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In Utero by Nirvana

In Utero

Nirvana

1993
3.82
Rating
30719
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36%
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30%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Grunge, Alternative Rock

Reviews (page 8 of 15)

Not their best for my money, but still outstanding!

Nirvana was my first favourite band. I was 14 when I first really got into them and I bought all their albums on CD, including the live ones and the best of the box. I struggle to pick between Nevermind and this as my favourite Nirvana album though I usually lean towards Nevermind. I still love this album though. It’s rawer and more emotional. If you don’t like Nirvana you will certainly struggle with some of these tracks, it even took me a bit to get into Scentless Apprentice and even still I’m not its biggest fan. One of the easiest 5 stars for me and even though he died before I was born, I still miss Kurt.

Not much of a grunge fan at all. I only bought Nevermind because the rest of the world had done so. That was alright but only just. As for this, just more of the same to my mind. Or was Nevermind more of the same as this. Can’t be bothered to look to see which was released first. Forgive my lack of enthusiasm here but today I learnt that the 50th anniversary release of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway has been put back for second time until autumn of this year. That has really pissed me off and this album did nothing at all to cheer me up. 2/5 13/6/25

Dope listen through one way. Good heavy metal scream rock

Dumb and Pennyroyal Tea are my favorites.

Probably my favorite Nirvana album.

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

One of my favorites.

The simplistic childish lyrics from albums past have vanished, replaced by darker themes and more mature subject matter. The urgency is missing giving In Utero an eerie mellow vibe. Not a Nirvana fan, still an excellent album.

5-star! This is, if not, better-than, Nevermind. I love this album

Already listened to this, nirvana makes good songs but I always think there albums kinda blend into one. Being a third listen I might be able to understand the individual songs better this time.

Never been a huge Nirvana fan. From the 90s Grunge I prefer Alice In Chains and Soundgarden, but this record is great! Their best by far! It's raw, it's energetic, it has some great vocals and instrumentation, and substance. Very cool!

Todo vocalista e todo baterista FODA deviam ser gravados exclusivamente pelo Steve Albini. PQP. O que ele faz com vocais e percussão é maravilhoso. Adoro o seu estilo de produção, e consequentemente, acabei adorando esse álbum que eu conhecia bem pouco. Nenhuma reclamação. 5/5

This is a raw, heavy, abrasive and quite a dark album. I've heard it's more grungey, punky and darker than 'Nevermind' so it'll be interesting to compare when I get that album. Kurt Cobain sounds great. His screams on 'Tourette's' and 'Scentless Apprentice' sound like he's in pain and he's letting his anger and frustration out. What a great riff on the latter track too by the way! Despite it being less poppy than their previous album, it still has its pop moments. Opener 'Serve The Servants' is a catchy way to start the album and 'Heart Shaped Box' was the only familiar track to me (thanks again, Guitar Hero!) and I used to find it so boring. Listening to it today though, I really enjoyed it. It's one of those tracks that you think a loud and heavy guitar is coming to blow your ears off but it never comes and I like that. A couple of dud tracks here and there and it did every so slightly sound a bit samey at times (need more listens) but this was great, and I'm very much looking forward to more from Nirvana.

86% Best: Heart-Shaped Box; Rape Me; Dumb; Milk It; Radio Friendly Unit Shifter; All Apologies Must-Hear? Sure

I wasn't an angry kid back then but i loved the music nontheless and still do

Intentionally rawer and and less polished than Nevermind, but also the crop of songs isn't as strong. I'm not Gen X so I don't have that big an emotional attachment to this record, but it still pretty great. Key tracks: Heart-Shaped Box Rape Me Dumb Pennyroyal Tea All Apologies

One of the best!

This record is likely in the top 20 of all time across all genres. Nevermind gets a ton of love, and that's great. But In Utero if a step beyond.

The 1st 2 tracks really turned me off, much rawer than Nevermind. Then it settled down and I really enjoyed the rest of the Album

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

Not my favourite from Nirvana, a bit more avant-garde than I like personally. But there are some obvious hits here and it’s interesting to listen to the whole record front to back.

nunca fui mto fã de nirvana, mas esse eu vou ter que dar a devida moral: poucas coisas me pegam mais do que gritos raivosos e angustiados com uma guitarra distorcida fazendo bagunça

esse eh meu preferido deles!!!!!! o nevermind não me pega muito, é limpinho demais. agora esse aqui jesus amado, a produção do steve albini + a força de vontade desses mano de fazer música não amigável pra rádio, é mto pica!!!! gritaria e guitarrada é só alegria. bom demais pra ouvir num dia atarefado e estressante!!

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

Loved it

In their prime. Polished and messy at the same time. Hooky and trashy. I love it. I could listen to this any time. Five stars.

My prime youth here in all it's angsty glory, lol. Great album with some solid tracks and only minimal filler. All Apologies is still my favorite Nirvana track after all these years.

I only know the hits… have never listened to a Nirvana album in full and I was surprised how many “deep cuts” (to me) I liked. Can totally understand how this band changed the game at the time.

The first album generated for me is one I know well from previous years, but haven't listened to in some time. It is a classic and my favorite Nirvana album - it's rawness elevates it above Nevermind, but also means you have to be in the right state of mind to listen to it, and it can on occasions prove too challenging. I will only give 5 stars to albums I genuinely see as some of my favorites of all time, so will limit this album to 4 stars. Standout Tracks - Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, All Apologies. 8/10.

