In Utero

So it’s like like the last song of Nevermind, “Endless, Nameless”, but actually more palatable. I think it’s well known that Kurt Cobain did not enjoy the meteoric success of Nevermind and more of Smells Like Teen Spirit. So basically he did a 180 and gave the largest middle finger to people who wanted a more cleaner image of Nirvana and I think it’s very commendable because this sounds like a nervous breakdown. Also I think it was hilarious that Rape Me started out with the same melody as SLTP but is immediately juxtaposed with the lyrics of the song being something about a very serious and disturbing tale.

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a viscerally angry album. nirvanas magnum opus. i wish kurt was still here

This album was better than I remember. I played it repeatedly throughout the weekend and feel like it is a much more cohesive record than Nevermind was. This gets a rare 5/5 from me

People probably should have been more concerned about Kurt Cobain after this album. After the first two songs, hearing ‘Heart Shaped Box’ is a relief, and that song is super bitter. That’s kind of how this album functions: super loud songs followed by poppier, but definitely not Nevermind-esque songs. It’s great. I’d list songs, but I like all of them (and it’s uninteresting to read). Bye.

Beatles/Pink Floyd/Nirvana Three best 2Album runs of all time.

Two ez 5’s in a row. Nirvana is Alfa. I connect with Kurt with his sad lyrics.

Wow. Only ever listened to Nevermind before. This is a great record, made even better with Albini's trademark production. Favourite tracks: Heart-Shaped Box, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle, Very Ape (which The Prodigy sampled with 'Voodoo People'!), Milk It.

It's kind of hard to rate this album, as I've known most of these tracks for quite a few years now, into my single digits, so to critically rate them is hard to do as something fresh. I used to think that this album went too far off the deep end compared to Nevermind, but listening to this now, while I'll still say this is lesser to Nevermind, this is also fantastic. You can tell Cobain and crew were much more into the music they were making here, and the creative variety really shines here. I could see why some may see this as too much, but that's exactly what makes it so fantastic. It's that first Nirvana album mixed with the commercial success they tasted from Nevermind, making just hit after hit, turning out an album in which a song like "Rape Me" could become a relatively mainstream hit. No other band could even dream of doing that. Kurt's voice is fantastic, the drums are great, and it'd be hard to discredit anything here. It's like Endless, Nameless becoming a full album, and just like that song, it takes a few listens, but then it truly becomes something fantastic.

One of the best albums of all time. Have always been a huge fan of Nirvana and this is a classic through and through.

Odd that this was the first album served up to me as I’d only listened again for the first time a few days ago after finding the CD in a charity shop Really liked this album as a kid when it first came out and time has only improved it

One of my favorite albums of all time

Awesome classic rock album.

insane

Nice one!

One of my favorites from the 90s and in my opinion, the best Nirvana album. Albini’s production gives the album such a raw feel compared to Butch Vig’s layered, polished production on Nevermind. A must listen for any fan of grunge or 90’s culture in general.

Iconisch, stevig, geniaal

Haven't listened to this in a long time, but I loved it as a teenager and it holds up really well. I love the tonal feel of this album; I know Steve Albini caught lots of shit for the mix when this came out, but it makes the album fit better with Bleach and Incesticide, as does the songwriting itself. I think the sound of this album was a nice gateway to listening to more experimental artists. It's not perfect, but definitely deserves a 4.5/5.

Super great album. Doesn't quite reach the heights of Nevermind for me, but it's very close. 4.5/5

5 The Nirvana album that separates the men from the boys. No, it’s not their finest hour - that’s MTV Unplugged - but far and away the best of their studio albums. Bleach was a solid debut, albeit a tad one-note and directionless, and Nevermind an overproduced effort at bringing alternative rock to the mainstream (which it succeeded… and then some). But In Utero? In Utero strikes the perfect balance between the two. Admittedly, Nirvana wears their influence on their sleeve here the most of any of their records - not only does it sound like a Pixies album, but it’s quite literally produced by Steve Albini, producer of Surfer Rosa, an album Kurt once named as his second favorite of all-time (behind Raw Power by The Stooges). As it turns out, he was just the guy the group needed after dissatisfaction with their former release. Famously no-bullshit and a former punk himself, Albini was able to take the charm of Nevermind and strip it down to its core, removing all the fluff and instead choosing to highlight the genius of Nirvana with an unabashedly honest lack of polish - a sound the group was always best suited for. “Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I'm bored and old” The opening line of Serve the Servants greets you with an immediate acknowledgement of the counterculture revolution the group had ignited just two years prior, and more importantly, their desire to separate and move on from it. This album isn’t setting out to be Nevermind 2, and as if that line wasn’t enough to convince you, the following track Scentless Apprentice makes it damn well clear that the commercially palatable stuff is out the window. To me, this is the band in its purest form, and songs like Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, and Tourette’s are reminders that Kurt’s idols weren’t the kind to write radio hits. Of course, this is still Nirvana we’re talking about, so despite its rougher exterior, the album still had its fair share of commercial success. However, even the hits have a certain raw, sincere energy to them that fits contextually within the album, which has resulted in me coming back to songs like Heart-Shaped Box and Rape Me more than I do Smells Like Teen Spirit or In Bloom. As a whole, the pacing and song placement is excellent, resulting in an album that flows seamlessly despite a stark difference between songs like Dumb and Milk It. I do want to give a shoutout to Post Malone for opening his Nirvana cover set with Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, as it’s one of the group’s most underrated tracks and quite possibly the best on this album - though it’s hard to beat a concluding track like All Apologies. The song is absolutely fantastic by its own merit, but there’s something hauntingly beautiful about it being the bookend of Kurt Cobain’s studio career. All in all is all we are indeed. If Nevermind is a required listening, then I would argue this album should be as well. It has all of the genius without all of the polish, and while I admit that might make it a little less accessible, I believe therein lies its charm. The definitive Nirvana studio album for me.

