In Utero

There are some songs that are really good, like Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies, but there are some songs where he's just screaming, and not in the good way, it sounds really painful. It's just a really rage-filled album that you just kinda have to be in the mood for. 7/10

Kurt really had a knack for writing deceptively simple melodies. All of his songs are so catchy, and it just sounds so obvious, like someone should have thought of it before. This whole album is great but the songs that standout to me are the quiet ones like Pennyroyal Tea, Rape Me, Dumb, and All Apologies. I also really love the ways the guitars and drums sound on this album, this is Albini's magnum opus. I also really love the Scentless Apprentice drum part. High 5!

Pretty good

Great album vital album to listen through the grunge either Possibly the bands magnum opus

Love this album. Songs sound better when listening to the album in its entirety. All Apologies is one of the best closers I’ve heard.

A classic to be sure, but Nirvana never resonates with me that much - though I prefer them to most other grunge acts.

Drums are solid. I found the lyrics and vocal delivery generally poor to my ears. Decent music with bad vocals in my opinion.

So different from the MTV live album, I feel like there is a lot more variation, but also just more rage and anger, a quiet spite lurking through even the quiet sections of the album.

Perfect for a rainy day

Sonically, this is Kurt at his best. He gave the industry what they wanted with Nevermind and then they team up with Steve Albini to lean heavy into noise again. Heart-Shaped Box is a love song written only the way Kurt could. You’ve got a nice little jab at the industry with Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (admittedly a banger). They get edgy with Rape Me. Also, Serve The Servants is severely underrated. Just a great album. The one knock I would give is I think Dave’s drum fills took a step back but I think that’s the production more than anything else. Nevermind was just full of really neat fills. Favorite songs: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter/Heart-Shaped Box/All Apologies

Classic. This is the stuff I developed my musical interest on. Hard to be an objective critic. That being said, this is the first time I've sat down to listen to this entire album. This stuff is all about being raw. There is plenty of dynamics on the instruments to keep things fresh. A lot of song diversity as well. This is an album that makes me want to get nice sound system and a copy on vinyl.

Nirvana's best album - raw, blistering and unapologetic. It will absolutely blow your brains out. 9/10

Upon listening, one recognizes Nirvana's style, very angry, very raw... but not entirely devoid of a certain melody.

Maybe it’s just the Nevermind overdose talking, but honestly there’s no contest. Strip away that overproduced Geffen sheen and you’ve got a band actively trying to sabotage their own commercial momentum, crashing straight back into their garage-level noisy punk roots, all while they were at the peak of their fame. What’s wild is that the melodic instinct is still there, totally intact, and the collision of all those elements ends up creating something ridiculously thrilling and confrontational. Not a single throwaway track. It’s bleak, it’s feral, and it makes you want to sweat it out in a pit somewhere. Brilliant.

Was sad when it ended. Super great throughout and very raw.

3,5/5

Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Very Ape отличные песни. Остальное так себе.

Feel like I should listen to Nirvana more now

brilliant fucking album

Uber Classic. Not a bad song on it.

It’s hard to rate a Nirvana album because I was never a fan and I like and don't like it at the same time. I feel same towards Linkin Park music btw. I hate when Kurt Cobain screams into my ear in Scentless Apprentice, but I really like everything in Heart-Shaped Box or Dumb. Overall it's a great music, but most songs are not enough for me somehow. It was really nice listening to the album once, but I don't want to add this to my playlist or listen to it intentionally. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Heart-Shaped Box — All Apologies

Ótimo álbum! Mantém a identidade do Nirvana, mas é criativo em vários aspectos.

Quite enjoyable and very influential 4/5

What’s good is really good. What’s bad is really bad. Fortunately, the good outweighs the bad.

Just a lot of shouting? Thought I’d like it but too angry for me

Kurt Cobain has become so mythologized that it’s hard to hear this album without the weight of all the stories—people imitating not just his music but his vices, as if self-destruction were part of the creative toolkit. In Utero is paradoxical in that way: it feeds the myth while simultaneously grounding it. The sessions are marked by Cobain being focused, sober, and absolutely uncompromising about the band not becoming a polished rock product. Bringing in Steve Albini—a famously abrasive engineer with a near-religious devotion to raw capture—was a deliberate act of defiance. And even that wasn’t enough to stop the label meddling with a couple tracks afterward, which only reinforces the album’s central tension: Nirvana trying to claw their way back to being a band instead of a brand. What makes In Utero endure is how unmistakably “Cobain” it is. Older songs reemerge with new venom. The adolescent snarl is still there, but it’s sharpened by the exhaustion of someone suffering from the success they never wanted. You can hear a man wrestling with a trajectory that feels inevitable and wrong at the same time. It’s a brutal, beautiful record—massive in its emotional weight, unvarnished by design, and still one of the clearest expressions of grunge’s capacity for both abrasion and honesty. Nirvana are considered one of the greats for a reason, and this is the album where all the contradictions that made them great are left fully exposed.

This would be a five star album based on All Apologies alone. Thankfully, it's got a few other good tunes in there as well.

Man this is a tough listen, knowing what we know now. Part cry for help (the video for Heart-Shaped Box was and still is unsettling), part primal scream therapy (and I've already ripped John Lennon for that), part rock showcase, but put it all together and it works - it's no Nevermind though.

no explanation needed

so unbelievably good it’s crazy

inget emot nirvana, men detta album var ganska tråkigt

The best Nirvana record by far.

Banger. Nok min yndlings Nirvana

Jep, stadig ligeså fed som den var da jeg var 14

This was much better than I remembered it to be. So much variation!

Sensacional, barulhento e atemporal.

Less distortion than I remembered and an easier listen than I expected. the hits were my favorite - all apologies, Dumb, Heart Shaped box

Nirvana’s swan song comes as an evolution of the sound of Nevermind that seems like a step backwards. In Utero manages evoke the rawness characteristic of debut works, a rawness that I think is overdone and, in a way, artificial. It’s impossible to not think of Nevermind and ponder if In Utero is a sonic evolution that is worth having. In my opinion, it falls short and is a less cohesive, robust album than Nevermind. However, the sonic signature of Nirvana makes sure it is still a quality album, with elements that simply work together. Kurt’s voice is one of the best vehicles of grief and rage and the raw emotion that comes through it makes an album remarkable by its own right.

Brettert hart

Amazing been too long since I've heard this, biased opinion as I was in high school when this came out. What a band, amazing albumn

Nirvana just has an authentic musical darkness and danger that is gripping. I don’t usually like this genre, but I love Nirvana. I don’t think this album has the same level of hits as Nevermind, but the album as a whole feels more polished.

Thought I would like it but a little too hard core for my taste.

