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I didn't like it as much as the other Nirvana album. Sue me. It was still good, but I'm not gonna ever listen to it front to back again probably. Rip Kurt cocaine.
I’d give it 5 but then the other nirvana albums would need to be more than 5. I love this album. I miss the comfort in being sad! Love his ability to switch from soft and melancholy to harsh screaming. But his harshness still feels intentional. Very ape was a new one from this listen that grew on me. Love you curt
I think that this album reveals some of the major limitations of this project. If I was blindly listening to it, not thinking of it in the context of the project and my preexisting relationships with these songs and Nirvana’s other work, it would certainly be a 5. However, I spend the whole listen thinking of how this is not Nevermind or Unplugged. Not thinking about if those albums are better than this one, but how they’re somehow more perfect. And then the imperfections of In Utero (which, in isolation, is a perfect album) become louder and more pronounced.
Instead of the sophomore slump, we need to invent a colloquialism for those instances when an artist finally achieves mainstream success, then makes a follow-up all about how disillusioned they've become (i.e: Pinkerton, Room on Fire, etc.) In Utero is exactly that: the sound of a band (but mostly a Kurt) at their wit's end as they careen down the road of commercial success. Kurt's songwriting is no less catchy than on Nevermind, but Steve Albini's stark production leaves ample room for ferocity and grit. Because of this, In Utero feels like an exposed nerve ending: raw, inflammatory, and beyond saving. Fav Tracks: Serve the Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies Least Fav: Milk It Score: 9
I wasn't big on Nirvana the first time around when I fit their target audience but most of their catalogue holds up well. "In Utero" is no exception. The powerful/painful combination of Kurt Cobain's lyrics and guitar playing is on full display. And, despite being one of the most annoying people in popular music, Krist Novoselic's basslines are an album highlight.
Some of this a little too hard for my taste but liked Radio Friendly, Heart-Shaped Box and Pennyroyal Tea
I was never particularly interested in Nirvana but I have to admit that I enjoyed the amazing job that Steve Albini (who was a technical, artistic and - especially - ethical giant) did in getting out a raw and punk sound for this album. So, the sound is great (aside from the songs that were hijacked by the label and remixed), the rest less. In the same 1993, Albini produced PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, which has a similarly rough sound but an order of magnitude higher level of songwriting, energy and ideas.
I love nirvana so this wasn’t an issue for me at all
noisy riffage
I appreciate how groundbreaking this is and I’m glad i listened finally. Mostly not my thing though
Loads of screaming and singing about raping him, couldn’t finish half the songs
10/10
Going into this one I have 25 songs liked by Nirvana, with 5 of those on this album. Their previous album, Nevermind, is an almost perfect album where I like all of the songs except 1 (the last, hidden track). This one, I generally never got into more than half. 5 liked songs I'm starting with are: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", "Dumb", "Pennyroyal Tea", "All Apologies" Let's see if I like more of this upon further listening. "Serve the Servants" - this one just doesn't really grab me. "Rape Me" - this one is not bad sounding - just have trouble singing the lyrics. I do like "Very Ape" - not sure why I missed this one initially. The rest of these - I dig the music but hate the vocals and most of the lyrics. I still think Nevermind is a much better album, and even the Unplugged one is better than this. Do I need to turn in my Gen X membership card?? Liked songs on Spotify: 6/12 Rating: 3/5
Dare I say this is better than Nevermind
Upon release, I was among the ones who found the noise and squeaking annoying, and dismissed that half of the album as filler. Now I get it. It’s actually a really good album and a good way for a band to go out.
One of my favs
Nirvana hitting their stride with full self awareness. Not quite a 4 for me.
Classic singles and a more raw sound than Nevermind. Great listen.
#253 Heard Before? How could I not? Also, I'm obligated to say THIS LIST NEEDS A TWO-ALBUMS-PER-ARTIST LIMIT, NOW! Notes: - as a Steve Albini fan, i automatically prefer this to Nevermind. - i think all the best Nirvana song titles are here. - songwriting is the most varied of any of their albums, and this time I was engaged from front to back. no small feat for an overplayed mainstream album. - the tightest and most focused they ever got - this album gives me the best sense of Nirvana as a full band. - "Scentless Apprentice" could almost be a Big Black song. - sequencing here is exemplary, with the ideal finishing track. - revisiting Nirvana after many years didn't teach me anything, but i appreciate his vocals more than ever. his expressive range is phenomenal - even as a boring old man, i can feel all the feelings. Verdict: Messy, ugly but full of life-force. Something to be expelled. Like a placenta. Listen Again? Not going to seek it out or run away.
Not punk enuf, not hard enuf. I didn’t hate it, just not for me
I had never actually listened to a Nirvana song before and I think I'm ok if I never do again. Just not for me.
(First time using this so I'll type about each song after I listen) -SERVE THE SERVANTS: 5/10 -SCENTLESS APPRENTICE: 3/10 -HEART-SHAPED BOX: 8/10; -R4P3 M3: 8/10 -FFWHHROS: 6/10 -DUMB: 9/10 -VERY APE: 9/10 -MILK IT: 4/10 -PENNYROYAL TEA: 7/10 total: 3 estrelas. -RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER: 8/10 -TOURETTE'S: 8/10 -ALL APOLOGIES: 7/10
I love the cello by Keira Schaley on No Apologies and Dumb and the brutal production by Steve Albini. Sad to think what could have been if Kurt didn’t kill himself after this album.
4 stars
aggressive punk and noise seamlessly blended with catchy pop hooks 🤤🤤
Not as good as I expected.
9/10 An abrasive album, it takes a few listens to get into, but it is quality.
Steve Albini's production is, as per usual, about as good as they could possibly come. Music, well, it's still good but I just can't get into any of the bands labeled grunge. Nirvana is perhaps the best of them and they're still, well, perfectly fine at best.
Album cover for life
Awesome. Just awesome.
This absolutely mogs Nevermind idc, it's noisy, sludgey, and grungey in all the ways that hit my brain just right.
I do love Nirvana but I am one of the sheep who thinks Nevermind is better. This does have some great highs (Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb) and everything else was at least decent, but it’s still not my favorite. The back half of the album sorta blurs together in my mind, though it’s filled with some good stuff. Kind of a rough start, but All Apologies was such an incredible ending track that I forgot about that.
I can't pretend to enjoy the grunge and anger all that much, but damn if the music doesn't perfectly convey its feeling. Standouts: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle • Dumb • Radio Friendly Unit Filter • All Apologies
Is this a 4 because I listen to this album all the time and I'm a Nirvana fan? Not at all. I actually don't like them much. However, I LOVE when bands do a "fuck fame and success" pivot and this has to be one of the best. The way they mock themselves by inserting the riff from Smells Like Teen Spirit is such an easily missable detail, but it tells you so much about what they're doing here. I also can't deny the effect that hearing Heart Shaped Box for the first time had on me. I think I was about ten and found it on YouTube. I must have watched the video every day for a month.