The magnum opus of the most influential band in the last 30+ years. Once albums turn 10+ years old, “influence” it has is typically a large contributor to the hindsight of how good/important that album is. I’d say the countless failed attempts to mimic the raw but still crispy mixing, distorted strings, blunted drums, and vocal-chord shredding Cobain-isms are more flattering than just having a string of records (positively) influenced by In Utero — this record ruined a generation of artists and (in my opinion) basically birthed butt-rock because no one else is capable of making this sound work. Your Puddle of Mudds, Bushs (post Sixteen Stone), Disturbeds, Breaking Benjamins, Nicklebacks of the world are all trying to do this sound (and awfully-so). If this album didn’t click because of its rawness, check out Nirvana’s MTV unplugged set (it’s on Apple Music and Spotify). A good chunk of that set is stripped-back acoustic versions of these songs that can let you appreciate the songwriting and musicianship that a lot of people fail to appreciate because of how loud and abrasive this album is. I’d also encourage you to watch https://youtu.be/R3XIGon2RjY?si=x6t-Q2ifgFwg9oRs. There’s a reason why chunks of this record openly mock its predecessor Nevermind — In Utero is Nirvana’s defining album: abrasive, different, boundary-pushing, angry, and a general fuck you to anyone that wanted 15 tracks in the style of Smells Like or Come as You Are again. Best: Heart Shaped Box, Frances Farmer, Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Worst: n/a

Some really good songs on here. Great album, but not their most solid. I feel like Nevermind is a 5 and this is a 4.5. Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies get it to 4.5. Don’t think I ever noticed the strings on All Apologies. RIP

Powerful classic!

It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve heard this one. I had the memory that the back half was pretty abrasive and not very pleasant to listen to until the last song. I expected I would have given this 4 stars. This one is not nearly as difficult as I remember. I don’t think the production actually does it any favors. Very good album with all songs firing.

A very challenging listen but pretty much every one of the difficult songs are dripping with passion, energy, and biting lyrics. The album shows how easily they can shift between ballads and approachable tracks (pennyroyal, all apologies, rape me, heart shaped box) and their brand of energetic noise. It is impressive and moving.

Incredible album. I love the raw power of it. They sound amazing as a band here. Those drums are huge on “Serve the Servants” and “Scentless Apprentice.” And the bass throughout the album has this ominous, nefarious feel. These guitars solos are sick too. Wild, sloppy shredding that matches the pained screams of Kurt Cobain’s vocals. Great songs, awesome in-your-face heavy sound. I love this album. Okay this is an association that is just for me but this album reminds me of teenage summers by the pool in my friend Steve’s backyard. Us and another friend all got into Nirvana at the same time and we would spend all day in the pool blasting these CDs. Listening to it now definitely takes me back to those hot summer days. I can picture that backyard so vividly right now. Also, ask me to show you the music video I made for “Tourette’s” for my final project in media class freshman year of high school 😂

What an incredible opener- one that I haven't heard in years and years. I love that discordant first chord, and then the much lighter riff that plays right after it. Great start to an album. This was produced by the legendary Steve Albini and it definitely has a more metal / hard rock sound to it. Every time Nirvana comes up on this list I write about that album having my favorite Nirvana songs on it and this one coming up is no exception. I LOVE "Heart-Shaped Box", "Rape Me", "Dumb", and "All Apologies". "Pennyroyal Tea" is amazing too but I think I like the unplugged version better. Out of that list I don't think I can even chose a favorite but I guess every Nirvana album contains favorites of mine. I really particularly love the guitar solo on "Heart Shaped Box." It captures the staggering back and forth dance that you would often see Kurt doing on stage and I always thought that was really cool. It's also so funny to me how the guitar cuts off at the last held out note in the solo and then they punched-in recorded the last hit (this last hit coming in at 2:58 ish). It's so obvious that it's a punch in and I think it's an interesting choice to leave it in. This record has some really interesting, confrontational, and standoffish lyrics. "Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb back up." "Rape Me" is so straightforward that there's not much to interpret. I always liked this song as it's so catchy and sad for a heavy rock song but the lyrics really perplex me because there isn't enough like.. poetry in them to try to make deeper connections or understand on a deeper level. "Dumb" is so good. This is a song that is pretty consistently on my rotation of random songs to hum while I'm doing the mundane- like grocery shopping or going for a quiet walk. The cello in the chorus is so pretty and is a wonderful contrast. I really love the vocal / falsetto flip thing that he does at 00:44 into the song on the word "float" - "we'll float around". I never know what this technique is called but it sounds like an intentional voice crack. "All Apologies" is the real hidden gem on this album. I love Nirvana. This song is so beautiful and sad and weird and lovely. More tasteful strings! The chorus that blends into the guitar solo- man that is so perfect. By the time I start to hear the start of the fadeout "all in all is all we are" I'm already starting to miss Nirvana. It's a shame that we only got 3 full length studio albums by this band. Another easy 5/5 for me.

Believe it or not, the first Nirvana song I ever heard was off this album. Thanks to Guitar Hero, I’m pretty sure I heard Heart Shaped Box before anything off Nevermind. I did really enjoy Nevermind, so it’ll be interesting to listen to this from front to back and see how it compares. Songs I already knew: Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, All Apologies Favourites: Heart Shaped Box, All Apologies I really enjoyed this a lot. It seemed more angsty that Nevermind, embracing dissonance with Kurt making sounds that just had to be painful on his voice. The bass and drums would often hold the song together while Kurt noodled the guitar, and Krist and Dave would really stand out as the bones of the music. Overall, I think I’d ever so slightly say that I preferred this over Nevermind.

It sounds super raw and I get why other people wouldn't enjoy it, but this shit rocks hard. Fave song this listen = Very Ape

Obra maestra

perfection, i think i like in utero more than I like nevermind or bleach.