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

Ok... As for me half of this album is fucking brilliant. "Heart-Shaped Box", "Rape Me", "Francis Farmer...", "Dumb", "Pennyroyal Tea", and my personal favorite Nirvana song, "All Apologies" are all absolute bangers. Five more songs like that and yes I would call this a five star, hands down. The rest honestly are just too raw and noisy for the sake of being raw and noisy. That usually doesn't sit well with me. But some of those tracks overcome that. Like the opening tracks "Sereve The Servant" and "Scentless Apperentice", which though I'm not as high on as the six I mentioned earlier, really feel fine in the context of the album. Then there is "Milk It" and "Tourette's" which we'll is just a bunch of screaming nonsense to me. Over all this is a great album, but as I've always maintained, doesn't hold a candle to "Nevermind" as far as excellence. I don't care how many Nirvana fans have tried to convince me till they're blue in the face that this is a far better album and that I don't have any ears for not recognizing that. I'm not aiming that at anyone here, but it has historically made me kinda despise the album in retrospect. Every time I listen to it I keep on trying to find what it is that everyone talks about, but I don't hear it. I tried not to listen to it in that context this time around. And yes actually is a very good album. 8.75 ★★★★

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

I've always talked about how my favorite music tends to mix beauty with ugliness, and this is one of the very best examples on that. On its surface, it's a noisy album with abrasive guitar tones, blasts of feedback, dissonance, and screaming, but on the flip side, Kurt Cobain clearly knew what he was doing. The songs are well constructed with catchy melodies, interesting lyrics, and great production from Steve Albini. Though Nevermind was more influential, I think this is the better album. The sequencing is masterful -- "Serve the Servants" is a perfect opener with it's opening line of "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old", "Dumb is a great ending to side 1, "Very Ape" is a super cool opening to the slightly weirder side 2, and "All Apologies" is a great closer for both the album and the band's career. Other highlights for me are "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", with one of Cobain's coolest bridges, and "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", which is my favorite Nirvana track. 5 stars.

An album of similar stature and circumstance to Joy Division’s Closer except not quite as good. You have Scentless Apprentice as pulverising highs, a few other classic not-as-pulverising tracks like All Apologies, Dumb and Heart Shaped Box and below that Pennyroyal tea as bleary mids, Milk It and Tourettes as punishing mids, and Very Poo Ape and Radio Friendly Poo-nit Shifter as poopy lows. On balance though still a pretty great record.

It's just a classic album. Raw and authentic despite having top-flight production value.

Not a fan of grunge this album was one of my least favorite, but I thought it would be a little more exciting to listen to since I heard such great things, but it was confirmation that I really do not like grunge.

Nirvana isn’t cute anymore.

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

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

Classic. 5/5

For me, this was an amazing time to be alive experiencing music. I was never the biggest Nirvana fan but this album impressed me then and impresses me now. Would have loved to see what came next.

Heard it before, god knows how many times. This is a very important album for me and the best Nirvana album in general 5/5

Oh my fucking God. (Tim’s review: Amazing as the day it was cut. 5 stars.)

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det är ju nirvana liksom och jag tkr om kurt men det här albumet var inte riktigt min grej favoriter dumb och all apologies

An amazing album. Raw, pure and angry.

pre good hehe

Its fine I guess

Somehow, this still doesn't seem to get the same kind of love as Nevermind, but it definitely rocks! Parts feel like an attempt to over-correct the sense that the band must have been selling out in some way to achieve their success, but more than three decades after whatever may have influenced the choices Cobain and the band made, it still mostly just sounds like a flat-out work of genius.

Kicsit sok

Another easy five stars for this one. I still remember picking this up when it came out. 100% expectation that it was going to be amazing, but worry and wonder about how was it going to stack up against Nevermind. I wasn't old enough to appreciate the nuance in production value at that time, and was more concerned on how it hit. It hit hard. This album is edgy and raw (Thanks Steve!) but is also the most sophisticated and varied album to date, displaying the promising evolution of Nirvana's songwriting. If it was a meatball, it would be sweet and sour. I would have loved to hear what came next....

Actually far better than i remembered

Deeply personal with plenty of both angst and pain to be seen here. Some songs have ear worm melodies, and others increased sales on distortion pedals by 50%. Punk albums can often feel more bark than bite — I believe the case is clear here that In Utero is not. Least favorite — Very Ape, Tourette’s, Radio Friendly Unit Shelter Top tracks — the rest

Excruciating to listen to in places, this is a record I had to grit my teeth to get through. I kind of agree with the other reviewers who say it's completely devoid of melody - certainly nothing here will be stuck in my head. Still though, there's something a bit endearing about it... the sheer power and downwards-facing depressed outsiderness of a musician trying to figure it all out, it's at least honest.

I had Nirvana's live album already, and that was a total banger. This was....not. I much prefer their more polished songs than this noise. First half of the album is ok, except for Scentless Apprentice which is horrid and Rape Me which is decent. Then it just devolves into junk. The ending comes a little back up with the mediocre All Apologies. Can't wait until I get Nevermind. Best song: Rape Me

8/10. Nevermind is a better album but i love how raw and real this is. All apologies is an amazing closer

Good Album. I have heard the singles before but I hadn't listened to tracks like Scentless Apprentice before. It was supposedly the only song not written by Cobain, so all the decisions like a chromatic crawl upwards during the verses was really surprising. I'll certainly revisit it at a later day

Seemed good. A bit sweary and intense

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

It's Nirvana. There's a specific feeling u only get listening to them

What a voice...the kind you could listen to sing the phone book and it would still sound great

I'm so conflicted on this one. Some phenomenal songs and some that make my skin crawl but I guess that's the point

Love this one Will I listen to again: 100%

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

Loud, noisy, and melodic at the same time

Having flashbacks of my nirvana “phase” in high school and I liked it!

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

To noisy for me, I like rock but this is not for me, very hard to understand any of the lyrics, probably because I'm not a native English speaker.

Som en blyg och sympatisk seriemördare

heart-shaped box and dumb already saved. Let's see the other ones:

i need to cleanse myself after listening to this...no

This one is good, but it hits differently than Nevermind. I didn't get into this as much, and I'm not sure why. I would've loved to have heard another album from them, but it wasn't meant to be. Fun fact, The Prodigy samples the opening guitar on Very Ape for their song Voodoo People on Music for the Jilted Generation. Give it a listen. Anyhoo, this album is a 4 for me.