I like this album, but feel like I should love it
A viscerally anti-establishment album. It's apparently the third and final album from the band, which is interesting; Cobain carried the same rage and passion through all of his songwriting. All gas, no brakes. At least looking through the lyrics of some of his songs, it seems like he always has a message to communicate, presented with a trademark bluntness, even if it doesn't always make sense. The instrumentation and technique also feels distinct - maybe biased, but it feels "Nirvana" in a sense, at least when comparing to the songs I've heard from them (Teen Spirit). I really like the drummist--very clean and deliberate, mixed well against the distortion of Cobain's playing. Really feel it in Radio Friendly Unit Shifter. Overall it's a good album. Not a genre I listen to often, but technically so well done. Songs I liked: Milk It, Tourette's, All Apologies
kurt cobain definitely had a way with words. this probably goes insanely hard as an angsty white gen X teen
My 15-16 year old self thought this was 5 stars, but I’ve cooled on that opinion just a bit. I do disagree with many other reviewers on this site about the noisier songs (Milk It, Tourette’s). I still like those. If you searched out Bleach and Incesticide after hearing Nevermind, you were used to this side of Nirvana. I like the punkier, noisier bits
I’ve come close to getting this album cover tattooed on me it’s that fucking good. The debate rages between what’s better between this and Nevermind and to me it’s apples and orange - the bands sound is much more raw and unpolished and a lot of the tracks feel more personal and retrospectively haunting than what came 2 years prior. I could see why some would give this album a 3 or even lower because it’s hardly as accessible as some of the other huge albums from this period in alt rock history but my god if it hits you straight away you’ll always have this album on rotation. Personally, I was close to giving this a 4, there is a track or two that are just okay to me, but considering the context of the albums release and the bold left turn of the bands sound from their massively successful album I feel like this is deserving of a 5. Also has to be said that some tracks on here like Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies take on another life in the MTV Unplugged performance that I look forward to reviewing on here at some point. Favourite song: Anything off the first side and All Apologies
Serve the Servants - 4/5 Scentless Apprentice - 4/5 Heart-Shaped Box - 5/5 Rape Me - 4.5/5 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - 4/5 Dumb - 4.5/5 Very Ape - 4/5 Milk It - 4/5 Pennyroyal Tea - 4.5/5 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 4/5 Tourette's - 4/5 All Apologies - 5/5 So this is what Nirvana could have become if not for their tragedies? It sounds like a heavier version of the Pixies, which turns out to be A) one of Kirk Cobain's favorites and B) they literally brought on the producer that made Surfer Rosa. It's deliberately less polished and less pop-coded than Nevermind, so you would think that this someone would turn off the people that got into them via their last album, right? Wrong. Well, mostly. Nevermind rarely had tracks that feel like fluff, but here there's a few that seemed like deliberate attempts to distance themselves from the MTV crowd. Is it better than Nevermind? Arguably maybe so, maybe not. Is it still an amazing album? Absolutely yes. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies
1.75
Phenomenally idiotic lyrics. Yawn.
Classic Nirvana but not for me: too much screaming in this one.
I know it's Nirvana and this album is big, but I dunno. I really enjoyed a few of the songs (Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, and All Apologies) but the rest of it was somewhere between fine and annoying. Serve the Servants is not good, Tourette's is just straight-up awful, and I actually checked if Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle ended twice because it felt like it was going on forever.
Nirvana built an amazing album for their finale, an album that they wanted to release. Right off the bat, "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm old and bored" sets the mood. This record is abrasive, sometimes obnoxious, and has many moments of brilliance. They brought in Steve Albini to get the more raw, unpolished sound after feeling like Nevermind was too poppy in the mix. They even took direct swipes at the label, filling the album with distorted noise, especially in the track "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter". Despite that, perhaps even because of it, this record is stronger than Nevermind. Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies are perfect songs. Serve the Servants, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, and Dumb are classics in the pantheon of 90s alt rock. Even though I already mentioned it, what a great closer is All Apologies?? Great albums have to have great closers, and All Apologies is one of the best. Beginning to end, it carries a statement with it, it ends up being the perfect swan song for a band as influential as Nirvana.
Not really my style of music but used very interesting imagery in lyrics and looking into the controversy around the album was interesting, I enjoyed the songs all Apologies, heart shaped box, and dumb, the others are not really my style
Classic,unfiltered
Twas pretty good though im not probably a huge grunge guy. Some songs werent for me like the one where they yell RAPE ME!
millennials will look you dead in the eye and tell you this shit is fucking revolutionary
One of my favourite rock albums ever.
Better than Nevermind imo. Tho I’m not as much of a fan of Nirvana than I used too when I was younger. Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but I feel Kurt Cobain could have been so much more. I think the Nirvana sound and themes could have taken more maturity over time.
i’m new to the whole nirvana thing and it’ll never be my favourite but i can appreciate the appeal it has. HOWEVER. a song called rape me is definitely not something i’m interested in bumping on the regular and tbh gave me the heebie jeebies. could’ve done without that one.
It’s not Nevermind or Unplugged but it’s still pretty good
This one used to be an easy 5/5 when I was younger. I assumed that my love and appreciation for it would have waned a bit as my musical tastes have evolved. Nope! Still 5/5.
i dont know
Brave and loud.
You don’t have to be a massive fan to know that Nirvana was special. This was a more than adequate follow up to Nevermind. It’s just too bad we lost Kurt when we did. There was much more music and evolution he, Dave, and Crist had in the pipeline.
Better than nevermind and that’s a high bar.
This is easily their weakest album but it's still a wonderful time. The raw grit of bleach is perfect, nevermind is a hit factory, and in utero feels like the perfect rejection of that hit factory but accidentally writing even stronger, beatles-ier pop songs. I’m a Dave Grohl disciple too, I understand the ire there but Jesus Christ is he not the best drummer for exactly this type of music. In utero is objectively their worst album of the three and I can agree with that but it’s not that far of a difference. The lore of the endless fights with albini are awesome too; I think Albini does a hell of a job with everything he makes but the mixing and mastering of this album being thrown around so many places gives it a weird charm. Scentless apprentice is one of my favorite Nirvana songs, fully driven by Dave’s drum part but I adore when Kurt just shouts nonsense. If the mood strikes me I might do a track by track of this but just know I adore this album even if it is their weakest. I'm understanding if people were to give this a 4 but it's a strong 5 for me. Since this is the last nirvana we'll get I must soapbox for a moment and say that a significant portion of their greatest songs are unreleased and on EPs and I know that doesn't count on this list but they really are such a strong band that gets a lot of credit but somehow deserve more.
9/10, best nirvana album hands down and consequently the only onw which makes them sound like an actual metal band
I guess I don’t like Grunge.