Love this album.

part of me thinks Kurt would have been absolutely miserable growing old in this world; part of me is sad that we don't get to experience the art he might have made in it.

Milk it, up there as one of my fave nirvana songs. Album is great, prefer the raw sound over nevermind, arguably doesn’t have as many big songs although depending on my mood I think it’s their best album

I love this album. Kurt tried to be less pop this time, but it's just as catchy as ever. God, I think this one may be a 5/5 too.

One of the greatest rock albums of all times.Three guys making an oppressive wall of sound.Dave grohl drumming here is amazing especially on scebtless apprentice.Kurt cobains vocals are amazing.Just pure emotion.there are like three not good songs on this album,milk it,unit friendly unit shifter and Tourettes.But I’d gladly listen to those songs over most other rock songs.The rest of the album is BANGERS.I just love the angst and frustration of this album.

while this isn't my favorite nirvana album, I think it's still excellent. the songs have an almost indescribable balance between being written, recorded, and produced well while still conveying a grungy, punky, DIY aesthetic. cobain's lyrics here are some of his best, and the singles from this album have very much stood the test of time. favorites: heart-shaped box, dumb, very ape, scentless apprentice

this is a quantum leap forwards from Never Mind - the songs are stronger, the arrangements and playing is better, the whole thing is more consistent. Twelve amazing, brutal, heartbreaking tracks.

The advanced press on this was that it was no Nevermind so I wasn't exactly looking forward to it when I asked my brother for it for my birthday. However, I put it on and I was hooked from the opening JANG! Great stuff. The rumbly bass bits are even more rumbly. The angst is real. Love it.

I know this one so I’m not gonna listen — loved this one in middle school/high school, perhaps even more than Nevermind. An easy 5.

Love the stripped back and raw approach of this album. I used to prefer Nevermind because it has all the Nirvana hits but these days I prefer In Utero. A certified classic, hard not to give it 5/5.

Finally! I've been waiting to get this album on here to actually listen to it all the way through. Out of the albums of theirs that are actually on the list, this might be my least favourite of the three? Maybe? That being said, still a five! It took longer for some of the tracks that aren't the hits to grow on me, but I still enjoy them. I've probably said this in previous reviews, but I love the grittiness of his voice. It perfectly fits the anger and angst of the music. The album can be a bit abrasive at times, but I think part of Nirvana's appeal is that their music can be abrasive in a satisfying way. I guess I'm done with the Nirvana albums on here, which is kind of sad to be done less than 300 albums into this thing, but it's been nice listening to them, so I won't complain. My favourite song was Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle.

What else could I write? I don't have the right... RIP KURT.

So much better and long lasting that Never Mind. It could be that every single song on the former was absolutely played to death and only some of these were. But I definitely played this to death too and it still sounds fresh. From the very first discordant chord you know this is a break from the commercial, polished sound of the predecessor. And it's just so good. If I come back to Nirvana I come back to this.

Banger, absolute classic

5 stars no question. There is nostalgia bundled up in this as well - this record came out when I was 13 and really getting into this music scene. BUT this is still a phenomenal record and I still love every twist and turn, every shiver and shake, every haunting space, every performance by every player.

Listened to it, wow suggestion

I've been a big Nirvana fan since I discovered their music when I was in middle school. Still really love their music and this album is great. 5/5. Didn't plan on calling every track a standout beforehand but as I listened through again found that I genuinely like every song on this album. Standout Tracks: Serve the Servants, 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 Shifter, Tourette's, All Apologies

How does a band follow up a seismic cultural juggernaut like Nevermind? By embracing a harsher sound, being completely honest about how much celebrity sucks and makes their problems worse-and crafting another masterpiece in the process, even if it takes years to be seen as such.

Absolute belter. Not everyone's favourite Nirvana album, but I remember waiting for it's release with eager anticipation, and played the CD over and over again for weeks. Still love it some 30 years on. Damn, I'm that old...

The best

You're welcome

Buried beneath all that visceral, bleeding noise is a smart, tuneful, totally original band. Cobain’s grotesque, anatomical, sarcastic yet sincere lyricism is so real and raw you feel it in your gut, and Albini’s fervent, abrasive production suits it excellently. Not just a great guitar band, they have songs too! Standout Tracks: Scentless Apprentice, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies

Last Cool Nirvana's Album

Perfect album

Beter dan Nevermind! Geweldige plaat.

Dit album is de blauwdruk voor veel wat ik daarna ben gaan luisteren. Nirvana was (en is nog steeds wel een beetje) een bijna ongezonde obsessie voor mij. En dit vind ik veruit hun beste en spannendste plaat.

Not my first listen to this

This was the first album I bought with my own money. When I was 12, most of the music I listened to came from borrowed tapes. A friend passed me a cassette with the Unplugged in NY, but put a couple of additional tracks after Where did you sleep last night. I loved those 2 songs! They were raw and melodic. Obviously, I assumed they were Nirvana’s, and started chasing them. After saving for a couple of weeks, I went to the record store and got In Utero. Nirvana was not mainstream where I lived, at least in the 90s. They only played Smells like teen spirit and that’s it. So this was my first time listening to this album, and boy… what a thing! The artwork was impressive, not only the angel in the cover, but the collage with fetuses, body parts, and flowers in the back, the photo shoot was cool too, with Cobain with purple hair and a bearded Novoselic. All screamed rebelión. Can we pay attention to one of the best opening lines in recent rock history: “Teenage angst has paid off well. Now I am bored and old.” Unfortunately, the songs I was chasing were not in this album! However, I listened and relistened this one to death. There was something in it that didn’t want you to like it, didn’t want your approval, but was charming at the same time. It got printed to my teenage DNA. It is my favorite Nirvana album. Later I knew the two songs were Hollow and This Love from Pantera, but who cares when you got In Utero.

“Teenage angst has paid off well, now I’m bored and old”. What a fucking opening line! I miss you Kurt, and I miss your cynical view of the world!