I have mentioned that Nirvana was a hugely impactful band for me when I was a kid in the early '90's. But that after Kurt's death it was hard for me to keep listening. So it's been a long time since I listened to this album straight through. If you would've asked me what I rated this album, before I recently listened to it again, I would have told you that it was a five, easily. But listening to it surprised me and made me realize that it was a much louder, harsher album on some tracks than some of their other stuff. Kurt was too raw and screamy for some of these songs to be anything I would reach for on a regular basis these days, but they still have their place and I still appreciate them. Yet I realize that it doesn't quite meet my threshold of an album needing to be absolute wall to wall greatness for it to garner a five. So I'll give it a four and a half. My favorite tracks are Serve The Servants, Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies.

Hard to go wrong with Nirvana. Every song on this album is good. It takes me back to high school and the early days of learning bass guitar.

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

Hard to follow up “Nevermind” but still solid, actually found the slower songs more enjoyable

Phenomenal

Amazing of course.

Pretty good!, but i love nevermind more than this one

Oh God, I know I'm supposed to like it but I just don't. I just don't like Nirvana, in my ears, or in my brain, or in my body. For some reason, despite liking Nirvana adjacent music, I cannot derive enjoyment from listening to this album. All apologies is doing the heavy lifting for the rating.

12/1001. What do you get when an angry and depressed band gets world famous, pushed and pulled around? Add a bit of drugs to the mixture and they get angrier and more depressed, and it shows here. So for me this album is a diary of what was happening at that time to Nirvana / Cobain. Somehow I can't imagine what would have happened after this if what happened didn't happen with the band? Cobain sobered out, grunge craze gone by, next big thing in everyone's cd-walkmans — would they have mellowed out, wrote more savvy, still a bit grungy songs a la the Foo Fighters? Would the world have wanted that? And does this make this album better because of that improbable future never happened? The album is honest, with great songs and amazing energy and rawness, but I don't really feel too comfortable reading or listening to someone's private life splattered over 12 songs. I liked Bleach when it came out and Nevermind was out of this world, and this album reminds us that Grunge Lives Matter.

Fun fact about me. I own just about 400 records....and not a single one of them is a 90's record. Wild. Probably because i'm obssed with 1950-1979 but that's besides the point. Absolutely wild that this is the last bit we got of Nirvana. Overall a rockin record. I could do without a handful of them(personal preference, nothing actually wrong with them). Objectively had to go to listen to Nevermind right after this. RIP Kurt. Nobody's ever alone - remember that. Life can be tough sometimes - but you're NEVER alone.

Если бы нирвана играла гранж 9/10

This album is so good. I’m not really the biggest rock guy but they are undeniable. Their chemistry bleeds through the music, it just sounds seamless. I’m usually indifferent to Rock vocalists singing capabilities but Kurt’s voice just fits perfectly. I loved this project!

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

90s grunge have my heart. Good times.

Has a couple of alright songs but it's mostly trash. Pennyroyal Tea is obviously much better on the Unplugged album. A whole bunch of nonsense mess that doesn't sound good like Radio Friendly, Tourette's, and Milk It. No good riffs, not good heavy, trying to be aggressive and different for 1993 but it just sounds like a jumbled up mass of suck.

Classic nirvana

Nother classic. Weirder than Nevermind, but I appreciate them trying to get back to weirder roots, a bit more raw on both ends. Solid acoustic tracks then heavy in between. The length of the album is perfect too, amazing

My college years were filled with the grunge explosion. There was little in my eyes Nirvana or Pearl Jam could do wrong. Another album that has cemented itself in my memory.

Nirvana!

Really? Huh

Very very solid rock

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

I never used to like Nirvana because I thought they were all poppy tunes under a veneer of rock guitars, but since listening to a lot more grunge this year I've found I like them after all. I realised they (and grunge more generally) are a bridge from hard rock to sludge/stoner/doom that I just skipped. I didn't really get why Melvins are sometimes labelled as grunge until I heard songs like Blew and Mr. Moustache I still prefer the noisy and chaotic moments, like Scentless Apprentice and the guitar solo on Serve the Servants. The softer moments suffer a bit for me because of Kurt's voice, sometimes I find it offputting and grating. Not always though, the verses on Heart-Shaped Box work I could also tell Steve Albini produced this purely by the sound of the drums on Scentless Apprentice I don't like Rape Me though, it's a level of edgelord that ends up quite cringe in my opinion. The riff also sounds like shitty self-plagarisation of Teen Spirit Highlights: Scentless Apprentice, Pennyroyal Tea, Heart-Shaped Box, Milk It

Ah, the Nirvana album they made to intentionally alienate their fans from Nevermind (allegedly). The album has a much dirtier, uglier sound, which is certainly... A choice. It's unconventional but it's still clearly purposeful and every song is distinct. And though I may not like it as much as Nevermind, it's not without it's high points. Heart Shaped Box is one of my favorite Nirvana songs ever, and Pennyroyal Tea is a damn good song where Kurt gets out a lot of his pain. It's an ugly album, but one still with a place.

This album was riding high on the success of Nevermind, an iconic cover design, and the slow and steady decline of Cobain’s mental health. Kurt’s erratic behavior paired with public suicidal ideations was creating friction within the band. Relistening to this album in retrospection makes those little nuances become increasingly more evident. That’s not to say that there aren’t some good songs on here: Heart-Shaped Box; Rape Me; Dumb, and my favorite, All Apologies. But the other songs on there tend to lead toward the forgettable ans they seem like leftovers from Bleach and Nevermind. I wonder: if Cobain won’t have died, would have this been the last Nirvana album anyway?

Random thoughts: * It is hard not to judge this album in the shadow of Nevermind. No matter what Nirvana did after that it was not going to measure up. * They definitely went a little darker and harder to probably turn off the masses. But a few songs still pushed through: Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies. * There is enough here for an above average album with a more acquired taste.

I’ve never listened to any Nirvana ever before and I can now say I get why people love them now. It’s emotion and talent expressed like no other. Good stuff but I think it’ll take me a second to really fully appreciate this record.

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

I don't care what anyone else has to say, this was one of the most punk rock albums of the 90s. I remember waiting for this to come out and being blown away by the rawness and aggression. Such a perfect album, 30+ years later.