Fine Nirvana album.

While I do like some of the songs on this anlbum and some Nirvana songs - I do not lift them up on high as many do. I was around when Nirvana and all of the other grunge bands blew the hair bands and much of the 80s music off the charts. It was a moment that made for some great music. I was more into Pearl Jam and Soundgarden than Nirvana. I like a bit more of a pleasant melody to my music than I felt Nirvana had to offer. That being said, I enjoyed rocking out to this album but it is just ok to me.

This.................... this.......................... *gets hard-hat ready* really isn't that good is it.

Truthfully, I wasn't really in the mood for this, as I'd been listening to happy Christmas songs all day. I also reacted initially by thinking "Oh... more guitars."* But, Nirvana were definitely a cut above, in terms of the creativity in their song-writing, and the range of emotions being conveyed (none of which is very happy and Christmassy, as it happens). I hadn't listened to this album before, but it's really good. They just get the balance of sound right, and the music is always interesting. *I realise that sounds ridiculous in the context of this project. And I do like guitars. But 500+ albums in, perhaps there could have been a bit more variety...

It's a bold follow up. 5 Stars

For me, In Utero is clearly the better of the two good Nirvana albums.

In my memory, there was the Nirvana album (Nevermind), the album before the album (Bleach), and a series of rather mediocre attempts by Geffen Records to keep the band in the spotlight after Nevermind (Incesticide, In Utero, MTV Unplugged). At least as far as In Utero is concerned, however, I have to correct this impression: "Serve The Servants", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Rape Me", and "All Apologies" are really good songs, but of course they no longer had the same innovative power as the similarly good but even better-produced tracks two years earlier. To me, “Rape Me” even sounds a bit like a parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” today and, in retrospect, seems like Kurt Cobain's declaration of surrender to the expectations of the public, but also to life, the universe, and everything. For me, “In Utero” thus marks the public beginning of the tragic self-destruction of this talented band.

Who can't love this??

Never sat down to this, interesting listen. Seattle Roots

some good songs but as an album this one doesn't impress me in the nirvana discog

You know, I was expecting it to be more hard-hitting. There’s no denying Cobain’s unique vocals which matches the grittiness of the guitar and drums but I didn’t find myself enjoying this album as much as I wanted to.

Uhum, but not my favorite rock album/band

Good, I liked the grunge guitar and there are some classics on there. That said, probably not listening to this album again anytime soon. Can't really say why, just not making any lists.

Dude would not stop whining

Pretty darn good album, I like heart shaped box 👍. Long live gimp music

Nirvana’s last album that picks up where Nevermind left off and then some. Louder guitars, angrier lyrics, and more of cobain Screaming. Very ape and all apologies my favourite tracks (and some of the least grungey).

3.18

A nice raw sound. Essential grunge. In retrospective I find it a bit dated, and quite monotonou though.

Starts off pretty scream-y before going into some stone cold classics. Heart shaped box, all apologies, dumb, rape me are all-time favorites.

One of my favourite albums ever. I have heard this record a thousand times as a teenager and it still strikes me as a brutally personal, raw and visceral collection of songs. The album is of course tied to the legacy of Kurt Cobain, that's unavoidable. And thanks to teen angst its unavoidably tied to my youth - it felt a little painful to sit through it again in it's entirety. I'll leave it or others to discuss the production, Kurts vocal/guitar abilities and Courtney Love. Oh, and I think the algorithm is having a little fun selecting this back to back with Appetite for Destruction!

One of the great albums. I go back and forth on this and Nevermind a lot. While Nevermind definitely has the better songs and is arguably top-to-bottom flawless, there's something about this raw, distorted squeal of anger that almost rivals it. A bleak listen, and it's hard to see where they could have gone after this, but a nearly unrivalled masterpiece of hatred.

It's fine, I love Bleach and the second half of Nevermind. I understand why people love this record, but I've never enjoyed it, I gave it three stars because "Serve the Servants" and "Frances Farmer..." are great songs

This is pretty good; several memorable tracks. But i can’t really get behind a band encouraging rape. Smacks of being desperate for attention. It’s a 3.

Absolute classic

3.5

Not my favorite, not the worst. 5.8/10

lots of screaming dont scream please not very enjoyable not gonna lie 2/5

The punk roots showing through to great effect. A profound follow-up to Nevermind's breakthrough. I think it holds up really well.

A fitting swansong!

This is a tough one for me. There are great tunes. It sounds massive. It's a visceral kick. It's like a window right into Cobain's soul, but rather than bringing me in, I'm watching (listening to) him feel it. And I guess that's for the best, I don't envy his anguish. A review I've read suggests this was the band's attempt to shed its audience and speaks of how deliberately difficult it is, and I guess that's what I feel. It's better than a 3, but I never liked it more than that.

I don't know. I never really felt this one. I think it just comes down to how bleak the damn thing is, almost to the point of self-parody. (The way he sings, "guess I'm just happy," for example, has always seemed too on the nose.) So yeah, I see lots of people love this one. Good for y'all. I'll pass. And I know a 2 is a little ridiculous, but today I'm giving it my personal rating, as opposed to bonus points for influence or whatever.

masterpiece

Not a big Nirvana fan, but definitely props to their innovative music.

I like the hits, but some of this is too miserable and scream-y for me.

Thrashier than "Nevermind" and I like it. Kind of similar to that record though as the hits were a step above the other tracks, but I much prefer this record.

allora forse è una blasfemia ma forse è più bello di nevermind, sia chiaro nevermind è tipo 9,5 questo 10-, stiamo là insomma. Però boh alcuni pezzi mi piacciono troppo tipo scentless apprentice, dumb, all apologies, ma vabbè tutti pezzoni. RIP Kurt e Grande Dave Grohl

I haven’t listened to this album since I was fifteen. It’s a classic, but I think I’m a little too old now in order to enjoy it the way I did when I was a teen. Fav songs: Rape Me, Dumb

Actually really good! Nirvana is not my cup of tea, and neither is grunge, but I really felt like it was a solid, genre-defining record. Dying to compare it to Nevermind and other records from the same time and genre, and made me want to explore more.

Not good. Not my genre though.

Did not love it. I’m just not a big nirvana guy I don’t really get it. I like the hits but besides that had trouble with this one

A few things: CANT believe I used to have a take where this album sucks. It does not. But. I have a gripe with Kurt cobain and I’m gonna spill: he doesn’t enunciate for shit. I had to look at the lyrics to understand even a single line. And they’re impressively fantastic lyrics! If only I could understand them without a translator. Second half also not as strong as first. But all apologies is an incredible closer

This album carries a lot of baggage. Maybe more than any other. Listening to it now I felt so nostalgic for this little band. As much as these are Cobain’s songs, so much of the sound comes from Novoselic. His bass playing is so melodic. I wonder what it was like for him to be band mates with Cobain. Anyway, great rock record if you can separate the listening experience from the collective trauma.