Obviously love this, he’s practically my toxic soulmate 😍 C+K=🖤

Obviously this is amazing.

Was obsessed with Nirvana when I was a teenager. Probably still one of my favourite bands now, though don’t tend to listen to them that often, so good to back over this masterpiece, what a follow up to Nevermind and a complete u turn of any attempt to go more mainstream. Given what was to happen all apologies is one of the most chilling album closers of all time.

banger but already heard 10/10

Just a fantastic album start to finish. Hard to put in to context the power this band had 30 years when this album was released. Always love revisiting this album.

Holds up well. Some really good tracks on this. Nirvana was such a big part of my teen years that it's hard to rate this album.

If you want to say that this is Nirvana's best album, I won't argue with you. If you want to say it's their 3rd or 4th best, I probably wouldn't argue with you there either. The album is amazing, a middle finger to the industry that made them a household name. Yet, despite Cobains best efforts, still managed to be an extremely successful album. For many years, Nirvana was my favorite band, and when I get to listen to one of their albums again, I am reminded why.

5/5 keine Frage

Grew up on this album. Always fun to listen to again.

I’m listening to the Steve Albini mix.

Good memories of this one when it came out. I remember it being a little divisive since, while the album has the same structure of Nevermind, more or less, this one explored deeper into the developing nirvana style. Heart shaped box was a great single, and Tourette's remains one of my favorites. Then Kurt died.

A total classic. A staple of my late teens, and still absolutely class. Perfect blend of grunge and punk. It’s only now I can see the massive influence Steve Albini had on this too - especially the noisey, off key bits. Nirvana’s best album.

Yeah it's mint, not sure I've listened to this all the way through before, was much more varied than I expected. Flew by, definitely listening again.

Don't think I had listened to this whole album before but its fantastic. This is a proper good grunge rock album, it might even be my favourite of theirs. Although I haven't listened to Nevermind for a while. So many highlights: Scentless Apprentice Heart-Shaped Box Rape Me Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle Very Ape

Never really called myself a Nirvana fan, Was too young when they were huge. Obviously know them just never really went out of my way to listen to anything that wasn't on mtv2 or the radio. I knew that I would like this but thought I would probably give it a 4. But there are so many good tracks on this album. I think the only one I'm not a fan of is scentless apprentice. Everything else is really good. All apologies is the best track but serve the servants and dumb are fantastic too. Can't give it anything but a 5

This is another album that had a massive impact on my life. It's far darker and grittier than Nevermind, but also still maintains that pop sheen that made Nirvana popular. I don't really know what to say about it other than that it's great, but also represents the high water mark for the music era that most shaped my taste in music 5/5

Fantastic album from start to finish - lots of my favorite Nirvana songs on it as well. 9/10.

Yes. Just yes

Nirvana fucking rules. Many love Nevermind more…it is more iconic but for me this is their best album. Top to bottom the filler doesn’t feel like filler here.

Such a classic...has been an internal debate for me for a long time if I actually like this one better than Nevermind. Not nearly as many radio friendly unit shifters on this album, but that may be why it was more influential on my musical tastes now. 5/5

Old fav.

Classic! Second best Nirvana album. No notes needed

nothing much you can say about this that hasn't been said.

Mummy hmmmmm I've pooed my nappy again. Please pass me a napkin, you disgusting trollope.

Can see these guys moving on from this, going a bit commercial and one of them blowing their brains out.

Their best album, a must listen. Cobain writing his epitaph

As fabulous and omnipresent as Nevermind is, my heart will always belong to this final studio album. It has so many bangers and heart-wrenchers, equally fun to belt out catchy melodies in the car as it is to get your mind melted by the raw Albini production. Such a classic.

A little more unapologetic (intended) than the previous work, and I think it lacks a little of the power as well. Nevertheless, still a 5, if a low 5.

Buen álbum

Very good and very tortured not as good as Nevermind but still a 5/5

i mean it’s good

Truly an album everyone should listen to before they die. RIP Kurt you magnificent bastard

i don’t think i can give this album less than a 5, though it’s the hardest nirvana album to listen to. still nirvana though.

This album is a slight step back from Nevermind, but In Utero is still a 5! More punk and grunge it’s amazing and the bangers don’t stop. I grew up with this album, it’s a part of me. What a perfect listen. TBz 1. Rape Me 2. Pennyroyal Tea 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Dumb 5. All Apologies 6. Frances Farmer Will Her Revenge

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Pennyroyal Tea (9) 2 - Rape Me (4) 3 - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (10)

marvelous

great listen

The best album.

A classic. So many memorable songs. Really love it.

This is prime grunge. More polished than Beach but still loud, crunchy and awesome. Another excellent album produced by Albini. This is an easy 5 from me

Classic

I love every song of this album! One of my all time favorites.

Classic. Some of my favorite Nirvana songs.

This honestly might be my favorite Nirvana record. So many gems on this one.

I really like nirvana there were some songs i didn’t like but i like the album over all