5/5 Razorblade Lullabies Because this album doesn’t hold your hand. It bites it. It’s uglier than Nevermind, but so much more honest. It’s chaotic, bleeding, ironic, and mournful— a funeral pyre of noise and genius.

It’s good but the grunge schtick gets boring. Nevermind is a better album despite what all the greebos say

Nirvana’s best album. It’s raw and noisy and full of energy.

Wow grandma's review makes me want to listen again and pay closer attention! Like gumblesnork, this sounded a lot more like Creed than I remembered. But I was tapping my feet and I like the vocal range that Kurt Cobain has throughout the album. I might like Nevermind more 😬

Alt rock is never going to be the same once they hear this

They honestly sound more like creed than I remembered

Completely different feel than Nevermind, with the exception of Rape Me which was written during that time period. For this record they returned to their Bleach sound, which feels more authentically them. Scentless apprentice is a masterpiece with an absolutely nasty signature Grohl drum groove. I love that they put such a divisive song second on the record, especially on the tails of their more mainstream Nevermind success. I dare you to not tap your foot to Frances Farmer, Very Ape (a favorite), and Milk It. Dumb is a Cobain classic. It’s dark and hilarious with a haunting cello — has some nice ride cymbal action too. Pennyroyal tea is a perfect blend of their older grunge sound and their new softer experiments. I love how they transition back and forth between those sounds on this record. The cello returns to close out the album with the droning melancholic All Apologies. It’s a no skip 5/5 for me.

When I think of Nirvana I mostly think of "Nevermind". By comparison this album felt like a move away from pop and towards a more raw energetic sound. I'm sure that a lot of people like that a lot but I'm not sure how I feel about it. On one hand I think it's cool to see a band with so much mainstream success move towards a less palatable sound. On the other hand I think that at it's best the band was really fueled by Cobain's impeccable sense of melody and this album didn't really put that on display. Regardless: good listen IMO. Album art is sick AF too

I think this is my favourite Nirvana album, although they do all slap so hard. Perfect band.

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

Na een 5 sterren album mogen we wat verwachten. Maar blijkbaar moest de band zich even afzetten tegen het eerdere 'commerciële' geluid. Dat heet een punk-album. Ze laten ons tussendoor en vooral aan het eind horen, dat ze nog best wel goede muziek konden maken. Maar bepaalde teksten verraden toch de wens om zich af te zetten... Het laatste nummer zou wellicht een extra ster waard zijn, maar daar tegenover staat het verspilde talent. In de tijd van cd's voel je je toch echt bekocht als je deze schijf in huis haalde op basis van ervaringen uit het verleden.

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

Hard to complain about Nirvana. Heart-Shaped box, Rape Me, and Dumb have catchy familiar melodies, while the rest is just very grungy 90s alt rock.

I kept thinking all of his mental health problems and his singing alike could have been solved by an effective laxative, and then the lyrics "I'm on warm milk and laxatives" came along and proved my theory. Easily the most overrated band of all time. I'm going to go listen to Foo Fighters to remind myself something good came of all this.

Rating: 9.5/10 More raw than Nevermind, the highlights are some of the band's best material. Other songs are amazing as well, even though Nevermind is more consistently immaculate from start to finish. Cobain feels more pained and emotive on this album and the guitar riffs are so god damn filthy.

The three hits are leaps and bounds better than the rest of the album. Those three aren’t even all that great. I really didn’t like this album.

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

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

When I was 13, I used to babysit 4 shitty kids with even shittier parents. The mother was my sister's old friend so I couldn't really say no, even though I knew it meant I would probably not get paid, would have yo stay overnight even though they needed me for "2-3 hours, top" and would probably wake up to a 5 year old boy making me smell his fingers fresh out his ass. The last time I went there, I saw this album on top of a pile and stole it just to fuck with them a bit. I still have it and it is an all time favorite of mine. It's probably the only good thing I got from babysitting there.

Great band. I just don't personally like their sound.

Eh. The scremo bits on this really rubbed me the wrong way, as do "Tourette's" and "Rape Me." The instrumentation is good and "Heart Shaped Box" is great, but this is only going to get two stars for me, I really did not enjoy it much.

Great album. I really dug the use of feedback that Kurt used. Just disgusting guitar tone they used

“Slaps the top of Kurts head” This bad boy can hold so much angst.

More Nirvana, very loud, very grungy, very not my style Also "Rape Me"? Really....

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

2/5. heart shaped box är grym. skrikig skiva.

I’m surprised it only took me a little over twenty albums to get the next Nirvana album. But here we are. In my review of Nevermind, I mentioned I didn't have much to add to the larger conversation around that album. After all, it is the one that broke the band into the mainstream, popularizing grunge and alternative rock music. The attention the band got was overwhelming, to the point of irking Kurt Cobain as he was thrust onto a high pedestal. Thus, for their next album, the band opted for a more visceral sound and songwriting approach to lash out and find catharsis in the discomfort. It's why Steve Albini was brought on for the production, to allow the noise to come out raw and unpolished. The door is kicked down with the abrasive guitar lines, punching rhythm section, and Kurt's strained vocals on "Serve the Servants", and this attitude pervades through the rest of In Utero. They hadn't stopped incorporating strong guitar hooks, such as on "Heart Shaped Box" and "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter". They also didn't stop taking risks that paid off on this record. From Dave Grohl writing the guitar line for "Scentless Apprentice", to the use of a cello from session musician Kera Schaley on "Dumb" and "All Apologies", to the quiet-loud-quiet progression that builds to out-right screaming on "Rape Me", to the sliding guitar lines over the reverbed kick drums on "Very Ape", there's a fair amount of experimentation throughout the runtime that made these songs stand out well. Given there was no desire to surpass what they did on Nevermind, Nirvana opted for the road untraveled. As such, In Utero is a different-sounding album that I enjoy just as much. While we would never hear what their next sound could have been after Kurt took his life, it is remarkable what we got.