You’ve actually got to be shitting me. Yesterday I rolled one of my favorite albums of all time, but mentioned how at 33% of the way through this project, I was worried about being front loaded on good albums. Now, the very next day, you’re giving me Nirvana again???? You’re asking me if the last Nirvana album is a 5?? It’s a 5. It’s obviously a 5. I was born listening to Grunge and I’m going to die listening to Grunge. This is the second of 3 Nirvana albums I’ll have the pleasure of giving a 5 star rating to, following MTV Unplugged In New York a little earlier on in the project. Now, this album isn’t MTV Unplugged, and it certainly isn’t Nevermind. While I’ve heard those front to back many times, I actually think this one has most of the deeper cuts in Nirvana’s discography, second only to Nirvana’s debut album Bleach. What this album lacks in talked about hits, it certainly makes up for in how quality the album is as a whole. But even after all that’s been said, it still does have a bunch of hits to begin with. Pretty much half of the album are Nirvana classics. That’s just how indicative of a goated band Nirvana was, that the 12 song “deep cut” album still has half of the album composed of all time classics like “All Apologies”, “Dumb”, “Rape Me”, and “Heart-Shaped Box”. The ladder of which is my favorite song on the album, but I also want to give an honorable mention to the anti-rape song “Rape Me”, which is apparently a creative take on what fame does to someone. I doubt I’m the first person to bring this up, I’m probably not even the ten thousandth, but it’s quite ironic that song would be on this album, and then less than half a year later Kurt would be dead. For that reason, “Rape Me”, for all intents and purposes, might be the most important song that he ever made. It’s also just a really freaking good banger of a song without even diving into the symbolism it holds. For that reason it’s my silver medal. But Heart-Shaped Box was in Guitar Hero. It gets the nostalgia buff, which is extraordinarily hard to beat. The simple but powerful chord progression is iconic. It’s just an immediately recognizable song, and I’m never going to skip it when it’s on. I love that song. The little change up half way into the song is also very memorable, and the creative way the chord gets cut off at the end of the riff is spine tingling every time. It’s a perfect song on a great album of songs that not all of which get the love I believe they deserve. But come on man, it’s Nirvana. Enough people have listened to it. They’re not exactly underground songs to begin with, just under appreciated. More people need to listen to “Very Ape” and “Pennyroyal Tea”. Those songs are also great. I’ve also got a very fun story about “Very Ape”. I’ve been a fan of the band The Prodigy for a majority of my life, and either never knew or had completely forgotten that the entire song “Voodoo People” was a direct reference to “Very Ape”. Listen to the first couple of seconds of both songs and you’ll see what I mean. It’s pretty damn cool. So when I heard “Very Ape” again today for the first time in a while, it hit me like a flash bang in a pretty fun way. I mean, the whole album is great. It’s getting a 5 for a reason. Even as a postmortem it’s fascinating. You can tell that he was in a dark place when making it, and unfortunately never got out of that place. I already talked about the symbolism of “Rape Me”, but it goes SO much deeper than that. “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” isn’t trying to hide that. It’s lyrics are riddled with lines about anxiety, fear, sadness and depression. Do I even need to explain “Dumb”?? I don’t think I do. This is an overwhelmingly sad album across the board, man. But it’s also powerful, well written, and a phenomenal Grunge classic, up there with every other album Nirvana put out. It’s the musical equivalent of when an NFL player with CTE donates their brain to science. It’s a cry for help, for change that just can’t possibly happen. This is a very important album for mental health. Being famous is fucking crazy man. Couldn’t be me. Great album. 5/5.
Now we are getting into the stuff I know! First song has a fun intro and the lyrics are great, I don't love the chorus though. Second song is abrasive by design, but still fun. "Heart-Shaped Box" is just a classic song, great guitar intro, great chorus, and I really enjoyed the bass. "Rape Me" is also a classic, and really brings up some of the hardest topics in society that we love to push away. "Frances Farmer" is an interesting story and a good song. "Dumb" is another classic with a memorable guitar, melody, chorus, and message. Love the message behind "Very Ape", it reminds me a lot of Pixies, definitely future Foo Fighters. "Milk It" is a new one for me, but I really enjoyed it. "Pennyroyal Tea" I think honestly is the best look into the day-to-day life of Cobain, very painful and sad. "Radio Friendly" is a good padding song with a fun chorus and as always clever lyrics. "Tourette’s" is a fun fast paced punk song. "All Apologies" is a great ender and a classic guitar riff. Honestly I would probably give this a 4/5, it is great but some of the songs blend together. For the classic-ness of it though, I'll go 5/5. Favorite Tracks: Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, Milk It, Least Favorite Tracks:
Not as polished as Nevermind, but the highs are high
After not listening to this for decades. I just like the same 4 songs. The rest are skips. I tried.
They picked the right songs off this album to be hits. The rest is meh.
A beautiful, twisted, nihilistic farewell.
Ova here strokin my shit I got lotion on my dick i'm strooooooooooooooookin my shit i'm horny as fuck man i'm a freak man
Cool to hear the band’s sound develop from Nevermind here. Begs the question what would the next album have been like and how much more could they have changed.
Classic 90s
I hadn't listened to this all the way through in probably 15 years. It's still a great album. Kurt is obviously in pain throughout. And it's really cool that it was recorded half an hour from my home. It's not quite Nevermind and that's OK.
peak nirvana
The singles are good. The rest is kind of screaming trash...
그냥 락
9/10
Too much anger, not enough melody
8.5/10 - A staple of the genre and an all around excellent album.
Although I don't think it's quite as strong as Nevermind, it's still a super solid album. I like that it brings something new to the table and is different from previous releases. 8/10
I'm trying to piece together my opinions on grunge as I go through this, because it has had some of my most and least favorite records on the list. Nirvana, shocking no one, is good it turns out. Heavier and darker than Nevermind, this album still manages to never feel muddy or dull, which other albums have fallen afoul of for me. The guitar melodies are stellar, and Kurt's vocals never once annoyed me, which is untrue of most other grunge artists.
I didn't know this was their last album😮Super cool! The only track I didn't like is the fourth one 💘💘💘
The most... 'romantic' of all their albums? Either way I thoroughly love this. I feel it has all the weight of Nirvana with a sliver of something else running through it, maybe exhaustion, maybe acceptance.
The majority of the record is raw and filled with loathing, but the self-reflective parts are the ones that hurt to listen to
my early teens were spent with this album on repeat. it’s raw. digestible. powerful. it still holds up. it's not often that a band successfully tries to capture a more unrefined sound after a smooth mega hit. easily their best.
Will someone please check on Kurt? His poetry is getting concerning.
Fun story… THIS is one of the two CDs I bought that my uncle Mark questioned if they were music or noise (the other was Monster by REM). Maybe I’ve gotten old because even though I still feel Nevermind is top tier, this felt like…noise.
Kocham Kurta
Roughly what I'd expect from a Nirvana album. A lot of the songs were harsh for my taste, but there were some great ones (like the classic Heart Shaped Box).
i was obsessed with nirvana in high school. still a good album to revisit. i love the chaos in this album. i always preferred it to nevermind but i need to give it another listen to see now.
First Listen Favorites: Heart Shaped Box Serve the Servants All Apologies Honorable Mentions: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge...
I preferred In Bloom a lot more compared to this album
Startedof really disliking this. The further it progressed the more I liked it. Must take a while to tune ear in
Lo escuche ya. Esta bueno. Hay algunas canciones que ni fu ni fa pero en general me gustaron muchas. Es el primer album en el cual añado mas de una cancion a favoritos, me gusto demasiado la primer cancion. Me gusto el genero asi que le doy un 8/10
Best Track - "Heart Shaped Box"
I hated this
4.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nirvana/in-utero/ I have the normie take that Nevermind is better than In Utero, but this is mainly due to me having listened to Nevermind a lot more. In Utero is clearly the anti-Nevermind in being a lot less approachable due to songs like Scentless Apprentice, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and Tourette's, yet also has some of Nirvana's finest songs in Heart-Shaped Box, Serve the Servants, All Apologies and Rape Me. So yea, Nevermind is a 5/5 for me, and this might also become that, but for now I'll stick to it being slightly (0.5) less.