I love this album. Easy 5 star. Listening to it transported me immediately to the Jeep Cherokee I drove in high school, windows rolled down, and blasting it (maybe rolling the windows back up for "Rape Me"). My all time favorite Nirvana song "Pennyroyal Tea" is on this album along with some other hidden gems and listening to it this time gave me a new appreciation for "All Apologies" -- never liked that one probably because it was way overplayed on the radio and MTV. That all being said, not sure I would have put this album on this list. While it was great, it wasn't groundbreaking in any way like "Nevermind." Between that and what is possibly the greatest live album of all time "MTV Unplugged in NY" I think you've got Nirvana more than covered.

There are two gems here, "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies", where all the elements (melody, performance, arrangement, production) come together into a sharp and coherent whole. The rest of this album sounds like a reaction to Cobain's success with *Nevermind*, both lyrically and sonically, but that approach yields spotty results. Much like the navel-gazing of *The Wall*, listening to a rock star grouse about how the course of their life has changed after going platinum puts a lot of the lyrical content outside of the realm of the relatable. Musically, *In Utero* tries to distance itself from *Nevermind* by stripping away a layer of gloss but it's only a tentative half-step. The more abrasive songs here have flat non-melodies, as though Cobain wants to avoid the pop elements that catapulted the band to fame. Trouble is, these anti-songs are little more than formal exercises. (Worst offender on both of the aforementioned counts: "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"). A few times Cobain apes the sound of *Nevermind* but tries to invert it in some way (lyrically or sonically) but these funhouse incarnations live in their shadow of their predecessors without being revelatory.

An over correction to the sound that made them famous. The problem is other bands made this type of music earlier and better.

I can only listen to so much feedback and screaming before I hit skip

Meh just not for me

As much as I have heard and enjoy Nirvana's 'hits', this project is forcing me to come to terms with the fact that I don't connect with so much of their music. I get that it's is absolutely seminal to an entire genre of music and to my generation, but that doesn't mean it's for me. That said, god damn I love All Apologies.

Love the album

I think grunge is awful. Do you people know there is music out there that is actually enjoyable to listen to?

This is a tough one to rate. The sound is ferocious at the times when it should be, so that's good and hat's off to the band's performances and Steve Albini's production. Too often, the songwriting lacks the hooks and humor of their first two albums and the lyrics frequently irritate the shit out of me - I hate listening to rich people complain. Go fuck yourselves. In fairness, the band got a lot bigger than they ever expected so it's fair enough if they were unprepared and resentful to be spokespeople for a generation. Then again, it's not like they were forced to sign with David Geffen. Plenty of artists choose to not deal with Mammon and go one to have fulfilling careers. It is too bad Kurt couldn't get over himself but this record was greatly anticipated and didn't meet the moment and I can't help but feel they handled the opportunity somewhat irresponsibly. At the time I didn't want to admit it but it sounded like a dead end to me, and as surprised and sorry as I was that Kurt offed himself, it did sort of seem like the band had run its course.

Although I'm kind of glad to have this album in this collection, as I always meant to listen it but never got around to it, I'm also a bit disappointed because it sounds much like I expected it to, and I already knew my appreciation of Nirvana's style is *very* limited, and pretty much limited to "Nevermind". So while I enjoyed "Nevermind"-adjacent tracks like "Heart-shaped box" (with a fantastic video), "Rape me" (sort of), "Dumb" and the closer "All apologies", much of the rest of the album is a grind through their pre-Nevermind ultra-grunge aesthetic filtered through Steve Albini's distinctive recording style (apparently much to the studio's dismay). The apex/nadir of this direction are probably "Scentless apprentice" and "Tourette's"; well done, but not really my kind of thing. Nirvana was definitely too talented to ever label "Nevermind" a one-hit album, but "In Utero" sadly showcases the somewhat limited range of their genius.

Love the desperate energy, the harsher sound, and the sadness beneath it all, esp in Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.

I saw Nirvana touring this album, maybe a few months before Kurt’s suicide. Truth be told, they were not a great live band, probably because of Kurt’s aversion to stardom. Anyway, I enjoy seeing kids/teens wearing Nirvana gear, maybe liking the music. I wonder what generations later think of them. This is a great album, beyond what it represented at the time and where is stands in musical history. I’m glad I got to be a front row fan to everything about this band.

What's that weird squeaking sound the car's making? It's the music! Never mind, thankfully their other album is better.

Enjoyable but not great.

Sacrilege, I know. I just prefer Nevermind. Favorites: All Apologies, Rape Me.

An album full of anger and frustration, sometimes beautifully expressed, and sometimes primal noise that only echoes properly in the resonance of personal anguish.

Aah...takes me back. But not their best...too hit or miss.

Not much to say here, its abrasive, slow, intense, its Nirvana and I like it. Even if half of the songs are easily forgettable, it remains a good album that I'll keep playing.

Some great and iconic songs, but feel like it is one or two songs too long to keep up the intensity.

Great album. I adored this growing up.

Another thing this challenge has affirmed for me is that even though I’m the exact age to love Nirvana, I don’t. Never did. One or two good songs and the rest is noise to me. 2.5/5

I think track 3 heart shaped box was the one I liked, overall not feeling the album. 2

8/10 Favorites: Serve The Servants Heart-Shaped Box Dumb All Apologies

Jag går helt emot Fredrik och hävdar att det här absolut inte är en forsättning på Nevermind, nån enstaka låt kanske men inte som helhet. Det här är mycket bökigare, inåtvänt, hårdare och sämre. "In Utero" är Nirvana som ett rockband snarare än det punkband som gjorde "Nevermind", nånting har hänt längs vägen. Därför är det så att det mer melodiösa funkar bäst här, "Heart shaped box" och "Pennyroyal tea" är exempel på detta. Riktigt så var det inte på Nevermind, där energin stod för det bästa. En hel del är hårt och skränigt på In Utero men saknar den där punkenergin. Utan att veta så känns "Very ape" som en gammal låt, för den har just den där punkiga energin som påminner om hur dom lät på Nevermind. Nämda låtar plus "Serve the servants" är jättebra, "Rape me" och "Frances farmer..." är bra. Däremot är de två mer akustiskt drivna "Dumb" och "All apologies" tämligen hopplösa och resten är ren trams. Kanske bör man säga nåt om produktionen också, men jag nöjer mig med att påtala att det gjordes en helt ny mix 2013. Det var inte för inte. Den klarar inte trean riktigt, men tvåan är stark

En ganska onödig skiva att ha på den här listan. Till stor del är den bara en fortsättning på Nevermind, men inte riktigt lika bra. Och framförallt inte alls så betydelsefull. Serve the servants, All apologies och Frances Farmer är bra låtar.

