4/5

Never listened to a Nirvana album in full before, but was familiar with their singles/hits, and was never really a fan. This album did nothing for me. 2.5/5

Nevermind slightly better but still an absolutely incredible album

“All alone is all we are.” This album, while not being my favorite by Nirvana, is a haunting send-off for band—and more specifically, Kurt Cobain. It’s impossible to listen to it without the lens of Kurt’s suicide. The angst, loneliness, and frustration that pervaded their music comes through all the more-so on this record. There are some songs that I am not particularly fond of, but the great ones are some of Nirvana’s best. And while I find the song “Rape Me” to be difficult to listen to on pure subject-matter, its provocativeness was the point, and the message is clearly anti-rape. Overall, what I’ve always loved about Nirvana is that through all the noise and anger and aggression and screaming, Kurt really knew how to write a good song.

I LOVE nirvana!! i have listened to this album many times. its so good. nirvana is one of my favourites and in utero is so pretty.

Serve the Servants - 3/5 Senseless Apprentice - 3/5 Heart Shaped Box - 5/5 Rape Me - 2/5 Frances Farmer - 2/5 Dumb - 2/5 Very Ape - 4/5 Milk It - 2/5 Pennyroyal - 2/5 Unit Shifter - 3/5 Tourette's - 1/5 All Apologies - 4/5

Serve the Servants - 2 Scentless Apprentice - 1 Heart-Shaped Box - 5 Rape Me - 4 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - 3 Dumb - 3 Very Ape - 2 Milk It - 2 Pennyroyal Tea - 3 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 2 Tourette's - 2 All Apologies - 4 2.75 - the known songs in this album are great (heart shaped/all Apologies, etc.) But everything else seems chaotic and aimless. Angsty screaming with decent grunge rock behind it.

Just great. I miss the comfort in being sad. All apologies

My first favorite alternative album

I feel like there should only be one Nirvana album on this list, In Utero isn't that good, you only really 'need' Nevermind.

I've never listened to a Nirvana album before, which I can appreciate is odd because I am a big admirer of Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters. I really enjoyed this album, you can see some similarities between it and the Foo Fighters earlier albums. There were a couple of weaker tracks that took away some of the shine. I will definitely be listening to other Nirvana albums.

After the massive success of "Nevermind," igniting the grunge movement, Nirvana decided to actually make an album that sounded like grunge. Kurt Cobain sounds exhausted and this isn't the entire album of radio friendly songs that I am sure the record company thought they would get. "In Utero" isn't a rejection of grunge, but a full embrace of it and features Cobain screaming as much as possible. Even when this album came out, I remember thinking this album has the attitude of "You want grunge, here you go," as opposed to turning away from the sound that brought them fame, Nirvana essentially insisted "Nevermind" wasn't grunge and now this is what really is. The album starts off with two songs that are not what is to be expected and then it just goes from there. I really wish I knew what Nirvana would have done after this.

not as good as nevermind

Funny that this album came up, as we were just discussing it. And how Nirvana is one of those bands that everyone loves but I just never got into them. But it still has some familiar and enjoyable songs.

The true vision of Nirvana except for the songs where the label overruled Steve Albini's production. So angry!

ihan vitun ankee, its giving teiniangsti ja sillee ujosti cringe mut iha perus nirvana bängää mut vähä tuli sellane itsetuhone olo

One of the worst things I’ve ever heard He’s just screaming

It's good, has some great songs. But also a couple hard-to-listen songs too. Overall it's a fine album, but I do think Nevermind is better.

Best follow up to a classic album ever?

This is probably my favorite grunge album. I was never really into grunge though.

Really Great stuff. Underrated.

Heart-Shaped Box - nice riff, moody

I respect the abrasive sound on a lot of the songs and understand why they chose to go in that direction, but regardless isn’t my cup of tea so only about half the songs are ones I relisten to. But those songs I do relisten to are incredible. Rating: 4.3

Too emo and grunge. Not something I'll listen to again.

Amazing album. Possible to distinguish the time when it was made, but it also has aged well. Production is great, vocals are great, overall sound is great!