Se rämisevämpi Nirvana. Pidän tätä nevermindia parempana sen räkäisyyden takia.

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

Arguably the best album in Nirvana's catalog

another album i've heard before (partially) Serve The Servants - 4/5 Scentless Apprentice - 3/5 Heart-Shaped Box - 5/5 Rape Me - 5/5 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge... - 4/5 Dumb - 5/5 Very Ape - 4/5 Milk It - 4/5 Pennyroyal Tea - 4/5 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 4/5 Tourette's - 3/5 All Apologies - 5/5 Average score: 4.1/5 it's Nirvana, what can i say?

Love you ma'am I hope you are at peace

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

Not my favorite of the nirvana albums but always a good listen.

The "yeah yeah"s at 2:13 of All Apologies are great. Overall album is pretty weak.

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

An exhausting glimpse into Kurt's tortured brain. On one hand, he wants nothing more than to make a cacophonic mess that sounds like it was recorded in a machine shop, and there's Steve Albini saying yes! We can do that! But on the other hand he knows he is capable of writing coherent songs, and he has a baby on the way so he should probably try to sell a few records, and along comes Bob Ludwig to make that happen. It's a lot, but the singles are pretty good.

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

Still relevant in 2025, honestly. I was young (exactly 20 years old) when this album came out, and I was fond of the grunge scene — and the Britpop scene as well, which is funny — but I was devastated by the news of Cobain’s death. So I decided not to listen to this LP. And I never listened to it later on. But now… oh boy, this is a masterpiece.

Unfortunately I did not like it. I want to like punk so badly but it’s just noisy. Some good songs here, you can definitely hear the emotion. Just not for me

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

The highs on this album are all time!

I found the experience rather unpleasant, and it’s poetic that there’s a song titled Rape Me as that’s exactly what I felt this album did to my ears, at times. It’s really hard to take an album with such a song seriously, and I found very little in any other component of the music that could redeem that, nor could I discern any deeper meaning. Perhaps if I spent time reading the lyrics and background, sure, but that’s not exactly how music is supposed to be communicated and experienced, is it? I wouldn’t say it was bad, or completely unenjoyable, just very close. I wanted to enjoy it, truly, I went in very keen and even optimistic, but it was beaten out of me one track at a time. A few lyrics were good, like “I tried hard to have a father but instead I got a dad” in the opening track, but those few moments were lost in the sea of largely nonsensical screaming. I just plainly couldn’t understand what I was being subjected to and I fear its magic may have been a “you had to be there” moment, lost to time.

More creative than Nevermind, but a little too self loathing

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

Never again, nearly gave me headache.

# Album Name: In Utero # Artist: Nirvana # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Honestly, for me this is a great album. It doesnt have the pop hits like nevermind but its a really good album. You can feel the rage in several songs. Then it completely changes tone and goes rather mellow in several tracks like PT, rape me and dumb. There's a slightly different direction on this album with the introduction of more strings. I would have loved to see where Cobain would have taken the band. The best track on the album for me is Radio unit friendly shifter. The lyrics and energy in the distortion is brilliant. Its not quite up there with the "best of the best" albums of all time but its a cracker. Low 5 from me. # Top Tunes: RUFS / HSB / rape me / dumb / all apologies / PRT # Would I listen to it again? Yup

Nice album

Please for the love of God don't make me listen to milk it ever again. 1/5 stars

The lows on this album are SO LOW. Trash. There's a stretch between Heart-Shaped Box and Dumb that's decent, and then All Apologies is good. Nirvana are overrated.

Exceptional

nice mix of heavy but still melodic

I haven’t listened to Nirvana in a long time, but this is undeniably a great album. Also, without Nirvana, I’m not sure that Dave Grohl would have ever made Everlong, so it would be really hard not to give this album praise.

Another amazing album. My favs are dumb, milk it, very ape, and heart shaped box. One of the few bands I wish I could’ve seen from before I was alive. I think this is probably their best album, but I listen to the unplugged almost exclusively when I listen to nirvana.

The best nirvana album. Album is dripping in angst and is so consistent start to finish. 8/10 Favorite tracks - pennyroyal tea, tourettes, dumb

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

Aldri vært noe særlig Nirvana eller grunge-mann. Noen lyspunkter, men not for me dette. Føler dette er veldig 'you had to be there'. Svak 2er.

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

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

I only know a couple songs from this record. I owned it in the 90s. We’ll see how this aged for me. Ok, opening track “serve the servants” sounds like “Big Me” from Foo Fighters. “Gentleness apprentice” sounds like “my hero”. Have the foo fighters just been Nirvana re-treads? From “Heart shaped box” on sounds like nirvana. I really like “Milk it”. I love the noise at the end of “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter”. “All apologies” is the best song on this record. This is the song that makes me believe that they all loved the Beatles. This song is raw and ferocious while retaining the song writing sensibility of Eleanor Rigby.

Inte så mycket för mig på detta album

Teenage angst paid off well

Still remember when this came out. Still love it.

First album I've not (re) listened to as I know it well enough to not need to. I reckon if I was rating this as a first listen it'd be lower.

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

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

Not a huge grunge guy, but I do like a couple records quite a lot. And other than Pearl Jam's "Ten", this is probably my favorite. It waif's me.

More good grunge

It’s got some good songs but not quite as many as Nevermind.

Angry and energetic. The hit songs are my favorites - if it wasn't for them, this score would likely be a 3.

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

How did these losers get famous?

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

8/10. Very good. I like Rape me and Marigold both are class

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

Let's face it, Nirvana never put out a bad album. Kurt solidified that when he punched his ticket out of here. I do wish, however, that we could have Albini's production untouched, as I'm sure the album would be even better. Labels gonna label. It's still pretty great though.

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

Some real gems in here. “Heart shape box” is probably one of the best Nirvana songs imo, “Dumb” is another great one. Compared to “Nevermind” this feels like it has some more breadth with experimentation with string instruments and different sounds. The sound is very Nirvana, if you enjoy grunge you will like this. I really enjoyed it, maybe a better album than “Nevermind” even? It is at least as good. I’ll settle for a very strong 4 since after listening to it I still can’t remember that many of the songs. See it as evening out giving “Nevermind” a 5 star, they are quite equal in my opinion.