Undrar om inte Nirvana kan vara ett av världens mest överskattade band. Till viss del beror det på att andra grungeband är så överjävligt dåliga (Pearl Jam) att man luras att tror att detta är bra. Här finns spår som är okej, men mer än så blir det inte.

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

Väldigt stökig skiva. Några bra låtar men jag inser att jag är en Nevermind-man.

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

Man some of these songs are really hard to listen to. I think if I was miserably depressed and cynical I would maybe enjoy this album more, but I just wasn't feeling it today (which I can't complain about). Nirvana was definitely doing their thing right on this album though, and I respect them for making music that many people would probably call "vile" for the song titles alone. That being said, Rape Me—arguably the worst song title on the album—is actually a pretty catchy little tune. Lyrically, I would classify this album as Expressionist because it truly digs around in the appalling, greasy, gritty corners of human existence. I have a soft spot for Expressionism because I believe that the dirty, disgusting, uncomfortable and outright horrifying parts of life and humanity also deserve representation in the arts. Without bands like Nirvana singing about owning a pet virus whose shit is your milk, how would all the freaks and weirdos out there plagued by intrusive thoughts ever feel seen or understood?

I don’t like nirvana

I was a big Nirvana fan in high school and I listened to this album many times. I even had the CD! I really enjoyed listening through it again because it has been a while. In Utero has some great tracks, like Serve The Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies. There are some pretty dark themes on the album and some abrasiveness, but that's an essential aspect of their sound. I like the grittiness of Kurt Cobain's voice. My favourite Nirvana album is MTV Unplugged, but this might be my favourite of their studio albums. 8.5/10.

I’m not a big fan of Nirvana’s music overall. I appreciate a few of the more popular songs. But sound wise it’s different and I can see why it stood at the time.

I felt like this album was missing something

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

Melancholy masterpiece. Kurt, we miss you. What could've been....

Already heard this

Fin, lidt for grungey til mig. Men fedt at blive endnu mere skarp på Nirvanas lyd

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

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I smiled when this came up. I know this album pretty well, but it's been a while. Quintessential 90s!! How fun! And the videos! Hey, wait! lol When I was in high school, I took a t-shirt and drew on it "I think I'm dumb," what a great memory. Milk It is a great song. I love this album. I'm glad to hear it again. Such nostalgia!

I had really only known most of these songs as singles on the radio back in the mid 90's. To hear them all together, parse the lyrics, and feel the vibe is to recontextualize this album as a 40 minute suicide note. RIP Kurt. Your songs will outlive us all.

Endless love for this album!

I'm quite familar with this one so not much new for me to add. Still a masterpiece of an album that goes hard all the way through.

This reinforces my feeling that 90s grunge/alt-rock are is more about vibe and emotion than any other quality. It’s a genre I didn’t spend much time with before this project, and so far this album is one of the better examples. To my ears, it’s essentially a decent punk album with great production and some pop sensibilities. I can’t understand 90% of the lyrics, and the musicianship isn’t stellar (though quite good for a punk album). It’s not that original (see my thoughts on it just being another punk album). But it definitely suggests a *mood*. And it’s a little more restrained/palatable than some other grunge albums I’ve heard. There’s a nice balance of heavy to lightness throughout, and it’s well paced. It suggests that someone knew what they were doing in the control room. And whoever decided to put a cello on “All Apologies” is a genius.

A fantastic mix of fuzz and songwriting. There’s a great blend of chaos and synchronicity throughout. The fact that Cobain wrote 11 out of these 12 songs impressed me and verified what I had read about his legacy in the music world. I think the most interesting thing about this album for me is that I had never thought I’d listened to it in full before, yet I know every song included here. “Dumb” and “All Apologies” are A+ in my book After a full listen while reading a bit about the songs included on the album, this listener is left with 4 stars of nihilistic angst.

Absolute banger

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

Ei yllä mitenkään nirvanan edellisen albumin tasolle mutta omaan korvaan melko synkähkökin levy kun ottaa huomioon Cobainin kohtalon. Lyyrisesti kovaa kamaa ja soittimet on saatu kuulostamaan tosi raa’alta ja nää toimii hyvin keskenään. Ei tälle kuitenkaan ihan vitosta voi antaa

Tätä tuli esiteininä ja teininäkin luukutettua prkleesti c-kasetilta ja kyllähän tätä tulee vuosittain kuunneltua nykyäänkin. Mukavan rosoista ja angstista meininkiä, tarttuvat melodiat ja tunteikas tulkitsiva mikrofonin varressa. Vähän turhan tunteikas tosin kun ei pää kestänyt (pun intented)

Enpä ollut tätä levyä ikinä edes kuunnellut, että ei ollut tuttuja kuin nuo hitit, mutta eipä niissä muissa biiseissä oikein mitään järkevää ollutkaan. Hittejä riitti kuitenkin sen verran että kai se vitoseen lopulta kallistuu.

Sairaan hyvä poppispändi se narvana. Tää in tuhero on aika iso harppaus jotenkin siitä mitä ei sittenkään edusti. Vaikka tässä nyt on jollain tasolla sekoilua niin kyl kuitenkin kokonaisuus on viehättävä. Ois varmaan ollut hauska kuulla mitä tulevaisuus ois tuonut vielä tullessaan jos ei haulikkohommat ois päättäneet toisin. Mut joo 1-5 asteikolla ja valitulla linjalla tää nyt kuuluu useemmasta syystä (joita vois eritellä mut ei jaxa) niin totanoinnii sinnehän se menee täysiin täysii.

Ääh. Sama juttu kun Metallican kanssa. En vaan voi sietää Nirvanaa. Ei ole koskaan toiminut, eikä toiminut nytkään. Urhoollisesti kuitenkin kuuntelin loppuun asti, vaikka tämä ihan sietämätöntä sekoilua olikin. All Apologies on ainoa omaan korvaan ihan hyvä kappale.

I’ve never listened to this whole album, just the songs that have made the radio. I like two of them, but the rest I could’ve done without.

If extreme inner turmoil - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - set to a harrowing Noise-inspired soundtrack is your cup of tea, then by all means dive head first into this pool. A masterpiece that invites you to f off in every possible way. Brutal and, ironically, unapologetic.