Formative in my teenage years

Never heard of a Nirvana project before. They are pretty good but are pretty overhyped. I think I fuck with what Cobain stood for more than the music they made. That being said the music is still pretty good, and there are plenty of certifiable classics on this album. I certainly enjoyed specific songs, but overall it was just alright. Feeling a high 3/5 from this

Nirvana has never been my favorite, but I appreciate them more all the time.

a few songs I liked

Unexceptional grunge whining from Kurt being backpacked by Dave Grohl's intense and talented drumming.

I love Nirvana, and this album is just so, so good. "All Apologies" is one of my favorite songs, and it's a great ending to this album. Every track is great, but "All Apologies," "Rape Me," "Heart Shaped Box," and "Dumb" are probably my favorites.

I was never a huge Nirvana fan. This album is fine. It reminds me of high school. No complaints, but I honestly prefer Nevermind over this.

Decent but they've never been my cup of tea.

Cobain’s vocals are a hit or miss for me. Some good songs on here, but mostly I just felt meh about it. Fav tracks: Pennyroyal Tea, Rape Me

Amazing album for sure. Bold, different, exciting. Favorite song(s) : All apologies & Heart-Shaoed Box

Definitely some nostalgic songs on here but a little too much grunge and distortion for me. I'd say I'm an average Nirvana fan but some of the songs I was tempted to skip because I wasn't into it at all. Heart Shaped Box and Rape Me are two memorable songs on here for me. 2/5

Just not for me. Gave me a headache

Perfect time to listen to this, as it is the 30th anniversary of this incredible album by one of my all-time favourite bands!

If I thought I had trouble understanding the lyrics of the average song, whoa boy, if I sing to this, it'll be Na-Na-Nas. For some reason I assumed that Nirvana was a lot more noise than music, but I'm happy that there is a lot more interesting music here that I thought. The instruments are relatively easy to distinguish from one another, and there are melodies and chords to listen to. There is still noise on this album and I think it's more than I prefer. It's not really my vibe. Like the music is good, and I think the lyrics are good, but it's not for me. It's a little too hard or a little too much distortion. Seems like everyone is talented on their instruments and together they make something notable, but it's not the type of music I prefer listening to.

Amazing album, a classic

So angry, so much angst. Absolute banger of an album, Heart-Shaped Box and Rape Me are legendary IMO. All apologies is a perfect closing track. 9.5/10

I like Nirvana, but I'm not as angry as I used to be in my youth, so songs like Scentless Apprentice are not appealing anymore. This album contains so many hits though that I still like - so I was surprised to learn as I went through it that I didn't actually love the album as much as I used to, though I still respect it. RIP Kurt.

NIRVANA is 🔥

Not my style of music. Definitely something to rage to. How is there literally a song named “Rape me”?!?

Definitivamente Nirvana no es un estilo que me guste. En este disco hubo un par de temas que no me disgustaron (entre ellos Rape Me), pero nada memorable en mi opinión.

Un poco sobrevalorado pero tiene temazos y la voz de Kurt Cobain es otro rollo

Classic grunge, the album with all the songs I know on it. it's nostalgic, but the songs I hadn't heard were an interesting look into a band I never sought out.

S Tier———————— Heart-Shaped Box A Tier———————— All Apologies Serve The Servants Dumb Rape Me Very Ape B Tier———————— Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge Pennyroyal Tea Milk It Radio Friendly Unit Shifter C Tier———————— Scentless Apprentice Tourettes

I always forget this album comes after Nevermind. It sounds a lot rougher and less refined than Nevermind, but it is still decent. Would have to listen to it more to get into.

Love it - a bit grungy

Darn good album

Powerful, beautiful, dark, artistic, one of kind.

Really more of a 3.5 but rounded up cause the hits are still really good

A little too screechy for me. I like the ones that made it on the radio.