All Nirvana studio albums are deservingly 5 star albums, and I cannot wait to get to the Unplugged album on the list that is one of the greatest live albums of all time. And so it is also time for a song by song review. "Serve The Servants" - Not bad but just a week intro track for what lies deeper within the album. "Scentless Apprentice" - This is where I could see a lot of people turning off the album because they don't have the patience to go further, not a good song. "Heart Shaped Box" - Not only one of the greatest Nirvana songs of all time, just straight up one of the greatest songs of all time. Its musically speaking one of their more complex songs and lyrically is just a magnificently complex and painful love song. Or about cancer, but even if Cobain himself said that is what it is about, I just doubt it. "Rape Me" - Made sure to turn the volume down on this one before it started. Don't need the neighbors asking questions. It is an amazing song despite not being one you can blast in public. It is a classic feminist track at this point and while crude gets the message across. "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" - Holy hell is that a long song title. This is certainly as much of a filler song as the two opening tracks, but certainly in a more classic Nirvana tone that is much more digestible. Very painful and somewhat concerningly relatable lyrics. "Dumb" - Whether you believe Cobain's interpretation of his song or the one his daughters interpretation 21 years after his death the meaning is sad and relatable. There are many people I can place in his description that I am just confused but oddly jealous of their contentment in life. But I personally relate to the outer view more always working to progress myself and become a better person every day. But it's not always easy sometimes I just want to space out and let the world go by around me and just be happy. His daughter's feelings towards the song are also relatable to the feelings of inadequacy I sometimes feel. A great song that has so much to think about despite its simplicity. "Very Ape" - It is filler, but pretty good filler at that. Nothing more to say really. "Milk It" - I think it must be the bass, but I just really enjoy this song. It doesn't quite feel like a Nirvana song but more of the later side of darker grunge music. I like that side of grunge too but usually think there is more separation between the eras. "Pennyroyal Tea" - Another great Nirvana sounding somewhat filler track. The vocals also somewhat remind me of Chris Cornell, though very much so same genre same era. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" - Just more filler. All I really have to say. "Tourette's" - This is what I call bad filler. But really the only bad song on the album. "All Apologies" - Maybe one of my favorite Nirvana songs. Just a great track. So beautiful and expressed with so much pain behind it. All around one of the greatest albums of all time and certainly very deserving of a place on this list. One of my all time favorites too.

Love Nirvana

OH HELL YEAH.

I feel like this is exactly what they were going for. They didn’t miss on one track. Perfect. 5/5

Genius album by a genius band. I have no faults. It’s perfect.

Here's a fun fact I probably shouldn't admit: I used to think Utero was a city in America, and that this was a live album. This is still an absolute kick in the balls of an album, more aggressive and weird and artistic than Nevermind; Cobain's recorded suicide note. If Nevermind reflected teenage angst, In Utero is about adult anxiety.

Banger

Classic

Easy listening

Hey guys, first day and a what a wonderful start. In utero 10/10 best song dumb

All apologies will never not be amazing

Self aware angst driven grunge for the mature rocker.

Nirvana at the height of it's power. Albini's production puts the band as they should sound on record, and it's so powerfully distorted and raw. This album straight up rocks and is an all-time favorite of mine.

Peak music

In Utero cements Nirvana as one of the most influential bands of the 90's. The sound of the record is much more raw and hectic than its predecessor. The guitars are rough, angry, and aggressive. The lyrics are dark and mesmerizing. The drums are heavy and scary. Cobain is easily the most famous grunge artist to have ever lived, and he shows just why on many of the songs on this record. Not only do his guitar riffs feel dirty and raw, he is also able to show a softer side when the lyrics call for it. Very inspired record and its always fun to imagine what would have been had Nirvana continued into the late 90's. Favorite Track: Heart Shaped Box Least Favorite Track: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

How can you possibly follow up Nevermind? Do you remember what it was like when that came out? "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was EVERYWHERE. That was such a defining musical statement back then. I got the Nevermind album, but did not listen to it as much. This I listened to a _LOT_. So a few years later this comes out, and it's so... different, but utterly of the band. I remember not liking it as much at first, but a few listens later, I felt it was a musical evolution of the band. Thinking back, I could liken it to how "Angel Dust" was to Faith No More's "The Real Thing". "Serve The Servants" - I never liked it as the opener. But honestly I am not sure where there is a good place to put the song that fits the album. It kind of feels a bit like a b-side. "Scentless Apprentice" is credited by all three members, but is pretty noisy. Think it could have used a little more work, actually. "Heart Shaped Box" is just such a damn good song. It really shows you how far the band had come. I think at first I gravitated towards "Heart Shaped Box" as my favorite, but now it's "All Apologies." It makes me a bit sad, since it was the last song off their last studio album. "Rape Me" - ... I know what the song is, but it's still hard to sing along to. "Frances Farmer..." - interesting song, particularly once you know that the song is about the actress (Cobain's 'patron saint' as it were) "Dumb" - great song, both this version and the unplugged version. "Very Ape" - I always liked this tune, the crunchiness of the guitars, the line "If you need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first." "Milk It" - I always thought this song was a bit over the top, although I dug what they were trying for here. "Pennyroyal Tea" - I like the contrast of the two versions, this one and the unplugged version. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" - I liked the droniness of it. I imagine it being sort of done after a night of no sleep. "Tourette's" is very much a sequel to "Territorial Pissings" for me. Much shorter, though it doesn't need to be too long. Listening to a few different mixes of "All Apologies" it's obviously influenced by "Tomorrow Never Knows". Still it is probably one of their finest moments. I wish it wasn't their last. The album itself is a little uneven, but the great moments still outshine the previous album for me. So I am still going to give it 5 stars. Probably because I listened to it so much in my early 20s. A defining moment for me, musically, I think.

Like probably everyone, I own Nevermind. And probably like most, that's the only Nirvana album I own. Maybe that makes me like the guy they sing about in In Bloom. But I honestly never got into this follow-up; just didn't think it was as good. Re-listening to it, from the first two songs you notice how much harder (or as others say, abrasive) the sound is (I love the sound of Scentless Apprentice, though not the screeching vocals). That makes it more of a challenge to grasp the lyrics, which admittedly are just as good and thought-provoking as on their previous album. Cobain really was a masterful lyricist. And they show more depth in their musicianship. I totally hear Cobain's love of the Pixies in this album - in how it takes on a different sound than Nevermind, in how the songs differ vastly from each other, in some of the edginess. In retrospect, I really dug lesser knowns Frances Farmer, Very Ape, and Milk It just as much as well knowns Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, and All Apologies (all incredible songs). Even Pennyroyal Tea grew on me (until now I didn't understand why it was so beloved). I still think Nevermind is better, but In Utero is pretty damn good and a real close second.