Disappointment after Nevermind

I prefer Nevermind, but this is still a solid album

Well this was an easy listen. Another one of my all time records. It feels like Nirvana was building up to this album their entire shorter career and this is their defining work. I love when bands have a progression of each album getting better than the next, rather than starting off with a spark that they never seem to find again. They definitely found it here. And unfortunately we’ll never know if this is where Nirvana would have peaked, or what they had in store next. Thanks Kurt for leaving us with this fantastic record.

Ngl I hadn’t listened to this for more than 30 years and I liked it much, much more than I expected - particularly the crisp production by Steve Albini (RIP) struck me as almost perfect

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

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

This is a great album and All Apologies is an all time album closer.

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

s'alright really

not for me

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

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

I will say this again. I. Am. Not. A. Grunge. Fan. I find the genre to be incredibly anti fun. I’m fine with not fun music but grunge seems to be viscerally and openly anti fun and it’s not something I like. All of this to show how I feel about grunge’s crowning act. I do not like Nirvana. I am not immune to understanding the how and why of their influence and popularity but I don’t like them. In Utero opens with “Serve The Servants” a fine opener. But “Scentless Apprentice” has one of the most annoying vocals I’ve ever listened to and it sucks. “Heart-Shaped Box” is quite good and the only song on this record I actually like. “Rape Me” is ok, “Frances Farmer…” is ok. “Dumb” is ok. “All Apologies” is ok. The rest of the record is full of really annoying vocals and subpar music. The production is really annoying it feels as though it’s specifically geared to make me dislike this album. It feels deliberately produced in the most unappealing way possible.

Even if there wasn't much of a Nirvana discography for tragic reasons, this would still be the best album of any band's career.

Possibly my favourite nirvana album

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

tbh nirvana is a phase for me even tho it's not for a million people out there. The composition of nirvana is not timeless as i think it is. the Recording is something else, neutral sounding and the room capture is on point.

Generation defining

I tried to approach this objectively and with new ears, but I listened to this album to death when I was a teenager. I can't be objective. It's an easy 5.

An astounding album - perhaps even moreso because it was the follow-up to a breakthrough classic - marrying punk and hard rock into a perfect confection. “Pennyroyal Tea”, “Dumb”, “Heart Shaped Box”, and “All Apologies” are all quite different and all genuinely great. What is perhaps most impressive about this album is that the pressure from the label to make Nevermind II must have been immense, and they resisted it. This is fiercely original and more adventurous than Nevermind, but every bit as affecting.

Definitely a classic. The hits still hit, the deep cuts are rough and discordant. Its a punk album made purposely to alienate their new fans. As a statement of intent, its amazing. Some of the deep cuts aren't my cup of pennyroyal tea, but overall its a great album.

I don't think I'm okay with this...having a guy scream R**e Me for a few minutes...I need therapy.

So expressive. Kurt has got to be one of my favourite guitarists - he's obviously studied the Beatles etc and has such a clear sense of harmony in songwriting.. And yet it's all so purely expressive and raw and free. Dave is incredible on this record too (Krist seems to get a little lost in the mix vs how prominent he is on nevermind) Vs the other two albums this one delivers that thick heavy sound and raw pinkish expression the best for me.

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

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

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

oh look, an album i've heard many times! what is there even left to say about nirvana that hasn't been said before? don't get me wrong though, this is goddamned outstanding; the aggressive grime and despondence is almost unmatched. an absolute classic from which came the foundations of my music taste. there will always be room for nirvana in my heart. I still prefer Bleach though... sue me!!! this listen did remind me of what a hell of an opener Serve The Servants is, ditto for All Apologies as a closer. Although this can also be attributed to having listened to this at 1am, I found myself getting emotional during Pennyroyal Tea in a way I haven't previously observed...a testament to the raw emotion imbued in this album, I suppose I feel obliged to give a 5 here... you cannot understate this albums' influence, and while it is not my personal favourite, out of respect for its sheer gravity I shall award it THE BIG FIVE

Good ole clasdic

I never got into the whole grunge scene. Never found a Nirvana song I liked enough to play it on purpose. But yeah, I figured I'd be hearing them on this project and thought maybe I'd develop at least a little appreciation for them? Well, there was the "MTV Unplugged in New York" album, and I enjoyed that (4 stars!) But their regular albums? Looking back, I see that Nevermind got a 3/5 rating from me. This one's going with a 2 so I'll finally have someone on my "controversial artist" list.

unfortunately this album does not do it for me. i love heart shaped box but the rest of this is too much Would I listen again: no Deserves to be on this list: nope. 2.9

Super Dope

I have a very sentimental relationship with this album. It was part of a very important time in my life. Kurt's almost nonsensical lyrics have their own meaning for me.

Groupe et album connu. J’aime beaucoup ce groupe, en particulier l’album ‘Nevermind’. ‘In utero’ est un peu moins réussi (difficile d’être au même niveau que le précédent !), mais reste bien meilleur que beaucoup d’album de cette liste … => 4.5/5

Rått album.

4.0 RYM

More abrasive and raw than the polished Nevermind, drawing more from the post punk/hardcore 80s tradition than the metal well that fed Soundgarden or Alice in Chains, this is a bracing mix of aggression and melody. Pummelling riffs and pop hooks, violent textures and dissonant harmonies, guttural screams and brutal lyrics.

Hard to rate this anything else than a 5 because of how much I've listened to this previously and how influential it's been in my music taste but maybe it could be a 4 for a couple of the tracks that jam less for me (Scentless Apprentice notably) given how much I love Nevermind. That said, I could do it to With the Beatles but not sure I can do it to In Utero... 4.5?

I’m cautious of listening to In Utero too critically, so fundamental a component of my musical development was it. I really came to contemporary music in 1996, in the space after Kurt Cobain was a generational voice, but before he became eternal. I have a - probably false - memory of his death being announced on kids TV by two puppets. I had heard the name Nirvana, but didn’t hear Nirvana until it was too late to experience it in real time. The reality, in relation to the hype, was much smaller than I imagined - a three-piece. And more vulnerable - even here, where they rage and rip up most of the time. If I listen too closely now, the underlying fragility of the record may not take it. 5 We had In Utero as our weekend album and on Monday I still couldn’t find my tongue. It is a hard album to think about and talk about. It has meant a lot to me, although that meaning has taken many years to grow out of the mere puzzlement with which I first encountered this record at around age 14. Nevermind, which I was introduced to around the same time, was so immediate in its impact on me; a delightful sugar rush. In Utero barely felt like the same band. It felt indigestible at the beginning. Disappointing. Puzzling. Listening to In Utero now, decades on and familiar with every bar of it, it continues to puzzle because it gains power with every listen. I am as sure as I can be that it is quantifiably excellent; the work of a team of artists perfectly clear in what they want to achieve aesthetically and perfectly positioned to achieve it. How much of the engine of this artwork is the morbid fascination of Kurt Cobain’s self-destruction? That is a question that troubles me every time I listen to it. I have no such issue with Nirvana’s other records but here I cannot disentangle the intensity of the writing and performance on In Utero from its place in Kurt’s biography. I don’t just mean the screaming and feedback and amp kicking, there is also intensity in the lighter, more pleasant moments here. Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies have a terrible beauty; the sort of light that reminds you of the depth of the darkness around you. Perhaps this is just my (romantic) misreading and Kurt made this record with smiles inside and out. He certainly gained a good deal of satisfaction in frustrating his record company’s expectations. Perhaps it was just more brilliant work by a brilliant young musician and I err in experiencing it as an ever deepening chasm. I feel sadder for Kurt than I used to. In Utero is better than ever. 5/5