Nirvana is basically everything I wish Dinosaur Jr. was. Which is probably offensive to Dinosaur Jr. fans. I don't have a ton to say about this album. It's great. There's a few songs I don't care for so I'm not giving it a 5.
i just liked it. maybe my expectations were too high going in. maybe i don't hate my parents enough or something. favorite song was Heart-Shaped Box. soft 3
Rating: 10/10 There's a few bands that made abrasive noise rock and post-hardcore before and arguably better than Nirvana; it was a niche, and to mainstream audiences an unpalatable one, but nothing new, and if anything Nirvana was more like a sanitized version of it. But Kurt Cobain was pretty much a songwriting genius in one regard: adding pop sensibilities to a raw, noisy, heavy sonic palette. There is absolutely no one who could do this like him, and hasn't been since. In Utero is both an evolutionary step and the perfect synthesis of Nirvana's previous two albums, combining the band's ability to make an alt rock song with infectious hooks and melodies like Nevermind with the sounds of their Bleach roots that Kurt was worried he sold out from. Despite the drama and conflict surrounding the album pre-release, the details of which you can read on the album's Wikipedia page, I think the combined efforts of the band's performances, engineer Steve Albini's recording sessions, and Geffen Record's insistence on a new mix and master for the singles resulted in what is probably the best version of this album. Even if it was an asshole move, from the perspective of mainstream success, the label team was right about the songs that would be remastered for a radio push. Heart Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies represent an absolute triumph of the band's discography, it was obvious how good they were and their massive success proved so. With a whole list of stellar tracks that accompany the singles, they really made their best album yet and really makes you wonder where they could have gone next if not for the foreboding doom that envelops the album. It's full of self-hatred, deep depression, heavy drug addiction, and darkness, of an almost apathetic nature.
I've listened to this album many times before, and dare I say, this will always be my JAM! and it's still one of my favorite albums. So beautifully raw and rebellious. The essence of this album is like bleeding. Guitars screech and scrape, drums crack like gunshots, and Kurt's vocals are often distorted. But then there's "Heart-shaped box", "Dumb" and "All apologies" that's more radio-friendly. This album isn't as popular as Nevermind, but it's equally good. I'm glad Nirvana focused on artistic integrity with this over radio hits after such a huge success with Nevermind.
Any time I listen to an artist's last published song, it makes me feel a bit empty, and this is no exception. Dave Grohl said in an interview that the meaning of In Utero is forever changed from it's original intent due to Kurt's suicide, and while that's an obvious statement, it makes me think of what the original intent of the record actually was. I see it as accepting defeat in thr pursuit of intrinsic meaning in life, and that it isn't necessarily a bad thing but the natural maturity of life. It is unfortunate that the meaning was twisted by Kurt's death into pure nihilism, because I see the Camus-style absurdism in this album that I think could've launched Kurt and this album into an entirely different direction (not that I can make any definitive statemant on the matter). As far as the music itself, it's a very harsh album; lots of screaming and distortion, raw emotion shown through the vocals/lyrics/guitar solos. Some of Nirvana's very best and most iconic songs (All Apologies, Heart-Shaped Box), but the lesser known songs are no less worth listening to.
I mean not really for me, I'm not a huge grunge person. But I don't think it was poorly done by any means. Again, just not for me.
Offputting and haunting when you know this was the last thing put out by Cobain before his suicide months later. All Apologies especially is an affecting listen. I'll be thinking about it a lot.
All Apologies, maybe PennyRoyal Tea. pretty good. 6.6/10
In some ways it feels pointless to talk about this album. Rarely has an album presented itself so clearly, viscerally and almost chokingly to its listener. Every single song on In Utero extrapolates Kurt’s struggles with every single facette of his life into a piece of music that cannot be misunderstood as anything other than a man that has lost his path in life and is struggling to find it again. Lyrically, this is one of the most gut-wrenching yet on point album i have ever listened to. All of that unfolds on songs that are rough, pulsing with a raw punk-energy that masterfully underpins the emotional depth of Kurt’s lyrics. I can’t really point out any best or favorite tracks on here. I think All Apologies is an all-time greater and was improved by their MTV Unplugged and - I would argue - perfected by Sinéad O’ Connor on her album Universal Mother. So yeah, this album is freaking amazing and utterly devastating at the same time.
In Utero was hard to listen to for a while. It was just a reminder of someone who had so much talent and promise not being able to find his way through the pain that permeates this record, but it’s so good. Listening to David Berman’s Purple Mountains album and the passing of Steve Albini made me want to hear In Utero again. Maybe gain a new perspective… and I did. What was once abrasive and discordant was overwhelmed by the helplessness and tenderness of the skeletal structure of these songs. It’s still sad and a shame to have lost someone who had such a gift, but it’s an incredible farewell and paired with the Unplugged album, I feel grateful to take what I was given. 4.9^
nothing notable
I bought this album the day it came out on vinyl, so it's probably a "first pressing" and, as an early 90s album by a famous artist, is probably worth shitloads. However, at this point in history, the record companies were forcing everyone to buy CDs by producing the worst quality, thinnest vinyl imaginable, which would invariably jump (a lot). Playing this record again today, it still jumps like buggery, even on my top-notch record player. The bastards. Vinyl-lovers Kurt Cobain and Steve Albini would have been well pissed off. Anyway, my favourite producer of all time was let loose on what would be Nirvana's final studio album and did a brilliant job. Everything sounds so clear and spacey (when it isn't jumping). Just like Albini did with The Wedding Present's Seamonsters and his own Shellac albums, amongst many others. It actually helped that he was deaf in one ear. After forty years of loud blaring punk rock, I'm going the same way... Great album and both Cobain and Albini are much-missed in this house.
Yeah, Nirvana rips and idk why I never listened to a full album of theirs until this album group.
What a difficult album not to love! I think Guitar Hero introduced me to Nirvana via “Heart-Shaped Box,” actually, and I was probably 12 or 13. I don’t listen to them all the time, but this is usually the album I pick when I’m in the mood. My favorite track is “All Apologies,” and I also have a vivid memory of being really moved the first time I heard the acoustic version of that song.
my favorite nirvana songs are here, but as an album i don't think it's as strong as nevermind. still rips though 100% recommend
I was taking a class a few years ago where a classmate said that she felt like everything Nirvana did, the Pixies did first. Idk how we got on the subject of Nirvana, it was a class on postmodern literature. Anyway, she was cool (and right) and I think about that statement every time I hear Nirvana now. All that to say, this is my least favorite Nirvana album.
This is Nirvana's best album, stay out of here with your incorrect opinions. In a fair and just world, “All Apologies” would be their most popular song.
Controversially, I think Kurt Cobain is a pretty talented singer. Loads of tunes, great album
Influential and difficult to listen to.
It’s a lot of screaming but I added one song on my liked songs
Música per estar molt emprenyat comprant al Caprabo
Nirvana – In Utero (1993) On Day 225, I dove into a raw and abrasive album that, despite its noise-rock edge on tracks like "Scentless Apprentice," didn't completely veer off from the core vibe of Nevermind. A song like "All Apologies" felt like the true remnants of Nevermind's melodic beauty. The opening run on this record was a complete chef's kiss. "Serve the Servants" served as a phenomenal opener, launching an unbelievable initial streak through "Scentless Apprentice," "Heart-Shaped Box," and "Rape Me." Hearing Kurt Cobain's vocals over that raw, aggressive production capability is unmatched, you honestly can't top that. A legendary, raw masterpiece. A flawless 5/5.