10/10 LOVE how experimental it is compared to their other projects Nevermind is still my favorite but this is a close second

Love Nirvana, great album.

This album never fails to hype me up, bring me down, and leave me feeling overall better.

Relistening to old favorites reveals much about how time changes our perceptions of things. I found myself thinking more about the style choices, composition, and individual tones for instruments than I did when first listening. More analytical. And it's fascinating.

Like a delicious three-ingredient stew, Nirvana are masters of doing a lot with very little. Every song has an iconic hook and takes me on a journey from calm to LET'S GO over and over again. I've been quoting lines from Serve the Servants and Heart Shaped Box for nearly thirty years. In Utero holds up.

How do I objectively evaluate this album? I was 12 when this was released and it looms large in my mind. It's easy to forget great songs like Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge and Very Ape when they're rubbing shoulders with classics like Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies. Incredible lyrics and tight, well-written songs abound in this 40 minute masterpiece.

A solid album

One of my favourites!!!!

It's hard to live up to the previous album Nevermind and In Utero almost reaches the same level. It's very different but I like it. It's too bad that this is Nirvanas final album because it would be interesting to see which direction they would take the band towards after In Utero. In Utero is very crisp and raw in a positive way. It's so easy to filter out all the sounds and just focus on for example Dave Grohls drums or Kurt Cobains guitar. It's a 5/5 for me even though I like Nevermind better.

I have mixed views on this album. It's purposely a lot more experimental than Nevermind, and initially this turned me off it. But listening to it now, the catchy melodies are there but they're mixed in with distortion and dissonance. In many ways I think of Nirvana in the same way as Nick Drake who also made only 3 nearly perfect albums that were equally diverse in their respective genre. So despite some initial misgivings, this is as essential as the other Nirvana albums. And I love the line 'teenage angst has paid off well now I'm bored and old'.

AAA

I love this album! I think it has a lot more personality than Nevermind, which is made possible by the vivid lyrics and passionate vocals. I also enjoy the combination of louder, angrier songs (Scentless Apprentice, Tourette's, etc.) and calmer, more reflective ones (Dumb, All Apologies). Favorite song: Very Ape.

I needed to be reminded how great Nirvana was 5.

Peak Nirvana. Peak Grunge. Incredible run of tracks from 'Scentless Apprentice', 'Heart-Shaped Box', 'Rape Me' to 'Frances Farmer...'

Without a shadow of a doubt Nirvana’s strongest record. Grunge really peaked with In Utero and everything grunge beyond this release is slowly fading into alternative rock to be honest.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" were famously produced "like pop songs". "In Utero" clearly aims to not be that. While the production on here is still great, the rhythm section is wielded as a cudgel, while Kurt creates a one-man wrecking crew of noise and abrasion. Even the most "poppy" song on here is not-safe-for-radio, the harshly named "Rape Me". Favorite tracks: "Tourette's", "Serve the Servents", "Milk It", "Dumb"

Raw, emotional, and excellent.

I can't objectively rate this album. It (and nirvana's other albums) are so routed in my teenage experience that this is soul music to me. The grinding guitars and wailing lyrics still send me into a state of peace, excitement that makes me feel how I figure I'm supposed to feel. This may sound ridiculous, but nirvana are my comfort blanket. Despite the bleakness, the mess, the misery. It helps me feel.

Прекрасный, болезненный альбом Тьма посмотрела в меня и я посмотрела во тьму, слушая его

эх где мои 14 лет.... физически не могу поставить ниже пятерки, хотя уже довольно давно почти не слушаю нирвану (только если mtv unplugged) вроде как считается, что это лучший альбом нирвану, с чем я не могу не согласиться. и хотя лично мне проще воспринимать nevermind (видимо, дело в его \"отполированном\" звучании, которое позже так не нравилось самой группе), понимаю, что in utero интереснее и сложнее (а еще манекен с обложки так и не подал в суд) короче: нирвана в сердце навсегда

Raw, slick, classic 5/5 album

i love the noisier parts, radio friendly unit shifter is such a bop also, but i am no relistening this as much as nevermind

It takes a remarkable talent to build on the success of an album like Nevermind, but these guys managed it.

Fuckin classic

ahead of their time, aged very well. definition of teenage angst

Having acquired many grunge CDs through the Columbia House Music Club in the 90s, it is a bit of a mystery to me that I remained so unfamiliar with Nirvana. Perhaps even more perplexing is that I have lived in Seattle for nearly 25 years and still am only familiar with their bigger hits. Listening to Nirvana is something I always felt I though I needed to do. In Utero is the first Nirvana album I have listened to. I knew "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" - both great songs. The rest of this album is great! Definitely lived up to my expectations. Really glad to finally be addressing a glaring omission in my musical experience.

This album holds a special place in my life as it was the gateway to everything else music wise (and as a consequence highly formative. Eleven years old mw - sneaking up to the family stereo, nicking the CD from my sister’s collection when nobody was paying attention and listening to ‘All Apologies’ on repeat brought out the love of music in me. I still remember the day when I first saw the words ‘Nirvana’ etched out on a wall in my then new school - and being surprised that someone else out there also liked the band as for me, liking this album in the beginning was a very private and personal matter. So much so, I never really bothered with or knew ‘Nevermind’ until years later. Nirvana, started and ended with this album, and to me, it’s there best album. How does it hold up, however, now in the context of the all the other records I’ve listened to since? It’s still a wonderful journey - as dark as an abandoned formeldehyde-scented anatomy lab, at parts grotesque, at parts gentle, at parts ahead of it’s time both musically (Steve Albini’s touch/non-touch really lets this album transcend the era it was recorded in), and thematically (“Frances Farmer…”, “Pennyroyal Tea”, even the much less soft-touched ‘Rape Me’ - still relevant, almost even more so nowadays), while still leaving some space for pop gorgeousness in “Heart Shaped Box”, and “All Apologies”. Yes, it does hold up. It’s amazing through and through, and I’m grateful to this record for the world it has opened to me.