Eh. Didn't enjoy listening but can appreciate some of the songs

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

Really solid. Heart shaped box top 50 song of all time. I don't care for the lyrics on Rape Me. Love the vibe of this album

Great album, some hit songs that have such a strong force to them. Not every song is quite what I love to listen to, but the artistry makes up for it.

Not listened through before but way better than I thought. Makes me reconsider nirvana

Really emotional and raw.

Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle is my fav.

3.5/5

Teenage me loved this album. It's still great 30 years later.

Nothing much to say.

5/5 no question. Truly a perfect album with no exceptions. No notes. Absolute peak🎉

10/10

First two tracks are a joke right?

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

Nowhere near as good and catchy as nevermind but that was the plan. A few songs sound similar to bleach and nevermind. The second star is for heart shaped box

I hadn’t heard this before in its entirety and I think I enjoy it more than Nevermind. It feels like they were on an interesting path and I wish we could have seen where they went next. Definitely like the less grungy sounding moments more like All Apolgies, Heart Shaped Box, and Dumb.

Much has already been said about this album, and has been dissected to end and back in reverse. I'd say even more than Nevermind. In Utero combines the pop backbone of Nevermind and adds the noisy touch Kurt was free to add and Albini was happy to oblige. The result was an album that proudly stands shoulder to shoulder with one of the best albums of the 90s. To some, even above it. Part of what makes it great is how they created songs in the same vein as Nevermind (Serve The Servants, Dumb, Very Ape), but then adding an experimental touch to others (Tourette's, Scentless Apprentice). What also stands out is how much this album feels like a letter to a psychologist. Kurt's mental health was at a downswing on Nevermind, but on In Utero it feels like rock bottom. Songs like Heart Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies show this. If you were to ask me to name me which album I like more, I'd struggle. Both of them are good in their own right, with each highlighting different things, which means I enjoy them in different times. In Utero is for the moments where life brings you down, something i'm all too familiar with. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

How the hell do you follow a world-changing album like Nevermind? How do you satisfy your millions of new fans who maybe don’t appreciate your weird punk roots? Now that every band in Seattle is famous thanks to you, what the hell can you do that will not be an absolute disaster and disappointment? You do this. You somehow manage to deepen your sound. You challenge your new fans but not enough to alienate them, but enough to get them to follow you to new places. It really is a triumph.

Pretty solid, not their best. I think I like nirvana when they're a bit more raw and rough around the edges. Fav lyrics: Dumb Fav music: Heart shaped box Fav overall: Rape me

I just never really got into the whole Cobain thing - it just didn't hit me like it seemed to hit everyone else. And listening to it some 30 years later it still kind of a miss for me. Not terrible by any means, but just not anything that I would choose to listen to.

Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies are brilliant songs. Rest are great too 4/5

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Took me a while to get into this one (after buying it upon release back in the day), but it continues to grow on me, even after 32 years. Very Ape is an under-rated gem

Hardcore grunge tastic meltdown. Tbh I had never listened to anything but the singles. The other tracks are way more hardcore.

6/10

Very good album, some defining tracks of a generation but also a couple that don't quite get to those heights.

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

Classic and for good reason

Nothing special or anything we hadn’t heard before (which I guess is why Albini was chosen to produce). Highlight is probably the addition of cello on a couple of tracks.

Fond memories of playing guitar to Penny Royal Tea. All apologies and also Heart shaped box raise this to 4 stars.

Klassiker

Uterus time motherfucker

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

4.6 I always debated whether this or Nevermind was better and when I'd finally fully exhausted Nirvana around 19-20 I'd settled on In Utero. Revisiting via this list almost two decades later, I think I might have gone with the wrong one. Nevermind ultimately has no skippable songs, they have a few weaker ones, like Drain You, but In Utero has two tracks, Milk it and Tourettes that just don't really cut it imo. The opening 7 tracks or so are immense, and on par with anything on Nevermind, so it's a shame to see the album slightly stutter towards the end. Still, one of the best albums of all time so I can't complain too much.

All nirvana songs sound the same. Slow start, same beat, load finish. Same is boring

Abrasive. Didn’t like listening to the majority of this. All Apologies saves it from one star.

you know what, this was good. none of the songs were notable enough for me to save to the playlist tho..

First off I love this record. It may not be as fully solid as nevermind but the highs are insanely good. Heart shaped box is my favorite song for sure. Of all time from the band. Pennyroyal tea is also up there. Dumb as well but I do prefer the MTV unplugged version. Some of the other songs maybe aren't my favorite but a bunch are still great and they make up for the ones I dont care too much for. Its still nirvana. I would be curious what it would look like with them still around today but it worked out how it was going to work out. And I dont think I could take nirvanas 17th studio record. Ending on all Apologies is the perfect bow to a great run.

There are certainly some great songs on In Utero (particularly Heart Shaped Box). It's probably my favourite Nirvana album. Still, their sound is pretty basic and samey, and now I'm past my angsty teenage stage it's difficult to love these lyrics as much as I once did.

NOT my vibe

It's not Nevermind, but what is? Plus, In Utero is still incredible with some key Nirvana tracks.

Their best album

Loved this. Such a great album, super solid all round. I was so into this even through work.

This grunge album has a raw, abrasive energy stemming from slashing guitars, pounding drums, and anguished vocals that frame lyrics shifting between searing vulnerability and caustic irony.

Jag gillar fan inte Nirvana, tycker inte det är särskilt bra.

Legendary album, but like with all legends disappointing once experienced.

A brooding, downright menacing album, it was never going to be another Nevermind, but it stands as a great album in its own right.

This was a confirmation that these Cats were game changers. Raw & intense, just what the 90’s needed to shake things up. A tragedy that it all ended too soon..