Without a doubt a revolutionary album that created trends for decades to follow. Incredibly progressive experimentation with notes of Hardcore sprinkled all over. Favorite Song: Pennyroyal Tea Sleeper Hit: Tourette's Worst Song: Very Ape

Friday 10/20/23 1:40 Working (home) S Tier Heart Shaped Box (heard a million times) All apologies A Tier Dumb Milk it B Tier Serve the Servants (Average Nirvana) Scentless Apprentice (Very grungy) Rape Me (heard it) Very Ape C Tier Frances Farmer will have her revenge on Seattle (Average) Radio friendly unit shifter Pennyroyal Tea Tourette’s

Great album

El último álbum de Nirvana ingeniado por Kurt Cobain. Con un claro cambio estético en comparación a su entrega anterior, In Utero propone un paisaje sonoro mucho más crudo y explosivo, con letras sombrías e interpretaciones sumamente furiosas. Sin embargo, la banda no pierde su sensibilidad pop, creando una mezcla perfecta de frecuencias que da vida al LP que probablemente, sepultó el concepto del Grunge.

I want to like Nirvana, I really do, but they make it so hard. They've got a few good bops but then Kurt Cobain just yells at me for a while

See, this album was highly influential and has some of Nirvana's best songs, and yet I forgot how much of the rest of the album is kinda...missing that love

Nirvana is not my type of music. Some were good, especially Heart-Shaped Box, but the majority didn't click

A bit too noisy (not volume-wise) for me.

This is a much harder-rocking, angsty Nirvana than the Nirvana of Nevermind and I frankly wasn’t a fan. I debated between a 2 or a 3 here just because there are 3 tracks on this album I really like and “All Apologies” might be my favorite of all Nirvana songs. But still, it’s not enough for me to save this album from the screaming, dissonant noise that makes up the majority of the album. I’ve always felt pretty meh on Nirvana and this album proves why.

Great Classic Songs, Some lesser knowns were good but not quite the same

Takes me back to secondary school when this came out. I had it on clear 12 inch vinyl and wish I’d never sold it. I think my favourite album is Nevermind but there are some great tracks here and love the grainy scratchy sound

Nirvana is awesome.

Not sure if I ever actually listened through this album before now which is a shame because it's a great album

Really good, very Jim-ly

Punk but smoothed out, a refined processed primal roar

it’s sad and awkward to watch this poor troubled man try so hard to be something he is not

Great follow up to Nevermind. It's a shame will never know where this band would have gone. This album doesn't fall into the trap of trying to replicate past success. They continued on into the punk/heavy genre for most of the songs. This album definitely influenced future grunge acts, and rock acts to come

MOST BABIES SMELL LIKE BUTTER!!! &…semen? When he screams, sometimes he sounds like he hog calling pigs in for supper. “Heart Shaped Box” is one of my favorite songs in this album, might be my favorite from Nirvana in general. GRAPE ME. The lyrics, “if you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first”, spoke to my soul. “Milk It” was insane stressful jumbled mess and I loved it. Sounded like Kurt had a calcium deficiency, poor guy was begging for some milk in multiple songs. “All Apologies” was a perfect song to come down to because I literally felt like I was on drugs listening to this. 8/10

First impressions, not great. Sounds like a band in my neighbors garage. The second song screaming into a $19.99 lavalier microphone... It sounds awful. Ear rape is an expression I really want to use. Normally I’d be worried about being canceled but there is a song called “Rape Me” in this album which feels appropriate. The main signer sounds like he just had his wisdom teeth pulled and the novacaine hasn’t warn off. “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” has some of the worst noises I’ve ever heard in a song. Crazy awful feedback that people somehow found enjoyable. This is music you listen too when you want to spite your parents while doing meth in an abandoned house. As I keep listening to this album it keeps getting worse. 1.3

Great album, super strange sounding but stays true to the genre that they helped create with Grunge. Standout tracks like heart shaped box and dumb are fun to listen to and all apologies feels like he's saying sorry to the people who are gonna hate this album. Can't help but turn my brain into banana mush when all apologies is ending with his rambling. 7/10

Did you know that Kurt Cobain killed Dave Grohl and has been disguised as Dave Grohl for nearly 30 years? Scentless Apprentice - Mic peeking the song. Meat Eating Orchids is such a grunge phrase. Heart Shaped Box is the best song on the album easily. The songs where he is more soft sung and not angry yelling are much better. Very Ape is a certified banger. DOLL STEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh cool a song about Milk, oh god…. I’m anemic royalty. l think I could taste the heroine from listening to Radio-Friendly unit shifter. The tonal whiplash from going from melancholic bangers to deranged bestial roaring is immense. This was a stressful album to listen to. 8/10

seria bom pra um certo estado de espírito que eu não to agora

Great album

Amazing album, especially for it being Nirvana's 3rd album and released "on schedule." Punk elements, hard rock/metal, and the prototype for grunge. Every song feels unique and the whole album is highly digestible while feeling both raw and polished at the same time.