The songs are loud, poppy, urgent, timeless. The collection is as artistic as it is consumable making it the pinnacle of the bands career. You could even argue this was the pinnacle of punk rock. Listen to the Albini version unless you're a Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.

Love the raw production on the album. Was a treat.

A tougher more difficult and uncompromising album than Nevermind, but ultimately just as good. Contains classic Nirvana tunes like Rape Me, Pennyroyal Tea, Heart Shaped Box and has Cobain written a better song than Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle? May take longer than Nevermind but take the time and you'll discover an album even richer and more carried than that classic. 5 stars

El disco entero me gusta. Fue un bombazo tras el Smell ... Escucharlo entero en orden me sigue pareciendo increíble y si tengo que destacar las canciones por separado casi todas son de 10, desde el principio con «Serve the Servants» pasando por «Heart-Shaped Box», «Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle», «Dumb», «Very Ape», «Pennyroyal Tea», «Radio Friendly Unit Shifter» hasta acabar con «All Apologies».

All Nirvana albums are 5-star albums. All of 'em. This is probably the raunchiest-sounding mainstream album ever released. The opening lick of Serve the Servants is so vile I used to turn my stereo down for the first few seconds of the song. After that, though, the lazy guitar lack drags the listener along through a hard rock sludged out fuzz fest. And the drums on Scentless Apprentice! In Utero is chock full of ultra-abrasive super fuzz and a few surprisingly gentle singles in Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies. Rape Me and Heart-Shaped Box fall somewhere in the middle. Hard drivers, but not terrifying to casual listeners at the time. They would both be too abrasive for mainstream today. The entire album was recorded over 2 weeks with producer Steve Albini, using the wall-of-sound techniques pioneered by Phil Specter. It's mostly live with all players playing in a room full of mic'd amps. It makes for a truly brutal sound. Grohl's kick drum sounds huuuuge. I love this record.

Pretty undeniable I have to admit

An obvious classic, great production.

Heart shaped box, pennyroyal tea, all apologies. Great album. Last nirvana album.

The best Nirvana album. While being darker and more weird (there are some odd jazz rhythms and noise on here) Cobain's knack for pop makes it all listenable and even enjoyable. I often wonder what a further ablum would have sounded like - even more Albini brutalism? Even more musical diversity. It's a shame we'll never find out.

Awesome album, a favorite of mine in my teenage years! Some real grunge classics on here.

Uno de mis discos fundacionales. Y encuentro que es mejor que el Nevermind. Auguraba una nueva dirección para Nirvana y es una tremenda frustración no poder siquiera ver qué nos deparaba Kurt.

I really love this album a lot and listen to it regularly. One of my favorite albums and bands of all time.

Tää on varmaan grungen huippuhetki tai varmasti ainakin yksi niistä. Kovaa bläsäystä eikä yhtään huonoja biisejä. Yritän antaa oikeesti hyville levyille enemmän vitosia nii lähdetään tästä. 5/5

Good strange stuff

Probably the Nirvana album I've listened to the most. Amazing front to back. The drums to start Scentless Apprentice is one of my favorite moments. There isn't much to harp on here. Great album.

I wish that I was around when grunge rock happened. Of course Nevermind is their masterpiece, but this album has also some great songs on it. Really enjoyed the album and discovered some new songs too. Favourite songs: - Heart-shaped box - Rape me - Frances farmer will have her revenge on Seattle - All apologies

One of my all time favorites, Kurt Cobain at his gloomiest and angriest, what else can I say?

One of my go-to albums when I am in a mood. Nirvana + Steve Albini is a killer combination. 5/5 stars

Plein de grr, de souffrance, de son gras. Cobain au sommet de son art de compositeur. Pas de mauvaise pièce et plusieurs morceaux iconiques.

some nirvana is overrated but not this shit

The peak of grunge and one of the definitive albums of the 1990s.

5 🌟

Gets better through time. Great record

Teen angst has paid off well Now I’m bored and old

Amazing band that was constantly evolving and getting better. Shame that this was their last album.

A masterpiece. I wish I could have heard Kirk’s follow-up.

There are 2 types of people - Nevermind people and In Utero People. I plant my feet firmly in the In Utero Camp. Brilliant, and reminds me of driving around in my first car with this in my cassette player.

Just as good as my teenage angst remembers! It gets the nostalgia 5/5

Excellent album

A masterpiece, maybe less raucous and brash than its predecessor Nevermind, but nonetheless heartfelt and passionate

Fucking eh, what a great album.

Cobain is one of the few lead singers that I know, that can't hit notes, but is still an amazing lead. Incredible album.

Very good

In 1993, it was a different world. We didn't have cell phones or the internet (well, most of us). We didn't have Google, and we didn't have Genius for looking up song lyrics and meanings. We had the liner notes, pulled out of the jewel case and poured over for hours, trying to make some sense of the mystery. I can't decide if we were better off trying to decipher Kurt Cobain's obtuse lyrics, or better off now having so much information at our fingertips. Every magazine story about Nirvana, each video interview with Cobain, even Courtney Love's tweets to Lana Del Rey in 2012 about her vagina's role in Cobain's songwriting. And here we are judging this content 30 years later, 30 years filled with more life experiences and cultural changes that Cobain never experienced. How would he reflect on this music decades later? How would Nirvana's music have evolved? We'll never know, but we do have this amazing time capsule of an amazing band at their creative peak, raw and angry and vulnerable and passionate, screaming until their voices and instruments broke. It's pretty awesome.

HEY

Everyone has a collection of music that has helped them through some hard times and helped shape them. Nirvana features heavily in my collection. Tourette's is maybe the only song on the album that I wouldn't consider a banger as it feels almost too volatile, explosive and I think there's too much going on. I would however argue that it achieved exactly what it set out to achieve so I can hardly fault it. I may have only been 1 when this album was released but In Utero is timeless. 5/5.