Did not enjoy at all

So first time listening I full some amazing songs an some I mostly know from the unplugged set

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

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

Love this album

I’ve always loved Nirvana, but In Utero isn’t the album I go back to most often. There’s no denying its importance as a cultural moment in the grunge era but as a studio record, it only has a handful of truly great songs for me. I generally prefer the live versions of these songs on From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, which feel rawer and more immediate, which is Nirvana is at its best. That said, I can’t imagine the pressure the band was under making a follow-up to Nevermind. Were they just a one-hit wonder? Or would they create a record that went to the next level and cemented them as superstars who shaped the culture? Did they even want any of that? Or did they want to reject that pressure and stay outsiders? Those questions alone could weigh heavily on any artist, but when you add in Kurt Cobain’s struggles with addiction and mental health, you can imagine the tension behind making In Utero.

Cobain's unique pop sensibilities intentionally presented in a much less accessible format. For me, his intriguing melodic sense still shines through, and the abrasive production merely adds to the intrigue. Not like Nevermind, but just as rewarding in it's own way.

Primal, gritty, overhyped and but enjoyable

Solid but overrated

What could have been... Best Song: Heart Shaped Box Rating: 9.0/10 Stars: 5

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

Great vocals

Nirvana aren't my most favourite grunge band, but they really were great. Absolutely awesome album.

Never been the biggest Nirvana fan but there's far worse I could listen to. There's guitars and powerful drums. Not a bad listen at all.

3/6

Scentless Apprentice - wtf was that song, how can anyone like that? Not my vibe

I liked this album so much I bought two copies

Fantastic album, filled with raw energy and iconic songs. Love it

Not Nirvana's best album but some great hits and a lot of screaming. 8/10

Esse foi tão importante pra mim que se eu desse outra nota seria injusto

Is it wrong that I prefer a more polished sound? I completely get the point and the fighting back against media and expectations but I struggled a bit with 'Tourette's' and 'Scentless Apprentice' (despite a cool drum groove on this one.) For those without a background understanding of the band and Cobain's position, 'Rape Me' could understandably be a difficult and shocking listen. Hopefully, there is enough out there for people to comprehend its purpose. My favourite tracks are those that wouldn't feel out of place on Nevermind: 'heart-shaped box' and 'all apologies' in particular. I don't feel bad about that though. Also, pretty high ranking on the album cover front.

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

Class

Roh, unbequem, ehrlich: In Utero ist Nirvanas radikale Abkehr vom Mainstream. Mit noisigen Tracks und düsteren Texten zeigt Cobain seine verletzliche Seite. Kein leichtes Album – aber ein kraftvolles Statement.

I like this a lot, but it's not quite at the highs of Nevermind. Maybe some of that is familiarity, though. Some great songwriting on here; Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies are the highlights, and I liked Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Nevrmind but I liked this album much better. Still the same grungy formula but toned down a bit in a good way. Favorite songs: Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies

Another album that has become completely inaudible due to a virtual Pompeii of layered memories, thoughts, feelings, and experiences over the decades. Is it good? It has to be, to me, I guess, since it was so instrumental in the shaping of my aesthetics. Beyond that, who can really say?

All time great album.

Duh

Still holds up after all these years. Still a classic.

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

I do not like Nirvana anything.

Ergendwie esch das ned sälbstverständlech dasses eim stört, wenn e Luutsprächer oder Chopfhörer kabott tönt. Mech zomendest störts halt doch e chli, vorallem woni s Albom s erschte mol of mine Chopfhörer glosst ha. Debi hani s gfühl gha dass de Chopfhörer do ned nochemag. Guet, losemers halt of ere Musigbox. Debi heds sech besseret, aber halt doch emmer no hörbar do. Das heds klar gmacht: Sie hends äxtra igfüegt. Wieso?? De ganz klari Star, zomendest i mine Auge, esch i dem Albom Heart-Shaped box. Es fod erstuundlech sanft met nome ere Rockgitarre ah, ned wie i Serve The Servants wo du zerscht mol vom ne luute kakophonische Ton erschlage wersch. Denn bauts langsam uf met Schlagzüg ond Vocals bis es de s erschte mol i Refrain ine god. Im ganze Lied merkt mer zwar debi scho ah, dass es vo de gliiche Band esch, wel halt doch einigi Elemänt emmer weder vorchömed. Das esch aber i dem Fall nüd schlächts. Im rechtige Momänt send nämlech die Schrei, herte Rockgitarre ond intensive Schlagzüügschläg sehr passend ond gäbed im Song vel Energie ond e eigete Touch. Grad de nöchsti Song fod eigentlech au rächt velversprächend ah. De Refrain chond de aber doch e chli sehr plötzlech ond chond eifach nömme abe ond wenn scho denne weder komplett. Wahrschiindlech stellt das ergend Gfülsschwankige inere Depression dar, was vom Tetel "Rape Me" no wiiter onderstötzt werd. Es esch ned schlächt, aber es bez meh abwächslig wörd halt scho no guet tue. So verhaltet sech au de räscht vom Albom. Luut, Liislig, Luug. Das völlig öberdtähit, zom teil onschöni Verzerrige ond depressivi Lyrics. Wels aber zom teil einzelni Usnahme ged ond Heart-Shaped Box doch no e Banger esch, geds grad no so 2 *.

Serve the servants - likee, lowk catchy (3,5/5) Scentless apprentice - Jean-Baotiste Grenouille is it you??, not really my thing but okayish (2,3/5) Heart-Shaped box - classic, crushing, love (5/5 am I biased?) (fav) Rape me - questionable lyrics but hate to sah that the song still slaps (4/5) (2nd fav) Frances will habe her Revenge on Seattle - dient stick out to ne but generally a good song (3,5/5) Dumb - random as lyrics but kinda sweet? (2,7/5) Very Ape - like the guitar and the theme (3/5) Milk it - like it surprisingly, only the way kurt cobain sings the Verses isnt really my thing but it dies fit the sing kinda (3/5) Pennyroyal tea - likee it, fits my music taste (4/5) Radio friendly unit shifter - me too, im a lyrics person and i couldnt undertand the the lyrics half the time sadly because j do like them (3/5) Tourettes - liek the instrumental, interestung way of singing the lyrics dont know if i like it or not (indescisive 2-4/5) All apologies - strong good song, like it a lot (4/5) (3rd fav) Lyrics I liked: I miss the comfortnin bejng sad My heart is broke but I have some glue Im so tired i cant sleep Everyone is gay