Some of these are unlistenable and some are great. Rating 3.

This albums is pretty decent I probably don't like it as much as I should do. The highlights are All Apologies, Pennyroyal Tea, Heart-shaped Box. The louder moments on the album aren't as enjoyable I'm between a 3 and a 4, I will decide in the morning

The best Nirvana album. Wonder did Frances farmer get revenge.

Difficult to listen to, mix of standard rock/punk tracks and surrounded by under-baked and tired screaming rants.

I’ve listened to this album countless times. It’s heavy. It’s gritty. It’s weird. I love it.

My least favorite nirvana album.

Not my favourite Nirvana album but still a classic!

Pretty good but also a bit meh

Not for me

So edgy. Thirty years ago, I was too young for Nirvana. That isn't too say that there weren't people in my class at school who genuinely shed tears on finding out Cobain's death. But I was not struck by their brand of angsty grunge. Now, I am too old for Nirvana. I understand their almost singlehanded creation of a new genre, I understand Cobain's now almost trite tortured genius. But I cannot get into the angst. Grunge as a style, ethos or musical expression can never really go further than the perfection of Seth Green - both from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Austin Powers. It as much of a pastiche as hippy and as ironically un-self-aware as the post-Britpop bilge of the early 2000s Grunge is often held up as a point delineating Gen X from the Millennials - but we Xers had another half a decade past grunge, encompassing trip-hop, gangsta rap, rave, britpop, garage, funky house and - yes, I'm going to call it - everything up until the Spice Girls. Nirvana gave us a pause and a reset between the 80s and 90s but it is no more than a chapter within Gen X. It is an important album, but not one that I personally enjoy.

Never been the biggest Nirvana fan - and this album is somewhat typical of my listening relationship with them; starts out strong, wondering why I don't listen to them more often, and really understanding why they have so many plaudits... the singles from this album were expertly gauged and really are the standouts and show a breadth of musicality and growth already escaping the catch-all 'grunge' label. Butttttttt, about 3/4's of the way through I'm getting a little restless and it's getting a bit samey/shouty (Oh christ, I'm aging). Maybe should have dedicated a listen when driving not working - but that's what I've got from this listen-through.

Fort bien. Peut-être pas au niveau de /MTV Unplugged/ mais très bien quand même.

Ahhh c'est tout de même très bien... Un peu inégal, il y a de très bonnes chansons, d'autres un peu moins. Avis peu subjectif, c'est encore un groupe qui parle beaucoup à mon adolescence, mais si je suis honnête il faut bien mettre un 4 (c'est un 4,5 moral).

You can tell cobain is about done with it all. Scentless apprentice - too much screaming 3/10 Heart shaped box banger - 8/10 Rape me - Iconic 9/10 Frances Farmer - Nirvana-y kinda boring 6/10 Dumb - Fav so far 9.5/10 Very Ape - Mid 5/10

Just sounds like a lot of Nirvana in quick succession

i don't even know why i'm SURPRISED that i loved this. this album was deliciously nastier and a lot punkier than other material i've heard from nirvana, which was absolutely lovely. (side note: "rape me" may be great, but the subject matter is. preventing me from putting it on my playlist)

It'sa bit hard to put my thoughts about this album into words. In some ways it's an improvement over Nevermind, it's certainly a "purer" Nirvana sound at least, but it's undoubtedly a much, much harder listen for most people. Hell, it's a step down from Nevermind in most people's minds, no doubt about that. But I am not most people. I am built different.