I'm sure everyone has a favorite band that once wrote interesting, unconventional music, but over time succumbed to trends and became almost indistinguishable from their peers; in other words, they went downhill. In Utero is a rare case of a band returning to their roots. In the case of this album, context is important: two years ago, Nevermind was released, literally lifting Nirvana from rags to riches. The dilemma was whether to make the next album equally radio-polished, to please the label and millions of new fans, or to make it the way the musicians wanted it to be? They chose the latter: depressing, repulsive lyrics set to grimy, sometimes seemingly out-of-tune guitars and harsh drums. And this album was even softened a bit during production! In the end, in an attempt to scare off new fans, Kurt Cobain still managed to write successful, hit-making songs. The irony!
Stand-out tracks: Serve The Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Coming to this after listening to Nevermind, I guess I had bigger expectations of this album. Overall I just wasn't as impressed and a good amount of the tracks were forgettable to me. Even among the ones that stood out to me, none would be considered a favorite.
Was nice to revisit this. I still find Scentless Apprentice pretty jarring, kind of a Scratch Acid ripoff, but the rest is just as solid as I remember. Remember leaving the CD player running after listening to this for the first time, only for Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip to start up and scare the shit out of me 20 minutes later. Probably my favourite Nirvana album. It wears its myriad influences - noise, punk, lo fi indie - on its sleeve whilst maintaining some poppy accessibility. The perverse mythologisation of Kurt Cobain and the endless merchandising kind of precede the band itself nowadays; it’s easy to forget that they were also really good.
A bit of a racket , with some great bits but listening now I struggled with more of it than I was expecting
I think this is probably Nirvana’s greatest album. It’s easily their most creative. And it’s definitely their most raw I mean hoooly this one rips. It’s twisted and noisy. It’s an album you can really feel the energy of when you listen to it. I would list my fave tracks but it might be easier to list the ones I like least. But I wouldn’t make that list cause even my least favorites deserve a place on this album.
Nirvana needed Albini's touch (or lack thereof) at this moment more than ever and it came out perfectly
Liked the same songs I originally liked from this album (Heart-shAPED box, Dumb, and Tourette's, All apologies)
Albumet er bedre enn jeg husket det. Låtene er veldig gode, og produksjonen ikke like stygg og forstyrrende som jeg mente den var. Selv om jeg nok kommer til å fortsette å spille Nevermind oftere kommer nok denne til å bli spilt mer frmover. 8/10
Halvveis grunnet nostalgi at jeg legger den på denne karakteren. Mye som de slenger mot veggen som ikke blir hengende, men det er en mer voksen utgave av gruppen enn de hadde klart på de foregående albumene.
Sikkert ti år siden sist jeg ordentlig hørte på denne og liker den mye bedre enn jeg husket. Her er det få svake spor, deilig lyd og produksjon og en god dose nostalgi. Fått snurret 2-3 ganger i dag og kunne hørt den ett par ganger til uten problem. Rip Albini!
Ikke hørt på plata på over 20 år. Hvorfor det, den er jo helt super! Om Nevermind var Nirvana som forsøkte å høres ut som Pixies, låter dette omtrent som Sonic Youth. Så klart går dette hjem hos meg. Ekstasen varer helt til siste låt. Men da første låt begynner igjen har jeg ikke det minste lyst til å høre plata om igjen. Jeg skrur av. Det kan bli lenge til neste gang den settes på. Dermed er det jo noe som er galt også. Uten at jeg helt klarer å sette fingeren på hva. Kanskje det at det er en emosjonelt krevende plate? Både i seg selv og i noen grad for egen del. Det er mer som en traumatisk avslutning enn en lovende begynnelse.
Nirvana - In Utero Eg trudde fram til relativt moderne tider at denne kom før "Nevermind". Og, sjølv om det er sløvt research, er det lett å forstå kvifor. Dette låter ingenting som om eit band som akkurat har blitt det største i verda. Og det var vel heilt etter Kurt sin vilje. Steve Albini er rett og slett ikkje min type produsent og den gjennomtørre lyden av "In Utero" gjer at heile opplevinga kjennes ut som den berre har den eine giret. Mange av desse innspelingane hadde blitt betre om dei hadde fått skinne litt meir, men her blir dei berre ein del av grauten. Og grauten er god nok den altså, men eg har lyst på ramen! 6/10
Simply great :) First nirvana album I get here, always a great listen
always good
I could try to say something clever, but it's as simple as--I'm not a fan.
Liked it, but not my style. Love nirvana tho
Alright listen, no noteworthy elements to praise. The screaming on scentless apprentice was pretty bad though, didn’t like it at all. This album pales in comparison to Nevermind in every way. Quite a disappointment.
Bit of a harder edge to this which I like
2.4/5 - At first impression, this album seemed to push the boundaries of my ears. And yet, I decided it might be worth giving my eardrums a thrashing in order to appreciate this album in all its glory. This was quite an experience, but nonetheless was a decision I wholeheartedly regret. On a more serious note, this is indeed quite a cool album, but not for me.
Poor Kurt - even when he was trying to put off all the “wrong sort” of fans, he couldn’t help writing bangers.
Good talent but too whiny for me.
5/5
Idk I feel like the mtv, which was more stripped back and haunting better represented what nirvana goes for than the more bombastic loud sounds they put out here
I don't think it would be controversial to call this the greatest grunge album of all time. The band takes the hookiness and songcraft they developed on their first two albums and crank up the noisiness and chaos, with some help from producer Steve Albini. Many of the singles could've fit on Nevermind, but a lot of the deeper cuts stack up with some of the wildest noise rock of the era, which is impressive given how popular Nirvana was at the time. The abrasiveness is perfectly counterbalanced by Kurt Cobain's excellent songwriting, which combined dark and raw lyricism with a strong sensibility for traditional rock song structures. It will always be sad that this was the last Nirvana album, but what an album to go out on.
I think it was obviously really good, and i know that part of the point of this album is how jarring and uncomfortable it sounds at times- but i could’ve used a bit less of that.
5/5
Better than nevermind
Eh tbh
It’s a 4.5! Started off kinda slow but this is how you make an album. Ending with All Apologies, *chef’s kiss*
How do you follow up an album like Nevermind? Simple truth: you don't. Luckily, Kurt Cobain and companions realized this. Most artists that find mainstream success shift their sound towards pop. Nirvana did the opposite, all polish from Nevermind is gone, replaced by a harshness that even the most extreme of purists would call punk. Add in the refreshed lyrical style Cobain adopted, and even fully tone-deaf listeners can feel the anger behind these songs.
This could quite easily be a punk album. The guitars are loud, the drums are hard hitting, the vocals are loud and screaming and there is a "topping out the levels" type of distortion. But this feels different. Where punk feels angry at the world and ready to rebel, this album feels angry at itself and ready to self destruct. Kurt Cobain can scream and shout but also has the ability to carry an almost sweet melody, which makes the songs on this album have an almost eerie feel. Like when a nursery rhyme is in a horror movie, the innocence being trampled under the crushing weight of self loathing. Hits from this album include "Heart-Shaped box", "Pennyroyal Tea" and "All Apologies". But surprisingly not "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter". This album sends me back to my youth going to rock clubs and feeling connected to the other people that dont like themselves either. (4.000)
So ne 3,5 bis vielleicht 4 an nem guten Tag. War aber schon paar nices Zeug dabei
2026.08.06.