I am thankful for Nirvana primarily because of just how popular they were and still are - which isn’t usually a metric that I go by but in this case it is because of this band’s skirting of the line between approachability and, well, very noisy rock that somehow made them into an almost universally beloved act and helped to usher in many years of ‘mainstream’ rock afterward. I confess that I have never listened to a full Nirvana album despite my love for very loud guitar-heavy rock. This has changed with In Utero, and even though it is their third and last studio album it is probably as good an entry as Bleach or Nevermind would be, the latter of which is coming up soon on my catch-up of 1001 list backlog. You can immediately see how they were so popular but somewhat paradoxically you are in awe of how they managed it with such a harsh, loud sound. And don’t get me wrong, I know the masses love some loud rock - see... most any popular rock band from the 60s and 70s. But for the masses to latch on to this? It’s just great. I should probably talk about the music. It isn’t half harsh, as I’ve said. Scentless Apprentice goes fully into that deep, grunge-y sound just after the still heavy but comparatively ‘light’ Serve the Servants, and this is built upon with the supermassive hit of Heart-Shaped Box and the bluntly titled but greatly impactful Rape Me. These first four tracks are what establishes the album, and the sounds from them are built upon in the subsequent tracks, both in the lyrical and the loud. An additional mention to the hidden track on some CD releases, Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip, too. It’s worth the 20 minute wait (or 1 minute of pressing the fast forward button). The cover here represents the rise of Nirvana in their time as a band, and the rise thereafter following Cobain’s death both in music and in the large industry of shirts with their logo on it.

it's no nevermind, but it's still a great album.

Special for it's genre and time, but feels dated. I'm getting bored listening to these songs. I'm giving it 2 stars for it's significance. Favorite tracks: All apologies

I needed this album to drop in my lap after the most recent slew of slop I was getting. Being able to revisit this classic felt like a god send!

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

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Haven't listened in a while but great album

Good, but I don’t think this is the best grunge album of the 90’s . Overplayed on radio.

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

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

Raw, but mixing that with polished and poppier tracks just to keep everything in line. It's not wonder that it's a timeless classic.

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

So many great songs on one album. A great follow up to Nevermind. Not as popular as their first album but made sure the world knew grunge wasn’t going away.

The hits are good, the rest is very much not good

a classic! had never played the album in full and it was clear how well-crafted it was. peak nirvana, but i'm drunk and going to bed so good night

Man, what a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Classic. I adored Nirvana in my teen years and it still connects. Melody forward, rough vocals, grunge. Nevermind will always be my favorite, as I'm sure it is for most, but I'm Utero deserves to be apart of the conversation.

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

Too abrasive for me

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

It's alright honestly. Historically significant but almost none of the songs are nearly as epic or memorable as the average song on Nevermind

Sonic delight, Nirvana's response to global fame and the path to destruction.

4.5/5

Love the pared-back production, headphones on and it feels like they're playing in front of you.

Classic. Listening for long time

Right before peak nirvana, this is still up there with one of the best grunge albums of the 90's. Timeless classic. Top 3 are pennyroyal tea, all apologies and heart-shaped box

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

It's more raw and abrasive than Nevermind, but also has some of their best work. I've listened to this too many times to be impartial but I think it's an amazing album and an easy 5 stars.

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

OH MY GOD FINALLY an album i recognize after pure 70's slop i finally got an album i was actually interested in listening to, and.... sure i like it. i'm not gonna go out of my way to listen to any of these songs on my spare time, but it's good to finally have done a full listen to such an iconic album. that one song where kurt started screaming kinda took me off guard decent

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

Not as good as their other album but still ok.

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

Noisy, ugly, perfect

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

I don't think this is as good of an album as Nevermind, but I think there are some songs on this album that are better than anything on Nevermind

The favorite Nirvana albums of curmudgeons and contrarians everywhere, including me. Sometimes, people boil the Nevermind v. In Utero argument into "which one is Kurt's more honest artistic expression"? Is it the perfect pop album made pre-fame? Or is it the angry, antisocial house fire made as a reaction to overwhelming fame? I really don't know, and honestly I'm not sure it matters. For me, I just love noise rock, and depending on where you draw genre borders, In Utero may be the most commercially successful noise rock album *ever*. The songs throb, the guitars sear, and Cobain screams his throat raw on a lot of these songs. The Albini production job gets us all the way there, his dry, live, and unprocessed *ultra* visceral sound colors the whole experience that this album provides (Nirvana was forced to re-mix the singles, dig up the original Albini mix of them, they're fascinating.). And I think one of this album's biggest successes is that even though the songs are intentionally less accessible here, I think the song writing is just as potent as on Nevermind, even if the goal of the songs is a little different. We have two main types of song here: the rock songs, many of which are the heaviest, and most intense of Nirvana's career. Songs like Milk It, Scentless Apprentice, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, and Tourette's go off like a Roman Candle, but never lose sight of that song writing. On the other hand there are the melodic songs here. They kind of overshoot Nevermind and end up as weird, sad, displays of pain. There are some hits here, but if you listen close enough, there are ghosts even in Heart Shaped Box, All Apologies, and Rape Me. And songs like Dumb and Pennyroyal Tea are just chilling to me. The lyrics here are also very interesting, Cobain writes about his body like a pile of meat and chemicals, and he writes about sex like it's body horror. Listening from front to back, the sadness and fury laced into this album is completely unignorable, and I think it's an incredible piece of art. Nevermind is probably a better album, but for some people, there's really nothing like In Utero.

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I don't think I've listened to another Nirvana album besides Nevermind (the one with the iconic album cover). I certainly know and like the classic songs here. After a couple of runs I feel pretty confident this was the most hot and cold album I've ever listened to. By that I mean, the good songs hear were bangers and the bad songs were almost unlistenable. On the good side you have Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Frances Farmer, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies. On the bad side you had Serve The Servants, Scentless Apprentice, and Tourette's. I didn't have an opinion on the other songs not listed. The majority of the album was strong and the good songs here are among the best Nirvana put out, especially All Apologies which I think is my favorite song by them. If I come back to this album, I'll just skip the songs I don't like. Despite those poor songs, I still feel like this is solidly in the 4 tier.

Was just talking with Mehie the other day about how I don't think I've ever listened to this album straight through. Loving the sludginess of Scentless Apprentice -- I don't think I've ever heard Nirvana sound quite like this. Heart-Shaped Box is just a fantastic song. Rape Me is also just a really well-written song, which is underlined by the fact that it garnered significant radio play in spite of its heavy/bordering taboo subject matter. Back half was fine, though I could have done without Tourette's -- a bit shouty for me. My favorites were Very Ape, Milk It and All Apologies. The latter of which is one of my favorite individual Nirvana tracks and is even better in the context of this album as a closer. Such a tender, but raw jam. Love how despite the critical and commercial success of Nevermind, Nirvana kept true to their roots and doubled down on this lo-fi mixing and super rough sound. Not nearly as strong end to end as Nevermind, but still a fine album. Solid 4 imo.

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

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