Wow so so angsty and abrasive. Not my favourite sound but I can clearly clearly hear how this music has influenced a lot of music which I do love (maybe it's slightly softer and more melodical sounding and therefore more appealing to me). I was a bit triggered by the track named Rape Me and then when I tried to read into it a bit more before establishing an opinion, I found that KurtCobain said the album was not personal at all... so it was a bit of a dead end. I dno I can see what people love about this but it don't impress me much.

Yeah it was good, I liked some of the songs but it was too long for me personally

Damn it's so fucking good isn't it. It's just so tight and thick and warm. I hadn't listened to some of these songs for a long time but going back you realise why they're world legends

I just love it. Everyone loves Nirvana but my gosh there's a reason for it. Their sound is just so damn good I love it all. I really love these bands who came up with such a new, niche sound for the time and then became hugely popular. Bands that came up with new sounds and became the front of a whole genre are just great, imagine just being some dirty weirdos at school and doing something like that. Mad.

10/10 love love

As a child of the 90s, Nirvana is in my wheelhouse, but I think this is the first time I’ve listened to In Utero end to end. It’s… fine?

was excited to listen to this the whole way through for the first time!

Pennyroyal Tea stands out. And All Apologies

Quite boring. Some okay songs like Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies. Pretty much what you expect from Nirvana. 3/5

Love this album. Obviously, it's not as coveted as Nevermind but still contains classics in Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies. I am glad that this gave me a reason to listen to it through again, because it really is a great album. A true shame that Nirvana didn't see old age.

The culmination of Kurt’s short career. If Nevermind was a critique on society, In Utero was Kurt digging deeper in himself. A tragic final studio album that evoked everything that made Kurt Cobain who he was.

Algunas canciones son buenas pero no salvan un conjunto tan malo

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There's just so much hype around nirvana and I don't get it.

Ersten zwei Songs waren schon sehr aggressives rumgeschrien aber dann wurde die experience echt smoother wurde echt abgeholt von der Musik wobei sie mich in einen sehr wütenden/depressive vibe gebracht hat der mich aber auch nicht losgelassen hat! Und bei dumb wurde ich mit meinen Drogenexzessen am gegenübergestellt

Pretty cool I liked the part where Kurt is sad and angsty

"Rape Me" and "HSB" are still all-time bangers ^w^

Auf jeden Fall Banger dabei, aber leider an vielen Stellen zu leer edgy.

Bei Nirvana ist es oft so dass die guten Tracks so rausstechen dass man quasi gezwungen ist compilations zu machen um nicht gelangweilt zu werden. Das ist hier auch der Fall aber ich enjoye es aus nostalgischen Gründen

Has some great songs

Not a fan of the occasional screaming and lyric choices, but has a really great sound most of the time. Love the use of “True Stereo” when I threw the headphones!

hard af. Sad undertone

Solid 3. Very good if you’re in the mood for grunge.

I like the singles from this album but not a lot else.

Raw grunge. Such a clean break from the polished big hair/glam rock of the 80s.

nice song titles

I like me some Dave Grohl.

This is a good album for me. I dont love every song but the ones I do hold a special place in my heart. Kurt singing r*** me for 2.5 minutes is... something

Kinda grating on the ears, but I did like some songs without the screaming and screeching analog whistles

hell yeah

It's interesting to me that the modern equivalent of angst-fueled teenage garage punk music would be bedroom pop. Cannot say I enjoyed the 90's version of self-loathing music. Heart-shaped Box is a classic, but I think I actually prefer covers to the original.

Kurt tried hard to get all the darkness out but it just kept getting deeper. Really like dumb and Grohl's drums. I'm definitely not grunge generation, but I can admire this for its moments of utter darkness from a mind in pain, and Dave Grohl's drums, and a few lyrical riffs. It seemed obvious that the vocals were set down separately--several jugernauts in tandem, occasionally crashing together. It was okay to sing about ghastly rather than to milk the listener for sympathy. It certainly changed entertainment.

Intense album, not a day for me to deeply appreciate grunge, hardcore but not in the right way for me 3/5

Can really hear the push back form the band to the fame they garnered from "Nevermind". The album is a mix of really polished tunes and some real rough cuts, especially the songs that were not destined for radio. Overall really enjoyed it. 3.75/5 Would listen to most of it again.