Eu amo esse disco. Para mim, ele consegue ser tão grandioso quanto Nevermind, mas com uma proposta muito mais crua, pesada e menos radiofônica que seu antecessor. As letras são agressivas, incômodas e refletem toda a angústia do Kurt Cobain, enquanto a intensidade da sua interpretação na maioria das faixas, faz cada grito soar como um desabafo genuíno e dilacerante, como em Milk it e Rape Me. Hoje, é difícil não enxergar In Utero como uma espécie de carta de despedida do Kurt: um álbum onde Cobain despejou suas frustrações, dores e últimos lamentos poucos meses antes de sua morte. Um disco brutal, sincero e, sem dúvida, um dos grandes álbuns dos anos 90.
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Near Perfect - To me this is clearly the best Nirvana album. The polish of Nevermind is pretty much gone apart from Heart-Shaped Box which might be better than anything on that album. Nirvana have never been my favourite grunge band but they have grown on me an awful lot in recent years. Serve The Servants and Scentless Apprentice is a killer combo to open the album. Great songs like Rape Me, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea and of course All Apologies just make it an incredible experience from start to finish.
Couldn't finish this one, had higher hopes for it. Heart-Shaped Box seemed familiar so I may have heard that one before.
A good album
The best Nirvana album. Heart Shaped Box is the best Nirvana single. The whole sound on this was pretty radical considering the glossy sheen Nevermind had. This one deserves more love.
This one was intense
I thought I'd enjoy this more since Nirvana was such an influence in the 1990s.
of course a classic, I've been listening to it before and I love it 8/10
I liked it quite a lot!
This is a great album. Perhaps because I did not play it as much as Nevermind the songs sound pretty fresh and interesting. And why do all the kids wear their shirts?
Incredible album. Monumentally important for rock, alternative, garage, noise, post-punk sound thereafter. A rouge’s gallery of Billboard smash hits.
There was a time when, in order to maintain social credibility, one needed to publicly declare that one rated In Utero above Nevermind. Sadly, for this project, I rated Nevermind a glowing review and 5-stars, so my social credibility is already shot.
The worst bands in the world latched on to the worst parts of this album and humankind suffered for it.
2/5
A landmark album of the 90s. Steered a bit away from the slightly more produced work of Nevermind, with Steve Albini bringing out the rawness of their sound. One of those albums I can listen to from start to finish without any skips, even when it goes off the rails for a while with things like the ironically named 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter'. And the closer, All Apologies, is just a wonderful song, with melancholy and beauty oozing out of every pore.
Goated.
hated this. a few good opening guitar licks ruined by incessant unnecessary BORING loud constant drums and attempted scream vocals. no point bothering
This project hasn’t changed my POV on Nirvana at all unfortunately
Maybe would’ve liked it better in HS
Nicht mein Stil. War aber auch halb beim einschlafen
Another great set of lyrics by Cobain. The more I listen, the more I love his voice. This album is more raw and abrasive than Nevermind, so I'd skip a few, but liked it overall.
Definitely aggressive. Good album, but not something I want to listen to often.
Not really my thing but I like a few songs.
Turns out the anger Kurt Cobain poured into Nevermind was the radio-friendly toned down version, and so for this album he's gone even more raw and we're all going on a trip to the darker recess of his mind, notably in tracks like Scentless Apprentice and Milk It. Theres a moment of tenderness in Dumb, and Heart-Shaped Box is a beautiful song with a dark subject matter. We're listening to a man on the edge, questioning life, relationships, how he feels, how it all seems so shit. With events a few months later, this could be an uncomfortable listen. However, we need to appreciate Cobain's ability and genius in expressing his emotion through his songwriting and every aspect of the bands music. 4 stars of pain
Undrar vad man skulle tycka om detta om man inte visste att det var Nirvana. Många av låtarna är den sortens mangel jag är relativt ointresserad av. Men så blixtrar det till med just den sortens geni som kännetecknar Nevermind - Rape Me, All apologies, Dumb ... Det måste i alla fall bli en fýra.
Sounds like an attempt to recapture never mind with partial success.
9,6/10
My folks are big Nirvana fans so this album is very familiar to me. Like "Dumb" and "Heart-shaped Box" but overall this is not really for me.
In Utero is an abrasive, raw, and gritty listening experience. I imagine this is what Nirvana was going for, and it was executed well. It doesn't suit my personal tastes but it is well put together. The ambiance itself is great, but man the guitar + drums were stars. Favorite tracks: Heart-shaped box Dumb Serve the Servants
I've Got A New Complaint 1001 Albums Generator 313 (7/24/2026) Steve Albini producing for Nirvana = a noisy and surprisingly uncommercial followup to their smash hit album, Nevermind. It feels like Kurt and the boys hated the fame that that album had brought them so they turned the noise up to 11, while maintaining their core sound. However, songs like Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies became some of their biggest hits ever, and for good reason. I've always also really loved Scentless Apprentice; the rhythm section on that song is just absurd and so fun. The burst of noise that is Tourette's is also great and never would have appeared on any of their other albums. It's a real shame that this would end up being their last studio album because the evolution of their sound on it is quite good. I don't think that it has the songwriting strength of Nevermind, but it sure has spirit. 4/5. Favs: Heart-Shaped Box Rape Me All Apologies Least Fav: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
The. Eat thing about this album is that it’s the last one they ever produced. A bunch of noise drowning out mostly indistinguishable lyrics- but we’re pretty sure if we could they’d be boring and nihilistic like all of Grunge.
Nirvana é o tipo de banda que normalmente te ingressa no rock e no alternativo, pessoalmente ainda prefiro o segundo álbum, Nevermind. Ótimos riffs, músicas clássicas, é um álbum absurdo. As letras refletindo a mais íntima dor.
JAAAA!!! Eerste album op de lijst waar ik ALLE nummers al van ken! Heb dit album kapot gedraaid als 14 jarige.
07/24 Boring
The problem with both of Nirvana's albums that are not named "Nevermind" is that I can't help but to compare them to Nevermind, and am then disappointed. Listening to Scentless Apprentice also reminds me of how much I don't like Albini's style, even though it does fit In Utero a lot better than it did Rid Of Me (which I had just about a week before In Utero). Although maybe Scentless Apprentice wouldn't be saved by any other mixer anyway. I kinda wanted to give this a 4/5, but I think it's still worth a 5/5 even though it's no Nevermind.
Définitivement leur album le plus weak
Grunge with one hit
Great Nirvana
4 out of 5. It's my belief that this album has stronger singles/overall than Nevermind, as good as that album is.
Get why it's here, but didn't really enjoy it
At first, liking this album a lot less than I initially anticipated... then... Heart Shaped Box. The Boys song!!!! This one's good, tbd if the rest of the album is the same. And famous successsion song R*pe me??? I lied, this is peak. I went back and listened to this album two more times. First of all, testament to the album to intrigue me enough to go back and listen again. Second, echoing what many albums say, this is surprisingly different to Nevermind, which was such a polished album. On a surface level, I really appreciate the symbolic ties between the songs and the body, really taps into a greater question about the objectification and devalutation of the person, which was big in the 90s. On a deeper level, I am currently in my angsty 20's part of my life which is really why I liked it.