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

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

Classic album. Before it's time and also ageless.

Listening to In Utero is like a time machine to 90s rock, specifically the emotions attached to the sound.

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

The “Rape Me” song really threw me for a loop.

Absolute Masterpiece. The first verse is one of my favorites - Teenage angst paid off well, now I'm bored and old. Scentless Apprentice and Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle are great songs.

Absolutely incredible album

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"Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old." A big 'fuck you' from Nirvana to the huge commercial success of "Nevermind" The album that has been with me through my best and worst. No matter what I write, which words I choose to embellish my sentences with or how hard I try to explain, I fear I will never find the right words to even begin to tell the impact this album has had on me. If you've been fighting depression for too long, you know there comes a point when behind all that sadness, that pent-up anger, comes creeping the state of numbness. That's the point where you know you're in the deep end; you cannot feel anything, nothing brings you sadness, anger or frustration, let alone joy. During my lowest, up until the point when I first heard the line "I miss the comfort in being sad," I thought no one had ever nor would ever understand how I felt. Hearing that line felt like receiving the tightest hug filled with so much love and understanding from a great friend. "I miss the comfort in being sad" the exact words I'd wish to come up with to put my abstract feelings into concrete words. At least I was familiar with sadness; that was my natural state, where I felt home emotionally. And when, even sadness was taken away from me, all I could think was how I took it for granted and wished to feel something, even if it was only sorrow. My love for this album doesn't only come from "Frances Farmer", every single song on this album is just so raw and filled with so much emotion that one can bond with the album so quickly over so many great lines and feelings they convey. At least that was the case for me. Been hooked on this album ever since I first heard it and it has been on repeat since. Nirvana and especially Kurt made me the person I am today. They are the reason why I deeply attach to the music and musicians I listen to and have strong opinions about them and their art. Though I'd like to think I am doing better, I will never not keep Kurdt in my thoughts, especially for the way he was always there for the dumb, depressed 13 year old girl who thought life had to end then and there. It makes my heart ache every time I think about the album that I've found a friend in, who has always been there for me every time I needed and brought me such comfort, being their last. What a way to say goodbye Kurdt, still cannot believe you've been gone longer than you've been with us, man. I just wish the person who has brought me so much comfort could also find solace in his life. Miss you so much Kurdt, I always feel like I've lost a very dear friend whom I never got the chance to meet. I hope death is treating you kinder than life ever did. "There is nothing I could say that I haven't thought before" 11/10

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

Its okay

i've already heard this plenty of times. it's good.

Not for me

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

No doubt there are hoards of selfish fans who mourn not just Kurt's death but all the music he/they would have made. Of course that opens big emotional can of worms, but where I go is just being grateful for what he did create/share. The elephant in the room feels like just how dangerous fame is. Reminds me of how if the public finds out about a beautiful beach it will be ruined in a short matter of time. I love the Frank Black energy in Scented Apprentice. The music industry is a real mind/soul fuck.

About half good songs and half screaming crap.

Perfect. I know it back to front. The most slick of their studio albums but it’s loud in every possible good way

My dad's friend loaded my psp with grunge when I was 13.

Oh yes. What can i possibly say what hasn't already been said a thousand times over. I'm just glad Kurt didn't live long enough to have a twitter account. They'd be awful.

Bonus points for sentimental value for 15-year-old-Dom whose room was covered in Kurt Cobain posters. Though admittedly, some songs were easier to sing along to back when my English was not great (looking at you, track 4).

This was great. I've not listened to much nirvana beyond nevermind, but I really enjoyed this. I'll be listening to this again at some point.

Solid. Only issues I had were some of the random screaming and noise like guitar feedback that popped up from time to time.

In Utero > Nevermind I still feel that Nirvana is an overrated band but In Utero is as near a masterpiece that can be gotten out of them. All Apologies is/was one of my favorite songs when Kurt was still alive. If only he had the help he needed In Utero's follow up could've been stellar. 4/5

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

Great album. Listened it thousand times

Smells like............

Was not a fan of this album as a teenager Didn’t get the whole craze around this band I appreciated this way more as a middle aged person. Caustic, Corrosive, distortion heavy goodness Singles from this album I never cared for. Still stands But songs like dumb and very ape and radio friendly unit shifter are amazing Not often a band eschews further polish and refinement in favor of less production and more grit

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

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

Just find this one too screamy Was actually painful to listen too at times.

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

This is the first album that I've listened to before that I truly love. I can even play a couple of the songs on the drums. Some music pipeline I've already been down has meant that I've listened to a lot of noise rock albums that I believe do the same thing better, though. It 'only' gets a 4/5 because of this. I also recommend throwing 'Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flowing Through The Strip' at the end, since it was the hidden track on some releases and I'm sure you throw in Endless, Nameless when you listen to Nevermind.

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

Muy bueno

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

I literally listened to this several hours before generating this album. Anyway, this is an incredible and abrasive album. It's a great final album.

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

Cobain's whining hasn't aged perfectly, but its a good sound overall. Heart Shaped Box is a 9/10. Dumb is a classic too. Pennyroyal Tea is solid, and All Apologies is probably my favorite Nirvana song. Little bit of boring filler but overall it is a good album and very important in music history.

Call me old but there was a lot of yelling. I wonder what their first album was like.

As far as Nirvana‘s albums, this is one of my least favorite albums. There are so many bad ones on this one.

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

The BEST Nirvana album. These has everything you could ever want from a Nirvana album. This is their masterpiece.

No Unplugged but its still good

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one of the biggest albums of all time. not exactly my jam

It's not quite "Nevermind" but that's not saying anything at all. You may as well be comparing the heat of two separate suns, the beauty of two different mountain ranges. It's like comparing two Nirvana albums. Pointless. Just enjoy.