Now we're talking! The best Nirvana album, sorry, Nevermind, which showcases a lot of the band's best tracks as well as having huge significance to me personally. Whilst the highs of Nevermind might have a slight edge on those of this record, In Utero has a stronger complete track list and is a stellar example of 90's grunge from the band that brought the genre out of it's niche and exposed it to the masses.

Grunge will always have a special place in my heart, it was really the entryway for metal for me, and Nirvana played a big role in that. This is Nirvana at their best. 4/5 Album.

241121 17:13 4.5

Heard it! Love it!

You gotta be kidding me, two of my favs in a row! Here's a meme for you: Слушает In Utero Мальчик: Rape Me, Heart-Shaped Box Мужчина: Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Very Ape

Might be my favorite album of all time.

3/3 студийных альбомов Нирваны.

A grunge manifesto in disgust for corporate and popular society at large. Cobain's seething delivery and simple yet evocative guitar lines underwrite not only an indictment of Nirvana's success post-Nevermind and Kurt's feelings of exploitation ('Rape Me', 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter'), but a continually relevant vision of the sheer vapidity of modern society ('Very Ape', 'Dumb'). Shifting between pure discord and true beauty ('All Apologies' is and always will be a stunner of a track), this LP is not so much rage but cynicism sonified, one final wail against the cesspool of American society before finally giving in.

It’s amazing how influential nirvana became after essentially only 2 albums but it’s understandable. Both this and nevermind are all time greats for good reason, not much more to be said. Nevermind is still better in my opinion. Fav songs: heart-shaped box, rape me, all apologies

I was 13 when this came out and it was a big part of my life. I even have specific memories of times and places I listened to this album. I think about it every time I pass through Cannon Falls on 52.

One of my favourite albums of all time

An absolute classic. Heard it a million times, happy to platter it up a million more

Shot

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Serve the servants, Heart-shaped box, Rape me, Dumb, Very ape, Tourette’s

My favorite Nirvana album. In my estimation the best Nirvana album. It’s incredibly powerful.

Great Album.

After being quite disappointed with this album after it came out, it has really grown on me quite a bit. This album is fantastic.

Not the same impact as Nevermind and I remember a slight disappointment at the time, but still a classic.

Beautiful early-to-mid 90s memories with this one. Teenage years soundtrack. I would often swing back and forth between more extreme metal and grunge/alt-rock. I preferred this one to Nevermind as it sounds somewhat rawer, but I'd give 5-stars to both of them (and if you ask me, my actual favorite is Incesticide...).

9.7 Impossibke to separate from tennage years.

Escuchar este disco me hizo sentir como el meme de “How do you do fellow kids?” Y aunque el grunge nunca fue mi vibra, sí disfruté mucho esta escucha

Que honor haber nacido el mismo año que este disco.

A formative album for me. I actually don't listen to Nirvana that much anymore... but still a classic for me.

Simply sensational. Even after all these years. Almost every song absolutely kills it and it still feels as raw and as edgy as back then in 94.

Always a good narrative. Union of all of the good things coming out at the time. Penny royal tea and Heart-shaped Box favourites

One of the best albums of the early 90s. All Apologies, Heart-Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Team, and Dumb are great songs. It just never gets old. Nirvana just takes you back to your youth and the music has aged really well. It was so ahead of its time, but at the same time, very much a product of the 90s.

Arguably nirvana’s best album. Shows a ton of growth musically and lyrically from Nevermind. The biggest shame is not knowing what would have come next. Highlights: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Milk It, Dumb

Farmer Francis will have her revenge on Seattle. The first nirvana album i got into, so it will always be my favourite. It’s a pretty flawless album.

A couple radio friendly singles mixed by Scott Litt (REM) + that classic Albini engineered abrasiveness = a timeless classic. No apologies for giving this 5 stars babyyy!

Yummy needles

Nirvana's best studio album

Obscure gem

I've never listened to Nirvana before. It's really astounding how it grabbed my attention (I'm listening to this at 2am after working late) because holy shit I really savoured this like I haven't for other music in the past. Goddamn

The first time I listened to this I thought I was about to listen to a live album and that Utero was the name of a city. I'm glad it wasn't.

Masterpiece. A hypnotising, singular and wonderful experience. A one of kind album.

Epic

Todas las canciones, memorables. Un gran disco

I was surprised how it still sounds good.

5 star for Diogo, my bro!

Classic

ABSOLUTE BANGERS ON THIS ALBUM!

¡Buenísimo!

great

my notes didn’t save:( 4.3/5

Rougher sounding but I like that. Great drums and some really strong melodies underneath.

Grungy

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.

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.

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.

Classic singles and a more raw sound than Nevermind. Great listen.

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

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.

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

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

Classic,unfiltered

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

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.

Not as polished as Nevermind, but the highs are high

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.

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.

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 didn't know this was their last album😮Super cool! The only track I didn't like is the fourth one 💘💘💘

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

Controversially, I think Kurt Cobain is a pretty talented singer. Loads of tunes, great album

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.

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.

Poor Kurt - even when he was trying to put off all the “wrong sort” of fans, he couldn’t help writing bangers.

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

It’s a 4.5! Started off kinda slow but this is how you make an album. Ending with All Apologies, *chef’s kiss*

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)

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.

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.

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.

Goated.

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.

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.

9,6/10

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

JAAAA!!! Eerste album op de lijst waar ik ALLE nummers al van ken! Heb dit album kapot gedraaid als 14 jarige.

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.

First album of theirs I’ve listened to, I see why they are so popular

A great album. Very angry and discordant. Very Nirvana

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 the melodies and harmonies. The production sometimes can seem a bit muddy and monotonous though.

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.

It’s not Nevermind but it’s still pretty bloody good. All Apologies is an all-time banger.

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.

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