Not my favourite nirvana album, but still a solid album overall.
First album of theirs I’ve listened to, I see why they are so popular
Loving
A great album. Very angry and discordant. Very Nirvana
Classic - probably the best Nirvana album. Fun high energy songs like serve the servants and then Beatles-y strings on all apologies. Feels like the dark exciting image Nirvana always had even though Nevermind sounds kinda soft and silly today. Def an improvement on the really sludgy Pearl Jam grunge too - it’s pretty structured and focused mostly.
It is the harrowing and gritty twin of the accessible and anthemic Nevermind sort of like Kid A is to OK Computer. It has an abrasive aesthetic that sounds like musical despair and which makes the album all the more impacful but, witbout taking any of its merit, it is not my vibe. 8/10 [KEEP]
Of my era and yet never the most listenable.
A classic of the time, changed music
not my cup of tea. I did get to know what grunge music was due to this but i think im not a fan of such music. haven't build my taste. maybe in a few yeard
masterpiece, in my opinion the best Nirvana album and without a doubt one of the best grunge albums. The album starts right away with my favorite, "Serve The Servants", oh my what an opening, here you start to feel the difference from Nevermind, opening with a riff without power chords but having a more bluesy sound. Everything about this album is fucking amazing. Some of Nirvana's most aggressive and straight to the point songs are on this album. And it's great.
a bit too metal for me but overall its good
a good time! didn't love this one as much as nevermind thought i'm afraid. was still a good time to listen to though. nirvana fucks
Love it. Classic then, classic now, totally my vibe.
Ok, probably not as good as Nevermind.
Not so low key the best Nirvana album. Tried to stick it to fame and came out with a classic.
Pior que nevermind, mas ainda é bem bom
Cannot go wrong with Nirvana and definitely one of the best albums.
muy bueno, escuchar como uno quiera (me refiero a orden)
Love the melodies and harmonies. The production sometimes can seem a bit muddy and monotonous though.
Bleaker than I remembered, and tougher to listen to, but still great.
Awesome and raw. I remember listening to this in high school, thinking "man, these songs suck." Except for Milk It, that's always been my shit.
Superb
Outstanding, full on in your face gritty dirty album.
Kann man immer Mal wieder reinhören, nicht alles Topp aber einige Banger
Zwischen cool und lärmig. Hat mich so mittelmäßig gecatched und nicht so Banger wie auf Nevermind.
It’s not Nevermind but it’s still pretty bloody good. All Apologies is an all-time banger.
Owned
I mean, that's a hell of an album
- I like the hits on here; they tend to be the more melodic songs. The other ones don't really do much for me, but the album is definitely an angsty vibe, and I like Kurt's anti-establishment ethos. - Overall, I like it, but I doubt I'll ever reach for it, so I'll prob round down from a 3.5. - My sister loved Nirvana when she was younger, and I asked her what she'd rate this, and she said a 4.
Lots of screaming. Some gd ones in there
Previously known. As a whole it didn't hold up for me. The ones I liked I prefer from Unplugged.
Great Nirvana album. Not their best, but really good. Can hear some Food influences as well in some of these songs. Great to see the bridge between.
Nirvana can do no wrong in my book. I love In Utero for how 'punk' they attempted to make it. Nirvana tapped Steve Albini to engineer the record, knocked it out in twelve days, and the label hated it. Sounds pretty punk to me. Really, Nirvana's reaction to fame was to simultaneously give the people what they wanted, while retreating to tendencies present on Bleach. The production is more raw, the songs are less radio friendly, and there's more screaming, however, there are also songs like Heart Shapes Box, which was made for radio, and "Pennyroyal" "Dumb" and " All Apologies", all of which harken back to Cobain's sense of melody present on Nevermind. It's a fitting final album.
Don't believe the hype. Just an angry, shouty man.
Rape meeeeeeeee
Solid and has some great songs but parts of it are a bit too, understandably, angsty for my liking. Unplugged is the much more intriguing path tragically not taken. All Apologies is amazing, though.
Pretty good.
Great album. Sonically and lyrically it is all there. Maybe one missed song but still beautiful
Awesome. One of the best from the 90s
Bookended by two phenomenal tracks, my main takeaway from this is what could have been
3.5. Despite some great songs there are too many not great songs.
All apologies was the best song by far
Aunque lo había escuchado de manera lineal y aleatoria, es un album que toda una generación sintió y gritó al igual que Nevermind. Personalmente es uno de los que entra en mi top, Kurt en su mejor momento lírico y compositivo.
I like Nirvana, but this album has about 3 good songs, notably Dumb and All Apologies. Outside of that, this album isn't something I need to hear again.
6-7 but 3-4. Made me feel really disturbed at times. I liked All Apologies for some reason
It's all been said before innit? Comfortably my favourite Nirvana album
Not my cup of tea...
7/10 Maybe a hot take but I didn't love this as much as I assumed I would. There's a couple songs on here that I genuinely thought weren't all that, but overall, still great. the bangers speak for themselves.
4/5
An album I am very familiar with and have listened to and loved for years. An album that was entirely recorded and mixed within 13 days, but it does not sound rushed and undercooked. Every song is explosive and energetic with distorted guitars and agro vocals, but still sounds so simple with the majority of the songs only having guitar, bass, and drums. the exception being the odd song or two that features cello which is an inspired choice. It would be a perfect sendoff to the legendary band if MTV unplugged didnt exist. my fave tracks are 2,6, and 12. its hard to find much to critique with this album. 5
Some days I prefer this over Nevermind.
Not a fan of all the songs, but the great songs are exceptional and capture our generation. 4.5
Joia
Fav ones since middle school
Always happy to listen to a Nirvana album. The grunginess really matched my mood when I was listening so I appreciated it. In terms of rating I think it’s definitely up there but this album didn’t do it for me as much as Nevermind did. Still bangers though and will continue to be on my playlist for sure.
Def some hits on here. Some of the deeper cuts are a little scream-y for my liking — as much as I like Nirvana.
It was a hard time
Pensaba que me iba a gustar mucho menos, pero esta bien. Es muy punki, pensaba que el grunge sonaba de otra manera.