Es el sonido de una época. Me gusta la mezcla del álbum. Me gusta la bata de Dave Grohl y su estilo. Nirvana no es para mi y eso le saca un puntito. De igual manera sigue siendo un gran disco.

Not much needs to be said. This one goes pretty hard

Fine but I prefer the first album

It starts with that chord then takes us on a journey of angst that is one of the best albums ever.

Frequently feral and occasionally pretty. I don’t buy that it’s better than Nevermind - even if you prefer the raw production of In Utero, song for song it’s just not quite as good - but that doesn’t mean it isn't a very good album in its own right.

Beautifully messy and chaotic. Prefer this to the more polished Nevermind. RIP Kurt.

Not my style

Great album

already listened

I've never been a fan of Nivana or grunge music so this is a no from me dawg

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

A great Nirvana album. This one is definitely less beginner friendly than Nevermind, but still a banger. Very raw, aggressive grunge, which is what I like about Nirvana compared to their contemporaries in the Grunge genre.

Don’t think this is quite in the same league as Nevermind. All Apologies, Pennyroyal Tea, Milk It and Heart Shaped Box were my favourites but the other tracks left me a bit cold.

Noise with occasional greatness.

I love the vibe of the album and what Nirvana means for 90s music. Great songs, but some of them go a little over the line for me as far as edgy. Not a fan of the screaming or intentionally provocative lyrics in some songs, but overall I enjoyed it

This falls halfway between metal and punk, seemingly taking the less interesting bits of both. Found it all a bit sad and ploddy - punk for people who watch MTV.

What a glorious mess of an album. There was only ever going to be one way out of this, right? Albani delivers his usual bruises, whilst KC tries to add some soul to the chaos around him. The album almost falls over, such is the out of control nature. A fitting full stop.

Not my favorite album by Nirvana, but a very good one.

Since I started the 1001 generator, I've often wondered if we'll ever have the joy of hearing a style of music so unique that everyone recognizes the brilliance of the band behind it. That was Nirvana in the 90's. I love the energy and raw emotion in this album. Amazing.

A grunge classic, some incredibly good songs and a couple that prevent this album a five star rating.

Je suis un normie, je préfère Nevermind.

This is iconic. Grunge at its best.

When I first heard this album, I thought Nevermind blew it out of the water, but as I listened to it more over the years, it is right up there with Nevermind. It may be the benefit of hindsight and how hyped never mind was and continues to be that I find myself going to In Utero and live album more.

Better with more listens. Found the hardcore edge while still remaining musical and crisp. Great singles.

Pleased to get this album, something I can give a full 5 stars without hesitation. This (and all the Nirvana albums) was on repeat throughout my teens. My friends I had a band in school, we would play Nirvana at the school summer show. Great times!

Is it highly rated just because it’s Nirvana

I didn't listen to Nirvana much these days, but it's pretty impressive coming back to it. This is still a really strong album with a bunch of great songs, and maybe a couple I generally skip. I still like Nevermind more, but I'm really happy I listened to this again today.

Nirvana's third outing and apparently their best depending on which music-rating site you consult. I didn't know this album even existed until I encountered it on this website, so I'm glad to be getting some long-overdue cultural enrichment. I started to appreciate this album more during the tail-end of my second listen. The aggressive, rough sound is something I'm undecided on whether I like, though there's a subtlety to the tamer parts of the instrumentation and lyrics that I do like. I know I need to give this a deeper listen sometime in the future, but I don't have the time at the moment. When I finally get recommended the live album I'm going to have a Nirvanaganza, where I will relisten to this album along with Nevermind in one last hurrah. I have no strong feelings about grunge, but there's something about this band that I feel like I have the potential to appreciate. I like "Heart-Shaped Box". One song I like is all I need to warm up to a full album sometimes. With this album I have successfully listened to 66% of Nirvana's main discography. I wonder if another artist has an equivalent percentage of their discography on this list. The Beatles have a respectable 58% of their albums on the list. Radiohead actually has them tied, with 66% of their discography also being on this list. Many of the artists with the most albums on the list have gigantic discographies, so I think we may have a Radiohead/Nirvana stalemate.

stone cold classic & their best album!! underrated how weird a band they were!!!!

Decent loud bit of a racket decent in gym

If you can manage to make it through the end of Scentless Apprentice, you'll be rewarded by a grungy album that is as nostalgic as it is raw - but fuck scentless apprentice, Kurt its 9:30am can you take it down a notch

I personally prefer Nevermind but this album is fantastic in its own right. It's so raw compared to Nevermind and the emotion comes through strongly. Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Dumb, All Apologies are all great songs.

My familiarity with Nirvana is mostly limited to Nevermind, so I was a bit turned off during the first few songs when I realized how much more abrasive this album is. But once I opened my mind to the more experimental sounds, I really got into it. I wish the lyrics were easier to understand, but I know that would make it lose its grungy appeal.

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

Such a great album. Raw...yet very well produced. This is obviously the 2nd best Nirvana album (I wonder which is #1 lol) but this album was a part of my constant rotation in high school. I love it. I'm gonna try to remove some bias here, because it ISN'T a perfect album. Specifically the singing in "Tourette's"....oof. (the guitar parts fuck tho). However "Heart-Shaped Box" is a perfect piece of music, "Dumb" is such a meaningful song and you can tell it means a lot to Kirk, and obviously "All Apologies" is a fantastic song. 99% of the time Kirk crushes his lyricism too. I understand if his voice isn't for you, but the lyrics are great. I LOVE "Very Ape" and "Pennyroyal Tea" as well and the crunchy-ness of the first chord in "Serve The Servants." (And that whole song). The solos throughout are also severely underrated. Simple. But underrated. 4 stars Liked Songs: "Serve The Servants" , "Heart-Shaped Box" , "Rape Me" , "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" , "Dumb" , "Very Ape" , "Pennyroyal Tea" , "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" , "All Apologies"

liked songs: most of them I definitely hear some production similarities to the Pixies; there's a lot of quiet/loud/quiet on this album. Very good. 4

Tasty jams

Still awesome.

If it wasn’t for this generator, I wouldn’t have had a reason to revisit this album. Nirvana undoubtedly made a huge impact, and I don’t want to downplay their success, but my enthusiasm for them isn’t what it used to be. I listened to them so much when they were fresh that I just don’t enjoy them anymore, especially “In Utero.” I can’t even count how many times I played this album as a teenager. With that being said, I’ll leave the deep and impactful reviews to someone who’s more energetic and enthusiastic, and not as burned out on this album as I am.

This is a 90s grunge album made by the godfathers of the genre and, in my opinion, its an album that still holds up today. It's a heavier and more unpolished album than it's predecessors and it gives it an undeniably edge that reels you in. The lyrics are devastatingly real and unforgiving, giving the album a raw feeling. The moody guitar and the heavy vocals create the shape of the album and although I'm not a fan of screamy vocals, I'm willing to see past it for this album. It's melancholy feel will stick with you long after this album has finished and solidifies why Nirvana has stuck through the passage of time and is still a favourite for many people. It's sad to think where the band could have gone if Cobain was still here but his memory is preserved in his music forever. A great listen.

This is the 60th album I’m rating. I’ve only listened to Smells like Teen Spirit but it was great so this’ll probably be great too. Adding to my Playlist - 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, and All Apologies. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Scentless Apprentice - I can really tell Kurt liked the Butthole Surfers. Heart-Shaped Box - I’ve listened to this before. All in all I liked 12/12 songs. This wasn’t what I was expecting but it was great. Kurt Cobain has a very interesting lyrical style though.

This album fucks. Throw this on, windows down and volume up, and fly down an empty highway.

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

Metal Nirvana big angst

Eh not that keen

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

Whew, it’s been a minute since I revisited this record. So a little backstory: I grew up in the 00s, and Nirvana were absolute legends. I loved Nevermind and MTV Unplugged, and I remember listening to this one too - my dad had an old cassette of it - and finding it a little more difficult. Which it is. I picked out songs I liked from it and kind of just carried those forwards, so I’ve not actually sat down and listened to this as an album for years. I’m surprised by how much I like it, actually; it IS a difficult album. You can feel Kurt’s real uncomfortableness with the band’s success, not only in songs like Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and Rape Me, but also in the blasts of static and impenetrable walls of sound in songs like Scentless Apprentice, a long way from Nevermind’s gentler melodies. But in some ways I think that very rage gives it a sense of cohesiveness, even from the very first lines (“Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I’m bored and old”). It might not be a very “playlist friendly” album (I reckon Kurt would’ve hated that idea anyway…) but I’m definitely not going to leave it as long before I revisit this one again.

Given what would eventually happen down the line, In Utero is the sound of one's acceptance of death. Nirvana's stratospheric rise to the top of the food chain was both affirming and cataclysmic, for Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl finally became rock stars but were also fully unprepared to deal with the baggage that it required. The pressure, the expectations, the cultural shifts and the scrutiny given to non-musical aspects of life all bore down into an acerbic, scowling, at times downright hostile repudiation of what was now Alternative Nation. In Utero can be seen as an autobiography of sorts for Kurt Cobain, weaving in his now known troubled adolescence and mind-fuck adulthood alongside endless fascination with the female anatomy, equally troubled forgotten celebrities and breaches of trust with others. It is tempting to think of what would have come after had Kurt not taken his own life but, upon thorough listen, it's clear that he had long made his mind up.

Possibly the first time I ever listened to this beginning to end. I was 11 years old and living in rural Germany when Kurt Cobain committed suicide, so I guess it's fair to say that I didn't exactly get to experience the grunge craze of the early 90s in real time. And when a friend eventually turned me on to the whole Seattle scene a couple of years later, I got way more into Pearl Jam than any of the other bands, including Nirvana. I had of course been familiar with their major songs, but somehow their music always seemed just too raw (both sonically and emotionally) for my taste. Ironically, now, thirty years later, it's exactly this rawness that I find appealing. I don't love everything on here, but the highs are really high. Essentially I think this is timeless punk rock with a strong pop sensibility. We really used to have proper bands, didn't we?

iconic and influential but i hate it

An album that's very punk and very pop, but doesn't make any compromises in the process. The noisy "Scentless Apprentice" ends, and suddenly you're at "Heart-Shaped Box". The lyrics are full of the disturbing imagery that Kurt was known for. He said that the songs on this album were impersonal and unemotional. I can't listen to "Pennyroyal Tea" and imagine that's true. Maybe my view is coloured by his suicide that followed, but I feel that there's this palpable anguish here. At its most straightforward, at its most abrasive, at its sweetest, at its wryest. It cloaks everything. Fav tracks: Scentless Apprentice, Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies

2 Nirvana albums this week? I'll take it. I've always gone back and forth on which I prefer- Nevermind or In Utero. I think Nevermind is overall more consistent but the highs on In Utero are higher in my opinion. Some of the highlights are "Heart-Shaped Box", "Dumb", "All Apologies" and "Pennyroyal Tea" My favorite from this album, and also my favorite Nirvana album in general, is "R*pe Me". I always hate telling people that its my favorite Nirvana song but I can't help it. It's sorta like a better "Teen Spirit" to me. Anyways this album is an absolute classic. You really cannot go wrong with Nirvana. Favorite track: R*pe Me 4.5/5

Not a fan. I understand that Grunge sort of represents the 90s discontent and stuff but it just doesn't sound great.

Should have come to this one much earlier, as a continuation to Nevermind. It's a great record, much to digest though. So tragic to think this is the last I will hear from Kurt. That's one of the reasons I was waiting for it for a long time. Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 12 absolutely fire

As if I needed an excuse to listen to this masterpiece of an album again but I’m so glad 1001 albums has given me one. Many compare it its predecessor and I honestly think In Utero is more raw and unique and one of the best (if not the best) album of the genre. If Nevermind is an angel then in utero is god.

A few songs that are really good, bit even though I lived this band when I was a teen I have to admit I did not really enjoy listening to this whole album from start to finish.