Didn’t have time to write a full review, but I like this album! Thought it had some really good moments. Heart shaped box is a great song and it reminds me of a mutual who passed away recently. Nirvana is always going to be a solid listen. 4/5⭐️ 184/1089
Very dirty, but amazing and easy to listen melodies and chord progressions that would all trnsfer over to acoustic easily. This was my first full listen to the album and I thouroughly enjoyed it.
very questionable lyrics, enough for me to turn away from the songs - album is okay, i like the cover but i'd rather not be in utero if the songs describe it's contents
So I had only heard the singles from this album before today. Now that I've heard the whole thing, I still don't like Nirvana. Unlike most people my age (apparently), their combination of heavy guitars, screaming, and mumbled rage never moved me. One thing impressed me here -- the way they chose to follow up the multi-platinum arena-packing success of Nevermind: even heavier guitars, frayed sounds, darker lyrics. Not a whiff of an attempt to recruit more fans. That's probably the best way they could have done it, and I'll tip my hat to that.
listen, i do like Nirvana, but a song called Rape Me is just going to be a bit of a lot of too much, even if I understand where it's coming from
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They keep it pretty adventurous and out there, causing the songs that reign it in from the uber-grungy to stand out the most to me. Highlights: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Very Ape", "All Apologies"
Gen X has heretofore largely avoided much of the intergenerational brawl. I would rectify this and submit to the cultural powers that be that Gen X's grandest sin to its successors and predecessors is giving rise to and supporting the grunge genre, with a special focus on holding Nirvana as the 90's crowning achievement. Most of the above is a joke, save my being perplexed at Nirvana's longevity. The majority of their catalog is mediocre with a few standout songs, and this album is no exception. I have to return to the rather uncharitable but absolutely true view that Nirvana gained an enormous amount of prestige from Cobain's tragic and mysterious early death. That death premium will do wonders for a promising early career, whether you be Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, or Buddy Holly. You can have established yourself as a world class talent — or simply shown an impressive early hand — and live many lifetimes after that one death. That said, you do need to have a baseline of exceptional skill or X factor to get that premium. And Nirvana does have some genuinely good talent behind it. There are some great riffs, some great melodies, some novel and interesting arrangements here. The problem I find is that they rarely come together at the same time, and the rest of any given song can be a rough and unenjoyable experience. The moments when Nirvana is firing on all cylinders nearly vindicates their legendary status, but those moments are too few to make this a great listen the whole way through. I feel that there is this silent agreement to factor in all the potential songs that never were when you listen to an artist that departed too soon. An impressive song becomes all the more earth shattering because you model their growth in your head and the theoretical returns are mind boggling. But when I listen to this music without factoring in what could have been, I find it hard to enjoy save for a few minutes.
The singles off this album are really good, and kind of carried me through the more “abrasive” pieces. Overall and after reading about the creation of this album I have an appreciation for it as a whole.
Es muy bueno.
209. nice
I was a big fan of Nevermind when it came out but didn't really give this a chance when it came out, I'm not sure why. It's good. Nirvana will always feel like music for teenagers to me so I probably won't listen to this again (and Nevermind didn't stay in my rotation past my teens) but I will always have a place in my heart for them.
One of my favorite albums. Usually go back and forth between this and Nevermind as the best Nirvana album. This album goes back to their roots a bit with some heavier songs, yet still has some great radio songs.
sympa mais pas ce que j'ecoute le plus
Noise-complaint "music"
anguished, angry, inarticulate with frustration and disappointment - I am sure this was cathartic for the band to make, it sounds like a lot of emotions were released. Having said that, it is not a record I particularly enjoyed listening to
Their best imo, the rawest they ever got, even the softer moments shine. Highlights-Scentless Apprentice, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Very Ape, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shift, tourette's, and All Apologies.
I love the menacing bass of Scentless Apprentice, but I did not enjoy the yelling. That’s unfortunate. Favorite songs: Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me.
there were a couple songs i could sit through. mostly i skipped
For the most part, I really liked this album, save for Cobain’s intermittent screaming and screeching. I love All Apologies. I wish that I would have given this band a chance back in the day, because I have really enjoyed what I have heard from this list. I am giving this one four stars.
Clave en mi historia musical. Maneja una energía que hasta hoy me entusiasma. Nunca se va a saber qué pudo ser de esta banda si no se terminaba todo. Pero dejaron tres álbumes para la historia. Hoy este es el que más escucho. 9/10
It's a Nirvana album. Deeply influential, iconic songs capturing the zeitgeist. But it isn't Nevermind.
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Grunge, noise rock, alternative rock, punk rock.
my first nirvana album on this list. i’m stoked. heart shaped box. the greatest love and sex song ever written. rape me is such a sad song. so many good good songs. i’m stressed out at work and this is perfect. driving during my second listen. feel so badass. ———POEM——— lover’s gift wrist watch lost at the Thai diner’s washroom he hated me anyway my brother showered with water he rejects nearby I choke on patterns that keep me tripped I promise my body is a temple the same one we visited that day so, why does it shake this way? nightmares on nightmares for years nightmares i never share- till recently a friend that I almost lost and then really wanted to names they hurt me - always have but not anymore not in any way
Too much screaming for me to be in utero (idk what utero is) 2.7/5
Not the biggest grunge fan so we’ll see how this goes. There are some great songs in here like heart shaped box and all apologies but there are also some songs that I couldn’t really care for like scentless apprentice and Tourette’s
Still love this album.
There are a few great songs on this album, but also a lot of noise. This isn't an album that I want to listen to, but definitely like a few songs. The album probably deserves a higher rating, but I can only give it a 3 (average) rating. Pitchfork: 10 (I hate these reviews that give a retrospective "10" 20 years later. Of course, in hindsight it's an important album - but critics were very mixed at the time.) Rolling Stone: #173 Top 500 Albums Best Songs Heart Shaped Box Rape Me Dumb Pennyroyal Tea All Apologies
Sounds amazing. Vocals can get a bit goofy. Drums are great. Soundtrack to my junior high. We requested a DJ at a dance play rape me over and over again. Some bad memories of getting beaten up a lot. Intro to Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is great. Great feedback sounds. Albini really killed this.
Great record, kind of depressing to listen to. Favourite Track(s): Heart-Shaped Box Least Favourite Track(s): Tourette's
Nirvana's best???
Special, incredible. Steve Albini god mode
It started a genre, but is very dated. The sound is not timeless other than the few "radio worthy" songs.
9/10
This should be sent into space to forever keep an actual record of mankind.
Disco bastante machacón. Tiene un principio que se me ha hecho duro con Serve the Servants y Scentless Apprentice pero a partir de ahí mejora mucho con canciones como Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb y All Apologies. En resumen, un disco con algunas canciones buenas pero otras muchas son demasiado repetitivas y machaconas para mi gusto. Igual el minuto y medio gritando Serve the servants no es para mí.
Much less “for me” than i really expected but i still had a good time! When i was in the psych ward when I was 20 a guy told me about pennyroyal tea and drinking your own pee so i thought that’s what that meant but it’s not so that’s weird to remember
This isn't another Nevermind, but it doesn't have to be. It's dirty and gritty, but the songs are still great, even though maybe not as suitable to play them on the radio.
All Apologies 💔🥀
I've always loved Nirvana. While Nevermind has a slight edge over In Utero and Bleach (in my opinion), I still find myself returning to In Utero time and time again. "All Apologies" gets stuck in my head more often than I'd like to admit.
As far as grunge music goes, this one is pretty weak. Surely there has to be better more important albums than this?
A Gen X classic
Zajebiste. Na 5. Jedna z lepszych płyt tutaj.
C'est un non pour moi
Great album
Not as good as the other two Nirvana albums here. You can hear Cobain’s depression coming through, which leads to a lot of good stuff but also a few weak points. I do think the best version of Nirvana after this would have been with Kurt and Dave as co-leads.
Hørt. Skide godt.
A fantastic album with almost no skips. Not perfect but damn close
OK honestly, can barely finish listening. It's Nirvana. It's great for what it is but it isn't for me. This is the follow-up to Nevermind and it's not as good. Heart Shaped Box is the best song, but I've always found the concept of the song to be confusing. This album sounds noisier (in a bad way) and less....real? than Nevermind does. Also, the song 'Rape Me' is a perennial track-to-avoid. Next.
good!